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Europese Overeenkomst inzake de immuniteit van Staten

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Bronnen

Trb. 1973, 43

Trb. 1985, 38

Trb. 2011, 63

Trb. 2012, 65

Partijen

Partij

Datum inwerkingtreding

Voorbehoud

België

11-06-1976

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Cyprus

11-06-1976

Duitsland

16-08-1990

Luxemburg

12-03-1987

het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (het Europese deel van Nederland)

22-05-1985

Oostenrijk

11-06-1976

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Verenigd Koninkrijk

04-10-1979

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Zwitserland

07-10-1982

Voorbehouden, verklaringen en bezwaren

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Bekrachtiging door België onder de volgende verklaringen:

Conformément à l'article 21, le Gouvernement belge désigne le ‘Tribunal de première instance’ pour statuer sur le point de savoir si l'Etat belge doit donner effet au jugement étranger.

Se référant à l'article 24, le Gouvernement belge déclare qu'en dehors des cas relevant des articles 1 à 13, ses tribunaux pourront connaître de procédures engagées contre un autre Etat contractant dans la mesure où ils peuvent en connaître contre les Etats qui ne sont pas parties à cette Convention. Cette déclaration ne porte pas atteinte à l'immunité de juridiction dont jouissent les Etats étrangers pour les actes accomplis dans l'exercice de la puissance publique (acta jure imperii).

In accordance with Article 21, the Belgian Government designates the ‘Tribunal de première instance’ for determining the question whether the Belgian State should give effect to a foreign judgement. With reference to Article 24, the Belgian Government declares that, in cases not falling within Articles 1 to 13, its courts shall be entitled to entertain proceedings against another Contracting State to the extent that its courts are entitled to entertain proceedings against States not Party to the present Convention. Such a declaration shall be without prejudice to the immunity from jurisdiction which foreign States enjoy in respect of acts performed in the exercise of sovereign authority (acta jure imperii).

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Bekrachtiging door het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden onder de volgende verklaring:

On the occasion of the deposit today of the instrument of acceptance by the Kingdom of the Netherlands of the European Convention on State Immunity and the Additional Protocol thereto, I have the honour with reference to Article 24, first paragraph, of the Convention, to declare on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that, in cases not falling within Articles 1 to 13, its courts shall be entitled to entertain proceedings against another Contracting State to the extent that its courts are entitled to entertain proceedings against States not Party to the present Convention.

Furthermore I have the honour to inform you in accordance with Article 21, fourth paragraph of the Convention, that the district-court (‘Arrondissementsrechtbank’) of The Hague has been designated as the competent court referred to in Article 21, first paragraph.

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Deze overeenkomst geldt voor Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba vanaf 10-10-2010.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 28-09-2010 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Kingdom of the Netherlands currently consists of three parts : the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Netherlands Antilles consists of the islands of Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

With effect from 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles will cease to exist as a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. From that date onwards, the Kingdom will consist of four parts: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Curaçao and Sint Maarten will enjoy internal self-government within the Kingdom, as Aruba and, up to 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles do.

These changes constitute a modification of the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will accordingly remain the subject of international law with which agreements are concluded. The modification of the structure of the Kingdom will therefore not affect the validity of the international agreements ratified by the Kingdom for the Netherlands Antilles: these agreements, including any reservations made, will continue to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

The other islands that have until now formed part of the Netherlands Antilles - Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba - will become parts of the Netherlands, thus constituting ‘the Caribbean part of the Netherlands’. The agreements that now apply to the Netherlands Antilles will also continue to apply to these islands; however, the Government of the Netherlands will now be responsible for implementing these agreements.

In addition, a number of the agreements that currently apply to the Netherlands are hereby declared applicable, from 10 October 2010, to this Caribbean part of the Netherlands.

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Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 09-01-2012 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The declarations made by the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time of acceptance of the Convention, on 21 February 1985, are confirmed for the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba). These declarations remain valid for the European part of the Netherlands.

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Bekrachtiging door Oostenrijk onder de volgende verklaring:

Die Republik Osterreich erklärt gemäss Artikel 28 Absatz 2 des Europäischen Übereinkommens über Staatenimmunität, dass sich die Länder Burgenland, Kärnten, Niederösterreich, Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg und Wien auf die für die Vertragsstaaten geltenden Vorschriften des Europäischen Übereinkommens über Staatenimmunität berufen können und die gleichen Pflichten haben wie diese.

The Republic of Austria declares according to Article 28, paragraph 2, of the European Convention on State Immunity that its constituent States Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Vienna may invoke the provisions of the European Convention on State Immunity applicable to Contracting States and have the same obligations.

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Toepasselijkverklaring door het Verenigd Koninkrijk voor Akrotiri en Dhekelia (Soevereine Basis Gebieden op Cyprus), Belize, Brits Antarctisch Territorium, Britse Maagdeneilanden, Caymaneilanden, Ducie en Oeno-eilanden, Falklandeilanden, Henderson, Hongkong, Kiribati, Montserrat, Pitcairneilanden, Sint-Helena, Ascension en Tristan da Cunha en Turks- en Caicoseilanden vanaf 04-10-1979 en voor Guernsey, Jersey en Man vanaf 28-02-1988.

