Translation of "juridiction de l'état de résidence " (French → English) :

In order to simplify the lives of heirs and legatees habitually resident in a Member State other than that in which the succession is being or will be dealt with, this Regulation should allow any person entitled under the law applicable to the succession to make declarations concerning the acceptance or waiver of the succession, of a legacy or of a reserved share, or concerning the limitation of his liability for the debts under the succession, to make such declarations in the form provided for by the law of the Member State of his habitual residence before the courts of that Member State.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 174, p. 1).

During that period, such acts may, therefore, form the subject-matter of a reference for a preliminary ruling only where the order for reference is made by a court or tribunal of a Member State which has accepted the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice, it being a matter for each of those States to determine whether the right to refer a question to the Court is to be available to all of its national courts and tribunals or is to be reserved to the courts or tribunals of last instance.

With a further one million citizens of the European Union living outside their home country entitled to vote and stand as a candidate in their member state of residence in the 2004 elections to the European Parliament, the European Commission issued on 8 April 2003 a Communication recommending in particular that acceding states transpose the relevant Community law without delay, in order to establish a legal basis for the right of citizens of the Union to vote and to stand as a candidate in their state of residence in the 2004 elections; both the current 15 member states and the ten acceding states (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latv ...[+++]ia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia) shoud take the necessary measures to ensure that all Union citizens nationals of other Member states and residing in their territory are entered in the electoral rolls in good time before the 2004 elections to the European Parliament.

Speeches will be given by Mr Pat COX, President of the European Parliament, Ms Lene ESPERSEN, Danish Minister for Justice and President of the Council, Mr Romano PRODI, President of the European Commission, and Mr Ludwig ADAMOVICH, President of the Austrian Constitutional Court, in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Grand-Duke and Grand-Duchess of Luxembourg, the President and Members of the Court of Justice and of the Court of First Instance, former Members of the Courts and senior judges of the Member States, of international courts and of the candidate countries and certain other countries.

3. Execution may not be refused by the requested court solely on the ground that under the law of its Member State a court of that Member State has exclusive jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action or that the law of that Member State would not admit the right of action on it.