Agrégateur de flux

Engagement solennel devant la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne de trois nouveaux membres de la Cour des comptes européenne

Le Parlement européen et la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne réunis pour leur premier dialogue annuel

Illumina / Commission
Concurrence
Concentration Illumina-Grail : l’avocat général Emiliou propose d’annuler l’arrêt du Tribunal et les décisions de la Commission concernant la demande de renvoi

Confédération paysanne (Melons et tomates du Sahara occidental)
Rapprochement des législations
Avocate générale Ćapeta : les melons et les tomates issus du territoire du Sahara occidental doivent comporter dans leur étiquetage une mention du « pays d’origine » reflétant leur provenance de ce territoire

Commission / Front Polisario
Relations extérieures
Selon l’avocate générale Ćapeta, c’est à tort que le Tribunal a annulé la décision approuvant, au nom de l’Union européenne, un accord de traitement tarifaire préférentiel avec le Maroc relatif au territoire du Sahara occidental

Commission / Front Polisario
Relations extérieures
Selon l’avocate générale Ćapeta, la Cour devrait annuler la décision du Conseil portant conclusion de l’accord de partenariat dans le domaine de la pêche durable avec le Maroc

LEA
Culture
La législation italienne excluant de la gestion des droits d’auteur les sociétés indépendantes établies dans un autre État membre est incompatible avec le droit de l’Union

Cobult
Transport
Droit des passagers aériens : le passager est réputé avoir accepté le remboursement du billet sous la forme d’un bon de voyage lorsque, tout en remplissant un formulaire sur le site Internet du transporteur aérien, il a renoncé au remboursement du billet sous la forme d’une somme d’argent

Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden
Espace de liberté, sécurité et justice
L’insertion obligatoire dans les cartes d’identité de deux empreintes digitales est compatible avec les droits fondamentaux au respect de la vie privée et à la protection des données à caractère personnel

Augustin Gridel (University of Lorraine) has kindly prepared a presentation in English of his monograph titled Marchés et instruments financiers en droit international privé (Financial Markets and Financial Instruments in Private International Law), published by Bruylant in 2023. The aim of this book is to describe the relationship between the law of financial markets and […]

On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, the Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host its 43rd monthly virtual workshop Current Research in Private International Law at 11:00-12:30 (CEST). Bettina Heiderhoff (Universität Münster) will speak, in German, about

Interfaces between Migration Law and International Family Law

The presentation will be followed by an open discussion. All are welcome. More information and sign-up here.

If you want to be invited to these events in the future, please write to veranstaltungen@mpipriv.de.

On 19 March 2024, the Council of the European Union approved the position of the European Parliament at first reading on the proposal for a directive on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings, also known as Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs. The directive has thereby […]

Mazepin / Conseil
Relations extérieures
Guerre en Ukraine : le Tribunal annule les actes de maintien de M. Nikita Mazepin sur les listes des personnes visées par les mesures restrictives

The Council of the European Union on 15 March 2024 reached a final deal on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on corporate sustainability due diligence (see here and here for previous analysis on the proposal hosted on this blog). The deal comes after a series of meetings […]

A few days ago, the redesigned EAPIL website was launched. Among other things, it features a reserved area for members of the European Association of Private International Law (MyEAPIL). An automated e-mail message was sent to all the 560 members of the Association on 11 March 2024, with their personal login credentials. Several members have […]

The Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment entered into force on 8 March 2024. Resolving Conflit Mobile One of the main goals of the Cape Town Convention was to resolve the perennial problem of change of applicable law governing security interests over tangible moveable assets (conflit mobile). The […]

Originally posted on the NGPIL Website

“The winner of the 2024 NGPIL (Nigeria Group of Private International Law) Conflict of Law’s Essay Prize is Peace George, a recent LLB graduate with admission to the Nigerian Law School. Her essay is entitled “Domicile, Nationality and Habitual Residence: What Option for Nigeria” and was awarded 150,000 NGN [Naira] as the winning essay. The essay was of excellent standard and demonstrated a deep understanding of the principles at hand, analysing them to a high standard…”

 

The Permanent Bureau of the HCCH is pleased to announce that the webinar “HCCH 2005 Choice of Court Convention: Fostering Access to Justice for Cross-Border Commerce in the Asia Pacific Region” will be held this Friday, 22 March, from 16:00 to 17:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time).

