Brussels, 08/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 7 June, the Council adopted a regulation to simplify the settlement of international successions, which the Commission presented in 2009. The regulation relates to “jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions, acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession” and will help ease the legal burden when a family member with property in another EU country passes away. It defines a single criterion...