Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 18 January 2017 — Vincent Pierre Oberle

(Case C-20/17)

(2017/C 112/27)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Kammergericht Berlin

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Vincent Pierre Oberle

Question referred

Is Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession (1) (Regulation No 650/2012) to be interpreted as meaning that it also determines exclusive international jurisdiction in respect of the granting, in the Member States, of national certificates of succession which have not been replaced by the European certificate of succession (see Article 62(3) of Regulation No 650/2012), with the result that divergent provisions adopted by national legislatures with regard to international jurisdiction in respect of the granting of national certificates of succession — such as Paragraph 105 of the Familiengesetzbuch (the Family Code) in Germany — are ineffective on the ground that they infringe higher-ranking European law?

(1)  OJ 2012 L 201, p. 107.