European Convention on Information on Foreign Law
| European Convention on Information on Foreign Law
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| Title (engl.): | European Convention on Information on Foreign Law |
| Date: | 7th June 1968 |
| Come into effect: | Germany: March 19, 1975 ( Federal Law Gazette 1975 II p. 300 ) |
| Reference: | Germany: BGBl. 1974 II p. 937 |
| Contract type: | multinational |
| Legal matter: | Judiciary |
| Signing: | 30 (March 19, 2017) |
| Ratification : | 45 (March 19, 2017) Current status
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| Germany: | Ratified December 18, 1974 |
| Liechtenstein: | Ratified November 6, 1972 |
| Austria: | Ratified October 4, 1971 |
| Switzerland: | Ratified August 19, 1970 |
| Please note the note on the applicable contract version . | |
The European Convention on Information on Foreign Law is an international treaty to which the member states of the Council of Europe can accede. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe can also invite any state that is not a member of the Council of Europe to accede to this convention. This has happened with Belarus , Costa Rica , Mexico and Morocco ; the Convention has entered into force in these states.
The contracting parties undertake to provide each other with information about their civil and commercial law, their procedural law in these areas and about their judicial system.
The Convention is supplemented by the Additional Protocol of March 15, 1978, which provides for the system of intergovernmental exchange of information to be extended to the field of criminal law and criminal procedural law.
In Germany, the convention is specified in the Foreign Legal Information Act (AuRAG).
Remarks
- ↑ It bears number 62 of the Collection of European Treaties.
- ↑ Law to the Additional Protocol of March 15, 1978 to the European Convention on Information on Foreign Law of January 21, 1987 ( BGBl. 1987 II p. 58 ) (RAuskÜbkZProtG).
- ↑ Text at justiz.nrw.de.
- ↑ Collection of European Treaties No. 97.
- ^ Government draft
