Text tabled : A7-0045/2012

  Maria do Céu Patrão Neves (PPE), in writing. – (PT) There are 450 000 cross-border successions open in the European Union every year, representing inheritances totalling over EUR 120 billion and around 10% of all successions. The purpose of this proposal for a regulation is to prevent legal conflicts and long court cases for heirs, where the legal systems of more than one Member State are applicable. One of the new measures is the creation of a European Certificate of Succession, designed to clarify the legal position of the testator, and to safeguard the rights of heirs and other parties, including creditors. I voted for this report because I believe these measures could contribute to making these processes more efficient and faster.