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MOTION FOR RESOLUTION No. 43 /X
Considering that the European Community intends to join the Hague Conference of
Private International Law;
Considering that the present Emendas establish the possibility of the accession to the
Conference of the Hague of Private International Law of Regional Organizations of
Economic integration to whom the members of the Hague Conference have delegated
competencies in Private International Law, where the Community includes
European;
Considering that the present Amendment to the Statute shall establish, equally,
amendments to the text of the Statute of the Hague Conference of Private International Law
in such a way that this adapts to the practices that have been developed since the Statute
came into force on July 15, 1955, establishing, in the same way, a version
authentic of the English-speaking Statute;
Given that its duration will give a new wording to its Article 12, creating
a regime of more clear and rigorous modifications.
Thus:
Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the
Assembly of the Republic the following motion for a resolution:
Approve the Amendment to the Status of the Hague Conference of International Law
Private, adopted in The Hague, on June 30, 2005, the text of which, in the authenticated versions
in the French and English languages, as well as the consolidated text of this Statute, in the version
authenticated in the English language, as well as the respective translation into Portuguese language,
are published in attachment.
Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of October 19, 2006.
The Prime Minister
The Minister of the Presidency
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Amendments to the Statute of the Hague Conference of Private International Law
C. The following decisions:
The Twentieth Session,
On note of the will expressed by the European Community in becoming a Member of
Conference;
Considering desirable that the Statute of the Conference be modified, under the
respective Article 12º, with the purpose of making it possible for the admission to the Conference of the
The Hague, whether it is from the European Community or from any other Regional Organisation
of Economic Integration to which the Member States hajam transferred competences
in the matter of private international law;
Considering desirable take advantage of the opportunity to enter some modifications to the
text of the Statute harmonizing it in accordance with the practices observed after the
its entry into force on the July 15, 1955, and establish an authentic version of the
text in English, the similarity of the French version;
Whereas Article 12º of the Statute allows for the modification of the Statute, if it is
approved by two thirds of the Members, during a Session or after written consultation;
Considering that the admission of a Regional Organization for Economic Integration to the
Conference implies the need to modify " The Internal Regulation of Sessions
Plenaries " and that it is also desirable to broaden its scope;
1. Adopt the following amendments to the Statute with the aim of submitting them for
approval to the Member States under Article 12º.
Article 2, number 2:
2. Powers to come to be Members any other States whose participation presents
interest in a legal nature for the proceedings of the Conference. The admission of
new Member States shall be decided by the Governments of the participating States,
upon proposal by one or more of them, by a majority of the votes manifested, in the
period of six months, from the date on which the Governments are entrusted with
examine the proposal.
After Article 2, insert Article 2 to the following:
1. Member States of the Conference will be able to, during a meeting on
general and political affairs, where the majority of Member States are present, by
a majority of votes manifested, decide to also admit as a Member
any Regional Organization for Economic Integration to the Conference that has
submitted to the Secretary-General an application for admission. Any
reference made in this Statute to the Members shall cover such Organizations
Members, unless otherwise provided. The admission will only be final after the
acceptance of the Statute by the Regional Organization for Economic Integration in
question.
2. To apply for the quality of Member of the Conference, the Regional Organization of
Economic integration should be constituted only by sovereign states with
competencies transferred by their Member States that cover competences
within a range of subjects within the Conference, including the power to take
binding decisions for its Member States on such matters.
3. Each Regional Economic Integration Organization that submits an application
of admission will present, in the act of application, a statement of competences
specifying which matters in which its Member States have transferred it
the competences.
4. Each Member Organization and its Member States shall ensure that
any modification concerning the competence or composition of an Organization
Member shall be notified to the Secretary-General, which shall transmit such information to the
remaining Members of the Conference.
5. It shall be assumed that the Member States of a Member Organization shall retain the
competencies on any subjects for which transfers from
competencies have not been specifically declared or notified.
6. Any Member of the Conference may request the Member Organization and the
your Member States that provide information on the competence of the
Member Organization with respect to any particular matter submitted to the
Conference. The Member Organization and its Member States shall ensure
that this information will be provided when requested.
7. The Member Organization shall exercise the rights inherent in its quality of Member
in alternation with its Member States which are Members of the Conference, in the
areas of their competences.
8. The Member Organization will be able to have, in the matters in which it is competent and in
any meeting of the Conference in which you are entitled to participate, of a
number of votes equal to the number of your Member States that hajam you
transferred competence with respect to the matter in question and which are enabled
voting at these meetings and that they are registered. Whenever a
Member Organization shall exercise its right to vote, its Member States shall not
will exercise yours, and conversely.
