Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters
| Coming into Force | 10 February 1969 |
| Subject Terms | Trade,Information,Civil matters,Legal matters,Documents,Judicial matters |
| Registration Number | 9432 |
| Registration Date | 26 February 1969 |
| Citation | UNTS v. 658 (p.163) |
| Date of Conclusion | 15 November 1965 |
| Party Submitting the Application for Registration | Netherlands |
| Type of Document | Multilateral |
| Depositary | Government of the Netherlands |
| Participants | Andorra,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia,Bahamas,Barbados,Bélgica,Belize,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Botswana,Brasil,Bulgaria,Canada,China,Colombia,Costa Rica,Croacia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Czechoslovakia,Dinamarca,Egipto,Estonia,Federal Republic of Germany,Finlandia,France,Germany,Greece,Hong Kong,Hungria,Islandia,India,Ireland,Israel,Italia,Japón,Kazakhstan,Kuwait,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malawi,Malta,México,Monaco,Montenegro,Morocco,Holanda,Nicaragua,Noruega,Pakistán,Polonia,Portugal,Republic of Korea,Republic of Moldova,Rumania,Russian Federation,San Marino,Serbia,Seychelles,Eslovaquia,Eslovenia,España,Sri Lanka,St. Christopher and Nevis,St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Suecia,Suiza,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Turquia,Ukraine,United Arab Republic,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United States,Venezuela,Viet Nam |
No.
9432
MULTILATERAL
Convention
on
the
service
abroad
of
judicial
and
extrajudicial
documents
in
civil
or
commercial
matters
(with
annex).
Opened
for
signature
at
The
Hague
on
15
November
1965
Authentic
texts
:
French
and
English.
Registered
by
the
Netherlands
on
26
February
1969.
MULTILATÉRAL
Convention
relative
à
la
signification
etsSfc
la
notification
à
l'étranger
des
actes
judiciaires
et
extrajudiciaires
en
matière
civile
ou
commerciale
(avec
annexe).
Ouverte
à
la
signature
à
La
Haye
le
15
novembre
1965
Textes
authentiques
:
français
et
anglais.
Enregistrée
par
les
Pays-Bas
le
26
février
1969.
1969
Nations
Unies
—
Recueil
des
Traités
165
CONVENTION
*
ON
THE
SERVICE
ABROAD
OF
JUDICIAL
AND
EXTRAJUDICIAL
DOCUMENTS
IN
CIVIL
OR
COM
MERCIAL
MATTERS
The
States
signatory
to
the
present
Convention,
Desiring
to
create
appropriate
means
to
ensure
that
judicial
and extra-
judicial
documents
to
be
served
abroad
shall
be
brought
to
the
notice
of
the
addressee
in
sufficient
time,
Desiring
to
improve
the
organisation
of
mutual
judicial
assistance
for
that
purpose
by
simplifying
and
expediting
the
procedure,
Have
resolved
to
conclude
a
Convention
to
this
effect
and
have
agreed
upon
the
following
provisions
:
Article
1
The
present
Convention
shall
apply
in all
cases,
in
civil
or
commercial
matters,
where
there
is
occasion
to
transmit
a
judicial
or
extrajudicial
docu
ment
for
service
abroad.
This
Convention
shall
not apply
where
the
address
of
the
person
to
be
served
with
the
document
is
not
known.
CHAPTER
I
JUDICIAL
DOCUMENTS
Article
2
Each
contracting
State
shall
designate
a
Central
Authority
which
will
undertake
to
receive
requests
for
service
coming
from
other
contracting
States
and
to
proceed
in
conformity
with
the
provisions
of
articles
3
to
6.
1
In
accordance
with
article
27,
the
Convention
came
into
force
on
10
February
1969,
i.e.,
the
sixtieth
day
after
the
deposit
of
the
third
instrument
of
ratification
with
the
Ministry
of
Foreign
Affairs of
the
Netherlands,
in
respect
of
the
following
States
on
behalf
of
which
the
instruments
of
ratification
were
deposited
on
the
dates indicated
:
United
States
of
America
..........................
24
August
1967
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland
17
November
1967
United
Arab
Republic
.............................
12
December
1968
For
the
declarations
by
the
Governments
of
the
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland
and
the
Government
of
the
United
States
of
America
made
at
the
time
of
deposit
of
then-
instruments
of
ratification,
see
p.
193
of
this
volume.
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