有关人民法院、驻外使领馆、司法厅（局）：
1992年3月4日，我们发出了《关于执行〈关于向国外送达民事或商事司法文书和司法外文书公约〉有关程序的通知》。现将根据该通知制定的《关于执行海牙送达公约的实施办法》印发给你们，请遵照执行。

附：关于执行海牙送达公约的实施办法为了正确、及时、有效地按照《关于向国外送达民事或商事司法文书和司法外文书公约》（下称《公约》）向在《公约》成员国的当事人送达文书和执行成员国提出的送达请求，根据最高人民法院、外交部和司法部“外发〔1992〕8号”《关于执行〈关于向国外送达民事或商事司法文书和司法外文书公约〉有关程序的通知》（下称《通知》），制定本实施办法。
一、司法部收到国外的请求书后，对于有中文译本的文书，应于五日内转给最高人民法院；对于用英文或法文写成，或者附有英文或法文译本的文书，应于七日内转给最高人民法院；对于不符合《公约》规定的文书，司法部将予以退回或要求请求方补充、修正材料。
二、最高人民法院应于五日内将文书转给送达执行地高级人民法院；高级人民法院收文后，应于三日内转有关的中级人民法院或者专门人民法院；中级人民法院或者专门人民法院收文后，应于十日内完成送达，并将送达回证尽快交最高人民法院转司法部。
三、执行送达的法院不管文书中确定的出庭日期或期限是否已过，均应送达。如受送达人拒收，应在送达回证上注明。
四、对于国外按《公约》提交的未附中文译本而附英、法文译本的文书，法院仍应予以送达。除双边条约中规定英、法文译本为可接受文字者外，受送达人有权以未附中文译本为由拒收。凡当事人拒收的，送达法院应在送达回证上注明。
五、司法部接到送达回证后，按《公约》的要求填写证明书，并将其转回国外请求方。
六、司法部在转递国外文书时，应说明收到请求书的日期、被送达的文书是否附有中文译本、出庭日期是否已过等情况。
七、我国法院需要向在公约成员国居住的该国公民、第三国公民、无国籍人送达文书时，应将文书及相应文字的译本各一式三份（无需致外国法院的送达委托书及空白送达回证）按《通知》规定的途径送最高人民法院转司法部。译文应由译者签名或翻译单位盖章证明无误。
八、司法部收到最高人民法院转来向国外送达的文书后，应按《公约》附录中的格式制作请求书、被送达文书概要和空白证明书，与文书一并送交被请求国的中央机关；必要时，也可由最高人民法院将文书通过我国驻该国的使馆转交该国指定的机关。
九、我国法院如果需要通过我驻公约成员国的使领馆向居住在该国的中国公民送达文书，应将被送达的文书、致使领馆的送达委托书及空白送达回证按《通知》规定的途径转最高人民法院，由最高人民法院径送或经司法部转送我驻该国使领馆送达当事人。
十、司法部将国内文书转往公约成员国中央机关两个半月后，如果未收到证明书，将发函催办；请求法院如果直接收到国外寄回的证明书，应尽快通报最高人民法院告知司法部。
十一、本办法中的“文书”兼指司法文书和司法外文书。
十二、本办法自下发之日起施行。
注：
（1）截至1992年9月，我国与外国签订的双边司法协助条约（协定）中允许被送达文书附第三种文字译本的情况：
国家名称 第三语种 国家名称 第三语种
一、已生效的
波兰 英文 蒙古 英文
二、已签署的
意大利 英文、法文 俄罗斯 英文
西班牙 英文、法文 罗马尼亚 英文
三、已草签的
土耳其 英文 古巴 英文
泰国 英文 保加利亚 英文
（2）本《实施办法》适用于香港地区。

关于向国外送达民事或商事司法文书和司法外文书公约

　　(1965年11月15日订于海牙)

　　本公约缔约国，

　　希望创立适当方法，以确保须予送达到国外的司法文书和司法外文书在足够的时间里为收件人所知悉， 　　希望通过简化并加快有关程序，改进为此目的而进行相互司法协助的体制，

