Introductory Act to the Civil Code (IACC)
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Übersetzung des ersten und zweiten Kapitels des Einführungsgesetzes zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche (Inkrafttreten. Vorbehalt für Landesrecht. Gesetzesbegriff: Artikel 1 und 2 EGBGB und Internationales Privatrecht: Artikel 3 bis 47 EGBGB) durch Dr. Juliana Mörsdorf-Schulte LL.M. (Univ. of California, Berkeley)
Translation of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code, first and second Chapter (Entry into force. Reserve for the law of a Land. Definition of Statute: Articles 1 and 2 IACC and Private International Law: Articles 3 thru 47 IACC ) provided by Dr. Juliana Mörsdorf-Schulte LL.M. (Univ. of California, Berkeley)
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| FIRST PART GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
| First Chapter Entry into force. Reserve for the law of a Land. Definition of Statute. | |
| Art. 1 | |
| Art. 2 | |
| Second Chapter Private International Law | |
| FIRST SECTION. GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
| Art. 3 | Scope; Relationship with rules of the European Community and with international conventions |
| Art. 3a | Referral to substantive provisions; single statute |
| Art. 4 | Renvoi; split law |
| Art. 5 | Personal statute |
| Art. 6 | Public policy (ordre public) |
| SECOND SECTION. RIGHTS OF NATURAL PERSONS AND LEGAL TRANSACTIONS | |
| Art. 7 | Legal capacity and capacity to contract |
| Art. 8 | [deleted] |
| Art. 9 | Declaration of death |
| Art. 10 | Name |
| Art. 11 | Form of legal acts |
| Art. 12 | Protection of the other party |
| THIRD SECTION. FAMILY LAW | |
| Art. 13 | Marriage |
| Art. 14 | General effects of marriage |
| Art. 15 | Matrimonial property regime |
| Art. 16 | Protection of third parties |
| Art. 17 | Divorce |
| Art. 17a | Marital home and household goods |
| Art. 17b | Registered life partnership |
| Art. 18 | Maintenance |
| Art. 19 | Descent |
| Art. 20 | Challenge of the descent |
| Art. 21 | Effects of parent-child-relationship |
| Art. 22 | Adoption |
| Art. 23 | Consent |
| Art. 24 | Guardianship, protective care and curatorship |
| FOURTH SECTION. SUCCESSION | |
| Art. 25 | Succession |
| Art. 26 | Dispositions mortis causae (wills) |
| FIFTH SECTION. NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS | |
| Art. 27 - 37 | [deleted, now see Rome I Regulation] |
| Art. 38 | Unjust enrichment |
| Art. 39 | Negotiorum gestio |
| Art. 40 | Tort |
| Art. 41 | Substantially closer connection |
| Art. 42 | Choice of law by the parties |
| SIXTH SECTION. PROPERTY | |
| Art. 43 | Rights in rem |
| Art. 44 | Intromissions emanating from real property |
| Art. 45 | Means of transport |
| Art. 46 | Substantially closer connection |
| SEVENTH
SECTION. SPECIAL PROVISIONS IMPLEMENTING RULES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 3 NO. 1 | |
First
Subsection | |
| Art. 46a | Environmental damage |
Second Subsection | |
| Art. 46b | Consumer protection for particular areas |
| Art. 46c | Compulsory insurance contracts |
| Third
Chapter. Adaptation | |
| Art. 47 | First and Family Names. |