EAPIL to Establish Working Group on Digital Tokens

The European Association of Private International Law calls for expressions of interest from its members in participating in a Working Group on the private international law aspects of digital tokens.

The immediate goal of the establishment of the Working Group is to prepare for the participation of and represent EAPIL in an Experts’ Group on the private international law issues raised by Digital Tokens established by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (see more here). EAPIL has been invited to participate in the meetings of the Expert’s Group as an observer.

The Hague Conference Experts’ Group will hold its first meeting from 16 to 18 June 2025. While EAPIL should be represented during the meeting, it is not necessary that all members of the EAPIL Working Group participate (in fact, limits may be imposed on the number of persons attending a meeting on behalf of any given observer).

The board of the association has designated as interim chair of the EAPIL Working Group Professor Francesca Villata. EAPIL Members interested in joining the EAPIL Working Group are invited to contact Francesca Villata at  before 7 April 2025, stating “EAPIL WG on Digital Tokens” in the object of the message.

The members of the EAPIL Working Group will then designate the chair of the Working Group and define the scope of its mission.