Verdrag tot afschaffing van het vereiste van legalisatie van buitenlandse openbare akten:Partijen en gegevens

Verdrag tot afschaffing van het vereiste van legalisatie van buitenlandse openbare akten

Partijen en gegevens

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 24-01-1965

Redactionele toelichting: De partijen en gegevens zijn afkomstig van de Verdragenbank (verdragenbank.overheid.nl).
Bronpublicatie:: 05-10-1961, Trb. 1963, 28 (uitgifte: 25-03-1963, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 24-01-1965
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 06-10-1965, Trb. 1965, 182 (uitgifte: 01-01-1965, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Internationaal publiekrecht / Diplomatiek en consulair recht

Bronnen

Trb. 1963, 28

Trb. 1965, 182

Trb. 1966, 188

Trb. 1967, 92

Trb. 1967, 157

Trb. 1968, 61

Trb. 1969, 105

Trb. 1970, 8

Trb. 1971, 61

Trb. 1973, 71

Trb. 1978, 5

Trb. 1979, 44

Trb. 1982, 111

Trb. 1984, 144

Trb. 1989, 100

Trb. 1992, 122

Trb. 1994, 90

Trb. 1995, 221

Trb. 1996, 280

Trb. 1997, 272

Trb. 2006, 139

Trb. 2012, 56

Partijen

Partij	Datum inwerkingtreding	Voorbehoud
Albanië	09-05-2004	1, 55
Algerije	09-07-2026	114
Andorra	31-12-1996	1
Antigua en Barbuda	01-11-1981	1, 18
Argentinië	18-02-1988	1, 17, 91, 113
Armenië	14-08-1994	1, 91
Australië	16-03-1995	1, 28
Azerbeidzjan	02-03-2005	1, 65, 66, 67, 84, 91
Bahama's	10-07-1973	1, 14
Bahrein	01-11-2013	1, 87
Bangladesh	30-03-2025	113
Barbados	30-11-1966	1, 30
Belarus	25-08-1991	1, 22, 91
België	09-02-1976	1, 29, 43, 55, 60, 75, 76, 79, 81, 84, 90, 99
Belize	11-04-1993	1
Bolivia	07-05-2018	1
Bosnië en Herzegovina	06-03-1992	1, 23, 25
Botswana	30-09-1966	1, 9
Brazilië	14-08-2016	91, 93
Brunei	03-12-1987	1
Bulgarije	29-04-2001	1, 44
Burundi	13-02-2015	1, 89
Canada	11-01-2024	111
Chili	30-08-2016	95, 97
China	07-11-2023	1, 3, 110
Colombia	30-01-2001	1, 37, 40
Cookeilanden	30-04-2005	1, 58
Costa Rica	14-12-2011	80
Cyprus	30-04-1973	1, 91
Denemarken	29-12-2006	1, 68, 109, 113
Dominica	03-11-1978	53
Dominicaanse Republiek	30-08-2009	1, 75
Duitsland	13-02-1966	1, 4, 29, 43, 55, 61, 65, 69, 72, 76, 78, 79, 81, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 99, 101, 106, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114
Ecuador	02-04-2005	1, 57, 91
El Salvador	31-05-1996	1
Estland	30-09-2001	1, 41, 92, 113
Eswatini	06-09-1968	1, 16
Fiji	10-10-1970	1, 11
Filipijnen	14-05-2019	1, 101
Finland	26-08-1985	1, 62, 76, 92, 101, 109, 113
Frankrijk	24-01-1965	1, 2, 9, 10, 83, 85, 106, 113
Georgië	14-05-2007	1, 72, 91
Grenada	07-04-2002	1, 48
Griekenland	18-05-1985	1, 27, 55, 72, 76, 78, 79, 91, 99, 101, 109, 113
81
Guatemala	18-09-2017	98
Guyana	18-04-2019	1, 100
Honduras	30-09-2004	1, 59
Hongarije	18-01-1973	1, 7, 66
Ierland	09-03-1999	1
IJsland	27-11-2004	1
India	14-07-2004	1, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 82, 91, 110
Indonesië	04-06-2022	1, 106
Israël	14-08-1978	1, 91
Italië	11-02-1978	1, 55
Jamaica	03-07-2021	1, 103
Japan	27-07-1970	1
Joegoslavië	24-01-1965	1, 23, 49, 54
Kaapverdië	13-02-2010	77
Kazachstan	30-01-2001	1, 38
Kirgizië	31-07-2011	1, 79
Kosovo	14-07-2016	83, 91
Kroatië	25-06-1991	1, 24
Lesotho	04-10-1966	1, 13
Letland	30-01-1996	1, 92
Liberia	08-02-1996	1, 29
Liechtenstein	17-09-1972	1
Litouwen	19-07-1997	1, 102, 113
Luxemburg	03-06-1979	1
Malawi	01-12-1967	1
Malta	02-03-1968	1
Marokko	14-08-2016	94
Marshalleilanden	14-08-1992	1
Mauritius	12-03-1968	1, 10, 91
Mexico	14-08-1995	1, 91
Moldavië	16-03-2007	1, 69, 91
Monaco	31-12-2002	1, 51
Mongolië	31-12-2009	1, 76
Montenegro	03-06-2006	70
Namibië	30-01-2001	1, 39, 91
het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (het Europese deel van Nederland)	08-10-1965	1, 5, 63, 67, 75, 106, 108, 109, 113
Nicaragua	14-05-2013	1, 86, 91
Nieuw-Zeeland	22-11-2001	1, 42
Niue	02-03-1999	1, 33
Noord-Macedonië	17-09-1991	1, 26, 27
Noorwegen	29-07-1983	1
Oekraïne	22-12-2003	1, 43, 91, 92
Oezbekistan	15-04-2012	1, 81, 91
Oman	30-01-2012	1, 105
Oostenrijk	13-01-1968	1, 9, 10, 75, 76, 79, 81, 89, 90, 91, 92, 99, 101, 108, 109, 113
Pakistan	09-03-2023	1, 109
Palau	23-06-2020	1
Panama	04-08-1991	1
Paraguay	30-08-2014	1, 88, 91
Peru	30-09-2010	1, 78, 91
Polen	14-08-2005	1, 89, 91, 92, 109
Portugal	04-02-1969	1, 6, 82, 92, 110
Roemenië	16-03-2001	1, 45, 92
Russische Federatie	31-05-1992	1, 19, 21, 92, 91
Rwanda	05-06-2024	112
Saint Kitts en Nevis	14-12-1994	1
Saint Lucia	31-07-2002	1, 50
Saint Vincent en de Grenadines	27-10-1979	1, 52
Samoa	13-09-1999	1, 36
San Marino	13-02-1995	1
Sao Tomé en Principe	13-09-2008	1, 73
Saudi-Arabië	07-12-2022	1, 107
Senegal	23-03-2023	1, 108
Servië	27-04-1992	1, 54, 71, 83, 91
Seychellen	31-03-1979	1
Singapore		1, 104
Slovenië	25-06-1991	1, 20
Slowakije	18-02-2002	1, 46, 47, 91
Spanje	25-09-1978	1, 32, 55, 64, 91, 96
Suriname	25-11-1975	1, 15
Tadzjikistan	31-10-2015	90
Tonga	04-06-1970	1, 12
Trinidad en Tobago	14-07-2000	1
Tsjechië	16-03-1999	1, 34, 89, 109, 113
Tunesië	30-03-2018	1, 99
Turkije	29-09-1985	1
Uruguay	14-10-2012	56
Vanuatu	30-07-1980	74
Venezuela	16-03-1999	1, 35, 91
Verenigd Koninkrijk	24-01-1965	1, 2, 3, 17, 31
Verenigde Staten van Amerika	15-10-1981	1, 8, 29
Vietnam	11-09-2026	115
Zuid-Afrika	30-04-1995	1
Zuid-Korea	14-07-2007	1
Zweden	01-05-1999	1
Zwitserland	11-03-1973	1, 83

Voorbehouden, verklaringen en bezwaren

Ter uitvoering van artikel 6, eerste lid, van het onderhavige Verdrag hebben de volgende Staten medegedeeld, welke autoriteiten bevoegd zijn om apostilles, bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, af te geven:

1.

het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland

gebieden in de zin van artikel 13, eerste lid:	autoriteiten in de zin van artikel 6, eerste lid:
Antigua	‘The Administrator of the Colony of Antigua’
de Bahama-eilanden	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands’
Barbados	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Barbados and its Dependencies’
Basoetoland	‘The Resident Commissioner for Basutoland’
het protectoraat Bechuanaland	‘Her Majesty's Commissioner for the Bechuanaland Protectorate’
Bermuda	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bermudas or Somers Islands’
het Britse Zuidpoolgebied	‘The High Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory’
Brits-Guyana	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British Guiana’
het protectoraat van de Britse Salomons-eilanden	‘The High Commissioner for the Western Pacific’
Broenei	‘The High Commissioner for Brunei’
de Cayman-eilanden	‘The Administrator of the Cayman Islands’
Dominica	‘The Administrator of the Colony of Dominica’
De Gemenebest Dominica heeft op 22-10-2002 als autoriteit aangewezen: ‛ The Attorney General, the Solicitor General, the Registrar, and the Deputy Registrar, Roseau, Commonwealth Dominica. ’
de Falkland-eilanden	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of the Falkland Islands and its Dependencies’
Fidji	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Fiji’
Gibraltar	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the City and Garrison of Gibraltar’
de Gilbert- en Ellice-eilanden	‘The Resident Commissioner’
Grenada	‘The Administrator of the Colony of Grenada’
Hongkong	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependies’
Mauritius	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Mauritius and its Dependencies’
Montserrat	‘The Administrator of the Colony of Montserrat’
de Nieuwe Hebriden	‘Her Britannic Majesty's Resident Commissioner’
St. Helena	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of St. Helena and its Dependencies’
St. Christopher, Nevis en Anguilla	‘The Administrator of the Colony of Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla’
St. Lucia	‘The Administrator of the Colony of Saint Lucia’
St. Vincent	‘The Administrator of the Colony of Saint Vincent’
de Seychellen	‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Seychelles’
Zuid-Rhodesia	‘The Secretary for Justice’
Swaziland	‘Her Majesty's Commissioner for Swaziland’
Tonga	‘The United Kingdom Chief Commissioner for Tonga’
de Turks- and Caicos-eilanden	‘The Administrator of the Turks and Caicos Islands’
de Britse Maagden-eilanden	‘The Administrator of the Colony of the Virgin Islands’

Deze verklaring is op 24-02-1965 afgelegd. Krachtens artikel 13, lid 3, juncto artikel 11, lid 2, is het Verdrag op 25-04-1965 voor de genoemde gebieden in werking getreden.

De Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft op 20-11-1968 aan de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden medegedeeld, dat met ingang van 17-10-1968 de titel van de autoriteit welke bevoegd is om apostilles bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven voor het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Jersey, het Baljuwschap Guernsey en het eiland Man, aldus is gewijzigd: ‘Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, S.W.I.’.

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

in het Brits-Franse Condominium der Nieuwe Hebriden:

‘Origin and nature of Act		Authority competent to Issue Apostille
(1)	Acts emanating from the British authorities	Her Britannic Majesty's Resident Commissioner.
(2)	Acts emanating from the French authorities	The President of the French National Court of First Instance, Vila.
(3)	Acts emanating from the joint British and French authorities: (a) judicial acts: (b) other acts:	The Registrar of the Joint Court. Her Britannic Majesty's Resident Commissioner and the Resident Commissioner for the French Republic acting jointly.’.

De Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk heeft op 17-03-1970 aan de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden medegedeeld, dat de autoriteit welke bevoegd is om apostilles bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven voor de Bermuda-eilanden thans is: ‘The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bermudas or Somers Islands or any member of his staf, signing on his behalf and using his official seal.’.

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

voor het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Jersey:	Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
en voor:
Anguilla	the Governor of Anguilla
Bermuda	the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bermudas or Somers Islands
British Antarctic Territory	the High Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory
British Virgin Islands	the Governor of the British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands	the Governor of the Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands	the Governor of the Falkland Islands
Bailiwick of Guernsey	the Lieutenant Governor of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Gibraltar	the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the City and Garrison of Gibraltar
Hong Kong	Registrar, Supreme Court; Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court; Deputy Chief Secretary, Supreme Court; Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court;
Isle of Man	the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
Montserrat	the Governor of Montserrat
St. Helena	the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of St. Helena and its Dependencies
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	the Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands	the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

voor Jersey

His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of the Bailiwick of Jersey

De Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft bij Nota van 13-09-1972 aan de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden medegedeeld, dat de titel van de autoriteit welke bevoegd is om apostilles bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven voor de Bahama-eilanden thans is: ‘The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Nassau.’.

De Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft bij nota van 05-07-1973 aan de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden medegedeeld, dat de titel van de autoriteit welke bevoegd is om apostilles bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven voor de Bahama-eilanden dient te luiden: ‘The Permanent Secretary or Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Nassau.’.

De Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft bij nota van 22-08-1973 aan de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden medegedeeld, dat de autoriteit welke bevoegd is om apostilles bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven thans is voor:

Grenada: ‘The Secretary to the Cabinet’

St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla: ‘The Minister responsible for External Affairs’

St. Vincent: ‘The Registrar of the High Court’ met betrekking tot gerechtelijke stukken en ‘The Permanent Secretary of the Premier's Office’ met betrekking tot andere documenten.

Bij een brief van 07-06-1983, ontvangen op het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken te 's-Gravenhage op 09-06-1983, heeft de Britse Ambassadeur medegedeeld dat de autoriteiten in Hong Kong, bevoegd om apostilles als bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven thans als volgt luiden:

‘Deputy Director, Councils and Administration Branch

Registrar, Supreme Court

Deputy Registrar, District Court.’.

Bij nota van 16-08-1984 heeft de Ambassade van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland een wijziging medegedeeld in de door de Regering van Hong Kong aangewezen autoriteiten bevoegd om apostilles als bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven. De autoriteiten zijn thans: ‘the Deputy Director, Councils and Administration Branch’, ‘the Registrar, Supreme Court’ en ‘the Assistent Registrar, Supreme Court’.

Swaziland heeft op 03-02-1998 medegedeeld dat in overeenstemming met artikel 6, tweede lid, van het Verdrag ‘the Principal Secertary's Office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’ de enige bevoegde rechtspersoon in Swaziland is.

Het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft op 28-11-2003 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, […] the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wishes to add the Parliamentary Registrar to the competent authorities for Bermuda.

Het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft op 24-08-2020 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

(modification)

Competent Authority:

[…] from 1 September 2020, the Competent Authority for the United Kingdom will be known as the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft op 09-05-2022 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Competent Authorities:

[…] from 16 May 2022, pursuant to Article 6 of the Apostille Convention, there will be new designated Competent Authorities for the following territories. The new Competent Authority for Ascension will be the Administrator’s Office in Georgetown, whilst the new Competent Authority for Tristan da Cunha will be the Administrator’s Office in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.

Het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft op 14-05-2024 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

(modification)

Competent Authoritiy:

The new Competent Authority for the British Antarctic Territory will be the Polar Regions Department […].

2.

het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

in Nederland: de griffiers van de arrondissementsrechtbanken.

in de Nederlandse Antillen:

‘de Gezaghebber van het eilandgebied waarin het stuk werd opgemaakt’;

in Suriname:

‘de Griffier bij het Hof van Justitie in Suriname’.

Curaçao: de Gezaghebber van het Eilandgebied Curaçao heeft zijn bevoegdheid gedelegeerd aan:

1.: het Hoofd van de Afdeling Burgerlijke Stand, Bevolkingsregister en Verkiezingen van het eilandgebied Curaçao, en
2.: het waarnemend Hoofd van de Afdeling Burgerlijke Stand, Bevolkingsregister en Verkiezingen van het eilandgebied Curaçao
Aruba: het Hoofd van de Burgerlijke Stand en het Bevolkingsregister

Central Authority:

The Kingdom in Europe: the Registrar of the Courts of first instanceThe Netherlands Antilles: the Lieutenant Governor of an island or a group of islands.

The authority designated for the island of Curaçao – the Lieutenant Governor of the island of Curaçao – has delegated his compentence to issue the certificate referred to in Article 3, first paragraph, of the Convention to:

1.: the Head of the Births, Deaths and Marriages, Population and Elec-toral Registers of the island of Curaçao, and
2.: the acting Head of the Births, Deaths and Marriages, Population and Electoral Registers of the island of Curaçao.

Aruba: the ‘Directeur van het Centraal Bureau Juridische en Algemene Zaken’.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 14-06-2006 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Authority competent to issue an apostille:

Head of the Civil Registry, Population Registry and Elections Department.

his same competence shall be retained by:

Head of Information Systems and Quality Assurance, andHead of Data Processing,

both of whom are in the Civil Registry, Population Registry and Elections Department.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 11-07-2006 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Authority competent to issue an apostille, additional information:Civil Registry, Population Registry and Elections Department (Registro Sivil i Elekshon)

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 06-12-2010 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

… the competent authorities for Curaçao:

—: Mr Harold R. Daal: Head Civil Status Register Division, Ministry of Public Administration, Planning and Services;
—: Mr Zino A. Narvaez: Head Information Systems and Quality Management

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

in Aruba

de Directeur van het Centraal Bureau Juridische en Algemene Zaken.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 09-03-2011 de volgende autoriteit aangewezen:

Competent Authority for Aruba:

Director of the Legislation and Legal Affairs Department

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 22-03-2011 de volgende autoriteit aangewezen:

Competent Authorities for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba:

the respective Authorities (Gezaghebbers) of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 02-03-2012 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:.

Competent Authorities for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (additional information):

Both the Island Governor (Gezaghebber) and the acting Island Governor (waarnemend Gezaghebber) of Bonaire are authorised to sign Apostilles on documents issued on the island of Bonaire.

The Island Governor (Gezaghebber) and the Acting Island Governor (waarnemend Gezaghebber) of Sint Eustatius are authorised to sign Apostilles on documents issued on the island of Sint Eustatius.

