# Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation, Article 3: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation:
1.. ‘participating Member State’ means a Member State which participates in enhanced cooperation on the law applicable to divorce and legal separation by virtue of Decision 2010/405/EU, or by virtue of a decision adopted in accordance with the second or third subparagraph of Article 331(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
2.. the term ‘court’ shall cover all the authorities in the participating Member States with jurisdiction in the matters falling within the scope of this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1259/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1259/article-3
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