Private International Law : The law applicable to property relations between spouses under international treaties, conventions and regulations

The increased mobility of persons within an area without internal frontiers leads to a marked increase in the number of couples formed by nationals of different Member States, who may live in a Member State of which they do not have the nationality and acquire property in more than one Union country. We believe that the two proposals for regulations are welcome and that they will solve many key issues in matters of property regimes, of registered partnerships and unions in fact by establishing clear legal rules aiming to establish the court jurisdiction, the law applicable in property matters and by facilitating the circulation of decisions and of authentic instruments between Member States in order to simplify the lives of the citizens in the European Union space.