Agreements as to succession - 150 years of solitude

Abstract

This article examines the agreements as to succession from a historical perspective and in the context of the particular effects given by the  Regulation (EU) no. 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of judgments and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession. The article aims to establish the content and the admissibility of these agreements in  successions having cross-border implications that are governed by Romanian applicable law, and to determine which agreements allowed by Romanian civil law could fall under the European definition.