Els nous reglaments de la Unió Europea en matèria de règim matrimonial i d'efectes patrimonials de les unions registrades: àmbit d'aplicació, innovacions, definicions, parelles incloses i parelles excloses

Abstract

On February 6, 2019, within the frame of the «Institutions of our law» conference series, organized by the Societat Catalana d'Estudis Jurídics, I had the opportunity to talk about the «New regulations (EU) on the matrimonial property regimes and patrimonial effects of registered partnerships». I focused on their distinctive features, their scope of application and, above all, on the concept of registered partnership, and the exclusion of the preliminary question regarding its existence and validity. In other words, I focused on when, who, what and to which couples the two new texts of the European Union apply to. Which couples are included in the new regulation is a key point particularly in a State like Spain, where some autonomous communities have their own civil law. The work deals with all these questions, which partnerships are included and which ones should be excluded, as well as the requirements they should met in order to be included. Finally, if they need to be excluded, the work deals with possible solutions to offer. This paper concludes with twelve final remarks.