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Appendix 9 Unofficial List of Conventions Notified to the Commission under Art 29 of the Rome II Regulation

From: The Rome II Regulation: The Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations: Updating Supplement

Andrew Dickinson

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24 June 2010
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From: Oxford Legal Research Library (http://olrl.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved. Subscriber: null; date: 07 June 2023

(p. 147) Appendix 9  Unofficial List of Conventions Notified to the Commission under Art 29 of the Rome II Regulation

The following table is based solely on information and documents provided by the Commission as to notifications received from Member States up to March 2010, and from the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice. The formal list of Conventions required by Art 29(2) of the Rome II Regulation has yet to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, and the following information is subject to change. See the comment at 16.39 above.

No information is presently available for Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Malta, or the Netherlands

Austria1

Multilateral Agreements

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to traffic accidents (4 May 1971) (BGBl 387/1975)

Bilateral Agreements

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany on the settlement of the border crossing of railroads, including the Final Protocol (BGBI 1957/239), Art 16(6)

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany on the facilitation of border crossing by rail, road and ship traffic (BGBl 1957/240), Art 13(1)

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany to facilitate rail transit Mittenwald (Border)-Griesen (border) and Ehrwaid (border)-Vils (border) (BGBl 1957/242 amended 1998/58), Art 15(6)–(7)

  • (p. 148) *  Treaty between the Republic of Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany on through traffic on the Roßfeldstraße along with Final Protocol (BGBI 1967/340), Art 13(4)

  • *  Treaty between the Republic of Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany on the impact of the installation and operation of the Salzburg airport on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany (BGBI 1974/559), Art 4(3)

  • *  Treaty between the Republic of Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany on the management of closed trains of the Austrian Federal Railways on lines in the German Federal Railways Germany (BGBI 1974/331 and 1980/505 amended 1998/58), Art 17(6)

  • *  Agreement between the Austrian Federal Government and the Ministry of National Defence of the Hellenic Republic concerning the granting of support as the host nation for the Austrian armed forces under the international security presence in Kosovo (BGBI 2000/7), Art 4.4

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Italian Republic on the regulation of the border crossing of railways, BGBI 1976/473 amended 1983/233 and 1991/83, Art 13(3), (6) and Art 25(3)

  • Memorandum of Understanding between the Austrian Federal Government and NATO Allied Command concerning the PfP (Partnership for Peace) exercise (Cooperative Support 2003) (BGBl 2003/95), Art 4(8)

  • Agreement of the Austrian Federal Government to the Convention between NATO and FYROM over the status of KFOR personnel in FYROM of 18 May 2001 (BGBl 2003/90), Art 8

  • Memorandum of Understanding between the Austrian Federal Government and NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe on the Partnership for Peace Exercise (BGBl 2001/215), Art 6

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic concerning the regulation of the border crossing of railways (BGBl 1964/41 amended 1967/348, BGBl 1997/123 and 1994/1046 and BGBl 2000/32), Art 19(1), (3) and Art 21

  • *  Treaty between the Republic of Austria and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on the common border (BGBl 1975/344 amended 1994/1046, BGBl 2006/134 and 2004/112), Art 45(3)

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic on the facilitation of border crossing by rail, road and ship traffic (BGBl 1992/561 and 1994/1046 amended 1997/123), Art 12(1)

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Slovenia on the facilitation of border crossing by rail and road transport (BGBl 2001/94), Art 12(1)

  • (p. 149) Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia on the regulation of the border crossing of railways, BGBI 1965/100 amended 1968/173, 1973/272 and 1993/714, Art 24(1), (3), 25(3)–(5)

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and Hungary on passport and customs clearance (BGBl 1967/298), Art 12(1)

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and Hungary on border crossings by road and ship traffic (BGBl 1992/794), Art 14(1)

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and Hungary on border crossings by rail (BGBl 1992/134), Art 13(1), (4)

