Legal provisions of COM(2021)368 - Authorisation of the Member States of the EU to accept the accession of Pakistan to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

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Article 1

The Member States of the European Union are hereby authorised to accept the accession of Pakistan to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (‘the 1980 Hague Convention’) in the interest of the Union.

The Member States of the European Union shall, no later than … [twelve months after the date of adoption of this Decision], deposit a declaration of acceptance of the accession of Pakistan to the 1980 Hague Convention in the interest of the Union worded as follows:

‘[Full name of MEMBER STATE] declares that it accepts the accession of Pakistan to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2021/…’

The Member States of the European Union shall inform the Council and the Commission of the deposit of its declaration of acceptance of the accession of Pakistan and shall communicate the text of that declaration within two months of its deposit to the Commission.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3 -

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.