9. "Regional Organization for Economic Integration" designates an organization
international that is only constituted by sovereign states and which posits
competencies transferred by its Member States within a range of
subjects, including the power to make binding decisions for their states
Members on these subjects.
Article 3:
1. The operation of the Conference shall be ensured by the Council on Affairs
General and Policy (henceforth designated by "the Council") composed of all the
Members. In principle, the meetings of the Council will be held every year.
2. The Council shall ensure that operation by means of a Registry
Permanent whose activities will drive.
3. The Council shall examine all proposals to be submitted in the
order of the day of the Conference. He will be free to appreciate the progress to be given to these
proposals.
4. The State Commission of the Netherlands, created by the Royal Decree of 20 of
February 1897 with the aim of promoting the codification of the right
private international, will mark, after consulting with the Members of the Conference, the
date of the Diplomatic Sessions.
5. The State Commission shall address the Government of the Netherlands for the
convocation of the Members. The President of the State Commission shall preside over the
Sessions of the Conference.
6. The Ordinary Sessions of the Conference shall, in principle, be held in principle from four in
Four years.
7. If it is necessary, the Council may, after consulting with the State Commission, ask
to the Government of the Netherlands convening the Conference in Extraordinary Session.
8. The Council will be able to consult with the State Commission on any other matter
relevant to the Conference.
Article 4:
1. The Permanent Secretariat shall have its registered office in The Hague. He will be comprising of a Secretary-
General and four Secretaries who will be appointed by the Government of the Netherlands,
upon referral from the State Commission.
2. The Secretary-General and the Secretaries shall possess legal expertise and
appropriate practical experience. The diversity of geographical representation and
legal experience will also be taken into account for your
appointment.
3. The number of Secretaries may be increased after consulting the Council and
in accordance with Article 9.
Article 5:
Under the direction of the Council, the Permanent Secretariat is in charge of:
a) From the preparation and organisation of the Sessions of the Hague Conference as well as the
meetings of the Council and any Special Commissions;
b) of the work of the Secretariat of Sessions and the above-mentioned meetings;
c) Of any work that is part of the activity of a secretariat.
Article 6:
1. With a view to facilitating communications between the Conference Members and the
Permanent Office, the Government of each of the Member States shall
designate a national body and each Member Organization a liaison body.
2. The Permanent Secretariat will be able to correspond with all such bodies
designated and with the relevant international organizations.
Article 7:
1. Sessions and, in the range of Sessions, the Council, will be able to set up Commissions
Specials, with a view to drawing up the draft Convention or studying any
issues of private international law that fall into the purpose of the Conference.
2. Sessions, the Council and the Special Commissions will work, as much as
possible, on the basis of consensus.
Article 8:
1. The expenses set out in the annual budget of the Conference will be allocated among the
Member States of the Conference.
2. A Member Organization will not need to contribute, with monies higher than
of the other Member States, for the annual budget of the Conference, but
will contribute with a supplementary sum, to be determined by the Conference in
concertation with the Member Organization, so as to cover the expenditure
additional administrative staff from their Member status.
3. In any case, the expenses relating to the displacements and stay of the Delegates to the
Concelho and the Special Commissions will be borne by the Members represented.
Article 9:
1. The budget of the Conference shall be submitted, each year, to the approval of the
Council of Diplomatic Representatives of the Member States in The Hague.
2. These Representatives shall also make the apportionment between the Member States,
of the budgetary expenditure borne by the latter.
3. The diplomatic representatives shall meet, for those purposes, under the chairmanor
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Article 10:
1. The expenses, resulting from the ordinary and extraordinary Sessions of the Conference,
shall be borne by the Government of the Netherlands.
2. In any of the cases, the travel and stay expenses of the Delegates will stay the
job of the respective Members.
Article 11 (only the French text; without changes in the English translation):
The uses of the Conference will remain in force in all that is not contrary to the
this Statute or the Regulations.
Article 12:
1. The Amendments to the Statute shall be adopted by consensus of the Member States
present at a meeting on general and political affairs.
2. These Emendas will enter into force for all Members, three months after they have
been approved by two thirds of the Member States in accordance with their
respective internal procedures, but not before a nine-month period a
count of the date of your approval.
3. The meeting referred to in paragraph 1 may change by consensus the time limits referred to in paragraph 2.
Article 13:
The provisions of this Statute shall be complemented by Regulations in order to
ensure its execution. These Regulations will be drawn up by the Registry
Permanent and submitted to the approval of a Diplomatic Session, of the Council of
Diplomatic Representatives or of the Council on General Affairs and Policy.