The Island Governor (Gezaghebber) and the Acting Governor (waarnemend Gezaghebber) of Saba are authorised to sign Apostilles on documents issued on the island of Saba.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 21-03-2012 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent Authorities for Sint Maarten:

—: Prime Minister, Minister of General Affairs
—: Head Civil Status Register Division of the Ministry of General Affairs

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 12-02-2013 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] the competent authorities for Curaçao (additional information):

Head Documents & Information, Ministry of Public Administration, Planning and Services

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 20-08-2013 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

In Bonaire the following persons are competent to sign apostilles and legalise documents (additional information):

—: The Lieutenant Governor and the Acting Lieutenant Governor of Bonaire;
—: The Head and Acting Head of the Bonaire Population Affairs Department.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 19-02-2016 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] the competent authorities for Curaçao (additional information):

Head of Data Processing, Ministry of Public Administration, Planning and Services

3.

de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland

‘1.	Bund
a)	Urkunden aller Bundesbehörden und -gerichte (ausser den unter Buchstabe b erwähnten Urkunden)	Bundesverwaltungsamt in Köln
b)	Urkunden des Bundespatentgerichts und des Deutschen Patentamtes	Präsident des Deutschen Patentamtes
2.	Länder
a)	Urkunden der Justizverwaltungsbehörden, der ordentlichen	Ministerium (Senator) für Justiz
	Gerichte (Zivil- und Strafgerichte) und der Notare	Land-, (Amts-)gerichtspräsident
b)	Urkunden aller Verwaltungsbehörden (ausser Justizverwaltungsbehörden)	Ministerium (Senator) für Inneres Regierungspräsident (Präsident des Verwaltungsbezirks)
c)	Urkunden der anderen als der ordentlichen Gerichte (vgl. Buchstabe a)	Ministerium (Senator) für Inneres Regierungspräsident (Präsident des Verwaltungsbezirks) Ministerium (Senator) für Justiz Land-(Amts-)gerichtspräsident.

Central Authority:

1.

Federal Government

a): documents emanating from all federal authorities and courts (except the documents mentioned at b): Bundesverwaltungsamt (Federal Office of Administration), Cologne
b): documents emanating from the Bundespatentsgericht (Federal Patent Court) and the Deutsches Patentamt (German Patent Office):
President of the German Patent Office

2.

Länder (federal states)

a): documents emanating from administrative authorities concerned with the justice system, ordinary courts (civil and criminal courts) and notaries:
Ministry of Justice, Senator for Justice
President of the Landgericht (regional court), president of the Amtsgericht (local court)
b): documents emanating from all administrative authorities (except for administrative authorities concerned with the justice system):
Ministry of the Interior, Senator for the Interior
Chief Executive of the administrative district
c): documents emanating from courts other than the ordinary courts (cf. letter a):
Ministry of the Interior, Senator for the Interior
Chief Executive of the administrative district
Ministry of Justice, Senator for Justice
President of the Landgericht (regional court), president of the Amtsgericht (local court)

In accordance with article 3, paragraph 1 of the Convention, the issue of certificates in respect of public documents emanating from the new Länder (federal states) listed below:

—: Brandenburg
—: Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
—: Saxony
—: Saxony-Anhalt
—: Thuringia

is the responsibility of the following Land (federal state) authorities:

a): for documents emanating from administrative authorities concerned with the justice system, ordinary courts (civil and criminal courts) and notaries:
the Ministries of Justice and the presidents of the Landgerichte (Bezirksgerichte) (regional courts)
b): for documents emanating from all administrative authorities (except for administrative authorities concerned with the justice system): the Ministries of the Interior and the Chief Executives of the administrative districts and the Landesverwaltungsamt (Thüringen) (Thüringen administrative authority)
c): for documents emanating from courts other than the ordinary courts (cf. letter a):
the Ministries of the Interior, the Chief Executives of the administrative districts, the Ministries of Justice and the presidents of the Landgerichte (Bezirksgerichte) (regional courts).

Bij nota van 22-11-1994 heeft de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland de volgende mededeling gedaan:

Mit der Herstellung der Einheit Deutschlands am 3. Oktober 1990 gilt das Haager Übereinkommen vom 5. Oktober 1961 für das gesamte Hoheitsgebiet der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Für die Ausstellung der Apostille nach Artikel 3 Absatz 1 des Übereinkommens sind hinsichtlicht öffentlicher Urkunden aus den neuen Bundesländern:

—: Brandenburg
—: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
—: Sachsen
—: Sachsen-Anhalt
—: Thüringen

folgende Behörden der Länder zuständig (vgl. Ziffer 2 der Aufstellung zu der Rundnote vom 9. Mai 1966):

a)	für Urkunden der Justizverwaltungsbehörden, der ordentlichen Gerichte (Zivil- und Strafgerichte) und der Notare	die Ministerien für Justiz sowie die Präsidenten der Landgerichte (Bezirksgerichte)
b)	für Urkunden aller Verwaltungsbehörden (ausser Justizverwaltungsbehörden)	die Ministerien für Inneres sowie die Regierungpräsidenten (Bezirksregierungen) und das Landesverwaltungsamt (Thüringen)
c)	für Urkunden anderer Gerichte als der ordentlichen Gerichte (vgl. Buchstabe a)	die Ministerien für Inneres, die Regierungspräsidenten (Bezirksregierungen), die Ministerien für Justiz sowie die Präsidenten der Landgerichte (Bezirksgerichte) ’

Duitsland heeft op 02-08-2004 de volgende mededeling gedaan:

In accordance with article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the competent authorities for issuing certificates are notified as follows in the Land of Baden-Württemberg:

1.: The Ministry of Justice with regard to public documents issued by itself, an Oberlandesgericht (highest court of a Land) and public prosecutor's offices serving an Oberlandesgericht;
2.: The president of a Landesgericht (district court of a Land) for the public documents issued in his district by the other normal courts and public prosecutor's offices, by the authorities to which tasks of the normal courts have been delegated, by notaries and district notaries, and for other documents issued in connection with the administration of justice;
3.: The district council of Tübingen for public documents issued by the ministries, except for those issued by the Ministry of Justice;
4.: The district councils for the public documents issued in their districts by all other administrative bodies and by courts of all branches of the judicial system except for the normal courts.

The bold text in paragraph 3 marks a change in the authority to be notified. Hitherto, the Ministry for the Interior was named as the competent authority for issuing certificates.

Duitsland heeft op 06-12-2021 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

(modification)

(Translation)

Since 4 September 2021, the person responsible for issuing the apostille for public documents of the Higher Regional Court of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the President of the Higher Regional Court […].

Duitsland heeft op 27-12-2022 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

As of 1 January 2023, a new authority will be competent for providing an apostille on Federal certificates and final notarizations for legalisation purposes at German representations abroad, a task currently provided by the Federal Office of Administration (Bundesverwaltungsamt, BVA):

Bundesamt für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten (BfAA)

Referat Apostillen und Forderungsmanagement

4.

Zuidslavië

‘les tribunaux communaux, qui sont d'après la législation yougoslave, les tribunaux de première instance et les organes administratifs des républiques, compétents dans le domaine de la justice.’.

5.

Frankrijk

—

Départements situés en Europe et Départements d'Outre-Mer (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique et Réunion):

les Procureurs généraux près les cours d'appel;

—

Territoires d'Outre-Mer:

■: Comores: le Procureur de la République près le Tribunal supérieur d'appel de Moroni;
■: Territoire français des Afars et des Issas: le Procureur de la République près le Tribunal supérieur d'appel de Djibouti;
■: Nouvelle Calédonie: le Procureur général près la Cour d'appel de Nouméa;
■: Iles Wallis et Futuna: le Juge de la section du Tribunal de première instance de Nouméa, siégeant à Mata Utu;
■: Polynésie Française: le Procureur de la République près le Tribunal supérieur d'appel de Papeete;
■: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon: le Président du Tribunal supérieur d'appel de Saint-Pierre. ’

Central Authority:

—: Departments in Europe and Overseas Departments (Guadeloupe, Guiana, Martinique and Réunion): les Procureurs généraux près les cours d'appel;
—: Overseas Territories:
Comore Islands: le Procureur de la République près le Tribunal supérieur d'appel de Moroni;
French territory of the Affars and the Issas: le Procureur de la République près le Tribunal supérieur d'appel de Djibouti;
New Caledonia: le Procureur général près la Cour d'appel de Nouméa; Wallis and Futuna: le Juge de la section du Tribunal de première instance de Nouméa, siégeant à Mata Utu;
French Polynesia: le Procureur de la République près le Tribunal supérieur d'appel de Papeete;
St.Pierre and Miquelon: le Président du Tribunal supérieur d'appel de St. Pierre.

in het Frans-Britse Condominium der Nieuwe Hebriden:

‘Origine et nature de l'acte:		Autorité compétente pour délivrer l'apostille:
1°) —	Actes émanant des autorités nationales françaises	Le Président du Tribunal national français de Première Instance de Port-Vila
2°) —	Actes émanant des autorités nationales britanniques	Le Commissaire-Résident de Sa Majesté Britannique
3°) —	Actes émanant des autorités conjointes franco-britanniques
	A) Actes judiciaires	Le Greffier du Tribunal mixte
	B) Autres actes	Le Commissaire-Résident de la République Française et le Commissaire-Résident de Sa Majesté Britannique, agissant conjointement.’.

