Study to inform a subsequent Impact Assessment on the Commission proposal on jurisdiction and applicable law in divorce matters
| Alternative title: | Studie zur Information über die Auswirkungen des Vorschlages der Kommission über die gerichtliche Zuständigkeit und das anzuwendende Recht in Scheidungssachen DRAFT FINAL REPORT |
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| Year of publication: |
2006-04-01
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| Authors: | Granath, Katarina |
| Institutions: | European Policy Evaluation Consortium ; EPEC (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Justiz und Inneres |
| Subject: | Ehescheidung | divorce | Europa | Europe | Gerichtsbarkeit | jurisdiction |
- 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Policy background
- 1.3 Problem assessment u0096 Scale of the issue
- 1.4 Problem assessment u0096 Applicable law and jurisdiction
- 1.5 Objectives of the Commission proposal on jurisdiction and applicable law in divorce matters
- 1.6 Description of policy options
- 1.7 Assessment of the policy options and the preferred policy option
- 1.8 Subsidiarity and proportionality
- 2 INTRODUCTION
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Aims and objectives
- 2.3 Report structure
- 3 GLOSSARY
- 4 POLICY BACKGROUND
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.1.1 The New Brussels II Regulation (Council Regulation 2201/2003)
- 4.1.2 Creation of a common judicial area in civil matters
- 4.1.3 The Commission Green Paper on jurisdiction and applicable law in divorce matters
- 5 PROBLEM ASSESSMENT u0096 SCALE OF THE ISSUE
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Availability of data on international marriages and divorces
- 5.2.1 International marriages
- 5.2.2 International divorces
- 5.3 Numbers of international marriages
- 5.4 Numbers of international divorces
- 5.5 Numbers of international marriages and divorce cases by 10,000 persons
- 5.6 Frequency of international marriages and divorce cases between specific Member States
- 5.7 Summary of problem assessment u0096 scale of the problem
- 6 PROBLEM ASSESSMENT u0096 APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Identification of problems and their drivers
- 6.3 Problem drivers u0096 differences between national substantive divorce laws
- 6.3.1 Multiple grounds for divorce
- 6.3.2 Establishment of the autonomous grounds of divorce
- 6.3.3 EU Member States with comparatively liberal and more restrictive divorce grounds
- 6.3.4 Legal separation and marriage annulment
- 6.4 Problems due to the current state-of-play
- 6.4.1 Problem 1 u0096 Difficulties for the spouses to predict what law will apply
- 6.4.2 Problem 2 u0096 Insufficient flexibility and party autonomy for citizens to choose competent
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