Article 14, paragraph 3:
3. The Government of the Netherlands, in the event of the admission of a new Member, shall
notify all Members the declaration of acceptance of that new Member.
Article 15, paragraph 2:
2. The complaint is to be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom
of the Netherlands at least six months before fining the budget year of the
Conference, and will produce its effect by expiring the said year, but only as to the
Member who has notified it.
Then to Article 15, add:
The texts in French and English of this Statute, as amended in ..... 200., are
equally authentic.
Status of the Hague Conference of Private International Law
The Governments of the Countries listed below:
Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland,
France, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom of
Britain and Northern Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland;
Considering the permanent character of the Hague Conference of International Law
Private;
Wishing to accentuate that character;
Having, to such an end, judged desirable to provide the Conference with a Statute;
They stipulated the following provisions:
Article 1.
The Hague Conference aims to work on the unification of the rules of law
private international.
Article 2.
1. Will be Members of the Hague Conference of Private International Law the States
have already taken part in one or more Sessions of the Conference and who accept
the present Statute.
2. Powers to come to be Members any other States whose participation presents
interest in a legal nature for the proceedings of the Conference. The admission of
new Member States shall be decided by the Governments of the participating States,
upon proposal by one or more of them, by a majority of the votes manifested, in the
period of six months, from the date on which the Governments are entrusted with
examine the proposal
3. admission shall become final with the acceptance of this Statute by the State
interested.
Article 2 To
1. Member States of the Conference will be able to, during a meeting on
general and political affairs, where the majority of Member States are present, by
a majority of votes manifested, decide to also admit as a Member
any Regional Organization for Economic Integration to the Conference that has
submitted to the Secretary-General an application for admission. Any
reference made in this Statute to the Members shall cover such Organizations
Members, unless otherwise provided. The admission will only be final after the
acceptance of the Statute by the Regional Organization for Economic Integration in
question.
2. To apply for the quality of Member of the Conference, the Regional Organization of
Economic integration should be constituted only by sovereign states with
competencies transferred by their Member States that cover competences
within a range of subjects within the Conference, including the power to take
binding decisions for its Member States on such matters.
3. Each Regional Economic Integration Organization that submits an application
of admission will present, in the act of application, a statement of competences
specifying which matters in which its Member States have transferred it
the competences.
4. Each Member Organization and its Member States shall ensure that
any modification concerning the competence or composition of an Organization
Member shall be notified to the Secretary-General, which shall transmit such information to the
remaining Members of the Conference.
5. It shall be assumed that the Member States of a Member Organization shall retain the
competencies on any subjects for which transfers from
competencies have not been specifically declared or notified.
6. Any Member of the Conference may request the Member Organization and the
your Member States that provide information on the competence of the
Member Organization with respect to any particular matter submitted to the
Conference. The Member Organization and its Member States shall ensure
that this information will be provided when requested.
7. The Member Organization shall exercise the rights inherent in its quality of Member
in alternation with its Member States which are Members of the Conference, in the
areas of their competences.
8. The Member Organization will be able to have, in the matters in which it is competent and in
any meeting of the Conference in which you are entitled to participate, of a
number of votes equal to the number of your Member States that hajam you
transferred competence with respect to the matter in question and which are enabled
voting at these meetings and that they are registered. Whenever a
Member Organization shall exercise its right to vote, its Member States shall not
will exercise yours, and conversely.
9. "Regional Organization for Economic Integration" designates an organization
international that is only constituted by sovereign states and which posits
competencies transferred by its Member States within a range of
subjects, including the power to make binding decisions for their states
Members on these subjects.
Article 3.
1. The operation of the Conference shall be ensured by the Council on Affairs
General and Policy (henceforth designated by "the Council") composed of all the
Members. In principle, the meetings of the Council will be held every year.
2. The Council shall ensure that operation by means of a Registry
Permanent whose activities will drive.
3. The Council shall examine all proposals intended to be submitted in the order
of the day of the Conference. He will be free to appreciate the progress to be given to these
proposals.
4. The State Commission of the Netherlands, created by the Royal Decree of 20 of
February 1897 with the aim of promoting the codification of the right
private international, will mark, after consulting with the Members of the Conference, the
date of the Diplomatic Sessions.
5. The State Commission shall address the Government of the Netherlands for convocation
of the Members. The President of the State Commission shall chair the Sessions of the
Conference.
6. The Ordinary Sessions of the Conference shall, in principle, be held in principle from four in
Four years.
7. If it is necessary, the Council may, after consulting with the State Commission, ask the
Government of the Netherlands convening the Conference in Extraordinary Session.