Uitbreiding van de Overeenkomst door het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland tot voor Guernsey, Jersey en het eiland Man, onder de volgende verklaring:

I have the honour to state that the notifications made to your predecessor in paragraph 1.a and b of Mr Cape's letter of 2 July 1979 in connection with the said Convention shall apply equally to Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man as territories in respect of which the United Kingdom is a Party to the said Convention.

In pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19, the United Kingdom hereby declare that their courts, and the courts of any territory in respect of which they are a Party to the Convention, shall not be bound by the provisions of paragraph 1 of that Article.

In pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 4 of Article 21 of the said Convention, the United Kingdom designate as competent courts:

In Guernsey:– in the Island of Guernsey : the Royal Court of Guernsey;

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in the Island of Alderney : the Court of Alderney;

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in the Island of Sark : the Court of the Seneschal;

In Jersey:- the Royal Court of Jersey;

In the Isle of Man:- the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man.

The question whether effect is to be given to a judgement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 21 may however also be justiciable in other civil courts in the exercise of their normal jurisdiction.

I have the honour to inform you that the United Kingdom is also acceding, separately in the name of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man, to the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules concerning the Immunity of State-owned Ships, done at Brussels on 10 April 1926, and of the protocol supplementary thereto, done at Brussels on 24 May 1934, subject to the same reservations as are referred to in paragraph 2 of Mr Cape's aforementioned letter.

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De Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft, daar China met ingang van 01-07-1997 weer de soevereiniteit over Hong Kong uitoefent, op 19-06-1997 aan de depositaris van de Overeenkomst medegedeeld dat de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk internationaal verantwoordelijkheid draagt voor Hong Kong tot 01-07-1997. Na die datum is de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk niet langer verantwoordelijk voor de internationale rechten en verplichtingen die voortvloeien uit de toepassing van de Overeenkomst op Hong Kong.

Het Verenigd Koninkrijk heeft op 19-06-1997 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

I am instructed by Her Brittannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to refer to the European Convention on State Immunity signed at Basle on 16 May 1972 which applies to Hong Kong at present.

I am also instructed to state that, in accordance with the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong signed on 19 December 1984, the Government of the United Kingdom will restore Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China with effect from 1 July 1997. The Government of the United Kingdom will continue to have international responsibility for Hong Kong until that date. Therefore, from that date the Government of the United Kingdom will cease to be responsible for the international rights and obligations arising from the application of the Convention to Hong Kong.

Buitenwerkingtreding voor Kiribati vanaf 12-07-1979, voor Belize vanaf 21-09-1981 en voor Hongkong vanaf 01-07-1997.

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Bekrachtiging door Zwitserland onder de volgende verklaring:

J'ai l'honneur de déclarer, au nom du Conseil fédéral suisse et conformément à l'article 24 de ladite Convention, que les tribunaux suisses pourront connaître, en dehors des cas relevant des articles 1 à 13 de la Convention, de procédures engagées contre un autre Etat contractant dans la mesure où ils peuvent en connaître contre des Etats qui ne sont pas parties à la Convention.

I have the honour to declare on behalf of the Swiss Federal Council and in accordance with Article 24 of the Convention, that in cases not falling within Articles 1 to 13, the Swiss courts shall be entitled to entertain proceedings against another Contracting State to the extent that its courts are entitled to entertain proceedings against States not Party to the present Convention.

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6

Bij gelegenheid van de nederlegging van de akte van bekrachtiging heeft de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland het volgende verklaard:

(a)

In pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 24 thereof, the United Kingdom hereby declare that, in cases not falling within Article 1 to 13, their courts and the courts of any territory in respect of which they are a Party to the Convention shall be entitled to entertain proceedings against another Contracting State to the extent that these courts are entitled to entertain proceedings against States not Party to the present Convention. This declaration is without prejudice to the immunity from jurisdiction which foreign States enjoy in respect of acts performed in the exercise of sovereign authority (acta jure imperii).

(b)

In pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19, the United Kingdom hereby declare that their courts, and the courts of any territory in respect of which they are a Party to the Convention, shall not be bound by the provisions of paragraph 1 of that Article.

(c)

In pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 4 of Article 21, the United Kingdom hereby designate as competent courts:

in England and Wales — the High Court of Justice;

in Scotland — the Court of Session;

in Northern Ireland — the Supreme Court of Judicature;

and in any other territory in respect of which they are a Party to the Convention — the Supreme Court of the territory concerned.

The question whether effect is to be given to a judgment in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 21 may however also be justiciable in other civil courts in the exercise of their normal jurisdiction.

I have the honour to inform you that simultaneously an instrument of ratification of the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules concerning the Immunity of State-owned Ships, done at Brussels on 10 April 1926, and of the Protocol supplementary thereto, done at Brussels on 24 May 1934, is being deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. This instrument of ratification, signed by Her Majesty The Queen in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contains the following reservations:

We reserve the right to apply Article 1 of the Convention to any claim in respect of a ship which falls within the Admiralty jurisdiction of Our courts, or of Our courts in any territory in respect of which We are party to the Convention.

