ZBB 2006, 98
Inconsistencies between the Hague Securities Convention and German Law
Table of Contents
- I. Introduction
- 1. Scope and objective of the Hague Securities Convention
- 2. Lex situs and background
- 3. A note on the usage of terms
- II. Current German Conflict-of-Laws Rule
- 1. Current German property law
- 2. Other German law doctrines for cross-border securities transactions
- 3. The current German Conflict-of-Laws Rule
- 3.1 The modification of lex situs in sect. 17a German Safe Custody Act
- 3.2 Scope of sect. 17a German Safe Custody Act
- III. The New Conflict-of-Laws Rule in Accordance with Art. 4 of the Hague Securities Convention
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Language of Art. 4 (1) of the Hague Securities Convention
- 3. Effects of the Primary Rule
- IV. Inconsistencies of the primary rule with the German Safe Custody Act
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Examples of inconsistencies
- 2.1 Risk of non-acquisition of (co-)ownership rights without a central book-entry credit
- 2.2 Non-acquisition of (co-)ownership rights
- 2.3 Party autonomy and choice of law
- 3. Comment
- 3.1 The transparency issue
- 3.2 De facto double application of the same res-in-rem security rule in governing law of different account agreements
- 3.3 Need for harmonisation of substantive law rules regarding securities indirectly held through an intermediary
- V. Conclusions
- 1. Summary and results
- 2. Recommendations
- 2.1 EC regulation on a common Conflict-of-Laws Rule
- 2.2 Lex situs, lex contae reconsidered
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- *)Rechtsanwalt in Frankfurt/M.
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