PROBLEMS OF DETERMINING THE STATE BELONGING OF A LEGAL ENTITY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Keywords:
integration, European Union, Hague Convention, Brussels Convention, rules, incorporation, real settlement, exploitation center criterionAbstract
This article examines the actions taken by the European Union to regulate the conflict of law norms of different states within the framework of integration in order to determine the affiliation of a legal entity that plays an important role in international private law relations. The article presents an analysis of the Hague and Brussels Conventions, which are aimed at recognizing the legal personality of a legal entity, indicating the discrepancies between the criteria of incorporation and settlement. Also, the draft rules of the European Group on Private International Law “On the Law Applicable to Companies and Other Organizations” were considered, in which the priority of the incorporation criterion and the tendency for a liberal approach were analyzed. The main obstacle in the development of drafts of international treaties on determining the affiliation of a legal entity was the different integration goals of the European Union and the different positions of the member states in national legislation.
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