# Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession, Article 7: Jurisdiction in the event of a choice of law

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

The courts of a Member State whose law had been chosen by the deceased pursuant to Article 22 shall have jurisdiction to rule on the succession if:
(a) a court previously seised has declined jurisdiction in the same case pursuant to Article 6;
(b) the parties to the proceedings have agreed, in accordance with Article 5, to confer jurisdiction on a court or the courts of that Member State; or
(c) the parties to the proceedings have expressly accepted the jurisdiction of the court seised.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/650/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-650/article-7
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.