The CNUE and the European Commission held a joint conference on 23 October in Brussels on the two new European regulations relating to matrimonial property regimes and the property consequences of registered partnerships. The conference provided an opportunity for more than 200 practitioners to learn about and exchange views on their content, with a view to them becoming applicable on 29 January 2019. Marius Kohler, President of the CNUE, stressed the importance of the work carried out on these two regulations, which will provide legal certainty for property relations. From now on, practitioners must familiarise themselves with these new instruments. The CNUE has already embarked on this path with a new training programme. Salla Saastamoinen, Director of Civil and Commercial Justice at the European Commission, insisted on the need to develop concrete solutions for the 16 million international couples living in the EU. While 18 Member States have decided to join the enhanced cooperation procedure, she recalled that it remains open and encouraged other Member States to take part in it.