Version Superseded: 01/01/2001
Point in time view as at 01/10/1991.
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, TITLE VIII is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 substituted (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1990/2591, art. 12(1), Sch. 1
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This Convention shall be ratified by the signatory States. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities.
This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the deposit of the instrument of ratification by the last signatory State to take this step.
The Contracting States recognize that any State which becomes a member of the European Economic Community shall be required to accept this Convention as a basis for the negotiations between the Contracting States and that State necessary to ensure the implementation of the last paragraph of Article 220 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community.
The necessary adjustments may be the subject of a special convention between the Contracting States of the one part and the new Member States of the other part.
The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities shall notify the signatory States of—
the deposit of each instrument of ratification;
the date of entry into force of this Convention;
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any declaration received pursuant to Article IV of the Protocol;
any communication made pursuant to Article VI of the Protocol.
The Protocol annexed to this Convention by common accord of the Contracting State shall form an integral part thereof.
This Convention is concluded for an unlimited period.
Any Contracting State may request the revision of this Convention. In this event, a revision conference shall be convened by the President of the Council of the European Communities.
This Convention, drawn up in a single original in the Dutch, French, German and Italian languages, all four texts being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the Council of the European Communities. The Secretary-General shall transmit a certified copy to the Government of each signatory State.
(Signatures of Plenipotentiaries of the original six Contracting States)]
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