Agrégateur de flux

M. Marc Jaeger est réélu Président du Tribunal de l’Union européenne

On the occasion of Hein Kötz’ 80th birthday in November 2015, a symposium in his honour was held at the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg/Germany. The presentations given at this event have now been published (in German) by Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen: Zukunftsperspektiven der Rechtsvergleichung, ed. by Reinhard Zimmermann, 2016; XX, 267 pages.

Following an explanation by the editor as to why this is not a Festschrift, the volume contains contributions by Christiane Wendehorst (Vienna) on the comparison of legal systems, by Ralf Michaels (Duke) on religious laws and post-secular comparative law, by Giesela Rühl (Jena) on comparative law and European conflict of laws: the forgotten dimension, by Eva-Maria Kieninger (Würzburg) on principles and basic concepts of property law as objects of comparative law, by Gralf-Peter Calliess (Bremen) on the role of comparative law in the context of a competition between legal orders, by Marc-Philippe Weller (Heidelberg) on future prospects for comparative law in private international and corporate law, and by Jan von Hein (Freiburg/Br.) on market regulation by tort law from a comparative perspective. The book concludes with closing remarks by Hein Kötz.

Further information is available here.

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Politique économique
La Cour confirme le rejet des recours en annulation et rejette sur le fond les recours en indemnité concernant la restructuration du secteur bancaire chypriote

Entrée en fonctions de nouveaux Membres à la Cour de justice et au Tribunal de l’Union européenne

This year does not only mark 30 years since the great reform of German private international law of 1986, but it is also the 35th anniversary of the foundation of the Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax). Therefore, Professor Heinz-Peter Mansel, President of the German Council for Private International Law, and Professor Jan von Hein, chairman of the Council’s 2nd Commission, are pleased to announce that a celebratory conference will take place on 23-24 September 2016 at the University of Cologne (Germany) under the title: “Codification of Private International Law: German Experience and European Perspectives Thirty Years After the PIL-Reform of 1986”. The conference, which will be held in German, will look at how Private International Law has evolved in the past and provide an outlook for future responsibilities and challenges of the field.

The conference programme (in German) is available here.

The Faculty of Law of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” will host a German-Italian-Spanish conference on Thursday, 13th October 2016, on International Successions in Europe. The conference has been convened for the presentation of the volume “The EU Succession Regulation: a Commentary”, edited by Alfonso-Luís Calvo Caravaca (University “Carlos III” of Madrid), Angelo Davì (University of Rome “La Sapienza”) and Heinz-Peter Mansel (University of Cologne), published by Cambridge University Press, 2016. The volume is the product of a research project on “The Europeanization of Private International Law of Successions” financed through the European Commission’s Civil Justice Programme.

Here is the programme (available as .pdf):

Welcome addresses: Prof. Enrico del Prato (Director, Department of Legal Sciences, University “La Sapienza”); Prof. Paolo Ridola (Dean, Faculty of Law, University “La Sapienza”); Prof. Angelo Davì (University “La Sapienza”).

First Session

Chair: Prof. Ugo Villani (University of Bari, President of SIDI-ISIL – Italian Society for International Law)

• Prof. Javier Carrascosa González (University of Murcia): La residenza abituale e la clausola di eccezione (Habitual Residence and Exception Clause);
• Prof. Cristina Campiglio (University of Pavia): La facoltà di scelta del diritto applicabile (Choice of the Applicable Law by the Testator);
• Prof. Erik Jayme (University of Heidelberg): Metodi classici e nuove norme di conflitto: il regolamento relativo alle successioni (Traditional Methods and New Conflict Rules: the EU Regulation Concerning Succession);
• Prof. Claudio Consolo (University “La Sapienza”): Il coordinamento tra le giurisdizioni (Coordination between Jurisdictions).

