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O RAZGLASITVI ZAKONA O RATIFIKACIJI KONVENCIJE O VROČITVI SODNIH IN ZUNAJSODNIH LISTIN V CIVILNIH ALI GOSPODARSKIH ZADEVAH V TUJINI (MKVLCG)
Razglašam Zakon o ratifikaciji Konvencije o vročitvi sodnih in zunajsodnih listin v civilnih ali gospodarskih zadevah v tujini (MKVLCG), ki ga je sprejel Državni zbor Republike Slovenije na seji 26. julija 2000.
Št. 001-22-156/00
Ljubljana, dne 3. avgusta 2000
Predsednik
Republike Slovenije
Milan Kučan l. r.
Z A K O N
O RATIFIKACIJI KONVENCIJE O VROČITVI SODNIH IN ZUNAJSODNIH LISTIN V CIVILNIH ALI GOSPODARSKIH ZADEVAH V TUJINI (MKVLCG)
1. člen
Ratificira se Konvencija o vročitvi sodnih in zunajsodnih listin v civilnih ali gospodarskih zadevah v tujini, sklenjena v Haagu 15. novembra 1965.
2. člen
Konvencija se v izvirniku v angleškem jeziku in v prevodu v slovenskem jeziku glasi:
C O N V E N T I O N
ON THE SERVICE ABROAD OF JUDICIAL AND EXTRAJUDICIAL DOCUMENTS IN CIVIL OR COMMERCIAL MATTERS
(Concluded November 15, 1965)
The States signatory to the present Convention,
Desiring to create appropriate means to ensure that judicial and extrajudicial 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 document 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.
Each State shall organise the Central Authority in conformity with its own law.
Article 3
The authority or judicial officer competent under the law of the State in which the documents originate shall forward to the Central Authority of the State addressed a request conforming to the model annexed to the present Convention, without any requirement of legalisation or other equivalent formality.
The document to be served or a copy thereof shall be annexed to the request. The request and the document shall both be furnished in duplicate.
Article 4
If the Central Authority considers that the request does not comply with the provisions of the present Convention it shall promptly inform the applicant and specify its objections to the request.
Article 5
The Central Authority of the State addressed shall itself serve the document or shall arrange to have it served by an appropriate agency, either –
a) by a method prescribed by its internal law for the service of documents in domestic actions upon persons who are within its territory, or
b) by a particular method requested by the applicant, unless such a method is incompatible with the law of the State addressed.
Subject to sub-paragraph (b) of the first paragraph of this Article, the document may always be served by delivery to an addressee who accepts it voluntarily.
If the document is to be served under the first paragraph above, the Central Authority may require the document to be written in, or translated into, the official language or one of the official languages of the State addressed.
That part of the request, in the form attached to the present Convention, which contains a summary of the document to be served, shall be served with the document.
Article 6
The Central Authority of the State addressed or any authority which it may have designated for that purpose, shall complete a certificate in the form of the model annexed to the present Convention.
The certificate shall state that the document has been served and shall include the method, the place and the date of service and the person to whom the document was delivered. If the document has not been served, the certificate shall set out the reasons which have prevented service.
The applicant may require that a certificate not completed by a Central Authority or by a judicial authority shall be countersigned by one of these authorities.
The certificate shall be forwarded directly to the applicant.
Article 7
The standard terms in the model annexed to the present Convention shall in all cases be written either in French or in English. They may also be written in the official language, or in one of the official languages, of the State in which the documents originate.
The corresponding blanks shall be completed either in the language of the State addressed or in French or in English.
Article 8
Each Contracting State shall be free to effect service of judicial documents upon persons abroad, without application of any compulsion, directly through its diplomatic or consular agents.
Any State may declare that it is opposed to such service within its territory, unless the document is to be served upon a national of the State in which the documents originate.
Article 9
Each Contracting State shall be free, in addition, to use consular channels to forward documents, for the purpose of service, to those authorities of another Contracting State which are designated by the latter for this purpose.
Each Contracting State may, if exceptional circumstances so require, use diplomatic channels for the same purpose.
