The applicability and scope of the Maintenance Regulation, the 2007 Hague Convention and the 2007 Hague Protocol & the Maintenance Regulation’s relations with other instruments
The Maintenance Regulation was adopted on 18 December 2008 and applies as of 18 June 2011 for all European Union Member States with the exception of Denmark (for which only the content of a part of the rules contained in the Regulation applies).
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geographical scope of the Regulation.
The transitional provisions of the Maintenance Regulation can be found in Article 75 of the Regulation as amended by the Corrigendum (OJ L 131, 18.05.2011, p. 26). Subject to the details specified in Article 75(2), the Regulation applies to proceedings instituted, to court settlements approved or concluded, and to authentic instruments established as from its date of application (being the 18 June 2011).