Notes
1. Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000, OJ L 338, 23.12.2003.
2. Proposal for a Council Regulation of 15 December 2005 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations (COM(2005) 649 final); Proposal for a Council Regulation of 17 July 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 as regards jurisdiction and introducing rules concerning applicable law in matrimonial matters (Rome III); Green Paper on conflict of laws in matters concerning matrimonial property regimes, including the question of jurisdiction and mutual recognition (COM(2006) 400 final); Green Paper: Succession and wills (COM(2005) 65 final).
3. Hague Programme: Strengthening Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union, OJ C53/1 of 3 March 2005, p. 11 et seq (section 3 – Strengthening Justice, p. 13).
4. A reference to the legal basis of the measures in this field, Art 65 ECT.
5. ECJ Advisory Opinion 1/03 of 3 February 2006.
6. Arts 3 et seq.
7. Arts 21 et seq.