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The impact of the protection of fundamental rights is a factor of increasing importance for the interpretation of EU private international law. In matters of parental responsibility, the application of the rules on jurisdictional competence contained in the Regulation (EC) 2201/2003 can have a significant bearing on the rights of the child protected by Art. 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The judgment of the Court of Justice in UD (judgment of 17 October 2018, case C-393/18 PPU) dealt with a case concerning the notion of habitual residence ofthe child, that plays a central role under the mentioned Regulation and that is related to the principle of the best interests of the child, as often remarked by the Court itself. The Court refused to provide a broad interpretation of the notion, even in a situation where the protection of fundamental rights was at stake, while highlighting the fact that the existing methods and techniques of private international law may already serve that purpose.

Viene esaminata la competenza dell'Unione europea in tema di cooperazione giudiziaria in materia civile, disciplinata dagli artt. 67 e 81 TFUE, definendo l'ambito di applicazione di tale competenza, anche sul piano esterno, nonché i profili istituzionali e le modalità di attuazione di questa politica dell'Unione; vengono altresì illustrati i valori perseguiti, sulla base delle indicazioni dei Trattati, nell'ambito di tale cooperazione.

Preface --General introduction /Pietro Franzina and Ilaria Viarengo --Scope and definitions --Jurisdiction --Applicable law --Recognition, enforceability and enforcement of decisions --Authentic instruments and court settlements --General and final provisions.