Article 10
Provided the State of destination does not object, the present Convention shall not interfere with –
a) the freedom to send judicial documents, by postal channels, directly to persons abroad,
b) the freedom of judicial officers, officials or other competent persons of the State of origin to effect service of judicial documents directly through the judicial officers, officials or other competent persons of the State of destination,
c) the freedom of any person interested in a judicial proceeding to effect service of judicial documents directly through the judicial officers, officials or other competent persons of the State of destination.
Article 11
The present Convention shall not prevent two or more Contracting States from agreeing to permit, for the purpose of service of judicial documents, channels of transmission other than those provided for in the preceding Articles and, in particular, direct communication between their respective authorities.
Article 12
The service of judicial documents coming from a Contracting State shall not give rise to any payment or reimbursement of taxes or costs for the services rendered by the State addressed.
The applicant shall pay or reimburse the costs occasioned by-
a) the employment of a judicial officer or of a person competent under the law of the State of destination,
b) the use of a particular method of service.
Article 13
Where a request for service complies with the terms of the present Convention, the State addressed may refuse to comply therewith only if it deems that compliance would infringe its sovereignty or security.
It may not refuse to comply solely on the ground that, under its internal law, it claims exclusive jurisdiction over the subject-matter of the action or that its internal law would not permit the action upon which the application is based.
The Central Authority shall, in case of refusal, promptly inform the applicant and state the reasons for the refusal.
Article 14
Difficulties which may arise in connection with the transmission of judicial documents for service shall be settled through diplomatic channels.
Article 15
Where a writ of summons or an equivalent document had to be transmitted abroad for the purpose of service, under the provisions of the present Convention, and the defendant has not appeared, judgment shall not be given until it is established that –
a) the document was served by a method prescribed by the internal law of the State addressed for the service of documents in domestic actions upon persons who are within its territory, or
b) the document was actually delivered to the defendant or to his residence by another method provided for by this Convention,
and that in either of these cases the service or the delivery was effected in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend.
Each Contracting State shall be free to declare that the judge, notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of this Article, may give judgment even if no certificate of service or delivery has been received, if all the following conditions are fulfilled-
a) the document was transmitted by one of the methods provided for in this Convention,
b) a period of time of not less than six months, considered adequate by the judge in the particular case, has elapsed since the date of the transmission of the document,
c) no certificate of any kind has been received, even though every reasonable effort has been made to obtain it through the competent authorities of the State addressed.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraphs the judge may order, in case of urgency, any provisional or protective measures.
Article 16
When a writ of summons or an equivalent document had to be transmitted abroad for the purpose of service, under the provisions of the present Convention, and a judgment has been entered against a defendant who has not appeared, the judge shall have the power to relieve the defendant from the effects of the expiration of the time for appeal from the judgment if the following conditions are fulfilled –
a) the defendant, without any fault on his part, did not have knowledge of the document in sufficient time to defend, or knowledge of the judgment in sufficient time to appeal, and
b) the defendant has disclosed a prima facie defence to the action on the merits.
An application for relief may be filed only within a reasonable time after the defendant has knowledge of the judgment.
Each Contracting State may declare that the application will not be entertained if it is filed after the expiration of a time to be stated in the declaration, but which shall in no case be less than one year following the date of the judgment.
This Article shall not apply to judgments concerning status or capacity of persons.
CHAPTER II – EXTRAJUDICIAL DOCUMENTS
Article 17
Extrajudicial documents emanating from authorities and judicial officers of a Contracting State may be transmitted for the purpose of service in another Contracting State by the methods and under the provisions of the present Convention.
CHAPTER III – GENERAL CLAUSES
Article 18
Each Contracting State may designate other authorities in addition to the Central Authority and shall determine the extent of their competence.
The applicant shall, however, in all cases, have the right to address a request directly to the Central Authority.
Federal States shall be free to designate more than one Central Authority.
Article 19
To the extent that the internal law of a Contracting State permits methods of transmission, other than those provided for in the preceding Articles, of documents coming from abroad, for service within its territory, the present Convention shall not affect such provisions.
