Article 1
Open ↗1. Luxembourg and Romania are hereby authorised to accept the accession of Georgia and South Africa to the 1980 Hague Convention in the interest of the Union. 2. Luxembourg and Romania shall, no later than 19 December 2018, deposit a declaration of acceptance of the accession of Georgia and South Africa 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 Georgia and South Africa to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/2462.’. 3. Luxembourg and Romania shall inform the Council and the Commission of the deposit of their declarations of acceptance of the accession of Georgia and South Africa to the 1980 Hague Convention and shall communicate the text of those declarations within two months of their deposit to the Commission.