Problemy Prawa Prywatnego Międzynarodowego Tom 26 pod redakcją Maksymiliana Pazdana Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego · Katowice 2020 Zespół Redakcyjny Maksymilian Pazdan (redaktor naukowy, Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego) Maciej Szpunar (redaktor tematyczny, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach) Witold Kurowski (sekretarz Redakcji, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach) Katarzyna Sznajder-Peroń (sekretarz Redakcji, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach) Maciej Zachariasiewicz (sekretarz Redakcji, Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego) Rada Naukowa Christian von Bar (Universität Osnabrück), Paul Lagarde (Université Paris I), Rett R. Ludwikowski (The Catholic University of America), Heinz-Peter Mansel (Universität zu Köln), Dieter Martiny (Europa-Universität Viadrina), Andrzej Mączyński (Uniwer- sytet Jagielloński), Paul Meijknecht (Universiteit Utrecht), Cezary Mik (Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego), Jerzy Poczobut (Uniwersytet Warszawski), Jerzy Rajski (Uniwersytet Warszawski), Andrzej Szumański (Uniwersytet Jagielloński), Luboš Tichý (Univerzita Karlova) Recenzenci Katarzyna Bagan-Kurluta (Uniwersytet w Białymstoku), Bettina Heiderhoff (Universität Münster), Elwira Macierzyńska-Franaszczyk (Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego), Marcin Margoński (Collegium Iuridicum Słubice), Piotr Mostowik (Uniwersytet Jagielloński), Arkadiusz Wowerka (Uniwersytet Gdański), Anna Wysocka-Bar (Uniwersytet Jagielloń- ski), Łukasz Żarnowiec (Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego) Adres Redakcji „Problemy Prawa Prywatnego Międzynarodowego” Wydział Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach 40-007 Katowice, ul. Bankowa 11b tel. (032) 359 18 03; e-mail: [email protected] Publikacja jest dostępna w wersji elektronicznej: www.journals.us.edu.pl Central and Eastern European Online Library www.ceeol.com Spis treści Maciej Szpunar: Foreword 7 Studia Paul Lagarde: La réserve héréditaire dans le règlement 650/2012 sur les successions 9 Jürgen Basedow: “Member States” and “Third States” in the Succession Re- gulation 15 Christian Kohler: Application of the Succession Regulation by the German courts — Selected issues 27 Michael Wilderspin: The Notion of “Court” under the Succession Regulation 45 Stefania Bariatti: The Capacity and the Quality of Heir. Possible Interaction with Preliminary Questions 57 Andrea Bonomi: The Regulation on Matrimonial Property and Its Operation in Succession Cases — Its Interaction with the Succession Regula- tion and Its Impact on Non-participating Member States 71 Piotr Rylski: The Influence of Bilateral Treaties with Third States on Ju- risdiction and Recognition of Decisions in Matters on Succession — Polish Perspective 91 Krzysztof Pacuła: The Principle of a Single Estate and Its Role in Delimiting the Applicable Laws 107 Maksymilian Pazdan, Maciej Zachariasiewicz: Highlights and Pitfalls of the EU Succession Regulation 125 Jacek Górecki: Prawo właściwe dla czynności prawnych związanych z zarzą- dem sukcesyjnym 189 4 Glosy Agata Kozioł: Glosa do postanowienia Sądu Najwyższego z dnia 23 marca 2016 r., sygn. akt: III CZP 112/15 209 Witold Kurowski: Kolizyjnoprawna problematyka skuteczności przelewu wie- rzytelności wobec osób trzecich. Glosa do wyroku Trybunału Spra- wiedliwości Unii Europejskiej z dnia 9 października 2019 r. w spra- wie BGL BNP Paribas SA c/a TeamBank AG Nürnberg (C-548/18) 223 Varia Maciej Szpunar, Krzysztof Pacuła, Maciej Zachariasiewicz: Honorary Doctorate for Professor Paul Lagarde and the Meeting of the European Group of Private International Law 237 Krzysztof Pacuła: Report from the Conference “Application of the Succession Regulation in the EU Member States”, Katowice, 12 September 2019 241 Contents Szpunar Maciej: Foreword 7 Studies Paul Lagarde: The reserve of the forced heir under the EU Succession Regu- lation 650/2012 9 Jürgen Basedow: ‘Member States’ and ‘Third States’ in the Succession Regu- lation 15 Christian Kohler: Application of the Succession Regulation by the German courts – Selected issues 27 Michael Wilderspin: The notion of “court” under the Succession Regulation 45 Stefania Bariatti: The Capacity and the Quality of Heir. Possible Interaction with Preliminary Questions 57 Andrea Bonomi: The Regulation on Matrimonial Property and its operation in succession cases — Its interaction with the Succession Regulation and its impact on non-participating Member States 71 Piotr Rylski: The influence of bilateral treaties with third states on jurisdic- tion and recognition of decisions in matters on succession — Polish perspective 91 Krzysztof Pacuła: The Principle of a Single Estate and Its Role in Delimiting the Applicable Laws 107 