79. Revelation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Convention for the Liberation of Foreign Public Documents from the certification

According to statements by the Dutch Government, the following States have ratified their ratification or Instrument of Accession to the Convention for the Liberation of Foreign Public Certificates of Certification (BGBl. No. 27/1968, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III N ° 121/2004):

States:	Deposit d. Certificate:	Entered into force:
Azerbaijan	13 May 2004	2 March 2005
Cook Islands	13 July 2004	30 April 2005
Ecuador	2 July 2004	2 April 2005
Honduras	20. January 2004	30 September 2004
Iceland	28 September 2004	27 November 2004

According to statements by the Dutch Government, the following countries have announced their authorities, or Statements made:

Argentina

The Argentinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has concluded an agreement with the Federal Council of Tariff (Bundesnotariatsrat), through which the various public notarial authorities in Argentina have been authorized to pardon signatures with apostille. This provision entered into force on 1 December 2003. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to remain the competent authority for the application of this Convention.

Azerbaijan

Pursuant to Article 6 of the Convention, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan has, by Decree No. 544 of 10 December 2004, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan as the competent authority for documents of courts, public prosecutors, and Judicial authorities, including notarial certified documents and government documents on civil acts and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan as the competent authority for other documents.

Competent authorities:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
4, Sh. Gurbanov str
BAKU, AZ1009, Azerbaijan

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan
1, Inshaatchilar avn
BAKU, 370073, Azerbaijan

Cook Islands

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration

Germany

Pursuant to Article 3 (1) of the Convention, the following authorities shall be notified in the Land of Baden-Württemberg as competent:

1.		The Ministry of Justice for public documents issued by the judicial authorities, which are issued by the Higher Regional Court and the Higher Regional Courts;
2.		The President of a regional court for public documents issued in his district by other ordinary courts and judicial administrative authorities, by other authorities entrusted with the duties of ordinary courts, by notaries and by Documents issued by district notaries and other documents issued in connection with the administration of justice;
3.		The District Council of Tübingen for public documents issued by ministries, with the exception of the public documents issued by the Ministry of Justice;
4.		The district councils for the public documents and documents of the courts of all areas of the judicial system, issued by all other administrative authorities in their district, in addition to the ordinary courts.

In accordance with point 3 of this declaration, the authority to be notified shall be amended. Until now, the Ministry of the Interior has been the authority responsible for issuing certificates.

Ecuador

Departamento de Legalizaciones
Dirección General de Asuntos Consulares y Legalizaciones
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Carrión 10-40 y Av. 10 de Agosto
QUITO, Ecuador

Estonia

A certificate (Apostille) shall be affixed to all public documents issued in Estonia which are used in a State belonging to this Convention. These confirmations (apostilles) are issued in Estonia by the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which are the documents that have been certified as follows:

Ministry of the Interior: Confirmations on the absence of spouse; birth, marriage, divorce, death confirmations, confirmations of the State Citizenship and Migration Authority, police confirmations, confirmations and certificates, of Self-government agencies are issued, confirmations from the population register.

Ministry of Justice: Court and notarial documents, notarial copies and translations of documents, certificates from the registration and recumbering area.

Ministry of Education and Research: Diplomas, testimonies, academic evidence and grades.

Ministry of Social Affairs: Pension confirmations, medical confirmations, excerpts from the working register, documents about working hours.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to partake in such documents, the State of origin or destination of which is not party to this Convention.

Honduras

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores
Centro Cívico Gubernamental, Co a la Corte Suprema de Justicia
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras

Iceland

Ministry for Foreign Affairs
(Utanríkisráðuneytið)
Rauðarárstíg 25
150 REYKJAVIK, Iceland

Colombia

Colombia has stated that, starting on 15 December 2004, the apostille issued by the Office of Credence and Apostilles of the State Department of Colombia will no longer be accompanied by an adhesive label, but rather as a form of adhesive label. mechanically with a metallic staple. As of 15 December 2004, the Apostille format will also contain space for the identification of the certificate for which the Apostille will be issued, as well as for the first and last name of the holder.

Romania

Until 1 November 2004, if the new authorities responsible for issuing the Apostille are able to carry out this task, the Apostille shall be issued by the Ministry of Justice in respect of documents referred to in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be affixed to documents in accordance with Article 1 (b) of the Convention.

Sweden

Sweden has made its declaration at the time of ratification of the Convention 1 with effect from 1. January 2005 amended. The new statement reads as follows:

The Swedish Government declares, in accordance with Article 6, that competent authorities are all "Notaries Public".

Slovakia

With effect from 1 May 2004, point 1 of the original notified list of the competent authorities of the Slovak Republic shall be amended as follows:

1.		The Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic (Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky) for
a)			public documents issued or certified by courts, notaries, court enforcers or other court officials;
b)			Translations that have been made by official translators (appointed by the court).

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