　　为此目的，兹决定缔结一项公约，并议定下列各条：
　　第一条

　　在所有民事或商事案件中，如有须递送司法文书或司法外文书以便向国外送达的情形，均应适用本公约。

　　在文书的受送达人地址不明的情况下，本公约不予适用。

　　第一章 司法文书

　　第二条

　　每一缔约国应指定一个中央机关，负责根据第三条至第六条的规定，接收来自其他缔约国的送达请求书，并予以转递。

　　每一缔约国应依其本国法律组建中央机关。

　　第三条

　　依文书发出国法律有权主管的当局或司法助理人员应将符合本公约所附范本的请求书送交文书发往国中央机关，无须认证或其他类似手续。

　　请求书应附有须予送达的文书或其副本。请求书和文书均须一式两份。

　　第四条

　　如中央机关认为该请求书不符合本公约的规定，应及时通知申请者，并说明其对请求书的异议。

　　第五条

　　文书发往国中央机关应按照下列方法之一，自行送达该文书，或安排经由一适当机构使之得以送达：

　　(一)按照其国内法规定的在国内诉讼中对在其境内的人员送达文书的方法，或

　　(二)按照申请者所请求采用的特定方法，除非这一方法与文书发往国法律相抵触。

　　除本条第一款第(二)项规定外，均可通过将文书交付自愿接受的收件人的方法进行送达。

　　如依上述第一款送达文书，则中央机关可要求该文书以文书发往国的官方文字或其中之一写成，或译为该种文字。

　　依本公约所附格式填写的请求书中包括被送达文书概要的部分应连同文书一并送达。

　　第六条

　　文书发往国中央机关或该国为此目的可能指定的任何机关应依本公约所附范本格式出具证明书。

　　证明书应说明文书已经送达，并应包括送达的方法、地点和日期，以及文书被交付人。如文书并未送达，则证明书中应载明妨碍送达的原因。

　　申请者可要求非中央机关或司法机关出具的证明书由上述一个机关副署。

　　证明书应直接送交申请者。

　　第七条

　　本公约所附范本的标准栏目均应用法文或英文写成，亦可用文书发出国的官方文字或其中之一写成。

　　相应空格应用文书发往国文字或法文或英文填写。

　　第八条

　　每一缔约国均有权直接通过其外交或领事代表机构向身在国外的人完成司法文书的送达，但不得采用任何强制措施。

　　任何国家均可声明其对在其境内进行此种送达的异议，除非该文书须送达给文书发出国国民。

　　第九条

　　此外，每一缔约国有权利用领事途径将文书送交另一缔约国为此目的指定的机关，以便送达。

　　如有特殊情况需要，每一缔约国可为同一目的使用外交途径。

　　第十条

　　如送达目的地图不表异议，本公约不妨碍：

　　(一)通过邮寄途径直接向身在国外的人送交司法文书的自由；

　　(二)文书发出国的司法助理人员、官员或其他主管人员直接通过送达目的地国的司法助理人员、官员或其他主管人员完成司法文书的送达的自由；

　　(三)任何在司法程序中有利害关系的人直接通过送达目的地国的司法助理人员、官员或其他主管人员完成司法文书的送达的自由。

　　第十一条

　　本公约不妨碍两个或更多缔约国达成协议，允许采用上述各条文所规定的递送途径以外的途径，特别是通过其各自机关直接联系的途径，以便送达司法文书

。

　　第十二条

　　发自缔约一国的司法文书的送达不应产生因文书发往国提供服务所引起的税款或费用的支付或补偿。申请者应支付或补偿下列情况产生的费用：

　　(一)有司法助理人员或依送达目的地国法律主管人员的参与；

　　(二)特定送达方法的使用。

　　第十三条

　　如果送达请求书符合本公约的规定，则文书发往国只在其认为执行请求将损害其主权或安全时才可拒绝执行。

　　一国不得仅根据下列理由拒绝执行，即：依其国内法，该国主张对该项诉讼标的专属管辖权，或其国内法不允许进行该项申请所依据的诉讼。

　　在拒绝执行的情况下，中央机关应迅速通知申请者，并说明拒绝的理由。

　　第十四条—在为了送达而递送司法文书的过程中可能产生的困难，应通知外交途径解决。

　　第十五条

　　如须根据本公约向国外递送传票或类似文书，以便送达，而被告没有出庭，则在确定以下情况之前，不得作出判决：

　　(一)该文书已依文书发往国的国内法所规定的在国内诉讼中对在其境内的人送达文书的方法予以送达；或

　　(二)该文书已依本公约规定的其他方法被实际交付被告或其居所。

　　并且，在上述任何一种情况下，送达或交付均应在能保证被告进行答辩的足够时间内完成。

　　每一缔约国均可声明，只要满足下述条件，即使未收到送达或交付的证明书，法官仍可不顾本条第一款的规定，作出判决：

　　(一)已依本公约所规定的一种方法递送该文书；

　　(二)法官根据具体案件认为自递送文书之日起不少于六个月的适当期间已满；

　　(三)尽管为获取证明书已通过文书发往国的主管机关尽了一切合理的努力，但仍未收到任何种类的证明书。

　　虽有上述各款规定，法官仍可在紧急情况下决定采取任何临时性或保护性的措施。

　　第十六条

　　如须根据本公约向国外递送传票或类似文书，以便送达，且已对未出庭的被告作出败诉判决，则在满足下述条件的情况下，法官有权使被告免于该判决因上诉期间届满所产生的丧失上诉权的效果：

