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Amending the European Insolvency Regulation to Strengthen Main Proceedings
No full textThe EC Regulation No 1346 on insolvency proceedings allows for the coexistence of different proceedings with respect to the same debtor. This triggers certain problems in terms of efficiency of the insolvency administration within the European Judicial Space, thus menacing the effet utile of the Regulation.
The article focuses on such problems, explaining the shortcomings which affect the Regulation and wondering whether the ECJ case-law managed a solution for them.
As a matter of principle, preventing the opening of secondary proceedings seems in several cases to be a suitable means for protecting the main proceedings’ purposes. However, at the same time, not opening secondary proceedings could hamper the interests of local creditors, which rely on it to safeguard their rights on the grounds of the local lex concursus. The author addresses the main aspects of this tension.
The Regulation is under revision as result of a Proposal of the European Commission, which, inter alia, aims to strike a balance between the aforesaid interests at odds. The author, hence, carries out a critical appraisal of the envisaged amendments having also regard to the recent reactions of the other European Institutions
Towards a New Interface BetweenBrussels I and Arbitration?
Full text linkArbitral tribunals and state courts are currently called upon to coexist in the European
Judicial Space without being clearly coordinated with each other. The author wonders
whether Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012, irrespective of restating the arbitration exclusion,
brings a novelty in this regard by way of Recital 12—which sets out the arbitration
exclusion’s scope—and Article 73(2)—which safeguards the 1958 New York
Convention. Certain well known issues concerning the interface between Brussels I
and arbitration—such as the risk of conflicting decisions either on the merits or on the
arbitration agreement, the defence against derailing or delaying tactics flouting an arbitration
agreement, the enforcement of anti-suit injunctions or judgments awarding
damages for breach of the obligation to arbitrate—have been reviewed so as to appreciate
whether and to what extent things have really changed
La validità della sentenza internazionale nelle controversie fra Stati
No full textInternational judgments have a binding character as long as they meet certain requirements imposed by the rules governing both the procedure and the judge’s duties. In this regard, the validity of the judgment represents a sort of all-inclusive requirement.
The book aims to provide an in-depth analysis of all rules and principles of international adjudication dealing with the grounds of invalidity, their functioning, their ascertainment as well as their implications upon both the judgment and the national measures enacting it.
The introduction focuses on the concept of ‘invalidity’, in order to assess which general category in international law among (absolute) nullity, voidness or inexistence should encompass it. The author upholds the (absolute) nullity category, especially due to the lack of a permanent international body which might rule on annulment claims. Such a view, however, may not apply to specific systems providing States parties with a means of annulment.
Chapter I deals with the shortcomings related to the exercise of jurisdiction. It mainly focuses on the excès de pouvoir, as a well-known ground of invalidity in arbitration.
Chapter II examines the infringement of fundamental rules of procedure. After describing the general features of the error in procedendo, so as to distinguish between simple irregularity and invalidity, the chapter proceeds with a survey of: a) the incorrect application of the rules relating to the establishment and composition of judicial bodies; b) the consequences of the absence of a judge in case of collegial composition; c) the breach of equality principle; d) the infringements of the principles in the matter of evidence; c) the excès de pouvoir as to the so-called ‘inherent’ power.
Chapter III deals with the ‘arbitrary use of the judicial function’. The main breaches taken into consideration concern independence and impartiality. The author includes errores in iudicando – as a particular facet of the excès de pouvoir – within the concept of ‘arbitrary use of the judicial function’ only insofar as they are essential and manifest.
Chapter IV aims to determine the (judicial or non-judicial) ‘places’ where the invalidity may be ascertained. It has been divided into 5 sections.
Section 1 refers to the States’ right to object the invalidity.
On the one hand, it is indisputable that one State may claim invalidity but, on the other hand, that same State should not be entitled, as a matter of principle, to decide by itself the consequences of the invalidity claim on the judgment’s binding force. The invalidity claim will be certainly challenged by the successful litigant. Thereby a dispute concerning the existence of one or more grounds of invalidity arises: a dispute which is different from that “settled” by the judgment at stake.
Section 2 sets out certain unilateral acts or agreements as well as acquiescence and estoppel leading to debar the invalidity claim.
Section 3 aims to determine which judicial body may rule on disputes concerning the invalidity.
As for the pre-judgment phase, the preliminary objections in matters of jurisdiction and the Kompetenz-Kompetenz principle drew major attention.
As regards the post-judgment phase, the analysis explores the concept of ‘supervisory jurisdiction’, giving some examples.
Section 4 in turn scrutinizes other proceedings aimed at ‘reviewing’ or ‘reopening’ a judgment so as to verify whether they might involve a validity appraisal.
Last but not least, Section 5 focuses on the ICJ’s judgment validity, by stressing how the relationship between validity and binding character does not vary in this regard.
Chapter V, finally, deals briefly with the effects of invalidity upon the obligations stemming from the judgment as well as upon the national measures enforcing it
EU Cross-border Insolvency Proceedings
No full textThe author deals with the chapter's part concerning the applicable law and the cooperation regimes of the Regulation (EU) 2015/848. As regards the applicable law, the author pays particular attention to the exceptions to the general rule whereby the proceedings and the related effects are governed by lex concursus. As for the cooperation regime, the author deals mainly with the novelties concerning the group insolvency
Diritto del mare e sicurezza degli spazi marini: flessioni e adeguamenti nel contrasto ai traffici illeciti
No full textSullo sfondo della poliedrica nozione di sicurezza marittima, il presente scritto valuta se gli strumenti “classici” del diritto del mare rispondono alle sfide attuali derivanti dal contrasto ai traffici marittimi illeciti, accertando, così, quali siano gli adeguamenti in atto o necessari per rendere il contrasto efficace. la questione assume vieppiù importanza alla luce della differenza – risultante dalla CNuDM e da altre convenzioni internazionali – tra i criteri in base ai quali esercitare azioni di polizia in mare e i criteri per esercitare la giurisdizione penale nei confronti degli autori dei traffici. l’intera analisi tiene conto della cornice normativa – inclusi i diritti umani e il diritto dei rifugiati – che circonda qualunque azione individuale o collettiva in mare
Regulation (EU) 2015/848 and Groups of Companies: Choice Between Cooperation and Coordination
No full textIl lavoro analizza la disciplina del regolamento (UE) 2015/848 dedicata alla insolvenza transfrontaliera di gruppo, curando, con taglio critico, gli aspetti di continuità e di novità rispetto al regime previgente racchiuso nel regolamento (CE) n. 1346/2000
Procedure secondarie «sintetiche» e diritto applicabile nella procedura principale
No full textIl lavoro analizza il regime delle c.d. procedure secondarie "sintetiche" o "virtuali" introdotto dall'art. 36 del regolamento (UE) 2015/848 sulla scia di una prassi inaugurata dalle corti inglesi. Particolare attenzione è dedicata al coordinamento tra la legge che regola la procedura principale di insolvenza e la legge dello Stato in cui il debitore ha la dipendenza, applicata in modo "virtuale". Il lavoro si sofferma altresì sul ruolo svolto dalla procedura secondaria nel regime del regolamento e sui pericoli insiti nella relativa apertura ponendosi dal punto di vista di obiettivi e piani di gestione della procedura principale
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