International Conventions and European instruments of Private International Law: interrelation and codification.

Abstract

A. Interaction between international conventions and unification of private international law in the EU. 1. Scope and nature of the EU external competences. 2. The EU in the international scene. 3. The position of EU Member States. B. International conventions in the drafting of an EU regime. 1. Agreements concluded by the EU. 2. Conventions to which Member States are parties