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Scope Of The Convention Concerning The Procedure In Civil Cases

Original Language Title: Geltungsbereich des Übereinkommens betreffend das Verfahren in bürgerlichen Rechtssachen

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73. Revelation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Convention relating to the proceedings in civil cases

Iceland is 10 years after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has announced that it has been notified. October 2008, its instrument of accession to the Convention on Civil Law Procedure (BGBl. No. 91/1957, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III n ° 64/2004) and declare the following reservation on the occasion of the following reservation: Statement issued:

Iceland opts against the use of documents on its territory in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 6 (1) of the Convention.

In accordance with Article 15 of the Convention, Iceland states that written requests can only be dealt with directly by diplomats or consular agents, if prior permission has been granted by the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastic Affairs.

The Convention shall enter into force on 31 July 2009 in accordance with Article 31 (1) of the Convention.

According to a further communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Serbia made the following statement on 9 June 2006:

As a result of the Declaration on the Independence of the State of Montenegro and in accordance with Art. 60 of the Constitutional Treaty of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia will become the international legal personality of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, which was also confirmed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia at its meeting of 5 June 2006.

Montenegro also stated, on 1 March 2007, that it should continue to comply with the Convention with effect from 3 June 2006.

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