Article 20
The present Convention shall not prevent an agreement between any two or more Contracting States to dispense with –
a) the necessity for duplicate copies of transmitted documents as required by the second paragraph of Article 3,
b) the language requirements of the third paragraph of Article 5 and Article 7,
c) the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 5,
d) the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 12.
Article 21
Each Contracting State shall, at the time of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession, or at a later date, inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands of the following –
a) the designation of authorities, pursuant to Articles 2 and 18,
b) the designation of the authority competent to complete the certificate pursuant to Article 6,
c) the designation of the authority competent to receive documents transmitted by consular channels, pursuant to Article 9.
Each Contracting State shall similarly inform the Ministry, where appropriate, of –
a) opposition to the use of methods of transmission pursuant to Articles 8 and 10,
b) declarations pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 15 and the third paragraph of Article 16,
c) all modifications of the above designations, oppositions and declarations.
Article 22
Where Parties to the present Convention are also Parties to one or both of the Conventions on civil procedure signed at The Hague on 17th July 1905, and on 1st March 1954, this Convention shall replace as between them Articles 1 to 7 of the earlier Conventions.
Article 23
The present Convention shall not affect the application of Article 23 of the Convention on civil procedure signed at The Hague on 17th July 1905, or of Article 24 of the Convention on civil procedure signed at The Hague on 1st March 1954.
These Articles shall, however, apply only if methods of communication, identical to those provided for in these Conventions, are used.
Article 24
Supplementary agreements between Parties to the Conventions of 1905 and 1954 shall be considered as equally applicable to the present Convention, unless the Parties have otherwise agreed.
Article 25
Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 22 and 24, the present Convention shall not derogate from Conventions containing provisions on the matters governed by this Convention to which the Contracting States are, or shall become, Parties.
Article 26
The present Convention shall be open for signature by the States represented at the Tenth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
It shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
Article 27
The present Convention shall enter into force on the sixtieth day after the deposit of the third instrument of ratification referred to in the second paragraph of Article 26.
The Convention shall enter into force for each signatory State which ratifies subsequently on the sixtieth day after the deposit of its instrument of ratification.
Article 28
Any State not represented at the Tenth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law may accede to the present Convention after it has entered into force in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 27. The instrument of accession shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
The Convention shall enter into force for such a State in the absence of any objection from a State, which has ratified the Convention before such deposit, notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands within a period of six months after the date on which the said Ministry has notified it of such accession.
In the absence of any such objection, the Convention shall enter into force for the acceding State on the first day of the month following the expiration of the last of the periods referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 29
Any State may, at the time of signature, ratification or accession, declare that the present Convention shall extend to all the territories for the international relations of which it is responsible, or to one or more of them. Such a declaration shall take effect on the date of entry into force of the Convention for the State concerned.
At any time thereafter, such extensions shall be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
The Convention shall enter into force for the territories mentioned in such an extension on the sixtieth day after the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 30
The present Convention shall remain in force for five years from the date of its entry into force in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 27, even for States which have ratified it or acceded to it subsequently.
If there has been no denunciation, it shall be renewed tacitly every five years.
Any denunciation shall be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands at least six months before the end of the five year period.
It may be limited to certain of the territories to which the Convention applies.
The denunciation shall have effect only as regards the State which has notified it. The Convention shall remain in force for the other Contracting States.
Article 31
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands shall give notice to the States referred to in Article 26, and to the States which have acceded in accordance with Article 28, of the following –
a) the signatures and ratifications referred to in Article 26;
b) the date on which the present Convention enters into force in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 27;
c) the accessions referred to in Article 28 and the dates on which they take effect;
d) the extensions referred to in Article 29 and the dates on which they take effect;
e) the designations, oppositions and declarations referred to in Article 21;
f) the denunciations referred to in the third paragraph of Article 30.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed the present Convention.