Second Session

Chair: Prof. Sergio Maria Carbone (University of Genova)

• Prof. Peter Kindler (University of Munich): I patti successori (Agreements as to Succession);
• Round Table: The European Certificate of Succession
  Introduction: Prof. Claudio Consolo (University “La Sapienza”);
  Participants: Dr. Ana Fernández Tresguerres (Notary in Madrid); Dr. Paolo Pasqualis (Notary in Portogruaro); Dr. Fabian Wall (Notary in Ludwigshafen).

Concluding remarks: Prof. Sergio Maria Carbone (University of Genova).

(Many thanks to Prof. Fabrizio Marongiu Buonaiuti, University of Macerata, for the tip-off)

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Relations extérieures
Le Tribunal de l’UE confirme le gel de fonds de trois Ukrainiens dont M. Viktor Yanukovych, ancien président de l’Ukraine, pour la période allant du 6 mars 2015 au 6 mars 2016

Schmitt
Rapprochement des législations
Selon l’avocat général Sharpston, les organismes chargés de surveiller le système de qualité des fabricants de dispositifs médicaux sont susceptibles de voir leur responsabilité engagée à l’égard des patients en cas de manquement à leurs obligations découlant des règles de l’Union relatives à la sécurité des produits

By Professor Zheng Sophia Tang (Newcastle University), Professor Yongping Xiao (Wuhan University, China) and Professor Zhengxin Huo (China University of Politics and Law) The area of conflict of laws in China has undergone fundamental development in the past three decades and the most recent changes in the 2010s, regarding both jurisdiction and choice of law rules, mark the establishment of a modern Chinese conflicts system. Jointly written by three professors from both China and the UK, this book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of Chinese conflict of laws in civil and commercial matters, covering jurisdiction, choice of law, procedure, judgment and awards recognition and enforcement, and interregional conflicts in China.

Providing comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of current Chinese conflict of laws, the authors assess the actual judicial practice and case decisions. The book takes into account the historic, political and economic background of the subject matter, as well as relevant empirical evidence and data, especially recognizing the contribution of Chinese scholars in the field. It examined over 300 cases and over 130 legislative and judicial interpretive materials. It concludes that the Chinese conflicts system has entered into the stage of modernization and proposes policy to improve efficiency, prevent local protectionism, balance internationalization and nationalization, democratize legislative process and improve judicial training and judicial practice.

This timely book is an invaluable resource for academics and practitioners in private international law, conflict of laws, international law, international litigation, Chinese law and international civil and commercial matters involving China.

Contents   Part I Conflict of Laws in China—History and Concept  1. Conflict of Laws in China—A Historical Perspective  2. Concepts and Preliminary Questions  Part II Jurisdiction, Procedure, Foreign Judgments and Awards  3. Jurisdiction in Chinese Courts  4. Declining Jurisdiction in Chinese Courts  5. Selected Procedural Issues in Foreign-Related Litigation in China  6. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Chinese Courts  7. Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Chinese Courts  Part III Choice of Law  8. Choice of Law in Contracts  9. Choice of Law in Tort  10. Choice of Law in Unjust Enrichment and Negotiorum Gestio  11. Choice of Law in Property  12. Choice of Law in Intellectual Property  Part IV Interregional Conflicts and Cooperation  13 Interregional Conflicts and Cooperation between Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan  Part V Final Remarks  14. Chinese Conflict of Laws: Past, Present and Future   Critical Acclaim ‘This is an excellent and up-to-date book that enables the English-speaking world to get an accurate and comprehensive understanding of private international law in mainland China. The Chinese system can be said to be a mixed system, in that it is only partially governed by statute and much of the law still emerges from case law and interpretations of the law given by the Supreme People’s Court. The authors point out that only in very few cases do the Chinese courts actually apply foreign law. This tendency of the judges to avoid the application of foreign law is one of several features of the Chinese system of private international law that shows the importance of judicial decisions to understanding how the system actually works. The writers rightly point out areas where Chinese private international law could be improved, with recommendations that China should liberalise its approach to recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments by adopting a de jure approach to reciprocity and by entering into multilateral treaties like the Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention 2005.’  – Paul Beaumont, University of Aberdeen, UK For full information, see http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/conflict-of-laws-in-the-people-s-republic-of-china. 