8. The Council will be able to consult with the State Commission on any other matter
relevant to the Conference.
Article 4.
4. The Permanent Secretariat shall have its registered office in The Hague. He will be comprising of a Secretary-
General and four Secretaries who will be appointed by the Government of the Netherlands,
upon referral from the State Commission.
5. The Secretary-General and the Secretaries shall possess legal expertise and
appropriate practical experience. The diversity of geographical representation and
legal experience will also be taken into account for your
appointment.
6. The number of Secretaries may be increased after consulting the Council and
in accordance with Article 9º.
Article 5.
Under the direction of the Council, the Permanent Secretariat is in charge of:
a) From the preparation and organisation of the Sessions of the Hague Conference as well as the
meetings of the Council and any Special Commissions;
b) From the work of the Secretariat of Sessions and the meetings provided above;
c) Of any work that is part of the activity of a secretariat.
Article 6.
3. With a view to facilitating communications between the Conference Members and the
Permanent Office, the Government of each of the Member States shall
designate a national body and each Member Organization a liaison body.
4. The Permanent Secretariat will be able to correspond with all such bodies
designated and with the relevant international organizations.
Article 7.
1. Sessions and, in the range of Sessions, the Council, will be able to set up Commissions
Specials, with a view to drawing up the draft Convention or studying any
issues of private international law that fall into the purpose of the Conference.
2. Sessions, the Council and the Special Commissions will work, as much as
possible, on the basis of consensus.
Article 8.
1. Sessions and, in the range of Sessions, the Council, will be able to set up Commissions
Specials, with a view to drawing up the draft Convention or studying any
issues of private international law that fall into the purpose of the Conference.
2. Sessions, the Council and the Special Commissions will work, as much as
possible, on the basis of consensus.
Article 9.
1. The budget of the Conference shall be submitted, each year, to the approval of the
Council of Diplomatic Representatives of the Member States in The Hague.
2. These Representatives shall also make the apportionment between the Member States, of the
budgetary expenditure on the charge of the latter.
3. The diplomatic representatives shall meet, for those purposes, under the chairmanor of the
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Article 10.
1. The expenses, resulting from the ordinary and extraordinary Sessions of the Conference,
shall be borne by the Government of the Netherlands.
2. In any of the cases, the travel and stay expenses of the Delegates will stay the
job of the respective Members.
Article 11.
The uses of the Conference will remain in force in all that is not contrary to the
this Statute or the Regulations.
Article 12.
1. The Amendments to the Statute shall be adopted by consensus of the Member States
present at a meeting on general and political affairs.
2. These Emendas will enter into force for all Members, three months after they have
been approved by two thirds of the Member States in accordance with their
respective internal procedures, but not before a nine-month period a
count of the date of your approval.
3. The meeting referred to in paragraph 1 may change by consensus the time limits referred to in paragraph 2.
Article 13.
The provisions of this Statute shall be complemented by Regulations in order to
ensure its execution. These Regulations will be drawn up by the Registry
Permanent and submitted to the approval of a Diplomatic Session, of the Council of
Diplomatic Representatives or of the Council on General Affairs and Policy.
Article 14.
1. This Statute shall be submitted to the acceptance of the Governments two States which
have taken part in one or more Sessions of the Conference and will enter into force as soon as
is accepted by the majority of the States represented in the Seventh Session.
2. The declaration of acceptance shall be deposited with the Government of the Netherlands, which
it shall communicate it to the Governments referred to in the preceding paragraph of this Article.
3. The Government of the Netherlands, in the event of the admission of a new Member, shall
notify all Members the declaration of acceptance of that new Member.
Article 15.
1. Each Member shall be able to denounce the present Statute from a period of five
years, from the date of its entry into force, in the terms of the first paragraph of the
Article 14.
2. The complaint is to be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom
of the Netherlands at least six months before fining the budget year of the
Conference, and will produce its effect by expiring the said year, but only how much
to the Member who has notified it.
The texts in French and English of this Statute, as amended in ..... 200., are
equally authentic.