Frankrijk heeft op 12-02-2007 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Autorités (modification):

… le tableau des autorités compétentes désignées pour les territoires d'outre mer au titre de l'article 6 de cette convention doit dorénavant être lu comme suit:

Mayotte:

Le Procureur de la République près le Tribunal supérieur d'appel de Mayotte

Nouvelle Calédonie (inchangé):

Le Procureur général près la Cour d'appel de Nouméa

Iles Wallis et Futuna (inchangé):

Le juge de la section du Tribunal de première instance de Nouméa, siégeant à Mata Utu

Polynésie française:

Le Procureur général près la Cour d'appel de Papeete

Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (inchangé):

Le Président du Tribunal supérieur d'appel de St-Pierre

Authorities (modification):

[…] the list of competent authorities designated for the overseas territories under Article 6 of this convention should read henceforth as follows:

Mayotte:

The Public Prosecutor at the Supreme Court of Appeal of Mayotte

New Caledonia (unchanged):

The Procurator General at the Court of Appeal of Nouméa

Wallis and Futuna Islands (unchanged):

The Judge of the Division of the Court of First Instance of Nouméa sitting at Mata Utu

French Polynesia:

The Procurator General at the Court of Appeal of Papeete

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (unchanged):

The President of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre

Frankrijk heeft op 20-06-2024 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

(modification)

Authority to contact in case of difficulty (note that this authority is not competent to issue apostilles):

: Ministry of Justice
: Directorate of Civil Affairs
: Department of Judicial Cooperation, European and Private International Law

Authorities designated under Article 6 of the Convention to issue Apostille:

: Metropolitan France: Public Prosecutors at the Courts of Appeal.
: Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion: Public Prosecutors at the Courts of Appeal.
: Mayotte: The magistrate of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Appeal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis de La Réunion, sitting in Mamoudzou, delegated by the Public Prosecutor of the Court of Appeal of Saint- Denis de La Réunion.
: Saint-Barthelemy and Saint-Martin: The Public Prosecutor at the Basse-Terre Court of Appeal.
: Wallis-et-Futuna: The President of the Court of First Instance of Mata-Utu.
: French Southern and Antarctic Territories: The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Saint Denis de la Réunion.
: New Caledonia: The Public Prosecutor at the Noumea Court of Appeal.
: French Polynesia: The Public Prosecutor at the Papeete Court of Appeal.
: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: The President of the High Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Frankrijk heeft op 21-05-2025 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Central authority (note that this authority is not competent to issue apostilles):

Ministry of Justice

Directorate of Civil Affairs

Department of Judicial Cooperation, European and Private International Law

Authorities designated, pursuant to Article 6 of the Apostille Convention, to issue apostilles:

: For documents whose signatories are established in the territories of [...] metropolitan France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
The interdepartmental chamber of notaries of Nord and Pas-de-Calais
The interdepartmental chamber of notaries at Rouen Court of Appeal
The interdepartmental chamber of notaries of Paris
The interdepartmental chamber of notaries at Rennes Court of Appeal
The interregional council of notaries at Colmar and Metz Courts of Appeal
The interdepartmental chamber of notaries of Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne and Sarthe
The interdepartmental chamber of notaries of Franche-Comté
The interdepartmental chamber of notaries at Lyon Court of Appeal
The regional council of notaries at Bordeaux Court of Appeal
The interdepartmental chamber of notaries of Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne
The regional council of notaries at Montpellier Court of Appeal
The regional council of notaries at Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal
The regional council of notaries at Bastia Court of Appeal
The departmental chamber of notaries of Réunion
The interdepartmental chamber of notaries of French Guiana and Martinique
: For documents whose signatories are established in New Caledonia:
The Public Prosecutor at Nouméa Court of Appeal
: For documents whose signatories are established in French Polynesia:
The Public Prosecutor at Papeete Court of Appeal
: For documents whose signatories are established in Wallis and Futuna:
The President of the Court of First Instance of Mata Utu
: French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
The Public Prosecutor at Saint-Denis (Réunion) Court of Appeal

If the apostille is issued in the context of a request for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, the apostille is issued by the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in whose jurisdiction the signatory of the document is established.

The offices of the public prosecutors at the courts of appeal that are competent to issue apostilles in the context of requests for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters can be reached by contacting the French central authority:

Ministry of Justice

Directorate of Civil Affairs

Department of Judicial Cooperation, European and Private International Law

6.

Oostenrijk

‘1.

das Bundesministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten hinsichtlich aller Urkunden, die

a): vom Bundespräsidenten oder von der Präsidentschaftskanzlei,
b): vom Präsidenten des Nationalrates, vom Vorsitzenden des Bundesrates oder von der Parlamentsdirektion,
c): von der Bundesregierung,
d): von einem Bundesministerium,
e): vom Verfassungsgerichtshof oder vom Verwaltungsgerichtshof,
f): vom Obersten Gerichtshof, vom Kartellobergericht beim Obersten Gerichtshof, von der Obersten Rückstellungskommission beim Obersten Gerichtshof oder von der Obersten Rückgabekommission beim Obersten Gerichtshof oder
g): vom Rechnungshof

ausgestellt worden sind;

2.

die Präsidenten der mit Zivilrechtssachen befassten Gerichtshöfe erster Instanz oder ihre zur Ausstellung der Unterzeichnungsbestätigung (Apostille) bestimmten Stellvertreter, mit Ausnahme des Handelsgerichtes Wien und des Jugendgerichtshofes Wien, hinsichtlich aller Urkunden, die von einem anderen Gericht als den in Ziffer I lit. e und f genannten, von einer staatsanwaltschaftlichen Behörde, von einem Notar, von einer Notariatskammer oder von einer Rechtsanwaltskammer — insoweit diese Kammern dabei in Vollziehung behördlicher Aufgaben des Bundes tätig werden — im Sprengel des betreffenden Gerichtshofes ausgestellt worden sind;

3.

hinsichtlich aller anderen Urkunden

a): die Landeshauptmänner, soweit es sich um Urkunden handelt, die in ihrem Bundesland in Vollziehung behördlicher Aufgaben des Bundes und
b): die Landesregierungen, soweit es sich um Urkunden handelt, die in ihrem Bundesland in Vollziehung behördlicher Aufgaben des Landes ausgestellt worden sind.’.

Central Authority:

1.

The Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs with regard to all documents issued by:

a): the Federal President or the Office of the Federal President,
b): the President of the National Council, the President of the Federal Council or the Parliamentary Administrative Office,
c): the federal government,
d): a federal ministry,
e): the Constitutional Court or the Administrative Court,
f): the Supreme Court, the Supreme Cartel Court at the Supreme Court, the Supreme Restoration Commission at the Supreme Court, the Supreme Restitution Commission at the Supreme Court or
g): the Court of Audit.

2.

The presidents of civil courts of first instance, or their designated representatives for the issue of certificates (apostilles), with the excep-tion of the Commercial Court in Vienna and the Juvenile Court in Vienna, with regard to all documents issued in the region served by the court in question by:

a): a court other than those referred to in point 1 (e) and (f),
b): a public prosecutor’s office,
c): a notary,
d): a chamber of notaries or a bar association, in so far as the cham-ber or association in question did so in the execution of official fed-eral duties.

3.

With regard to all other documents,

a): provincial governors, for documents issued in their province in the execution of official federal duties,
b): provincial governments, for documents issued in their province in the execution of official federal duties.

Oostenrijk heeft op 14-10-2014 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Central Authority (modification)

The Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs […] has the honour to inform that in accordance with paragraph 145 of the Apostille Handbook 2013 the Austrian Embassies and Consulates abroad will be empowered to issue Apostilles on certain documents effective as of November 1st, 2014.

These documents are retrieved or transmitted in electronic form from the Austrian civil-register, containing civil documents and citizenship documents as well as the criminal records register.

List of documents:

—: birth certificates
—: marriage certificates
—: death certificates
—: proof of citizenship (Staatsbürgerschaftsnachweis)
—: certificate of exit from the state (Bestätiging über das Ausscheiden aus dem Staatsverband)
—: criminal records

The Apostille on the above mentioned documents will be affixed in label form on the document itself or on an inseparably connected second page. A sample of the used Apostille is enclosed for your information.

The issuance of Apostilles by Austrian Honorary (General) Consulates is not permitted.

7.

Malawi

‘(a): the Attorney General or the Solicitor General;
(b): the Permanent Secretary of a Government Ministry;
(c): the Registrar of the High Court;
(d): the Registrar General;
(e): a Government Agent;
(f): a notary public;
(g): a Resident Magistrate.’

8.

Malta

‘The Ministry of Commonwealth and Foreign Affairs.’

9.

Portugal

‘Le Procureur Général de la République et les Procureurs de la République auprès des Cours d'Appel.’

In Angola en Moçambique: de Gouverneurs-Generaal; in de overige provincies: de Gouverneurs.

voor het Overzeese gebiedsdeel Macau

The Governor of Macau,

Palácio do Governo, Av. da Praia Grande

Macau

Tel. 853-563355, Fax. 853-563377

The Assistant Secretary for Justice of Macau,

Edifício dos Secretários Adjuntos, 1° andar,

Macau

Tel. 853-561666, Fax. 853-595961; and

The Head of Justice Department of Macau,

Av. da Praia Grande, 594, Edifício BCM, 8° andar,

Macau

Tel. 853-564225, Fax. 853-318052

Central Authority:

Portugal:

The procurator general of the Republic and the public prosecutors at the Courts of Appeal

Overseas territories:

The Governors (‘Governadores’)

Macau:

The Governor of MacauThe Assistant Secretary for Justice of Macau

The Head of the Justice Department of Macau

Portugal heeft op 03-08-2009 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent authorities designated in accordance with Article 6 (modification):

The Attorney General of the Republic; The Attorneys General on behalf of … Porto, Coimbra and Évora and the Assistant Attorneys General with the Representants of the Republic of the Autonomic Regions of Madeira and Açores

Coordinates:

The Procurator-General of the Republic

(Procuradoria Geral de República)

Address: Rua da Escola Politécnica, 140

1269-103 LISBOA

Portugal

Telephone: +351 213 921 900/99

Fax: +351 213 975 255

E-mail: mailpgr@pgr.pt

Website: http://www.pgr.pt/ (en portugais uniquement)

Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Coimbra-

Palácio da Justiça

Address: Rua da Sofia

3004-501 COIMBRA

Portugal

Telephone: +351 239 852 950

Fax: +351 239 824 310 (direct)

E-mail: mp.coimbra.tr@tribunais.org.pt

Website: -

Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Évora

Address: Palácio Barahona, Rua da República 141 a 143

7004-501 ÉVORA

Portugal

Telephone: +351 266 758 817 (direct)