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SERV
L’exploitant d’un magasin qui propose gratuitement au public un réseau Wi-Fi n’est pas responsable des violations de droits d’auteur commises par un utilisateur

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Concurrence
Le Tribunal de l’UE confirme la décision de la Commission de valider les engagements de Thomson Reuters visant à remédier à son abus de position dominante sur le marché des flux de données en temps réel consolidés

Giurisprudenza / Case law

Corte di giustizia, sentenza del 16 giugno 2016, causa C-511/14, Pebros Servizi Srl — Le condizioni in presenza delle quali, in caso di sentenza contumaciale, un credito si considera “non contestato”, ai sensi dell’articolo 3, par. 1, 2° comma, lett. b), del Regolamento (CE) n. 805/2004 sul titolo esecutivo europeo per i crediti non contestati, devono essere determinate in modo autonomo, sulla base di questo solo regolamento.  ♦  Court of Justice, judgment of 16 June 2016, case C-511/14, Pebros Servizi Srl — The conditions according to which, in the case of a judgment by default, a claim is to be regarded as ‘uncontested’, within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 creating a European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims, must be assessed autonomously, solely in accordance with that regulation.

Corte di cassazione (Sezioni unite), sentenza n. 17989 del 13 settembre 2016 — Le obbligazioni pecuniarie che devono essere adempiute al domicilio del creditore ai sensi dell’art. 1182, comma 3, del codice civile sono soltanto quelle liquide, per tali intendendosi le obbligazioni delle quali il titolo determini l’ammontare o indichi criteri determinativi non discrezionali [Nota: il principio di diritto assume rilievo, quando il rapporto contrattuale controverso sia retto dal diritto italiano, anche agli effetti della determinazione del locus solutionis dell’obbligazione dedotta in giudizio ai sensi dell’art. 7 n. 1, lett. a), del Regolamento n. 1215/2012 sulla competenza giurisdizionale e il riconoscimento delle decisioni in materia civile e commerciale].  ♦  Italian Supreme Court (United chambers), judgment No 17989 of 13 September 2016 — Article 1182(3) of the Italian Civil Code provides that pecuniary obligations are to be performed at the domicile of the creditor. The provision only applies to ‘liquid’ obligations, ie, obligations of a fixed amount. For the latter requirement to be met, it must be established that either the amount was determined in the contract, or that the contract set forth non-discretionary rules for the determination of the amount due [Note: as regards obligations arising out of contracts governed by Italian law, the finding of the Court is relevant to the identification of the place of performance of the obligation in question pursuant to Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation n. 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition of judgments in civil and commercial matters].

Strumenti normativi / Legal texts

Gli Stati Uniti hanno ratificato la Convenzione dell’Aja del 2007 sull’esazione internazionale di prestazioni alimentari nei confronti di figli e altri membri della famiglia. La Convenzione, già in vigore per l’UE e alcuni Stati extraeuropei, entrerà in vigore per gli Stati Uniti il 1° gennaio 2017. ♦  The US has ratified the Hague Convention on the international recovery of child support and other forms of family maintenance. The Convention, which is already in force for the EU and some extra-European States, will enter into force for the US on 1 January 2017.