Maksymilian Pazdan, Maciej Zachariasiewicz: Highlights and Pitfalls of the EU Succession Regulation 125 Jacek Górecki: The law applicable to legal actions related to succession ma- nagement 189 Glosses Agata Kozioł: A note to the judgment of the Supreme Court of 23 March 2016 r., III CZP 112/15 209 6 Contents Witold Kurowski: The conflict of laws issues concerning the third party ef- fects of the assignments of claims. The gloss to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 9 October 2019 in the case of BGL BNP Paribas SA v. TeamBank AG Nürnberg (C-548/18) 223 Varia Maciej Szpunar, Krzysztof Pacuła, Maciej Zachariasiewicz: Honorary Doctorate for Professor Paul Lagarde and the meeting of the European Group for Private International Law 237 Krzysztof Pacuła: Report from the conference ”Application of the Succession Regulation in the EU Member States”, Katowice 12 September 2019 241 „Problemy Prawa Prywatnego Międzynarodowego”. T. 26 ISSN 2353-9852 https://doi.org/10.31261/PPPM.2020.26.01 Foreword The current volume of “Problemy Prawa Prywatnego Między- narodowego” — the leading Polish periodical in the field of private inter- national law — is primarily devoted to the Regulation No 650/2012 of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Suc- cession (“the Succession Regulation”). The Succession Regulation constitutes one of the first EU instru- ments of private international law inevitably affecting the everyday life of an average European. A well-known saying — attributed to Benjamin Franklin in his letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy in 1789 (although the ori- gins of this self-evident statement are disputed) — states that “nothing is certain except for death and taxes”. It describes things that are una- voidable for any human being. Tax law, at least as far as direct taxation is concerned, remains predominantly within the competence of the Mem- ber States. By adopting the Succession Regulation, the Union legislator established the rules affecting the legal consequences of the other “una- voidable” aspect of human existence. As the ambiguous origin of the aforementioned saying illustrates, apart from death and taxes, nothing is indeed certain and self-evident. This is also the case of the Succession Regulation. The first experiences with its application in the Member States have made it possible to identi- fy a number of vital legal problems, which go beyond the issues that had been discussed at the moment of the adoption of the Regulation in ques- tion. Indeed, the Succession Regulation has turned out to be a goldmine of challenges for practitioners and academics. These challenges range from classical issues of private international law, such as the delimita- tion of the scopes of applicable laws or preliminary questions, to issues 8 Foreword of a more general character, such as the notions of “Member State” or “court” within the meaning of the Succession Regulation. Moreover, in order to properly identify and explain these challenges, a cooperation of legal experts coming from different legal traditions seems indispensable. For this reason, I would humbly submit that both the conference and the collection of studies contained in the present volume of “Problemy Prawa Prywatnego Międzynarodowego” represent an important step in the con- solidation of European Succession Law. As a former secretary of the Editorial Board of this periodical, I am particularly honoured to host among the authors the most distinguished European scholars in the field. There is no doubt that the voice of Aca- demia continues to inspire both the Court of Justice of the European Union as well as national courts in the interpretation and application of the Succession Regulation. At the same time, judicial decisions should be properly addressed, assessed and, if need be, critically scrutinised in legal writings. This is the only way to consolidate European Succession Law in order to make it equitable and comprehensible for all Europeans who — without any exception — are not immune from dealing with le- gal aspects of succession. I strongly believe that the studies contained in the present volume of “Problemy Prawa Prywatnego Międzynarodowego” will contribute to this ongoing and lively debate with its enormous prac- tical implications. Maciej Szpunar (editor of the volume) „Problemy Prawa Prywatnego Międzynarodowego”. T. 26 ISSN 2353-9852 https://doi.org/10.31261/PPPM.2020.26.02 Studia Paul Lagardea) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7282-3119 La réserve héréditaire dans le re`glement 650/2012 sur les successions Abstract: The article addresses the issues relating to the protection of forced heirs in international context with a particular focus on the provisions of the EU Succession Re- gulation pertaining thereto. It contrasts