The first degree still features today in the 1968 Brussels Convention and the Brussels II Regulation: recognition is automatic unless contested; a declaration of enforceability (exequatur) may be obtained upon application and can be refused on one of the grounds on the exhaustive list in the relevant instrument. This exequatur procedure is therefore less complex than would generally result from the application of national law.
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