Done at The Hague, on the 15th day of November, 1965, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Netherlands, and of which a certified copy shall be sent, through the diplomatic channel, to each of the States represented at the Tenth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
K O N V E N C I J A
O VROČITVI SODNIH IN ZUNAJSODNIH LISTIN V CIVILNIH ALI GOSPODARSKIH ZADEVAH V TUJINI
(sklenjena 15. novembra 1965)
Države podpisnice te konvencije so se
v želji, da bi ustvarile primerne načine za zagotavljanje, da se sodne in zunajsodne listine, ki jih treba vročiti v tujini, pravočasno dostavijo naslovniku,
v želji, da bi izboljšale organizacijo medsebojne sodne pomoči na tem področju s poenostavitvijo in pospešitvijo postopka,
odločile v ta namen skleniti konvencijo in so se dogovorile o teh določbah:
1. člen
Ta konvencija se v civilnih ali gospodarskih zadevah uporablja v vseh primerih, kadar se pošiljajo sodne ali zunajsodne listine za vročitev v tujini.
Ta konvencija se ne uporablja, kadar naslov osebe, ki ji je treba listino vročiti, ni znan.
I. POGLAVJE – SODNE LISTINE
2. člen
Vsaka država pogodbenica imenuje osrednji organ, ki je pristojen za sprejemanje zaprosil za vročitev iz drugih držav pogodbenic in ukrepa v skladu z določbami 3. do 6. člena.
Vsaka država organizira osrednji organ v skladu s svojim notranjim pravom.
3. člen
Pristojni organ ali sodni uradnik po pravu države izvora listin pošlje osrednjemu organu države naslovnice zaprosilo v skladu z vzorcem iz priloge k tej konvenciji, pri čemer ni potrebna overitev ali druga tej enaka formalnost.
Zaprosilu se priloži listina, ki jo je treba vročiti, ali njena kopija. Zaprosilo in listina se pošljeta v dvojniku.
4. člen
Če osrednji organ meni, da zaprosilo ni v skladu z določbami te konvencije, o tem takoj obvesti prosilca in navede svoje ugovore na zaprosilo.
5. člen
Osrednji organ zaprošene države vroči listino ali poskrbi, da je ustrezno vročena:
a) na način, ki je po njenem notranjem pravu predpisan za vročanje listin osebam, ki prebivajo na njenem ozemlju, ali
b) na poseben način, ki ga zahteva prosilec, če ta ni v nasprotju s pravom zaprošene države.
V zvezi s pododstavkom b) prvega odstavka tega člena se lahko listina vedno vroči z dostavo naslovniku, ki jo prostovoljno sprejme.
Če je listino treba vročiti v skladu s prvim odstavkom tega člena, lahko osrednji organ zahteva, da je listina napisana v uradnem jeziku ali enem od uradnih jezikov zaprošene države ali v tak jezik prevedena.
Del zaprosila, ki vsebuje povzetek listine za vročitev po vzorcu iz priloge k tej konvenciji, se vroči skupaj z listino.
6. člen
Osrednji organ zaprošene države ali drug pooblaščen organ izpolni potrdilo po vzorcu iz priloge k tej konvenciji.
V potrdilu je treba navesti, da je bila listina vročena, ter način, kraj in datum vročitve ter osebo, ki ji je bila listina dostavljena. Če listina ni bila vročena, morajo biti v potrdilu navedeni razlogi, ki so preprečili vročitev.
Prosilec lahko zahteva, da potrdilo, ki ga ni izpolnil osrednji ali sodni organ, sopodpiše eden od teh dveh organov.
Potrdilo se vrne neposredno prosilcu.
7 člen
Stalni izrazi iz vzorca v prilogi k tej konvenciji morajo biti vedno napisani v francoščini ali angleščini. Lahko so napisani tudi v uradnem jeziku ali v enem od uradnih jezikov države, iz katere listine izvirajo.
Ustrezna prazna mesta v obrazcu se izpolnijo v jeziku zaprošene države ali v francoščini ali v angleščini.
8. člen
Država pogodbenica lahko sodne listine vroči osebam v tujini neposredno po svojih diplomatskih ali konzularnih predstavnikih, vendar brez vsakršne prisile.
Vsaka država lahko izjavi, da nasprotuje taki vročitvi na svojem ozemlju, razen če se listina vroča državljanu države, iz katere listina izvira.