Eventi / Events

New Trends in EU Private International Law – Milano, 15 settembre / September 2016 [Tra i relatori / Speakers include: Fausto Pocar, Paul Lagarde, Jürgen Basedow, Christian Kohler, Francisco Garcimartín Alférez, Manlio Frigo, Stefania Bariatti]

Dottrina / Scholarship

Mariel Revillard, Stratégie de transmission d’un patrimoine international – Nouvelles perspectives (2 ed.), Defrénois, 2016, ISBN 9782856232897, Euro 62 — Les successions occupent une place prépondérante dans le droit international privé de la famille. Chaque année, un nombre considérable de successions internationales sont réglées en France. Des ressortissants de nationalité étrangère décèdent, soit en France, soit à l’étranger, laissant des biens non seulement en France mais dans d’autres pays. Des Français acquièrent des biens étrangers. L’introduction de ces éléments d’extranéité soulève des questions spécifiques au regard de la dévolution future de leur succession.  La répartition d’un patrimoine dans différents pays suscite des problèmes de droit international privé et le notaire intervient de plus en plus à titre préventif dans la préparation d’une succession internationale (estate planning). Ceci suppose une parfaite connaissance des règles de conflit de lois, du droit interne étranger et de la fiscalité internationale en matière de succession. À la suite de l’entrée en application du règlement successions du 4 juillet 2012 qui opère de profonds bouleversements dans le droit des successions internationales, l’étude des successions internationales s’établit en distinguant le régime de droit commun applicable aux successions ouvertes avant le 17 août 2015 et celles ouvertes à partir du 17 août 2015. Le nouveau droit européen des successions justifiait donc cette seconde édition et ouvre aux notaires de nouvelles perspectives de planification successorale.

James Fawcett, Maire Ni Shuilleabhain, Sangeeta Shah, Human Rights and Private International Law, Oxford University Press, 2016, ISBN 9780199666409, GBP 210 — Examining the impact, both actual and potential, of human rights concerns on private international law as well as the oft overlooked topic of the impact of private international law on human rights, this work represents an invaluable resource for all those working or conducting research in these areas. Human Rights and Private International Law is the first title to consider and analyse the numerous private international law cases discussing human rights concerns arising in the commercial law context, alongside high profile cases dealing with torture (Jones v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and same sex marriage (Wilkinson v Kitzinger).The right to a fair trial is central to the intersection between human rights and private international law, and is considered in depth along with the right to freedom of expression; the right to respect for private and family life; the right to marry; the right to property; and the prohibition of discrimination on the ground of religion, sex, or nationality. Focussing on, though not confined to, the human rights set out in the ECHR, the work also examines the influence of human rights on private international law in countries which are not a party to the ECHR, such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.

Alberto De Franceschi (ed.), European Contract Law and the Digital Single Market, Intersentia, 2016, ISBN 9781780684222, Euro 69 — The EU is committed to making the Single Market fit for the digital age, by enhancing the protection of consumers and data subjects, while providing businesses with the legal certainty they need to invest in this field and support growth and innovation. In this context, European Contract Law and the Digital Single Market, an edited collection consisting of carefully selected contributions by leading scholars, addresses the impact of digital technology on European Private Law in light of the latest legislative developments including the EU Regulation of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on free movement of such data, as well as the European Commission’s proposals of 9 December 2015 for a Directive on the supply of digital content, for a Directive on online and other distance sale of goods and for a Regulation on the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market. The book analyses new and urgent issues in the field of contract, data protection, copyright and private international law: namely the EU approach to personal information as a tradeable commodity and as the object of a fundamental right of the individuals concerned, the protection of consumers’ and users’ rights in contracts for the supply of digital content and on online and other distance sales of goods, the cross-border portability of online content services, the new features of standard contracts in the digital market and the issues surrounding the emergence of the so called platform economy.

Da oggi post meno frequenti, tutti bilingui, contenenti ciascuno segnalazioni di natura diversa: pronunce giurisprudenziali, sviluppi normativi, eventi scientifici etc.

Beginning from today, posts will appear less frequently, they will all be written both in Italian and in English, and each will cover case law, normative developments, academic events etc.

L’existence d’antécédents judiciaires ne peut, à elle seule, justifier le refus d’un droit de séjour ou l’expulsion d’un ressortissant d’un pays tiers qui a la garde exclusive d’un enfant citoyen de l’Union européenne.

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