C Les Décisions suivants:
La Vingtième session,
Ayant examiné la volonté exprimée par la Communauté européenne de devenir Membre
de la Conférence;
Considérant qu' il est souhaitable that le Statut de la Conférence soit modifié, en
application de son article 12, afin de rendre possible l' admission à la Conférence de La
Haye, tant de la Communauté européenne that de toute autre Organisation régionale
d' intégration économique à laquelle ses Etats membres ont transféré compéé en
matière de droit international privé;
Considérant qu' il est en outre souhaitable de saisir l' opportunité d' apporter quelques
au modifications au texte du Statut afin de le rendre as aux pratiques développées
depuis son entrée en vigueur le 15 juillet 1955, et d' en établir une version anglaise
authentique, à l' instar du texte français;
Considérant que que l' article 12 du Statut permet la modification de celui-ci si elle est
approuvée par les deux tiers des Membres, lors d' une Session or d' une consultation
écrite;
Considérant que l' admission d' une Organisation régionale d' intégration économique à
la Conférence entraîne la nécessité de modifier le " Règlement intérieur des Sessions
plénières " et qu' il est également souhaitable d' étendre son champ d' application;
1. Adopt les amendements suivants au Statut dans le but de les soumettre aux Etats
membres pour approbation en application de l' article 12:
Article 2, Article 2:
2. Peuvent devenir Membres tous autres Etats dont la participation préfeel un intérêt
of nature juridique pour les travaux de la Conférence. L' admission de nouveaux
Etats membres est décidée par les Gouvernements des Etats debts, sur
proposition de l' un or de plusieurs d' between eux, à la majorité des voix émises, dans
un délai de six mois à dater du jour où les Gouvernements ont été saisis de cette
proposition.
A la suite de l' article 2, insérer l' article 2A suivant:
1. Les Etats membres de la Conférence peuvent, lors d' une réunion relative aux
affaires générales et à la politique rassemblant la majorité d' between eux, à la majorité
des voix émises, décider d' admettre également comme Membre toute Organisation
régionale d' intégration économique qui a soumis une demande d' admission au
Secrétaire général. Toute référence faite dans le présent Statut aux Membres
comprend ces Organisations membres, sauf dispositions contraires. L' admission ne
devient définitive qu' après l' acceptation du Statut par l' Organisation régionale
d' intégration économique concernée.
2. Pour pouvoir demander son admission à la Conférence en qualité de Membre, une
Organisation régionale d' intégration économique doit être composée uniquement
d' Etats souverains, et doit posséder des compétences transférées par ses Etats
membres pour un éventail de questions qui sont du ressort de la Conférence, y
buy le pouvoir de arresre des décisions sur ces questions engageant ses Etats
membres.
3. Chaque Organisation régionale d' intégration économique qui dépose une demande
d' admission préfeels, en même temps that sa demande, une déclaration de
compéé précisant les questions pour lesquelles ses Etats membres lui ont
transferé compées.
4. Une Organisation membre et ses Etats membres doivent s' assurer who touts
modification relative à la compébelongs or à la composition d' une Organisation
membre est notifiée au Secrétaire général, lequel diffuse cette information aux
autres Membres de la Conférence.
5. Les Etats membres d' une Organisation membre sont réputés conserver leurs
compétences sur toute question pour laquelle des transferts de compéé n' ont pas
été spécifiquement déclarés or notifiés.
6. Tout Membre de la Conférence peut demander à l' Organisation membre et ses Etats
membres de fournir des informations quant à la compébelongs de l' Organisation
membre à l' égard de toute question spécifique dont la Conférence est saisie.
L' Organisation membre et ses Etats membres doivent s' assurer que ces informations
sont fournies en réponse à une telle demande.
7. L' Organisation membre exerts les droits liés à sa qualité de Membre en alternance
avec ses Etats membres qui sont Membres de la Conférence, dans leurs domaines de
complies with respectifs.
8. L' Organisation membre peut disposer, pour les questions relevant de sa
compéé, dans toute réunion de la Conférence à laquelle elle est habilitée à
participer, d' un nombre de voix égal au nombre de ses Etats membres qui lui ont
transféré compéé sur la matière en question, et qui sont habilités à voter lors de
cette réunion et se sont enregistrés pour celle-ci. Lorsque l' Organisation membre
exerts son droit de vote, ses Etats membres n' exercent pas le leur, et inversement.
9. " Organisation régionale d' intégration économique " signifie une organisation
internationale composée uniquement d' Etats souverains et qui possède des
compétences transférées par ses Etats membres pour un éventail de questions, y
buy buy le pouvoir de arresre des décisions engageant ses Etats membres sur ces
questions.
Article 3:
1. Le fonctionnement de la Conférence est assuré par le Conseil sur les affaires
générales et la politique (ci-après: le Conseil), composé de tous les Membres. Les
réunions du Conseil se tiennent en principe tous les ans.
2. Le Conseil differ ce fonctionnement par l' intermédiaire d' un Bureau Permanent
dont il drives les activités.
3. Le Conseil examine toutes les propositions destinées à être mises à l' ordre du jour
de la Conférence. Il est libre d' apprécier la suite à donner à ces propositions.