We reserve the right, with respect to Article 2 of the Convention, to apply in proceedings concerning another High Contracting Party or ship of another High Contracting Party the rules of procedure set out in Chapter II of the European Convention on State Immunity, signed at Basle on the Sixteenth day of May, in the Year of the Lord One thousand Nine hundred and Seventy-two.

In order to give effect to the terms of any international agreement with a non-Contracting State, We reserve the right to make special provision

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as regards the delay of arrest of a ship or cargo belonging to such a State, and

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to prohibit seizure of or execution against such a ship or cargo.

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Oostenrijk heeft op 11-01-1976 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

In compliance with paragraph 4 of Article 21 of the European Convention on State Immunity, the Republic of Austria declares that it designates the Vienna Regional Civil Court (Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien) as solely competent to determine whether the Republic of Austria shall give effect, in accordance with Article 20 of the above-mentioned Convention, to any judgement given by a court of another Contracting States.

De Regering van Oostenrijk heeft op 17-12-1976 de volgende verklaring ingevolge artikel 21, vierde lid, van de Overeenkomst afgelegd:

Die Republik Österreich erklärt gemäss Artikel 21 Absatz 4 des Europäischen Übereinkommens über Staatenimmunität, dass sie zur Feststellung, ob die Republik Österreich die Entscheidung eines Gerichtes eines anderen Mitgliedstaates im Sinn des Artikels 20 des vorgenannten Übereinkommens zu erfüllen hat, das Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien als ausschliesslich zuständig bezeichnet.

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Toetreding door de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland onder verklaringen, waaronder de verklaring dat de Overeenkomst vanaf de datum van inwerkingtreding voor de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland, mede van toepassing zal zijn op het ‘Land’ Berlijn.

De Bondsrepubliek Duitsland, partij bij de onderhavige Overeenkomst, zond op 02-10-1990 een nota aan de depositaris over de voortgezette toepassing van verdragen vanaf 03-10-1990.

Het op bedoelde verdragen betrekking hebbende gedeelte van de nota luidt als volgt:

The Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Council of Europe present its compliments to the General Secetariat of the Council of Europe and has the honour to inform the Secretariat that, with regard to the continued application of treaties of the Federal Republic of Germany and the treatment of treaties of the German Democratic Republic following its accession to the Federal Republic of Germany with effect from 3 October 1990, the Treaty of 31 August 1990 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic on the establishment of German unity (Unification Treaty) contains the following relevant provisions.

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Article 11 — Treaties of the Federal Republic of Germany

The contracting parties proceed on the understanding that international treaties and agreements to which the Federal Republic of Germany is a contracting party, including treaties establishing membership of international organizatins or institutions, shall retain their validity and that the rights and obligations arising therefrom, with the exeption of the treaties named in Annex I, shall also relate to the territory specified in Article 3 of this Treaty, where adjustments become necessary in individual cases, the all-German Government shall consult with the respective contracting parties.

(The treaties listed in Annex I concern matters of status and security.)

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The Federal Republic of Germany will proceed in accordance with these provisions.

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Ratificatie door Duitsland onder de volgende verklaring:

Paragraph 4 of Article 21:

The question whether effect should be given by the Federal Republic of Germany or a Land to a judgment rendered by a court of another Contracting State in accordance with Article 20 or Article 25 or to a settlement in accordance with Article 22 of the Convention is determined by the competent Regional Court (Landgericht) in whose administrative district the Federal Government has its seat.

The Federal Republic of Germany declares in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 24 of the Convention that, in cases not falling within Articles 1 to 13, its courts are entitled to entertain proceedings against another Contracting State to the extent that its courts are entitled to entertain proceedings against States not Party to the Convention. Such a declaration is without prejudice to the immunity from jurisdiction which foreign States enjoy in respect of acts performed in the exercise of sove reign authority (acta jure imperii).

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Duitsland heeft op 05-06-1992 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Federal Republic of Germany hereby amends its declaration relating to Article 28, paragraph 2, of the Convention to the effect that all constituent states (Laender) of the Federal Republic of Germany, namely Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North-Rhine/Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatina, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia shall be able to invoke the provisions of the Convention applying to the Contracting States and shall have the same duties as the latter.

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België heeft op 23-09-2003 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

In accordance with Article 28, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Kingdom of Belgium declares that the French Community, the Flemish Community and the German-speaking Community as well as the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region may invoke the provisions of the European Convention on State Immunity applicable to Contracting States, and have the same obligations.

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Ratificatie door Luxemburg onder de volgende verklaring:

The competent Court, under Article 21 of the Convention, to determine the question whether effect should be given to a judgment delivered in pursuance of Article 20, is the Court of Appeal of Luxembourg, judging in accordance with the procedure of civil appeals, as for summary and urgent matters. Its decision is subject to appeal to the Supreme Court in compliance with the ordinary rules in civil matters.

In accordance with Article 24 of the Convention, the Courts of Luxembourg are entitled, in cases falling outside Articles 1 to 13 of the Convention, to entertain proceedings against another Contracting State to the extent to which its Courts are entitled to entertain such proceedings against States not Party to the Convention.

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