　　(一)被告非因自己的过失，未能在足够期间内知悉该文书，以便提出答辩，或未能在足够期间内知悉该判决，以便提起上诉，并

　　(二)被告对该案的实质问题提出了表面可以成立的答辩理由。

　　被告只能在其知悉该判决后的合理期间内提出免除丧失上诉权效果的申请。

　　每一缔约国均可声明对在该声明中所指明的期间届满后提出的申请不予受理，但这一期间在任何情况下均不得少于自判决之日起的一年。

　　本条不适用于有关人的身份或能力的判决。

　　第二章 司法外文书

　　第十七条

　　缔约一国的机关和司法助理人员发出的司法外文书可依本公约的方法并按照本公约各条规定递送到缔约另一国，以便送达。

　　第三章 一般条款

　　第十八条

　　每一缔约国除指定中央机关外，还可指定其他机关，并应确定这些机关的主管范围。

　　但在任何情况下，申请者均有权将请求书直接送交中央机关。

　　联邦制国家有权指定一个以上的中央机关。

　　第十九条

　　只要缔约国的国内法允许使用上述各条规定之外的其他方法递送来自国外的文书，以便在其境内送达，本公约不影响此类规定。

　　第二十条

　　本公约不妨碍两个或更多的缔约国达成协议，以免除下列规定的适用：

　　(一)第三条第二款关于须予递送的文书必须一式两份的要求；

　　(二)第五条第三款和第七条关于文字的要求；

　　(三)第五条第四款的规定；

　　(四)第十二条第一款的规定。

　　第二十一条

　　每一缔约国均应在其交存批准书或加入书时或在此之后，就下述事项通知荷兰外交部：

　　(一)根据第二条和第十八条指定的机关；

　　(二)根据第六条指定的有权出具证明书的机关；

　　(三)根据第九条指定的有权接收通过领事途径递送的文书的机关。

　　适当时，每一缔约国还应通知荷兰外交部：

　　(一)对使用第八条和第十条所规定的递送方法所提出的异议；

　　(二)根据第十五条第二款和第十六条第三款所作出的声明；

　　(三)对上述指定、异议和声明的任何修改。

　　第二十二条

　　如本公约当事国亦为1905年7月17日和1954年3月1日订于海牙的两个《民事诉讼程序公约》或其中之一的缔约国，则本公约应在这些国家之间取代上述两公约第一条至第七条的规定。

　　第二十三条

　　本公约不应影响1905年7月17日订于海牙的《民事诉讼程序公约》第二十三条和1954年3月1日订于海牙的《民事诉讼程序公约》第二十四条的适用。

　　但只在使用与上述公约规定一致的联系方法时才应适用这些条款。

　　第二十四条

　　1905年和1954年公约当事国之间缔结的补充协定应被认为同样适用于本公约，除非上述当事国另有协议。

　　第二十五条

　　在不损害第二十二条和第二十四条规定的情况下，本公约不损及缔约国已经或将要成为当事国并含有本公约所规定事项的条款的其他公约。

　　第二十六条

　　本公约应开放供出席海牙国际私法会议第十届会议的国家签署。

　　本公约须经批准，批准书应交存荷兰外交部。

　　第二十七条

　　本公约自第二十六条第二款所指的第三份批准书交存后的第六十天起生效。

　　对于此后批准本公约的签署国，本公约自其交存批准书后的第六十天起对其生效。

　　第二十八条

　　在本公约依第二十七条第一款规定生效后，任何未出席海牙国际私法会议第十届会议的国家均可加入本公约。加入书应交存荷兰外交部。

　　如该加入书交存前已批准本公约的国家在荷兰外交部将这一加入行为通知该国之日后六个月期间内并未通知荷兰外交部表示异议，则本公约对该加入国生效。

　　如未提出任何异议，则本公约自前款所指的最后期间届满后下个月的第一天起对该加入国生效。

　　第二十九条

　　任何国家均可在签署、批准或加入时声明，本公约应扩展适用于其为之负责国际关系的全部领土，或其中一个或几个部分。这类声明自本公约对有关国家生效之日起发生效力。

　　在其后任何时候，此类扩展适用事项均应通知荷兰外交部。

　　本公约自前款所指的通知发出后第六十天起对扩展适用通知中所提及的领土生效。

　　第三十条

　　本公约自依第二十七条第一款规定生效之日起五年有效，即使对后来批准或加入本公约的国家亦如此。

　　如未经通知退出，本公约应每五年自动展期一次。

　　任何退出通知均须在五年期满的至少六个月前通知荷兰外交部。

　　这类退出通知可仅限于适用本公约的某些领土。

　　此项退出通知只对通知退出的国家有效。本公约对其他缔约国应继续有效。

　　第三十一条

　　荷兰外交部应将下述事项通知第二十六条所指的国家以及已依第二十八条加入本公约的国家：

　　(一)第二十六条所指的签署和批准；

　　(二)本公约依第二十七条第一款生效的日期；

　　(三)第二十八条所指的加入及其生效日期；

　　(四)第二十九条所指的扩展适用及其生效日期；

　　(五)第二十一条所指的指定、异议和声明；

　　(六)第三十条第三款所指的退出通知。

　　下列签署人经正式授权，签署本公约，以昭信守。

　　1965年11月15日订于海牙，用英文和法文写成，两种文本同一作准。正本一份，存于荷兰政府档案库。经证明无误的副本应通过外交途径送交出席海牙国际私法会议第十届会议的各国。
 

CONVENTION ON THE SERVICE ABROAD OF JUDICIAL AND EXTRAJUDICIAL DOCUMENTS IN CIVIL OR COMMERCIAL MATTERS

(Concluded 15 November 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.