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Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1103 Article 6

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1103 Article 6

Jurisdiction in other cases

Article 6

Where no court of a Member State has jurisdiction pursuant to Article 4 or 5 or in cases other than those provided for in those Articles, jurisdiction to rule on a matter of the spouses' matrimonial property regime shall lie with the courts of the Member State: (a) in whose territory the spouses are habitually resident at the time the court is seised; or failing that (b) in whose territory the spouses were last habitually resident, insofar as one of them still resides there at the time the court is seised; or failing that (c) in whose territory the respondent is habitually resident at the time the court is seised; or failing that (d) of the spouses' common nationality at the time the court is seised.

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CitationArticle 6 of Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1103 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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