4. La Commission d' Etat néerlandaise, instituée par Décret Royal du 20 février 1897
en vue de promouvoir la codiation du droit international privé, fixe, après
Consultation des Membres de la Conférence, la date des Sessions diplomatiques.
5. La Commission d' Etat s' adresse au Gouvernement des Pays-Bas pour la
convocation des Membres. Le Président de la Commission d' Etat préside les
Sessions de la Conférence.
6. Les Sessions ordinaires de la Conférence auront lieu, en principe, tous les quatre
ans.
7. En cas de besoin, le Conseil peut, après consultation de la Commission d' Etat, prier
le Gouvernement des Pays-Bas de réunite la Conférence en Session extraordinaire.
8. Le Conseil peut consulter la Commission d' Etat sur toute autre question intéressant
la Conférence.
Article 4:
1. Le Bureau Permanent a son siège à La Haye. Il est composé d' un Secrétaire général
et de quatre Secrétaires qui sont nommés par le Gouvernement des Pays-Bas sur
présentation de la Commission d' Etat.
2. Le Secrétaire général et les Secrétaires devront posséder des connaissances
juridiques et une expérience pratique appropriées. La diversité de la représentation
géographique et de l' expertise juridique seront également prises en compte dans leur
nomination.
3. Le nombre des Secrétaires peut être augmenté après consultation du Conseil et
conformément à l' article 9.
Article 5:
Sous la direction du Conseil, le Bureau Permanent est chargé:
a) de la préparation et de l' organisation des Sessions de la Conférence de La Haye,
ainsi que des réunions du Conseil et des Commissions spéciales;
b) des travaux du Secrétariat des Sessions et des réunions ci-dessus prévues;
c) of toutes les tâches qui rentrent dans l' activité d' un secrétariat.
Article 6:
1. En vue de faciliter les communications between les Membres de la Conférence et le
Bureau Permanent, le Gouvernement de chacun des Etats membres doit désigner un
organe national, et chaque Organisation membre un organe de liaison.
2. Le Bureau Permanent peut correspondre avec tous les organes ainsi désignés, et
avec les organizations internationales compétentes.
Article 7:
1. Les Sessions, et dans l' intervalle des Sessions, le Conseil, peuvent instituer des
Commissions spéciales, en vue d' élaborer des projets de Convention or d' étudier
toutes questions from droit international privé rentrant dans le but de la Conférence.
2. Les Sessions, le Conseil et les Commissions spéciales fonctionnent, dans toute la
mesure du possible, sur la base du consensus.
Article 8:
1. Les coûts prévus au budget annuel de la Conférence sont répartis between les Etats
membres de la Conférence.
2. Une Organisation membre n' est pas tenue de contribuer au budget annuel de la
Conférence, en plus de ses Etats membres, plus verse joins somme, déterminée par la
Conférence en concertation avec l' Organisation membre, afin de couvrir les
dépenses administratives additionnelles découlant de son statut de Membre.
3. Dans tous les cas, les indemnités de déplacement et de séjour des Délégués au
Conseil et aux Commissions spéciales sont à la charge des Membres représentés.
Article 9:
1. Le budget de la Conférence est soumis, chaque année, à l' approbation du Conseil
des Représentants diplomatiques des Etats membres à La Haye.
2. Ces Représentants fixent également la répartition, between les Etats membres, des
dépenses mises par ce budget à la charge de ces derniers.
3. Les Représentants diplomatiques se réunissent, à ces ends, sous la Présidence du
Ministre des Affaires Etrangères du Royaume des Pays-Bas.
Article 10:
1. Les dépenses, résultant des Sessions ordinaires et extraordinaires de la Conférence,
sont prises en charge par le Gouvernement des Pays-Bas.
2. En tout cas, les indemnités de déplacement et de séjour des Délégués sont à la
charge des Membres respectifs.
Article 11:
Les usages de la Conférence continuent à être en vigueur pour tout ce qui n' est pas
counterire au présent Statut or aux Règlements.
Article 12:
1. Les modifications au présent Statut doivent être adoptées par consensus des Etats
membres présents lors d' une réunion sur les affaires générales et la politique.
2. Ces modifications doivent entrer en vigueur, pour tous les Membres, trois mois
après leur approbation, conformément à leurs procédures internes respectives, par
les deux tiers des Etats membres, more pas avant un délai de neuf mois suivant la
date of leur adoption.
3. La réunion mentionnée au paragraphe premier peut, par consensus, modifier les
délais mentionnés au paragraphe 2.
