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Council Decision (EU) 2017/2424 of 18 December 2017 authorising Romania to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Chile, Iceland and the Bahamas to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Council Decision (EU) 2017/2424 of 18 December 2017 authorising Romania to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Chile, Iceland and the Bahamas to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Decision (EU) 2017/2424 · Decision · 4 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

1.   Romania is hereby authorised to accept the accession of Chile, Iceland and the Bahamas to the 1980 Hague Convention in the interest of the Union. 2.   Romania shall, no later than 19 December 2018, deposit a declaration of acceptance of the accession of Chile, Iceland and the Bahamas to the 1980 Hague Convention in the interest of the Union, to be worded as follows: ‘[Full name of MEMBER STATE] declares that it accepts the accession of Chile, Iceland and the Bahamas to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/2424.’. 3.   Romania shall inform the Council and the Commission of the deposit of its declaration of acceptance of the accession of Chile, Iceland and the Bahamas to the 1980 Hague Convention and shall communicate the text of that declaration within two months of its deposit to the Commission.

Article 2

Those Member States which deposited their declarations of acceptance of the accession of Chile, Iceland and the Bahamas to the 1980 Hague Convention prior to the date of adoption of this Decision shall not deposit new declarations.

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to Romania.

Source: EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU), © European Union, reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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