Fax: +351 266 701 529 (direct)

E-mail: mp.evora.tr@tribunais.org.pt

Website: -

Procuradoria-Geral Distrital do Porto

Address: Palácio da Justiça

Campo Mártires da Pátria

4049-012 PORTO

Portugal

Telephone: +351 222 008 531 (ext. 216)

Fax: +351 222 000 715 (services apostille)

E-mail: porto.pgd@tribunais.org.pt

Website: -

Madeira

E-mail: mp.funchal.tc@tribunais.org.pt

Telephone: +351 291 213449

Fax: +351 291 233015

Morada: Auditor Jurídico junto do Representante da República da Região Autónoma da Madeira - Gabinete do Representante da República da Região Autónoma da Madeira - Palácio de São Lourenço,

Av. de Zarco 9001-902

FUNCHAL - Madeira

Açores

E-mail: mp.pdelgada.tc@tribunais.org.pt

Telephone: +351 296 209460

Fax: +351 296 285067

Morada: Auditor Jurídico na Região autónoma dos Açores - Secção Regional do Tribunal de contas dos Açores - Rua Ernesto Canto, no 34, 9504-526 - PONTA DELGADA - Açores

Practical information:

Price: [euro] 10,20

Useful links: http://www.pgr.pt/ (Portuguese only)

Portugal heeft op 19-10-2021 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Additional competent authority as of 1 October 2021:

The Court of Appeal of Guimarães (Tribunal da Relação de Guimarães)

10.

Mauritius

‘Master and Registrar of the Supreme Court of Mauritius’.

De Regering van Mauritius heeft op 17-08-1970 aan de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden medegedeeld, dat de autoriteit welke bevoegd is om appostilles bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven thans is: ‘The Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office.’.

De Regering van Mauritius heeft bij nota van 17-09-1973 aan de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden medegedeeld, dat de autoriteit welke bevoegd is om apostilles bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven thans is: ‘The Permanent Secretary, or in his absence, a Principal Assistant Secretary, of the Prime Minister's Office.’.

11.

Japan

‘The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo.’.

12.

Botswana

‘(a)

The persons for the time being exercising the functions of

(i): Permanent Secretary,
(ii): Registrar of High Court,
(iii): District Commissioner;

(b)

Any person appointed or empowered to hold a subordinate court of the first class; and

(c)

Such other persons as the President may appoint by notice in the Gazette.’.

13.

Cyprus

Ministerie van Justitie van de Republiek Cyprus.

14.

Fidji

‘The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Fiji.’.

De Fiji-eilanden heeft op 26-07-2010 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

Authority (modification):

… the Government of Fiji's Competent Authority (…) is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Civil Aviation. (…)

… the language of communication is English and the persons that can be contacted in the application of the Convention within the Ministry are hereunder enumerated:

1.: Mr. Solo MARA
Permanent Secretary
smara@govnet.gov.fj
2.: Mr. Sila BALAWA
Deputy Permanent Secretary
sila.balawa@govnet.gov.fj
3.: Mr. Sainivalati NAVOTI
Director Political and Treaties
snavoti@govnet.gov.fj

15.

Hongarije

The Minister of Justice of the Hungarian People's Republic in respect of public documents and legalisations executed by judicial authorities and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hungarian People's Republic in respect of public documents and legalisations executed by other authorities.

Hongarije heeft op 28-09-2010 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Designated competent authority (Modification):

Ministry of Public Administration and Justice

Department of Justice Cooperation and Private International Law

P.O. Box 2

1357 Budapest

Kossuth tér 2-4.

1055 Budapest

Hungary

Telephone: +36 (1) 795-4846

Telefax: +36 (1) 795-0463

E-mail: nemzm@irm.gov.hu, nemzm@kim.gov.hu

General website: www.kim.gov.hu

Languages of communication: Hungarian, English, German, French

The name and availability of the other designated authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has not changed.

Hongarije heeft op 23-02-2011 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Designated Competent Authority(ies) (Modification):

1.: The Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of the Republic of Hungary in respect of public documents and legalizations executed by judicial authorities, with the exception of public documents issued and legalized by civil law notaries;
2.: Hungarian Chamber of Civil Law Notaries in respect of public documents and legalizations executed by civil law notaries;
3.: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary in respect of public documents and legalizations executed by other authorities.

16.

Lesotho

‘a.: the Attorney-General;
b.: the Permanent Secretary of a Ministry or Department;
c.: the Registrar of the High Court;
d.: a Resident Magistrate;
e.: a Magistrate of the First Class;
f.: such other person as the Minister may appoint and whose appointment notice has been published in the Gazette.’

17.

Liechtenstein

Central Authority:

Der Regierungskanzlei der fürstlichen Regierung (Chancellery of the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein), Vaduz

18.

Zwitserland

A.	Autorité de la Confédération: La Chancellerie fédérale
B.	Autorités cantonales:
	Canton de Zurich:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton de Berne:	Die Staatskanzlei (La Chancellerie d'Etat).
	Canton de Lucerne:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton d'Uri:	Die Standeskanzlei.
	Canton de Schwyz:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton d'Unterwald-le-Haut:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton d'Unterwald-le-Bas:	Die Standeskanzlei.
	Canton de Glaris:	Die Regierungskanzlei.
	Canton de Zoug:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton de Fribourg:	La Chancellerie d'Etat (Die Staatskanzlei).
	Canton de Soleure:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton de Bâle-Ville:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton de Bâle-Campagne:	Die Landeskanzlei.
	Canton de Schaffhouse:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton d'Appenzell Rh.-Ext.:	Die Kantonskanzlei.
	Canton d'Appenzell Rh.-Int.:	Die Ratskanzlei.
	Canton de Saint-Gall:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton des Grisons:	Die Standeskanzlei (La Cancelleria dello Stato).
	Canton d'Argovie:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton de Thurgovie:	Die Staatskanzlei.
	Canton du Tessin:	La Cancelleria dello Stato.
	Canton de Vaud:	La Chancellerie d'Etat.
	Canton du Valais:	La Chancellerie d'Etat (Die Staatskanzlei).
	Canton de Neuchâtel:	La Chancellerie d'Etat.
	Canton de Genève:	La Chancellerie d'Etat.’.

Bij nota van 02-12-1981, welke op 04-12-1981 werd ontvangen, heeft Zwitserland medegedeeld dat lijst B (Autorités cantonales) als volgt dient te worden aangevuld:

Canton du Jura: La Chancellerie d'Etat

In overeenstemming met artikel 3, eerste alinea, van het Verdrag heeft Zwitserland de volgende wijziging in de autoriteiten aangegeven:

Conton d'Argovie: Pass- und Patentamt (in plaats van: ‘Staatskanzlei’).

Zwitserland heeft op 07-01-2008 de volgende autoriteit aangewezen:

Name:

Department of Institutions

Legalisation

Address:

14, rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville

Postal code 3962

CH-1211 Genève 3

Tel.: +41 22 327 06 24

Fax: +41 22 327 23 50

e-mail: patrick.pm.muller@etat.ge.ch

Zwitserland heeft op 06-04-2018 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The list of authorities designated by Switzerland and to which competence is conferred to issue apostilles is replaced by a reference to the website which contains the contact details of the Federal Chancellery as the authority of the Confederation, a regularly updated document with the contact details of the 26 cantonal authorities and other relevant information, namely https://www.bk.admin.ch/bk/fr/home/Service/legalisations.html.

19.

Tonga

‘The Secretary to Government, Prime Minister's Office, Nuku'-alofa’.

Tonga heeft op 15-11-2010 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

..The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga (…) now wishes to transfer the administrative authority for the issuance of all Tongan Apostilles from the Prime Minister's Office, Government of Tonga to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration & Citizenship, including certain Diplomatic Missions of the Government of Tonga:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration & Citizenship, Nuku'alofa, Tonga

P.O. Box 821

4th Floor NRBT

Salote Road, Nuku'alofa

Kingdom of Tonga

Ph: (676) 23 600

Fax: (676) 23 360

Email: vainga.tone@gmail.com

The Secretary for Foreign Affairs & Principal Immigration Officer: (Mr Viliami Va'inga Tone)

High Commission of the Kingdom of Tonga (UK)

36 Molyneux Street

London W1H 5BQ

United Kingdom

Ph: (004420) 7724-5828

Fax: (004420) 7723-9074

Email: office@tongahighcom.co.uk

The Tongan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom: (H.E. Dr. Sione Ngongo Kioa)

Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations

250 East 51st Street

New York

NY 10022

USA

Ph: (001917) 369-1025

Fax: (001917) 369-1024

The Tongan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America: (H.E. Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau-Tupou)

Embassy of the Kingdom of Tonga to the People's Republic of China

1-2-11 Jianguomenwai Diplomatic Compound

Chaoyang District

Beijing 100600

People's Republic of China

Ph: (008610) 6532-7203

Fax: (008610) 6532-7204

The Tongan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China: (H.E. Mahe 'Uli'uli Sandhurst Tupouniua)

High Commission of the Kingdom of Tonga to New Zealand

Tonga High Commission

41 Bay Street

Petone, Lower Hutt 5012

Wellington

New Zealand

Ph: (00644) 566-3884

Fax: (00644) 566-3887

Email: thc.wellington@gmail.com

The Tongan High Commissioner to New Zealand: (H.E. Siaosi Taimani 'Aho)

CONSULATES

Consulate General of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United States of America

360 Post St

Suite 604

San Francisco 94108

USA

Ph: (001415) 816 9132

Fax: (001415) 781 3964

The Tongan Consul General to the United States of America: (the post is currently being held by Acting appointee, Mrs Lu'isa Leveni)

Consular Agency of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United States of America

738 Kaheka St

Suite 306B

Honolulu

Hawaii 96814

USA Ph: (001808) 953 2449

Fax: (001808) 955 1447

The Tongan Consular Agent to the State of Hawaii, USA: (Ms Annie Kaneshiro)

Honorary Consulate General of the Kingdom of Tonga to Australia

Level 6, 73 Walker St

(P.O. Box 238)

North Sydney NSW 2020

Australia

Ph: (00612) 9936 2028

Fax: (00612) 9936 2098

The Tongan Honorary Consul to Australia: (Ms Louise Raedler-Waterhouse)

20.