9. člen
Država pogodbenica lahko za vročitev uporabi tudi konzularne poti za pošiljanje listin organom druge države pogodbenice, ki jih je ta država za to določila.
V izjemnih okoliščinah lahko država pogodbenica v ta namen uporabi diplomatske poti.
10. člen
Če namembna država temu ne nasprotuje, konvencija ne vpliva na:
a) pravico, da se sodne listine pošljejo po pošti neposredno osebi v tujini,
b) pravico sodnih uradnikov, državnih uradnikov ali drugih pristojnih oseb v državi izvora, da vročijo sodne listine neposredno po sodnih uradnikih, državnih uradnikih ali drugih pristojnih osebah namembne države,
c) pravico vsake osebe, ki ima interes v sodnem postopku, da vroči sodne listine neposredno po sodnih uradnikih, državnih uradnikih ali drugih pristojnih osebah namembne države.
11. člen
Ta konvencija ne preprečuje dogovora dveh ali več držav pogodbenic, da poleg načinov iz predhodnih členov dovolijo še druge načine vročanja sodnih listin, zlasti z neposrednimi stiki med njihovimi pristojnimi organi.
12. člen
Pri vročitvi sodnih listin, ki prihajajo iz določene države pogodbenice, zaprošena država ne sme dopustiti nobenega plačila ali povračila pristojbin ali stroškov za svoje storitve.
Prosilec plača ali povrne stroške:
a) storitve sodnega uradnika ali osebe, pristojne po pravu namembne države,
b) uporabe določenega načina vročitve.
13. člen
Kadar je zaprosilo za vročitev v skladu z določbami te konvencije, lahko zaprošena država vročitev zavrne, če meni, da bi izpolnitev zaprosila pomenila kršitev njene suverenosti ali varnosti.
Zaprosila ne sme zavrniti samo zato, ker trdi, da ima po svojem notranjem pravu izključno sodno pristojnost glede zadeve ali da njeno notranje pravo ne dovoljuje postopka, na katerem temelji zaprosilo.
V primeru zavrnitve osrednji organ o tem takoj obvesti prosilca in navede razloge za zavrnitev.
14. člen
Težave, ki nastanejo v zvezi s pošiljanjem sodnih listin za vročitev, se rešujejo po diplomatski poti.
15. člen
Kadar je treba zaradi vročitve poslati v tujino vabilo ali enakovredno listino v skladu z določbami te konvencije in toženec ne pride na obravnavo, se sodba ne izreče, dokler se ne ugotovi:
a) ali je bila listina vročena na način, ki je predpisan po pravu zaprošene države za vročanje listin osebam, ki so na njenem ozemlju, oziroma
b) ali je bila listina dejansko dostavljena tožencu ali v njegovo prebivališče na drug način, predviden s to konvencijo,
in da je bila v obeh primerih vročena ali dostavljena dovolj zgodaj, da lahko toženec pripravi svojo obrambo.
Država pogodbenica lahko izjavi, da lahko sodnik ne glede na določbe prvega odstavka tega člena izreče sodbo, tudi če ni prejel potrdila o vročitvi ali dostavi, če so izpolnjeni naslednji pogoji:
a) da je bila listina poslana na enega od načinov, predvidenih v tej konvenciji,
b) da je od datuma odpošiljanja listine preteklo najmanj šest mesecev, če sodnik meni, da je to v določeni zadevi dovolj dolgo obdobje,
c) da kljub razumnim prizadevanjem za pridobitev potrdila po pristojnih organih zaprošene države ni bilo prejeto nikakršno potrdilo.
Ne glede na določbe prejšnjih odstavkov lahko sodnik v nujnem primeru odredi začasne ali zaščitne ukrepe.
16. člen
Kadar je treba zaradi vročitve poslati v tujino vabilo ali enakovredno listino v skladu z določbami te konvencije in je bila proti tožencu, ki se ni udeležil obravnave, izrečena sodba, lahko sodnik tožencu dovoli pritožbo kljub poteku roka za pritožbo iz sodbe, če so izpolnjeni naslednji pogoji:
a) da toženec ni po svoji krivdi zvedel za listino pravočasno, da bi lahko pripravil obrambo, ali ni pravočasno zvedel za sodbo, da bi se lahko pritožil, in
b) da je toženec v obrambo predložil zadosten dokaz glede same vsebine zadeve.
