Brussels II Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000) is no longer in force for EU member states, as it was repealed and replaced. Here is a summary of its status:
- It was replaced within the EU: Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 was first replaced by the "Brussels IIa" Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003), which became applicable on March 1, 2005, expanding the scope to general parental responsibility matters.
- The current EU law is the Brussels IIb Regulation: The Brussels IIa Regulation itself was later replaced by the "Brussels IIb" (or Brussels II Recast) Regulation (Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111), which has been fully applicable since August 1, 2022, for all new legal proceedings in EU member states (except Denmark).
- Transitional arrangements: The older regulations (Brussels IIa and implicitly Brussels II) may still be relevant for cases or proceedings that were initiated before the dates the subsequent regulations became applicable.
For cases involving the
United Kingdom after Brexit, EU regulations (including all versions of Brussels II) generally ceased to apply to new proceedings started after December 31, 2020. The UK now relies on different international conventions and its own national law for cross-border family law matters
