The Council Regulation (EU) n.º 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation

Authors

  • Beatriz Campuzano Díaz

Keywords:

Regulation on divorce and legal separation, enhanced cooperation, applicable law

Abstract

This article analyzes the procedure for the approval of Regulation 1259/ 2010 on the applicable law to divorce and legal separation via enhanced a cooperation, and its content. In order to favour the mobility of citizens and legal certainty, the Regulation enhances the parties’ autonomy by giving the spouses a limited possibility to choose the applicable law. When no applicable law has been chosen, the Regulation contains a scale of successive connecting factors to determine the applicable law, based on the habitual residence, the nationality and the lex fori. 

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Campuzano Díaz, B. (2015). The Council Regulation (EU) n.º 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation. Revista De Derecho Comunitario Europeo, (39), 561–587. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/RDCE/article/view/39470

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LEGISLATION

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