Prošnja za dovolitev pritožbe se lahko vloži v razumnem roku po tem, ko je toženec zvedel za sodbo.
Vsaka država pogodbenica lahko izjavi, da take prošnje ne bo obravnavala, če je vložena po preteku roka, ki ga navede v izjavi, vendar pa ta v nobenem primeru ne sme biti krajši od enega leta od datuma sodbe.
Ta člen se ne uporablja za sodbe v zvezi s statusom ali poslovno sposobnostjo oseb.
II. POGLAVJE – ZUNAJSODNE LISTINE
17. člen
Zunajsodne listine organov in sodnih uradnikov države pogodbenice se lahko pošiljajo za vročitev v drugi državi pogodbenici na načine in po določbah te konvencije.
III. POGLAVJE – SPLOŠNE DOLOČBE
18. člen
Država pogodbenica lahko poleg osrednjega organa imenuje še druge organe in določi obseg njihovih pristojnosti.
Prosilec pa ima v vseh primerih pravico nasloviti zaprosilo neposredno na osrednji organ.
Zvezne države lahko imenujejo več kot en osrednji organ.
19. člen
Kadar notranje pravo države pogodbenice poleg načinov iz prejšnjih členov dovoljuje še druge načine pošiljanja listin iz tujine za vročitev na njihovem ozemlju, ta konvencija na take določbe ne vpliva.
20. člen
Ta konvencija ne preprečuje dogovora med dvema ali več državami pogodbenicami, da ni treba:
a) pošiljati listin v dvojniku, kot se zahteva v drugem odstavku 3. člena,
b) izpolniti pogojev glede jezika iz tretjega odstavka 5. člena in iz 7. člena,
c) izpolniti določb četrtega odstavka 5. člena,
d) izpolniti določb drugega odstavka 12. člena.
21. člen
Država pogodbenica ob deponiranju svoje listine o ratifikaciji ali pristopu ali kasneje obvesti Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve Nizozemske o:
a) imenovanju organov iz 2. in 18. člena,
b) imenovanju pristojnega organa za izpolnjevanje potrdila iz 6. člena,
c) imenovanju pristojnega organa za prejemanje listin, poslanih po konzularni poti v skladu z 9. členom.
Po potrebi država pogodbenica obvesti ministrstvo tudi o:
a) nasprotovanju uporabi načina pošiljanja iz 8. in 10. člena,
b) izjavah v skladu z drugim odstavkom 15. člena in s tretjim odstavkom 16. člena,
c) vseh spremembah prej omenjenih imenovanj, nasprotovanj in izjav.
22. člen
Če so pogodbenice te konvencije tudi pogodbenice ene ali obeh konvencij o civilnem postopku, podpisanih v Haagu 17. julija 1905 in 1. marca 1954, ta konvencija v odnosih med njimi nadomesti 1. do 7. člen prejšnjih konvencij.
23. člen
Ta konvencija ne vpliva na uporabo 23. člena Konvencije o civilnem postopku, podpisane v Haagu 17. julija 1905, in 24. člena Konvencije o civilnem postopku, podpisane v Haagu 1. marca 1954.
Ta člena pa se uporabljata le, če se uporabljajo načini komuniciranja, ki so enaki tistim, predvidenim v teh dveh konvencijah.
24. člen
Dodatni sporazumi med pogodbenicami konvencij iz let 1905 in 1954 se štejejo za enakovredne tej konvenciji, razen če se pogodbenice niso drugače dogovorile.
25. člen
Ta konvencija ne sme odstopati od konvencij, ki vsebujejo določbe o zadevah, ki jih ureja ta konvencija in katerih pogodbenice so ali bodo postale države pogodbenice, kar pa ne vpliva na uporabo določb 22. in 24. člena.
26. člen
Ta konvencija je na voljo za podpis državam, ki so se udeležile desetega zasedanja Haaške konference o mednarodnem zasebnem pravu.
