117. Presentation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions in the Field of Obligations to Children

According to the communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway 1 on the 25th Jänner 2008, his declaration pursuant to Article 13 of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions in the Field of Obligations to Children (BGBl. No 294/1961, last proclamation of the BGBl area. No 588/1995), as follows:

The Norwegian authority, responsible as the transmitting agency:

The Labour and Welfare Collection Agency,

N-9917 Kirkenes, Norway.

The Norwegian authority, responsible as the receiving agency:

The National Office for Social Insurance Abroad,

Postboks 8138, Dep.,

N-0033 Oslo, Norway.

Furthermore, the Kingdom of the Netherlands 2 on the 18th October 2010, or The following statements were made on 25 July 2012:

The Kingdom of the Netherlands consisted of three parts: the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba. The Netherlands Antilles consisted of the islands of Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

With effect from 10. In October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles were to be held as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Since that day, the kingdom has been composed of four parts: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Curaçao and Sint Maarten enjoy as much as Aruba-and up to 10. October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles-within the Kingdom of Internal Self-Government.

It is a change in the internal constitutional structure of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands remains the subject of international law, which is the subject of international law. The change in the structure of the Kingdom therefore has no consequences for the validity of the international conventions ratified by the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. These Conventions, including any reservations made, continue to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

The other islands, which were part of the Netherlands Antilles-Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba-became part of the Netherlands and form as such "the Caribbean part of the Netherlands". The Conventions currently in force for the Netherlands Antilles continue to apply to these islands; however, the Government of the Netherlands will now assume responsibility for the implementation of these Conventions.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares that, as far as the Kingdom of the Netherlands is concerned, the term "motherland" used as a result of the said Convention is the "European territory" with a view to the relations which have been established in accordance with the provisions of the public law between the European part of the Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, and the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba).

For Aruba:

The Common Court of Justice of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten is responsible for the enforcement of maintenance decisions in the first instance and in the appeal proceedings.

For Curacao:

The Common Court of Justice of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten is responsible for the enforcement of maintenance decisions in the first instance and in the appeal proceedings.

For Sint Maarten:

The courts of the first instance and the Court of Justice of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are responsible for the enforcement of the maintenance decisions.

For the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba):

The authorities of the European part of the Netherlands are also responsible for the Caribbean part of the Netherlands.

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