Study on the electronic European Certificate of Succession, national registers of the European Certificate of Succession and wills, and their interconnection.

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This study is carried out in view of the forthcoming application on 17.8.2015 of the EU Succession Regulation, and its objective is threefold:1) to map the landscape of current and/or planned initiatives in EU Member States concerning ECS and, in particular:(i) the issuing of ECS as an electronic document;(ii) the registration of ECS (as an electronic or paper document);(iii) the interconnection of Member State registers of ECS;2) to map the landscape of current and/or planned initiatives in EU Member States concerning national dispositions of property upon death (including wills) and, in particular:(i) the registration of dispositions of property upon death (including wills);(ii) the interconnection of Member State registers of dispositions of property upon death (including wills);3) to consult stakeholders on their needs and expectations with regard to the abovementioned matters.