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Transnational inheritance

Briefing 02-03-2010

The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights includes the right to ""own, use, dispose of and bequeath property"". However, problems arise when an individual has links to more than one Member State. It can be difficult even to establish which national laws on succession apply to their estate. That matters greatly, since national laws, based on traditions dating back centuries, vary enormously. National laws may, therefore, produce very different effects in the same succession case. As international efforts ...