Language of document :

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Opolu (Poland) lodged on 7 January 2022 – OP

(Case C-21/22)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Okręgowy w Opolu

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: OP

Other party to the proceedings: Notariusz Justyna Gawlica

Questions referred

Must Article 22 [of Regulation No 650/2012] be interpreted as meaning that a person who is not a citizen of the European Union is entitled to choose the law of his or her native country as the law governing all matters relating to succession? 1

Must Article 75, in conjunction with Article 22, of Regulation No 650/2012 be interpreted as meaning that, in the case where a bilateral agreement between a Member State and a third country does not govern the choice of law applicable to a case involving succession but indicates the law applicable to that case involving succession, a national of that third country residing in a Member State bound by that bilateral agreement may make a choice of law?

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1 OJ 2012 L 201, p. 107.