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Hungarian People’s Republic on the border crossing of railways (BGBl 1979/307), Art 21(2)–(3)

  • *  Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Austria and the Government of the Republic of Hungary on the rail transit of the Austro-Hungarian industrial parks in the area of the city Szentgotthárd (BGBl 1982/197), Art 3(1)

  • *  Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Hungarian People’s Republic on rail transit through the territory of the town Sopron and surrounding area (BGBI 1999/127), Art 18(1), (3)–(6))

Republic of Cyprus

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Cyprus and the Government of the United States of America concerning cooperation to suppress the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems and related materials by sea. (Ratification Law 38(III)/2005)

Czech Republic

  • Treaty between Czechoslovakia and the USSR on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (Moscow, 12 August 1982)

  • Treaty between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Republic of Cuba on mutual assistance in civil matters, family and criminal matters (Prague, 18 April 1980)

  • Treaty between Czechoslovakia and Mongolia on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (Ulaanbaatar, 15 October 1976)

  • Treaty between the Czech Republic and Ukraine in civil matters (Kiev, 28 May 2001)

  • Treaty between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Uzbekistan on legal assistance and legal relations in civil and criminal matters (Tashkent, 18 January 2002)

  • (p. 150) Treaty between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and Vietnam on mutual legal assistance in civil and criminal matters (Prague, 12 October 1982)

Estonia

  • Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air (Warsaw, 12 October 1929), and the 1955 amending protocol (The Hague, 28 September 1955)

  • Supplemental Agreement to the Warsaw Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air performed by a person other than the contracting carrier (Guadalajara, 18 September 1961)

  • Convention for the unification of certain rules governing international carriage by air (Montreal, 28 May 1999)

  • International Convention on the arrest of ships (Geneva, March 12, 1999)

  • Convention on International carriage by rail (COTIF) (9 May 1980) and amending Protocol (Vilnius, 3 June 1999)

  • International Convention on salvage (London, 28 April 1989)

  • Convention on the issue of European Patents (Munich, 5 October 1973)

  • International Convention on the protection of new varieties of plants (Paris, 2 December 1961), as revised at Geneva on 10 November 1972, 23 October 1978 and 19 March 1991

  • Protocol amending the International Convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage, 1971 (London, 27 October 1992)

  • Protocol amending the International Convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage, 1971 (London, 27 October 1992)

  • Protocol (supplementary fund) amending the International Convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage, 1992 (London, 16 May 2003)

  • Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works (9 September 1886), as revised (Paris, 24 July 1971)

  • Convention on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) (15 April 1994)

  • Convention on civil Liability for nuclear damage (Vienna, 21 May 1963) and amending protocol (Vienna, 29 September 1997)2

  • (p. 151) Joint Protocol relating to the Vienna Convention on civil liability for nuclear damage and the Paris Convention on third party liability in the field of nuclear power (Vienna, 21 September 1998)3

Finland

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to products liability (2 October 1973)

France4

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to traffic accidents (4 May 1971)

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to products liability (2 October 1973)

Germany

Aviation Law

  • Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air (Warsaw, 12 October 1929), including for certain purposes the 1955 amending protocol (The Hague, 28 September 1955)

  • Supplemental Agreement to the Warsaw Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air performed by a person other than the contracting carrier (Guadalajara, 18 September 1961)

  • Agreement for the unification of certain rules relating to the precautionary attachment of aircraft (Rome, 29 May 1933)

  • Convention for the unification of certain rules governing international carriage by air (Montreal, 28 May 1999)

Shipping Law

  • International Convention for the unification of certain rules on the collision between vessels (Brussels, 23 September 1910)

  • International Convention to standardize rules on the arrest of seagoing vessels (Brussels, 10 May 1952)

  • (p. 152) Convention relating to the unification of certain rules concerning collisions in inland navigation (Geneva, 15 March 1960)

  • International Convention on salvage (London, 28 April 1989)

Road Transport Law

  • Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Swiss Confederation on the road between Lörrach and Weil am Rhein on Swiss territory (25 April 1977)