België

‘Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking’.

21.

Bahamas

‘The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas’.

Bij nota van 24-05-1982, welke op 09-06-1982 werd ontvangen, heeft het Gemenebest van de Bahamas medegedeeld dat de titel van de bevoegde autoriteit als volgt gelezen dient te worden:

(a): Permanent Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs
(b): Under Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs
(c): Deputy Permanent Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs.

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

a): Permanent Secretary Attorney General's Office
b): Deputy Permanent Secretary Attorney General's Office
c): Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs
d): Under Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs
e): Deputy Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

a): Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
b): Director General
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
c): Under Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
d): Senior Assistant Secretary
Department of Legal Affairs
e): Chief Executive Officer
Department of Legal Affairs

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

a): Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
b): Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
c): Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
d): Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Bahama's heeft op 31-08-2007 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Central Authority (modification):

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that the Permanent Secretary is authorized to sign Public Documents on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents.

22.

Suriname

Voortgezette gebondenheid van Suriname onder de volgende verklaring:

Central Authority:

The Registrar of the Court of Justice of Surinam.

‘De griffier bij het Hof van Justitie in Suriname’.

23.

Italië

‘1): Pour les actes judiciaires, de l'état civil et notariés: Le Procureur de la République auprès des Tribunaux dans la juridiction desquels les actes sont émanés;
2): Pour tous les autres actes administratifs prévus par la Convention: Les Préfets territorialement compétents, pour la Vallée d'Aoste le Président de la Région, et pour les provinces de Trente et Bolzano le Commissaire du Gouvernement.’.

Central Authority:

1): in the case of judicial documents, civil status documents and notarial acts:
the public prosecutor at the courts in the jurisdiction in which the documents were issued;
2): in the case of all other administrative documents provided for in the Convention:
the prefect with territorial competence, for the Valle d'Aosta the President of the Region, and for the provinces of Trente and Bolzano the Government Commissioner.

Italië heeft op 08-08-2011 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

[…] as from 31st March 2011 the competent authority for ‘les actes de l'état civil’ is the Prefect with territorial competence, for the Valle d'Aosta the President of the Region, and for the provinces of Trente and Bolzano the Government Commissioner.

24.

Seychellen

‘The Registrar, Supreme Court, Victoria, Mahé’

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

1.: The Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs, or any person designated and officially authorised by him/her;
2.: The Attorney General, or any person designated and officially authorised by him/her;
3.: The Secretary to the Cabinet;
4.: The Registrar of the Supreme Court.

Seychellen heeft op 28-08-2006 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Central Authority which will undertake to receive and transmit letters of requests to the executing authority:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Seychelles

The Competent Authority to execute Letters of Request:

Supreme Court of Seychelles

25.

Swaziland

‘a.: the Deputy Prime Minister;
b.: the Attorney-General;
c.: the Registrar of the High Court;
d.: the head of Department not specified in paragraphs b. en c.;
e.: a District Commissioner;
f.: a Magistrate, and
g.: such other officer as the Deputy Prime Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify’.

26.

Spanje

Ratificatie door Spanje onder de volgende verklaring:

Central Authority:

1.: in the case of judicial documents, the registrar (Secretario de Gobierno) of the relevant regional court;
2.: in the case of notarial acts, the Dean of the relevant Association of Notaries or a member of the management board;
3.: in the case of other documents, the officials referred to in the preceding paragraph or the head of the Central Section (Jefe de la Sección Central de la Subsecretaría) of the Ministry of Justice.

Bij nota van 10-11-1978 heeft de Regering van Spanje aan de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden medegedeeld dat de autoriteiten, welke bevoegd zijn om apostilles bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, van het Verdrag af te geven voor Spanje thans zijn:

‘1 —: Quant aux documents établis par des autorités ou par des fonctionnaires judiciaires compétents, les Secrétaires des Cours Territoriales (Secretarios de Gobierno de las Audiencias) ou leurs suppléants.
2 —: Quant aux documents autorisés par un Notaire ou quant aux documents privés dont la signature ait été légitimée par un Notaire, le Doyen du Collège Notarial respectif, ou celui qui légalement en soit en charge.
3 —: Quant aux autres documents publics, sauf ceux procédant des Organes de l'Administration Centrale, les fonctionnaires susmentionnés sous les paragraphes 1 et 2, indistinctement.
4 —: Quant aux documents des autorités de l'Administration Centrale, le Chef de la Section Centrale (Jefe de la Sección Central de la Subsecretaría) du Ministère de la Justice’.

The authorities competent to issue the certificate referred to in article 3, paragraph 1 shall be:

1.: in the case of documents drawn up by the authorities or by the competent judicial officers, the registrars of the regional courts (Secretarios de Gobierno de las Audiencias) or their deputies;
2.: in the case of documents authorised by a notary or private documents where the signature has been authenticated by a notary, the Dean of the Association of Notaries or the authorised head thereof;
3.: in the case of other public documents, except for those issued by central government bodies, any of the officials referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 above;
4.: in the case of documents issued by central government bodies, the head of the Central Section (Jefe de la Sección Central de la Subsecretaría) of the Ministry of Justice.

Spanje heeft op 30-05-2011 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

The Ministry of Justice of Spain has put in place a new system for the issuance of Apostilles, which includes the possibility to issue both electronic and paper Apostilles.

Starting on 16th May 2011 in two pilot Competent Authorities (Superior Courts of Justice of the Region of Murcia and Castilla-La Mancha), the new system will be progressively deployed in the Competent Authorities in Spain.

The Competent Authorities formerly designated as Secretaries of the ‘Territorial Courts’ (Secretarios de Gobierno de las Audiencias) are now referred to by their current official denomination: ‘Chancellor Secretariats of the Superior Courts of Justice’ (Secretarías de Gobierno de los Tribunales Superiores de Justicia).

The main features of this new system are explained below:

Format of the Apostille certificate

—: As of 16th May, the Apostille issued with the new system will follow the sample format attached and will be digitally signed.
—: Apostilles issued with the new system for paper documents will be printed and printed on the document or attached to it by means such as metallic staples and stamps.
—: Electronic Apostilles issued with the new system will also be digitally signed and will contain the public document as an attachment. The digital certificate will guarantee that the Apostille and the electronic public document embedded in it have not been altered after its issuance.
—: For a transitional period of time and until the new system for issuance of Apostilles is deployed in all Competent Authorities, the Government of Spain will be issuing both the current and the new Apostille model which are equally valid and authentic.

e-Register of Apostilles

—: The authenticity of Apostilles issued by Competent Authorities in Spain may be verified at the Spanish electronic Register of Apostilles at the website of the Ministry of Justice. The exact website will be included in the Apostille.
—: In the case of electronic Apostilles, the e-Register will also allow to verify the authenticity of the underlying electronic public document.

Spanje heeft op 26-03-2012 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] the competent officers and authorities designated for the purposes of the Apostille include:

1)

For the Apostille of administrative documents, the following are designated:

a): Governance Secretaries of the High Courts of Justice (Secretarios de Gobierno de los Tribunales Superiores de Justicia) and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, or their legal deputies, as well as the officers in whom the latter may delegate, within the respective Governance Secretariat;
b): The Head of the Unit of the Ministry of Justice in whom, at any particular time, the powers in the field of informing and attending citizens have been vested or whoever may substitute him legally, as well as those persons in whom these may delegate;
c): The Territorial Managers of the Territorial Management Bureaux (Gerencias Territoriales) that the Ministry of Justice has throughout Spain or their legal deputies, or those persons in whom the former may delegate, within the aforesaid Bureaux;
d): The Deans of the Notarial Colleges or those acting in lieu thereof pursuant to the regulations or other Public Notaries in whom the former may delegate.

The authorities and offices mentioned in this Section may carry out, without distinction, the single legislation or Apostille of the documents mentioned in Article 1.2 of the Royal Degree [1497/2011, dated 24 October, designating the competent officers and authorities to carry out the single legislation or Apostille (Official State Gazette No. 276, dated 16 November 2011), regardless of where in Spain such documents were issued.

Pursuant to the provisions contained in the Royal Decree, the following are deemed ‘public documents’:

1.: Documents issued by the bodies of the General State Administration and the Public Agencies thereof, the Social Security Management Agencies and those documents issued by any type of Public Agency whatsoever, with powers encompassing all of part of Spain;
2.: Documents issued by officers and authorities of the Constitutional Bodies;
3.: Documents issued by authorities and officers of the Administrations of the Autonomous Communities and the Public Agencies thereof;
4.: Documents issued by authorities and officers of the bodies of Local Corporations and the Public Agencies thereof;
5.: Documents and certificates issued by Land, Moveable Goods and Business Registries and, in the event, by the College of the Land and Business Registrar of Spain.

