Title 10
in forceProperty Law
Section 1
General provisions
This title is without prejudice to the Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition, concluded at The Hague on 1 July 1985…
Section 2
The property law regime in respect of assets
Except insofar as otherwise provided in paragraphs 2 and 3, the property law regime with respect to a thing is governed by the law of the state on…
The proprietary consequences of a retention of title are governed by the law of the state on whose territory the thing is situated at the time of…
Without prejudice to Article 163, opening words and point (a), of this Book, the creation and the content of a right of retention are determined by…
Rights in a thing which have been acquired or established in accordance with the law applicable pursuant to this title, continue to rest thereon…
The legal consequences of the acquisition of a thing from a person lacking the power of disposition are governed by the law of the state on whose…
If possession of a thing has been lost involuntarily and after this loss it is unknown in which state the thing is situated, the legal consequences…
The proprietary regime with respect to a thing which is transported pursuant to a contract of international carriage is governed by the law of the…
Section 3
The property law regime with respect to rights of action
If a claim is embodied in a document, the law of the state on whose territory the document is situated determines whether the claim is a registered…
The susceptibility of a claim to name to transfer or to the establishment of rights thereon is governed by the law applicable to the claim.
The proprietary regime relating to a bearer claim is governed by the law of the state on whose territory the bearer instrument is situated. Article…
Section 4
The property law regime with respect to shares
If a document is a share certificate according to the law applicable to the issuing company mentioned in that document, the law of the state on whose…
The proprietary regime with respect to a registered share is governed by the law applicable to the company that issues or has issued the share…
The property law regime with respect to a bearer share is governed by the law of the state where the bearer instrument is situated. Article 135…
Section 5
The property law regime regarding book-entry securities
If a share belongs to a collection of securities that are transferable by book-entry, Section 4 does not apply to the property law regime with…
The property law regime with respect to securities transferable by book-entry is governed by the law of the state on whose territory the account in…