Rail Transport Law

  • Convention of 9 May 1980 on international rail—(COTIF—with annexes CIV, CIM and CUV) in the version of the 3rd amending Protocol (Vilnius, 3 June 1999)

Intellectual Property Law

  • International Convention on the protection of new varieties of plants (Paris, 2 December 1961)

  • Treaty between West Germany and the Swiss Confederation concerning the protection of geographical indications and other geographical names (7 March 1967)

  • Convention on the issue of European Patents (Munich, 5 October 1973)

  • Convention on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) (15 April 1994)

  • European Patent Convention (19 February 2008)

  • Hague Agreement of 6 November 1925 concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (in the text of the Hague, 28 November 1960)

Space Law

  • Agreement between the Federal Republic Germany and the European Space Research Organization (24 September 1968)

Greece

  • International Convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (1973) and 1978 Protocol (London, 17 February 1978)(Law 1269/1982, GG 89/A/21.7.1982), Art 4

  • International Convention on salvage (London, 28 April 1989) (Law2391/1996, GG 55/A/21.3.1996), Arts 5 and 15

  • Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention of 1969 on civil liability for oil pollution damage (27 November 1992) (PD 197/1995, GG 106/A/13.6.1995), Art 4

(p. 153) Hungary5

  • Treaty between the Hungarian People’s Republic and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on mutual legal assistance (Belgrade, 7 March 1968), Art 39A6

  • Treaty between the Hungarian People’s Republic and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on legal assistance in civil, family and criminal cases (Hanoi, 18 January 1985), Art 30

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Hungary and the Government of Ukraine on state border railway traffic (Kyiv, 19 May 1995), Art 15

  • Treaty between the Republic of Hungary and Ukraine on the regime of Hungarian- Ukrainian state frontiers, mutual legal assistance and cross-border cooperation (Kiev, 19 May 1995), Art 34

  • Protocol on civil liability and compensation for damage caused by the transboundary effects of industrial accidents on transboundary waters prepared within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (the Protocol has not yet entered into force), Art 16

Ireland

  • International Convention on salvage (London, 28 April 1989), Art 15(2)

Latvia

  • Convention on road traffic (Vienna, 18 Nov 1968)

  • European Agreement supplementing the 1968 Convention on road traffic (Geneva,1 May 1971)

  • Convention on road signs and signals (Vienna, 8 Nov 1968)

  • European Agreement supplementing the 1968 Convention on road signs and signals (Geneva, 1 May 1971)

  • Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (Geneva, 20 Mar 1958)

  • (p. 154) Convention on limitation of liability for maritime claims (London, 19 Nov 1976)

  • International Convention for the unification of certain rules of law relating to bills of lading (‘Hague Rules’), and Protocol of Signature (25 Aug 1924); Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the unification of certain rules of law relating to bills of lading (‘Visby Rules’) (23 Feb 1968); Protocol (SDR Protocol) amending the International Convention for the unification of certain rules of law relating to bills of lading of 25 August 1924 (The Hague Rules), as amended by the Protocol of 23 February 1968 (Visby Rules) (21 Dec 1979)

  • Protocol amending the International Convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage, 1971 (London, 27 October 1992)

  • Protocol (supplementary fund) amending the International Convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage, 1992 (London, 16 May 2003)

  • International Convention on the arrest of ships (Geneva, March 12, 1999)

  • Convention on International carriage by rail (COTIF) (9 May 1980) and Protocol for the modification of the Convention concerning international carriage by rail (COTIF) (Vilnius, 3 June 1999)

  • Convention concerning international passenger traffic by railway (SMPS) (1 November 1951)

  • Agreement concerning international goods traffic by railway (SMGS) (1 November 1951)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania on international transport by road (28 March 2006)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on international transport by road (10 July 2001)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on international transport by road (6 November 2001)