Article 13:
Les dispositions du présent Statut seront complétées par des Règlements, en vue d' en
Assurer l' exécution. Ces Règlements seront établis par le Bureau Permanent et soumis à
l' approbation d' une Session diplomatique, du Conseil des Représentants diplomatiques
or du Conseil sur les affaires générales et la politique.
Article 14, Article 3:
3. Le Gouvernement néerlandais notifie, en cas d' admission d' un nouveau Membre, la
déclaration d' acceptation de ce nouveau Membre à tous les Membres.
Article 15, Article 2:
2. La dénonciation devra être notifiée au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères du
Royaume des Pays-Bas, au moins six mois avant l' expiration de l' année budgétaire de la
Conférence, et produira son effet à l' expiration de ladite année, more uniquement à
l' égard du Membre qui l' aura notifiée.
A la suite de l' article 15, ajouter:
Les textes français et anglais du Statut, tel qu' amendé le ............ 200 ..., font
également was.
C The following Decisions-
The Twentieth Session,
Having examined the wish of the European Community to become a Member of the
Conference;
Considering it desirable that the Statute of the Conference would be desirable, in accordance
with its Article 12, so as to make membership of the Conference possible for the
European Community as well as any other Regional Economic Integration
Organizations to which its Member States have transferred competence over matters of
private international law;
Considering it desirable to take the opportunity to make certain adaptations
to the text of the year so that it conforms with practices which have developed since
the "the" came into force on 15 July 1955, and to establish in the English version of the
Statute equally authentic to the French;
Considering that Article 12 of the Statute provides for a preliminary study of the Statute by a
decision of jurisdiction of the Members, and that such decision may be made either at a
Session or by written consultation;
Considering that membership of the Conference of a Regional Economic Integration
Organisation discuss the need to amend the "Rules of Procedure for Journalist Meetings",
and that it is also desirable to give these Rules wider applicability;
1. Tos the following following to the Statute with a view to their submission to
Member States for their approval in accordance with Article 12-
Article 2, paragraph 2:
2. Any other State, the participation of which is from a juridical point of view of
importance for the work of the Conference, may become a Member. The admission
of new Member States shall be seen upon by the Governments of the
requiring States, upon the proposal of one or more of them, by a majority of the
votes cast, within a period of six months from the date on which that proposal is
submitted to the governments.
Following Article 2 insert Article 2A as follows-
1. The Member States of the Conference may, at a meeting of general affairs
and policy where the majority of Member States is present, by a majority of the
votes cast, decides to admit also as a Member any Regional Economic Integration
Organisation which has submitted an application for membership to the Secretary
General. References to Members under this Statute shall include such Member
Organizations, except the otherwise expressly provided. The admission shall become
effective upon the acceptance of the acceptance of the Statute by the Regional Economic Integration
Organisation concerned.
2. To be eligible to apply for membership of the Conference, a Regional Economic
Integration Organisation must be one of a sovereignty by sovereign States, and to
which its Member States have transferred competence over a range of matters within
the purview of the Conference, including the authority to make decisions binding on
its Member States in respect of those matters.
3. Each Regional Economic Integration Organisation for membership shall,
at the time of such application, submit a declaration of competence among the
matters in respect of which competence has been transferred to it by its Member
States.
4. Each Member Organisation and its Member States shall ensure that any change
regarding the competence of the Member Organisation or in its membership shall be
notified to the Secretary General, who shall circulate such information to the other
Members of the Conference.
5. Member States of the Member Organisation shall be presumed to retain competence
over all matters in respect of which transfers of competence have not been
declared declared or notified.
6. Any Member of the Conference may request the Member Organisation and its
Member States to provide information as to whether the Member Organisation has
competence in respect of any specific question which is before the Conference. The
Member Organisation and its Member States shall ensure that this information is
provided on such request.
7. The Member Organisation shall exercise membership rights on an alternative basis
with its Member States that are Members of the Conference, in the areas of their
their respective.
8. The Member Organisation may exercise on matters within its competence, in any
meetings of the Conference in which it is resolved to participate, a number of votes
equal to the number of its Member States which have transferred competence to the
Member Organisation in respect of the matter in question, and which are demanding to
vote in and have registered for such meetings. The Member of the Member Organisation
exercises its right to vote, its Member States shall not exercise protests, and
conversely.
9. "Regional Economic Integration Organisation" means an international organisation
that is to be increased by sovereign States, and to which its Member States have
transferred competence over a range of matters, including the authority to make
decisions binding on its Member States in respect of those matters.
Article 3:
1. The Council on General Affairs and Policy (hereafter "the Council"),
all Members, has charge of the operation of the Conference. Meetings of the
Council shall, in principle, be held jointly.
