European Notarial Network
A Notarial Network for Legal Practice
Helping notaries faced with cross-border questions
Do you deal with successions, the incorporation of companies or marriage contracts containing a cross-border element within the European Union?
Do you want information on the application and transposition of European legislation in your country?
With the European Union’s support, the European Notarial Network (ENN) provides you free of charge with an effective network of interlocutors, practical tools and many online resources.
Log in to know more No account yet? Create one if you are a notary. It’s for free!CHILDREN FROM UKRAINE – ONLINE MULTILINGUAL FORM FOR UKRAINIAN CHILDREN TRAVELING TO AND RESIDING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
This form enables parents or persons bearing legal responsibility to ensure the care of the minor leaving Ukraine. It is available for fill-in and/or free download and it is fully bilingual. In this way it can be read and completed by Ukrainian residents in their own language and it can be read and understood by the competent authorities in the EU country of destination.
Downloadable in pdf format, it is also possible to complete it online, including via mobile devices, in full or in part, and to download it afterwards.
For more information on refugee children from Ukraine please consult the Children from Ukraine section of the European Union’s e-justice portal.
News
13-Sep-2024
New Factsheet Released: Navigating Cross-Border Inheritance in Europe
The factsheet is based on a real-life case study and provides simple explanations on the application of the European Succession regulation. Moreover, useful links to reliable resources for more detailed information are included.
This initiative is the result of collaboration between the European Network of Registers of Wills’ Association (ENRWA), the Fédération Royale du Notariat Belge (FRNB), and the European Notarial Network (ENN). It aims to make European succession law more accessible to the growing number of people affected by cross-border inheritance issues.
The factsheet is available for download in French and English in PDF format:
Info sheet on cross border successions – EN
Info sheet on cross border successions – FR
30-Apr-2024
ENN seminar and meeting - Brussels, 25-26 April 2024
In his introduction, Anthony Leleu, President of the Belgian National Chamber, outlined the social and legal issues raised by this topic. Belgian notary Lisbeth Michielsens then gave a comprehensive overview of the tools available to notaries to help them process their cross-border cases: the European Directory of Notaries, information websites, the e-Justice Portal and, of course, the ENN platform (www.enn-rne.eu) etc.
Lenka Vysoka, Policy Officer at the European Commission, spoke about the legislative package published by the European Commission in May 2023. It includes a proposal for a Council Decision requiring all Member States to be party to the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on the Protection of Adults and a proposal for a Regulation aimed at facilitating both the determination of the competent courts in the Member States and of the applicable law, as well as the recognition and enforcement of protection measures taken in another Member State.
Her speech was followed by a panel discussion, the aim of which was to provide an overview of the national situations regarding judicial and extra-judicial protection measures in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. These exchanges were a prelude to work carried out in small groups of participants, which enabled a better understanding of the national frameworks of the various Member States.
The following day, the ENN's national interlocutors held their first annual meeting. On the agenda were the establishment of a framework for cooperation with the European Judicial Network, access for Serbian notaries to the ENN's online platform, and in-depth discussions on the tools and functionalities made available on the platform.
19-Apr-2024
The ENN takes part in an enlightening info and networking event for DG JUST project beneficiaries
Besides assisting to the useful and straightforward presentations on the novelties concerning the funding rules of the DG JUST co-funded projects, the event was a great opportunity to network and exchange views, not only with other project beneficiaries, but also with DG JUST project and policy officers.
Several topics were discussed during these interesting conversations and, among others, the ENN project officer had the chance to inform the project officer on the efforts of the network on:
- the update of the formal legal requirements database, a key tool providing valuable information to practitioners on the national legislations of 22 EU countries,
- the ongoing reflections on the ENN platform technical infrastructure,
- the willingness to involve the network's observer member countries more closely in order to foster their European integration.
The two-days event was also the occasion for CNUE training program partners such as the Austrian, the Czech, the German Notariat as well as the UINL to gain useful knowledge on the technicalities of the DG JUST co-funded programmes.