  • International Road Transport Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Belarus (1 February 1995)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark on international carriage of passengers and goods by road (14 November 1991)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Russian Federation on international road transport (22 February 1995)

  • Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Ukraine (23 May 1995)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of Georgia on international transport by road (5 July 2000)

  • (p. 155) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on international transport of passengers and goods by road (22 May 2000)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on international road traffic (19 May 1998)

  • Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on international road traffic (10 April 1997)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on international road transport (8 June 1995)

  • International Road Traffic Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan (23 May 1996)

  • International Road Transport Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey (15 September 1995)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Croatia on international transport by road (4 April 2002)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway relating to international transport by road (3 June 1994)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Swiss Confederation Federal Council on international road transport of passengers and goods (28 April 1998)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on cooperation in the field of transport (6 June 1995)

  • Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the State of Israel (3 November 1993)

  • Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Ukraine (23 May 1995)

  • Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan (6 Jun 1995)

  • Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Belarus (7 September 1995)

  • Air transport agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey (15 September 1995)

  • Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand (8 November 1996)

  • Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the Arab Republic of Egypt relating to scheduled air services (23 April 1997)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of India relating to air services (20 October 1997)

  • (p. 156) Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (19 May 1998)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China relating to civil air transport (4 Mar 1999)

  • Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore (6 October 1999)

  • Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Croatia (18 October 1999)

  • Bilateral Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco (19 May 1999)

  • Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan (4 October 2006)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on exploitation of the harbours of the Republic of Latvia for processing and transportation of the cargoes of the Republic of Moldova (22 September 1999)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on exploitation of the harbours of the Republic of Latvia for processing and transportation of the cargoes of the Republic of Kazakhstan (19 May 1998)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on terms of exploitation of harbours and other transport infrastructure of the Republic of Latvia for transit of cargoes of the Republic of Belarus (9 November 1999)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in the field of the railway traffic (19 May 1998)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on the direct railway traffic for carriage of military shipments from the Republic of Belarus to third countries by using the harbours of Latvia (21 February 1994)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on the operation of railway traffic (18 May 1995)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on cooperation in the field of railway traffic (23 May 1996)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation in the field of railway traffic (26 February 1998)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Belarus Railways on railway border crossing (25 Aug 2001)

  • (p. 157) Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the United States of America on friendship, trade and consular rights and cooperation (Riga, 20 April 1928)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Ukraine on employment and social protection of permanent residents of Latvia and Ukraine in the territory of the other contracting party (21 November 1995)

  • Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the Ukraine on cooperation in the field of social security (26 February 1998)

  • Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Belarus on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (21 February 1994)

  • Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the Russian Federation on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (3 February 1993)

  • Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Moldova on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (14 April 1993)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family, labour and criminal matters (23 May 1997)

  • Agreement Between the Republic of Latvia and the Kyrgyz Republic on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (10 Apr 1997)

  • Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the Ukraine on legal assistance relations and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (23 May 1995)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Russian Federation on regulation of the resettlement process and protection of the rights of resettlers (2 June 1993)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation in the field of prevention of disasters and elimination of their consequences (27 April 2006)

  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation in the field of prevention of disasters and elimination of their consequences (8 July 2002)

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to traffic accidents (4 May 1971)

Lithuania

  • Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air (Warsaw, 12 October 1929), and the 1955 amending protocol (The Hague, 28 September 1955)

  • Convention of Council of Europe on the liability of hotel-keepers concerning the property of their guests (Paris, 17 December 1962)

  • (p. 158) Convention on civil liability for nuclear damage (Vienna, 21 May 1963) and amending protocol (Vienna, 29 September 1997)7

  • Joint Protocol relating to the Vienna Convention on civil liability for nuclear damage and the Paris Convention on third party liability in the field of nuclear power (Vienna, 21 September 1998)8

  • Convention on limitation of liability for maritime claims (IMO) (London, 19 November 1976)

  • Protocol to amend the Convention on limitation of liability for maritime claims (London, 3 May 1996)