2. The Council has launched such operation through a Permanent Bureau, the activities of
which it directs.
3. The Council shall examine all proposals intended to be placed on the Agenda of the
Conference. It shall be free to determine the action to be taken on such proposals.
4. The Netherlands Standing Government Committee, instituted by Royal Decree of 20
February 1897 with a view to promoting the codification of private international
law, shall, after consultation with the Members of the Conference, determine the
date of the Diplomatic Sessions.
5. The Standing Government Committee shall address itself to the Government of the
Netherlands for the convocation of the Members. The Chair of the Standing
Government Committee presides over the Sessions of the Conference.
6. The Ordinary Sessions of the Conference shall, in principle, be held every four
years.
7. If necessary, the Council may, after consultation with the Standing Government
Committee, request the Government of the Netherlands to convene the Conference
in Extraordinary Session.
8. The Council may consult the Standing Government Committee on any other matter
relevant to the Conference.
Article 4:
1. The Permanent Bureau shall have its seat at The Hague. It shall be composed of a
Secretary General and four Secretaries who shall be able to be cited by the Government
of the Netherlands upon presentation by the Standing Government Committee.
2. The Secretary General and the Secretaries must have appropriate legal knowledge
and practical experience. In their appointment account shall also be taken of
diversity of geographic representation and of legal expertise.
3. The number of Secretaries may be increased after consultation with the Council and
in accordance with Article 9.
Article 5:
Under the direction of the Council, the Permanent Bureau shall be charged with-
a) the preparation and organisation of the Sessions of the Hague Conference and the
meetings of the Council and of any Special Commissions;
b) the work of the Secretariat of the Sessions and meetings thereof above;
c) all the tasks which are included in the activity of a secretariat.
Article 6:
1. With a view to how to study communication between the Members of the Conference
and the Permanent Bureau, the Government of each of the Member States shall
Donation to the national organ and each Member Organisation a contact organ.
2. The Permanent Bureau may match with all the organs so designated and with
the competent international organizations.
Article 7:
1. The Sessions and, in the interval between Sessions, the Council, may set up Special
Commissions to prepare draft Conventions or to study all questions of private
international law which eats within the purpose of the Conference.
2. The Sessions, Council and Special Commissions shall, to the furthest extent
possible, operate on the basis of consensus.
Article 8:
1. The budgeted costs of the Conference shall be apportioned among the Member
States of the Conference.
2. Member Organisation shall not be required to contribute in addition to its
Member States to the annual budget of the Conference, but shall pay a sum to be
determined by the Conference, in consultation with the Member Organisation, to
cover additional administrative expenses arising out of its membership.
3. In any case, travelling and living expenses of the delegates to the Council and the
Special Commissions shall be payable by the Members represented.
Article 9:
1. The budget of the Conference shall be submitted each year to the Council of
Diplomatic Representatives of the Member States at The Hague for approval.
2. These Representatives shall also be able to apse among the Member States the expenses
which are charged in that budget to the latter.
3. The Diplomatic Representatives shall meet for such purposes under the
chairmanship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Article 10:
1. The expenses derived from the Ordinary and Extraordinary Sessions of the
Conference shall be borne by the Government of the Netherlands.
2. In any case, the travelling and living expenses of the delegates shall be payable by
the respective Members.
Article 11 (French text only; no change in the English translation):
Les usages de la Conférence continuent à être en vigueur pour tout ce qui n' est pas
counterire au présent Statut or aux Règlements.
Article 12:
1. to be adopted to the must be adopted by consensus of the Member States
present at a meeting of general affairs and policy.
2. Such a few shall enter into force, for all Members, three months after they
are approved by two ballot of the Member States in accordance with their respective
internal procedures, but not earlier than nine months from the date of their adoption.
3. The meeting referred to in paragraph 1 may change by consensus the periods of time
referred to in paragraph 2.
Article 13:
To provide for their execution, the provisions of the present day will be
complemented by Regulations. The Regulations shall be established by the Permanent
Bureau and submitted to a Diplomatic Session, the Council of Diplomatic
Representatives or the Council on General Affairs and Policy for approval.
Article 14, paragraph 3:
3. The Netherlands Government shall, in the case of the admission of a new Member,
inform all Members of the declaration of acceptance of that new Member.
Article 15, paragraph 2:
2. Notice of the denouncing shall be given to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands at least six months before the expiration of the budgetary
year of the Conference, and shall become effective at the expiration of the said year, but
only with respect to the Member which has been given notice.
Following Article 15, add:
The English and French texts of this year, as they are on ........ 200., are equally
authentic.