2)

Apostille of judicial documents: The power to carry out the single legislation or Apostille on judicial documents, regardless of the place of issuance in Spain of such documents, is vested in the following authorities (except as provided in Paragraph 4 hereof):

a): Governance Secretaries of the High Courts of Justice (Secretarios de Gobierno de los Tribunales Superiores de Justicia) and of the Cities of Ceuta and Melilla, or their legal deputies, as well as the officers in whom the latter may delegate, within the respective Governance Secretariat;
b): The Head of the Unit of the Ministry of Justice in whom, at any particular time, the powers in the field of informing and assisting citizens have been vested or whoever may substitute him legally, as well as those persons in whom the former may delegate.
c): The Territorial Managers of the Territorial Management Bureaux (Gerencias Territoriales) that the Ministry of Justice has throughout Spain or their legal deputies, or those persons in whom the former may delegate, within the aforesaid Bureaux.

3)

Apostille of notarial documents: The power is vested in the Deans of the Notarial Colleges or those acting in lieu thereof, pursuant to the regulations, or in those Public Notaries in whom the former may delegate, regardless of where in Spain such documents were issued.

4)

Apostille of documents issued by judicial authorities or officers of the Supreme Court and the National High Court: Only the Governance Secretary (Secretario de Gobierno) of the relevant Court for documents issued by the Court in question or their legal deputies as well as the officers in whom the latter may delegate are competent.

5)

Apostille of other public documents: the remaining public documents may be the object of the single legalisation or Apostille, at the citizen's choice and both on paper or electronically, by any of the authorities mentioned in Section 1 above.

Likewise, the aforesaid Royal Decree establishes and regulates in Chapter II, the form and register of the Apostille, whether on paper or in electronic format.

The Sole Transitional Provision of the aforesaid Royal Decree establishes that the Apostille of the documents issued by the Civil Register shall be regulated pursuant to the provisions contained in Article 2 thereof (Apostille of Judicial Documents) until the entry unto force of Act 20/2011, dated 21 July, on the Civil register, and shall be regulated thereafter by Article 1 of the Royal Decree (Apostille of Administrative Documents).

27.

Israël

het Israëlische Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken.

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

1.: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel
2.: Registrars of Magistrates' Courts and Civil Servants appointed by the Minister of Justice under Notaries Law, 1976.

28.

Luxemburg

het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken te Luxemburg.

Central Authority:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

29.

de Verenigde Staten van Amerika

I.: Authentication Officers and Acting Authentication Officer, United States Department of State
II.: All Clerks and Deputy Clerks for the following:
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Claims
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
United States Court of International Trade
United States Courts of Appeals for the Following Circuits:
District of Columbia Circuit
First Circuit
Second Circuit
Third Circuit
Fourth Circuit
Fifth Circuit
Sixth Circuit
Seventh Circuit
Eighth Circuit
Ninth Circuit
Tenth Circuit
Eleventh Circuit
United States District Courts for the Following Districts:
Middle District of Alabama
Northern District of Alabama
Southern District of Alabama
District of Alaska
District of Arizona
Eastern District of Arkansas
Western District of Arkansas
Central District of California
Eastern District of California
Northern District of California
Southern District of California
District of Colorado
District of Connecticut
District of Delaware
District of Columbia
Middle District of Florida
Northern District of Florida
Southern District of Florida
Middle District of Georgia
Northern District of Georgia
Southern District of Georgia
District of Hawaii
District of Idaho
Central District of Illinois
Northern District of Illinois
Southern District of Illinois
Northern District of Indiana
Southern District of Indiana
Northern District of Iowa
Southern District of Iowa
District of Kansas
Eastern District of Kentucky
Western District of Kentucky
Eastern District of Louisiana
Middle District of Louisiana
Western District of Louisiana
District of Maine
District of Maryland
District of Massachusetts
Eastern District of Michigan
Western District of Michigan
District of Minnesota
Northern District of Mississippi
Southern District of Mississippi
Eastern District of Missouri
Western District of Missouri
District of Montana
District of Nebraska
District of Nevada
District of New Hampshire
District of New Jersey
District of New Mexico
Eastern District of New York
Northern District of New York
Southern District of New York
Western District of New York
Eastern District of North Carolina
Middle District of North Carolina
Western District of North Carolina
District of North Dakota
Northern District of Ohio
Southern District of Ohio
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Northern District of Oklahoma
Western District of Oklahoma
District of Oregon
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Western District of Pennsylvania
District of Puerto Rico
District of Rhode Island
District of South Carolina
District of South Dakota
Eastern District of Tennessee
Middle District of Tennessee
Western District of Tennessee
Eastern District of Texas
Northern District of Texas
Southern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
District of Utah
District of Vermont
Eastern District of Virginia (E)
Western District of Virginia (W)
Eastern District of Washington
Western District of Washington
Northern District of West Virginia
Southern District of West Virginia
Eastern District of Wisconsin
Western District of Wisconsin
District of Wyoming
District Courts for the Following Territories:
District Court of the Canal Zone
District Court of Guam
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
District Court of the Virgin Islands
Note:
A short, all-encompassing and more manageable description for II would be:
Clerks and deputy clerks of the following: The Supreme Court of the United States, the Courts of Appeals for the First through the Eleventh Circuits and the District of Columbia Circuit, the United States District Courts, the United States Court of Claims, the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, the United States Court of International Trade, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.
III.: Officers of the individual States and other subdivisions as indicated:
States:
Alabama: Secretary of State
Alaska: Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; and Clerk of the Appellate Courts
Arizona: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State
Arkansas: Secretary of State; Chief Deputy Secretary of State
California: Secretary of State; any Assistant Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State
Colorado: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Columbia: Secretary of the District of Columbia
Connecticut: Secretary of the State; Deputy Secretary of the State
Delaware: Secretary of State; Acting Secretary of State
Florida: Secretary of State
Georgia: Secretary of State; Notary Public Division Director
Hawaii: no authority designated; the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii
Idaho: Secretary of State; Chief Deputy Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State; Notary Public Clerk
Illinois: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Indiana: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Iowa: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Kansas: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State; any Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Kentucky: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State
Louisiana: Secretary of State
Maine: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Maryland: Secretary of State
Massachusetts: Deputy Secretary of State for Public Records
Michigan: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Minnesota: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Mississippi: Secretary of State; any Assistant Secretary of State
Missouri: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Montana: Secretary of State; Chief Deputy Secretary of State; Government Affairs Bureau Chief
Nebraska: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Nevada: Secretary of State; Chief Deputy Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
New Hampshire: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
New Jersey: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State
New Mexico: Secretary of State
New York: Secretary of State; Executive Deputy Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State; any Special Deputy Secretary of State
North Carolina: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
North Dakota: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Ohio: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State
Oklahoma: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State; Budget Officer of the Secretary of State
Oregon: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State; Acting Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State
Pennsylvania: Secretary of the Commonwealth; Executive Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth
Puerto Rico: Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs Chief, Certification Office
Rhode Island: Secretary of State; First Deputy Secretary of State; Second Deputy Secretary of State
South Carolina: Secretary of State
South Dakota: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Tennessee: Secretary of State
Texas: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State
Utah: Lieutenant Governor; Deputy Lieutenant Governor; Administrative Assistant
Vermont: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Virginia: Secretary of the Commonwealth; Chief Clerk, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Washington (State): Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State
West Virginia: Secretary of State; Under Secretary of State; any Deputy Secretary of State
Wisconsin: Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State
Wyoming: Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State
Other Subdivisions:
American Samoa: Secretary of American Samoa; Attorney General of American Samoa
District of Columbia (Washington, D. C.): Executive Secretary; Assistant Executive Secretary; Mayor's Special Assistant and Assistant to the Executive Secretary
Guam: (Territory of): Director, Department of Administration; Acting Director, Department of Administration; Deputy Director, Department of Administration; Acting Deputy Director, Department of Administration
Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the): Attorney General; Acting Attorney General; Clerk of the Court, Commonwealth Trial Court; Deputy Clerk, Commonwealth Trial Court
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of): Under Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State for External Affairs; Assistant Secretary of State; Chief, Certifications Office, Director, Office of Protocol
Virgin Islands of the United States: no authority designated

Bij nota van 21-08-1984, welke op 23-08-1984 op het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken te 's-Gravenhage werd ontvangen, heeft de Ambassade van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika medegedeeld dat onderstaande Staat en jurisdicties de volgende functionarissen hebben toegevoegd aan de oorspronkelijk aangewezen bevoegde autoriteiten bedoeld in artikel 6, eerste lid, van het Verdrag:

Idaho: Notary Public Clerk

District of Columbia: Secretary of the District of Columbia

Puerto Rico: Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs Chief, Certification Office.

Hawaii heeft als bevoegde autoriteit bedoeld in artikel 6, eerste alinea, van het Verdrag aangewezen: ‘The Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii’.

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

in de Staat Oregon:	Secretary of State; Acting Secretary of State; Deputy Secretary of State; en Assistant to the Secretary of State
in de Staat Washington:	Secretary of State; Assistant Secretary of State; Director, Department of Licensing

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

voor Massachusetts

—: Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Public Records (beginning in 1981 through January 13, 1995)
—: Deputy Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (beginning January 16, 1995, through November 16, 1995)
—: Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (from November 17, 1995).

Het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken heeft van de Ambassade van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika te 's-Gravenhage een nota gedateerd 12-12-1997 ontvangen, met de mededeling dat de Wetgever van de Staat Georgia, met ingang van 01-02-1998, de ‘Georgia Superior Court Clerk's Cooperative Authority’ als enige bevoegde rechtpersoon voor de Staat Georgia heeft aangewezen.

