EUROPEAN CERTIFICATE OF SUCCESSION - PLACE AND FUNCTION IN THE NATIONAL SYSTEM

Sloboda kretanja i boravka u Europskoj uniji dovodi do sve više slučajeva nasljeđivanja s prekograničnim elementom. U cilju izjednačavanja pravila nasljeđivanja s prekograničnim elementom, od 17. kolovoza 2015. primjenjuje se Uredba (EU) br. 650/2012 Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća o nadležnosti, mjerodavnom pravu, priznavanju i izvršavanju odluka i prihvaćanju i izvršavanju javnih isprava u nasljednim stvarima i o uspostavi Europske potvrde o nasljeđivanju. U radu se u prvom dijelu definiraju pojmovi iz nasljednog prava bitni za razumijevanje teme rada te se pobliže objašnjava Uredba (EU) br. 650/2012 i navode primjeri sudske prakse koji donose odgovore na pitanja vezana uz Uredbu o nasljeđivanju. Konačno, u drugom dijelu rada, obrađuje se Europska potvrda o nasljeđivanju te njezina pravna priroda, svrha, nadležnost i postupak izdavanja, učinci i mogućnost upisa u upisnike država članica.Freedom of movement and residence in the European Union leads to more and more cases of succession with a cross-border element. In order to equalize the rules of succession with a cross-border element, since August 17, 2015, has been applied Regulation (EU) No. 650/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council of July 4, 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcment of decisions and acceptance and enforcment of authentic instuments in matters of succession and on the creation of the European Certificate of Succession. The first part of the paper defines terms from inheritance law that are essential for understanding the topic of the paper and explains the EU Regulation 650/2012 in more detail and provides examples of case law that provide answers to questions related to the Regulation. Finally, in the second part of the paper are discused the European Certificate of Succession and its legal nature, purpose, jurisdiction and issuing procedure, effects and the possibility of registration in the registers of the member states