The webinar will feature the following topics and speakers:

• Welcome remarks, by Dr Christophe Bernasconi (HCCH)
• Overview of the Choice of Court Convention, by Ms Melissa Ford (HCCH)
• Application of the Choice of Court Convention in Singapore, by Prof Adeline CHONG Swee Ling (Singapore Management University)
• Choice of Court Convention and the People’s Republic of China, by Prof Zheng TANG (Wuhan University)
• Choice of Court Convention and the ASEAN Members – taking Indonesia as an example, by Prof Afifah Kusumadara (Brawijaya University)
• Concluding remarks, by Prof Yun ZHAO (HCCH)

For more information, please consult the webinar’s programme.

Introduction Beverly Hills Polo Club branded goods are sold in the USA and the UK. Trade marks in the USA are owned by X. Corresponding trade marks in the UK are owned by Y. Trade mark law is territorial. Does Amazon infringe UK trade mark law by advertising the USA branded goods on its USA […]

The Conclusions & Decisions of the Council on General Affairs and Policy (basically, the governing body – CGAP) of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) were published this week. Click here.

What is remarkable is that this year’s Conclusions & Decisions, as well as other Preliminary Documents, were also published in Spanish. It is the first time in the history of this governing body that documents are translated into Spanish and signals its commitment and the looming deadline when Spanish will become an official language of the HCCH (i.e. 1 July 2024). Many congratulations to the HCCH team, it has been a long road.

A few takeaways from the Conclusions & Decisions are the following:

There has been a revitalization of the commercial and financial law area with work being undertaken regarding Digital Assets and Tokens, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), Digital Economy, Digital Tokens, Restructuring and Insolvency and Voluntary Carbon Markets. In particular, the Council mandated “the establishment of an Experts’ Group to study the applicable law and jurisdiction issues raised by the cross-border use and transfers of CBDCs” (Conclusion & Decision No 10).

A few Working Groups will continue to meet in the coming year, namely Financial Aspects of Intercountry Adoption, Surrogacy and Jurisdiction.

A new Working Group has been established with respect to the 1996 Child Protection Convention (Conclusion & Decision No 26): “CGAP mandated the establishment of a WG on the operation of Article 33 of the 1996 Child Protection Convention, first, to develop a Model Form and, subsequently, a Guide on the application of Article 33. The WG will report on its progress to CGAP 2025.” This is a significant development, in particular regarding the streamlining of how to handle kafalas. See also the work of FAMIMOVE. Another Working Group will deal with the 1996 Country Profile.

With regard to post-Convention work, a few meetings will take place:

• A meeting of the International Hague Network of Judges in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 15 to 17 May 2024.
• Forum on Domestic Violence and the Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention in Sandton, South Africa, from 18 to 21 June 2024. This is the result of the Conclusions & Recommendations of the meeting of the Special Commission that took place last year and the existing concerns about domestic violence.
• Malta V, in Valetta from 24 to 27 September 2024. The Malta Process is a dialogue involving both Contracting States to the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and the 1996 Child Protection Convention, and non-Contracting States whose legal systems are based on or influenced by Islamic law (“Shariah”). Click here.
• Special Commission on the practical operation of the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence and 1980 Access to Justice Conventions to take place from 2 to 5 July 2024 in The Hague.

A more intriguing Conclusion is the following regarding Trusts (Conclusion & Decision No 55):

CGAP noted the PB’s work in relation to the 1985 Trusts Convention, and mandated the PB, in partnership with relevant subject-matter experts, and subject to available resources, to continue to study the interpretation of analogous institutions for the purpose of Article 2 of the 1985 Trusts Convention, with a focus on:

a. clarifying the divergences in interpretation between the English and French versions of the Article; and

b. exploring whether analogous institutions would include foundations and endowments, institutions and developments relating to the waqf in the Islamic legal tradition, and decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) and other similar structures.

Finally, it is worth mentioning the developments regarding iSupport. The Council noted “the first official exchange of data using iSupport between Germany and Sweden, and their continued use of iSupport” (Conclusion & Decision No 38).