  • International Convention on salvage (London, 28 April 1989)

  • International Convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage—1992 version (London, 27 November 1992)

  • International Convention on the establishment of an international fund for oil pollution damage—1992 version (London, 27 November 1992)

  • Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage (London 16 May 2003)

  • International Convention on liability and compensation for damage in connection with the carriage of hazardous and noxious substances by sea (London, 3 May 1996)

  • Convention for the unification of certain rules for international carriage by air (Montreal, 28 May 1999)

  • International Convention on civil liability for bunker oil pollution damage (London, 23 March 2001)

Luxembourg

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to traffic accidents (4 May 1971)

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to products Liability (2 October 1973)

Poland

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to traffic accidents (4 May 1971) (Official Gazette of 15 April 2003, No 63, item 585)

  • (p. 159) Agreement between the Polish Republic and the Republic of Belarus on mutual legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (Minsk, 26 October 1994) (Official Gazette of 15 November 1995, No 128, item 619)

  • Agreement between the Polish People’s Republic and North Korea on legal assistance in civil, family and criminal matters (Pyongyang on 28 September 1986) (Official Gazette of 18 August 1987, No 24 item 135)

  • Agreement between the Polish Republic and the Russian Federation on legal assistance and legal relations in civil and criminal matters (Warsaw, 16 September 1996) (Official Gazette of 24 June 2002, No 83, item 750)

  • Agreement between the Polish People’s Republic and the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia on legal transactions in civil and criminal matters (Warsaw, 6 February 1960) (Official Gazette of 28 June 1963, No 27, item 162)

  • Agreement between the Polish Republic and Ukraine on legal assistance and legal relations in civil and criminal matters (Kiev, 24 May 1993) (Official Gazette of 14 September 1994, No 96, item 465)

  • Agreement between the Polish Republic and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (Warsaw, 22 March 1993) (Official Gazette of 29 May 1995, No 55, item 289)

Romania

  • Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (Espoo, 1991) (Law no 22/2001)

  • Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters (Aarhus, 1998) (Law no 86/2000)

  • Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution (Geneva, 1979) (Law no 8/25 January 1991)

  • Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal (Basel, 1989) (Law no 6/25 January 1991)

  • Convention on the high seas (Geneva, 1953) (Decree no 253/31 August 1961)

  • Convention on fishing in the waters of the Danube (Bucharest, 1958) (Decree no 507/20 December 1958)

  • Convention on territorial sea and contiguous zone (Geneva, 1958) (Decree no 253/31 August 1961)

  • Convention on the continental shelf (Geneva, 1958) (Decree no 253/31 August 1961)

  • Convention on fishing in the Black Sea (Varna, 1959) (Decree no 2/7 January 1960)

  • Convention on wetlands of international importance especially as water bird habitat (Ramsar, 1971) (Law no 5/25 January 1991)

  • (p. 160) United Nations Convention on the law of the sea (Montego Bay, 1982) (Law no 110/10 October 1996)

  • Convention between the Government of the Hungarian People’s Socialist Republic of Romania and the Government to regulate matters on the waters forming the common border (Council of Ministers Decision no 197/11 November 1986)

  • Convention on the Protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes (Helsinki, 1992) (Law no 30/1995)

  • Convention against pollution on the Black Sea (Bucharest, 1992) (Law no 98/16 September 1992)

  • Convention on cooperation for the protection and sustainable use of river Danube (Sofia, 1994) (Law no 14/1995)

  • Protocol to the international convention on fishing in the North West Atlantic (Washington, 1956) (Decree no 34/27 January 1967)

  • Convention on the conservation of living resources of the South East Atlantic (Rome, 1969) (Decree no 192/27 June 1977)

  • Convention for the protection of world cultural and natural heritage (Paris, 1972) (Decree of the Provisional Council of National Unity no 187/1990)

  • Convention on international trade in endangered species of wildlife, (Washington DC, 1973) (Law no 69/15 July 1994)

  • Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals (Bonn, 1979) (Law no 13/8 January 1998)

  • Convention on the conservation of wildlife and natural habitats in Europe (Berne, 1979) (Law no 13/11 March 1993)

  • Agreement on the conservation of bats in Europe (London, 1991) (Law no 90/10 May 2000)

  • Convention on biological diversity (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) (Law no 58/13 July 1994)

  • Agreement on the conservation of African-Eurasian migratory waterbirds (The Hague, 1995) (Law no 89/10 May 2000)

  • Agreement on the conservation of cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area (Monaco, 1996), (Law no 91/10 May 2000)

  • Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (Rotterdam, 1998) (Law no 91/18 March 2003)

  • Convention on persistent organic pollutant (Stockholm, 2001) (Law no 261/16 June 2004)

  • European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road (Law no 31/1994)

  • (p. 161) Agreement for the protection of the ozone layer (Vienna, 1985) (Law no 84/3 February 1993)

  • Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (Montreal, 1987) (Law 84/3 February 1993)

  • Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (London, 1990) (Law no 84/3 February 1993)

  • Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (Copenhagen, 1992) (Law no 9/2 February 2000)

  • Amendment of the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (date and place unclear) (Law 150/06 April 2001)

  • Amendment of the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (Beijing, 1999) (Law no 281/5 October 2005)

  • Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1977) (Law no 3/ 2001)

  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) (Law no 24/2001)

  • Convention on transboundary effects of industrial accidents (Helsinki, 1992) (Law no 92/2003)

  • Antarctic Treaty (Washington DC, 1959) (Decree no 255/21 July 1971)

Slovakia

  • Treaty between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Republic of Cuba on mutual assistance in civil matters, family and criminal matters (Prague, 18 April 1980)

  • Treaty between Czechoslovakia and Mongolia on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal matters (Ulaanbaatar, 15 October 1976)

  • Treaty between Czechoslovakia and the USSR on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal Matters (Moscow, 12 August 1982)9

Slovenia

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to traffic accidents (4 May 1971)

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to products liability (2 October 1973)

(p. 162) Spain

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to traffic accidents (4 May 1971)

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to products liability (2 October 1973)

Sweden

  • Nordic Convention for the protection of the environment (19 February 1974), Art 3

United Kingdom

  • Hague Convention on the law applicable to trusts and their recognition (1 July 1985)

  • International Convention on salvage (London, 28 April 1989)

Footnotes:

1  The conventions marked with an asterisk are referred to in the notification from Austria under Art 29(1) of the Rome II Regulation. As, however, they were concluded between Austria and current Member States of the European Union, they would appear to fall within Art 28(2) (not Art 28(1)) and, consequently, to be superseded by the Regulation insofar as they concern matters falling within its scope. It is unclear whether Austria considers that they remain effective, and (if so) on what legal basis.

2  The subject matter of this convention would appear to fall outside the scope of the Rome II Regulation by reason of Art 1(2)(f) and may have been included out of an abundance of caution on the part of the Estonian Ministry of Justice.

3  See n 2 above.

4  The notification from the French Delegation also states that: ‘An exhaustive search, nearing completion, is also underway on all conventions to which France is party to identify those which eventually could include one or more provisions of conflict of laws, within the purpose of Regulation No 864/2007, and therefore a supplement to the present declaration is likely.’

5  The notification from Hungary also lists treaties entered into solely between it and current Member States of the European Union, and which it acknowledges are overridden Art 28(2) of the Rome II Regulation insofar as they concern matters governed by the Regulation (list not reproduced here).

6  The notification from Hungary indicates that this treaty is applicable in relation to Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

7  The subject matter of this convention would appear to fall outside the scope of the Rome II Regulation by reason of Art 1(2)(f) and may have been included out of an abundance of caution on the part of the Lithuanian Ministry of Justice.

8  See n 7 above.

9  The notification from the Slovakian Republic indicates that this convention shall apply in relation to Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.