To konvencijo je treba ratificirati, listine o ratifikaciji pa se deponirajo pri Ministrstvu za zunanje zadeve Nizozemske.
27. člen
Ta konvencija začne veljati šestdeseti dan po deponiranju tretje listine o ratifikaciji iz drugega odstavka 26. člena.
Konvencija začne veljati za vsako državo podpisnico, ki jo ratificira kasneje, šestdeset dni po deponiranju njene listine o ratifikaciji.
28. člen
Država, ki se ni udeležila desetega zasedanja Haaške konference o mednarodnem zasebnem pravu, lahko k tej konvenciji pristopi po začetku njene veljavnosti v skladu s prvim odstavkom 27. člena. Listina o pristopu se deponira pri Ministrstvu za zunanje zadeve Nizozemske.
Konvencija začne veljati za tako državo, če nobena od držav, ki so konvencijo ratificirale pred tem deponiranjem, v šestih mesecih od obvestila Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve Nizozemske o takem pristopu ministrstvu ne sporoči ugovora.
Če ni nobenega ugovora, začne konvencija veljati za državo, ki h konvenciji pristopi, prvi dan meseca po poteku zadnjega roka iz prejšnjega odstavka.
29. člen
Vsaka država lahko ob podpisu, ratifikaciji ali pristopu izjavi, da se uporaba te konvencije razširi tudi na vsa ozemlja, za katerih mednarodne odnose je odgovorna, ali na eno ali več takih ozemelj. Izjava začne veljati na datum začetka veljavnosti konvencije za to državo.
Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve Nizozemske se obvesti o taki razširitvi uporabe tudi kadar koli po začetku veljavnosti te konvencije.
Konvencija začne veljati za ozemlja, omenjena v izjavi o razširitvi uporabe, šestdeseti dan po obvestilu iz prejšnjega odstavka.
30. člen
Konvencija velja pet let, šteto od datuma začetka veljavnosti iz prvega odstavka 27. člena, in sicer tudi za države, ki so jo kasneje ratificirale ali k njej pristopile.
Če ni odpovedana, se konvencija molče podaljša vsakih pet let.
Vsaka odpoved se sporoči Ministrstvu za zunanje zadeve Nizozemske vsaj šest mesecev pred koncem petletnega obdobja.
Odpoved se lahko omeji na določena ozemlja, za katera se konvencija uporablja.
Odpoved velja samo za državo, ki pošlje obvestilo o odpovedi. Za druge države članice pogodbenice konvencija ostane v veljavi.
31. člen
Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve Nizozemske obvesti države iz 26. člena in države, ki so k njej pristopile v skladu z 28. členom o:
a) podpisih in ratifikacijah iz 26. člena;
b) datumu začetka veljavnosti te konvencije v skladu s prvim odstavkom 27. člena;
c) pristopih iz 28. člena in datumih njihovega začetka veljavnosti;
d) razširitvah uporabe iz 29. člena in datumih njihovega začetka veljavnosti;
e) imenovanjih, nasprotovanjih in izjavah iz 21. člena;
f) odpovedih iz tretjega odstavka 30. člena.
V potrditev tega so spodaj podpisani, ki so bili za to pravilno pooblaščeni, podpisali to konvencijo.
Sestavljeno v Haagu 15. novembra 1965 v enem izvirniku, katerega besedili v angleščini in francoščini sta enako verodostojni, ki se deponira v arhivu Vlade Nizozemske in katerega overjena kopija se po diplomatski poti pošlje vsaki državi, ki se je udeležila desetega zasedanja Haaške konference o mednarodnem zasebnem pravu.
3. člen
Za izvajanje konvencije skrbi Ministrstvo za pravosodje.
4. člen
Ta zakon začne veljati naslednji dan po objavi v Uradnem listu Republike Slovenije – Mednarodne pogodbe.
Št. 700-01/00-61/1
Ljubljana, dne 26. julija 2000
Predsednik
Državnega zbora
Republike Slovenije
Janez Podobnik, dr. med. l. r.
