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Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 Article 33

Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 Article 33

Estate without a claimant

Article 33

To the extent that, under the law applicable to the succession pursuant to this Regulation, there is no heir or legatee for any assets under a disposition of property upon death and no natural person is an heir by operation of law, the application of the law so determined shall not preclude the right of a Member State or of an entity appointed for that purpose by that Member State to appropriate under its own law the assets of the estate located on its territory, provided that the creditors are entitled to seek satisfaction of their claims out of the assets of the estate as a whole.

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CitationArticle 33 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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