De Verenigde Staten van Amerika heeft op 02-11-2006 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

General website: Department of State: http://www.state.gov/m/a/auth/

Full contact details: All the designated clerks and deputy clerks: http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html

Full contact details: States competent authorities – Secretary of State:

travel.state.gov/about/info/customer/customer_312.html

De Verenigde Staten van Amerika heeft op 03-08-2009 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Competent authority for the State of Connecticut (modification):

Secretary of State;

Deputy Secretary of State;

Director, Commercial Recording Division

De Verenigde Staten van Amerika heeft op 17-04-2026 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

[…] the State of Connecticut has made a change in its authorities competent to issue the certification by Apostille provided for by the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. The designated authorities competent to issue the Convention Apostille on behalf of the State of Connecticut now are:

Secretary of the State

Deputy Secretary of the State

Business Services Division Director

30.

Noorwegen

het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken van Noorwegen.

Naast het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zijn ook de ‘County Governors’ aangewezen, t.w.:

Central Authority:

Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

the ‘County Governors’ namely:

Fylkesmannen i Oslo og Akershus

Postboks 8111 Dep.

N-0032 Oslo 1

Tlf. 02-42 90 85

Fylkesmannen i Østfold

Postboks 325

N-1501 Moss

Tlf. 032-54 100

Fylkesmannen i Hedmark

Postboks 308

N-2301 Hamar

Tlf. 065-26 080

Fylkesmannen i Oppland

N-2600 Lillehammer

Tlf. 062-66 000

Fylkesmannen i Buskerud

N-3000 Drammen

Tlf. 03-83 81 50

Fylkesmannen i Vestfold

N-3100 Tønsberg

Tlf. 033-17 515

Fylkesmannen i Telemark

N-3700 Skien

Tlf. 03-52 70 20/52 82 74

Fylkesmannen i Aust-Agder

Postboks 55

N-4801 Arendal

Tlf. 041-25 860

Fylkesmannen i Vest-Agder

Tinghuset

N-4600 Kristiansand S

Tlf. 042-28 000

Fylkesmannen i Rogaland

Postboks 59

N-4001 Stavanger

Tlf. 04-52 70 60

Fylkesmannen i Hordaland

Postboks 106

N-5001 Bergen

Tlf. 05-23 70 00

Fylkesmannen i Sogn og Fjordane

N-5840 Hermansverk

Tlf. 056-55 000

Fylkesmannen i Møre or Romsdal

Fylkeshuset

N-6400 Molde

Tlf. 072-58 000

Fylkesmannen i Sør-Trøndelag

N-7000 Trondheim

Tlf. 07-51 08 11

Fylkesmannen i Nord-Trøndelag

N-7700 Steinkjer

Tlf. 077-66 722

Fylkesmannen i Nordland

N-8000 Bodø

Tlf. 081-62 1000

Fylkesmannen i Troms

Postboks 595

N-9001 Tromsø

Tlf. 083-87 530

Fylkesmannen i Finnmark

N-9800 Vadsø

Tlf. 085-51 761/53 001

31.

Griekenland

1): la Préfecture où siège l'autorité qui délivre le document dans le cas de documents de nature administrative;
2): le Tribunal de Première Instance de l'arrondissement où siège l'autorité qui dèlivre le document dans le cas de documents de nature judiciaire.

Central Authority:

(1): in the case of administrative documents, the prefecture which is the seat of the authority issuing the document;
(2): in the case of judicial documents, the court of first instance in the jurisdiction which is the seat of the authority issuing the document.

Griekenland heeft op 31-07-2008 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Authority (modification):

…a change in the appointment of the competent authorities in Greece for the affixation of Apostille, as follows:

—

The Prefect, for all documents issued by the services/offices of the Prefectural Administration;

—

The Secretary General of the Region:

1.: for all documents issued by the public civil services of the County (in greek: Nomos) or the Prefecture (in greek: Nomarchia) which do not fall under the competence of the Prefectural Administration;
2.: for all documents issued by the Legal Entities of Public Law;
3.: for all documents issued by first degree Local Government Organizations;
4.: for all documents issued by the Registry Offices.

—

For judicial documents, the First Instance Court of the region where the issuing authority is seated shall remain as the responsible Authority

Griekenland heeft op 16-03-2009 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Authorities (modification):

1.: Achaia
Panepistimiou 254
Ktirio B'
26110
Telephone: +30 2613 613102 / 2613 613103 / 2613 613123
Fax: +30 2613 613104
2.: Aitoloakarnania
Diikitirio
Messologgi
30200
Telephone: +30 2631 361283 / 26313 61114
Fax: +30 2631 361283 / 2631 361114
E-mail: nn2001@otenet.gr
3.: Anatoliki Attiki (Attique de l'Est)
Dekato Ebdomo
Xlm L. Marathonos
Attiki
15351
Telephone: +30 213 20051549 / 213 2005155 / 213 2005154 / 213 2005150 / 213 2005153 / 213 2005152
Fax: +30 210 6032543
E-mail: dpnaaa@otenet.gr
4.: Argolida
Paraliaki Odos
Nafpliou - N. Kiou
21100
Telephone: +30 27523 60202 / 27523 60201
Fax: + 30 275220 24316
E-mail: n.argolidos-2@kep.gov.gr
5.: Arkadia
Platia Ethnarchou Makariou
Tripoli
22100
Telephone: +30 2713 601131 / 2713 601149 / 2713 601149 / 2713 601132
Fax: +30 2713 601174
E-mail: politis@arkadia.gr
6.: Arta
Platia Ethnikis Antistasseos
Arta 47100
Telephone: +30 2681 361038 / 2681 361037 / 2681 361036
Fax: +30 26810 75855
7.: Attiki (Athina - Athens)
D/NSI Anthropinou Dinamikou N.A. Athinon-Pireos/Nomarchias Athinon
L. Sigrou 15-17
2OS Orofos
11743 Athina
Telephone: +30 2132063637 / 2132063634 / 2132063632 / 2132063608 / 2132063627 / 2132063613 / 2132063618 / 2132063624 / 2132063630
Fax: +30 2132063610
8.: Chaldiki
Diikitirio
Poligiros
63100
Telephone: +30 2371 351259 / 2371 351259
Fax: +30 2371 351292
E-mail: ad3@halkidiki.gov.gr
9.: Chania
Platia Eleftherias
Chania
73134
Telephone: +30 2821 340172 / 2821 340277
Fax: +30 2821 340184 / 2821 340219
E-mail: zotou@nax.gr
10.: Chios
Politechniou
Chios
82100
Telephone: +30 22710 44210
Fax: +30 22710 44210
11.: Dodekanissos
Eparchio Kalimnou
Kalimnos
85200
Telephone: +30 22430 59424 / 22430 59649
Fax: +30 22430 51607 / 22430 59648
Diikitirio Rodos
85100
Telephone: +30 2241 360571 / 2241 360529
Fax: +30 2241 3074333
Eparchio Ko
Akti Miaouli 2
Kos
85300
Telephone: +30 22420 23300 / 22420 28710 / 22420 28591 / 22420 28710
Fax: +30 22420 28150 / 22420 28591
E-mail: kos@nad.gr
12.: Drama
Diikitirio
Drama
66100
Telephone: +30 25210 62305
Fax: +30 25210 62390
13.: Dytiki Attiki (Attiki de l'ouest)
Ir. Politechniou 78
Elefsina
19200
Telephone: +30 213 2047042 / 213 2047044 / 213 2047041
Fax: +30 210 5562590
E-mail: astolidi@nada.gr / estamouli@nada.gr / mkosmidi@nada.gr
14.: Evia
L. Chaina 93
Evia
34100
Telephone: +30 22210 36145 / 22210 36143 / 22210 36142 / 22210 36302
Fax: +30 22210 36155
E-mail: marianthi.poliou@naevias.gr
15.: Evros
Karaoli Dimitriou 40
Evros
68100
Telephone: +30 25513 50484, 50485 / 25513 50486 / 25513 50483
Fax: +30 25513 50467 / 25513 50467 / 25513 50414
E-mail: tsalagradas.poldik@1164.syzefxis.gov.gr / mpamidou.poldik@1164.syzefxis.gov.gr
16.: Evritania
Karaiskaki 1
Karpenissi
36100
Telephone: +30 22370 21037 / 22373 50737
Fax: +30 22370 24704
E-mail: n.evritanias@kep.gov.gr
17.: FlorinaPtolemeon 1
Diikitirio
Florina
53100
Telephone: +30 2385 350437 / 2385 350433
Fax: +30 2385 350431
18.: Fokida
Gidogiannou 31
Amfissa
33100
Telephone: +30 2265 350515 / 2265 350516
Fax: +30 22650 72767
19.: Fthiotida
Ipsilantou 1
Lamia
35100
Telephone: +30 22310 57132 / 22310 57173
Fax: +30 22310 57170
20.: Grevena
Diikitirio
Grevena
51100
Telephone: +30 2462 353191 / 2462353190
Fax: +30 2462 353189
E-mail: akantari@nagrev.gr / afarmaki@nagrev.gr
21.: Ileia
Diikitirio, Pirgos
27100
Telephone: +30 26213 60371
Fax: +30 26210 33252
22.: Imathia
Veria
59100
Telephone: +30 23310 73904 / 23310 25000 (esot. 106)
Fax: +30 23310 26308
E-mail: ddioik@imathia.gr
23.: Ioannina
Platia Pirrou
Diikitirio
Ioannina
45221
Telephone: +30 26510 87221 / 26510 87223 / 26510 87221
Fax: +30 26510 76504
24.: Irakleio
Platia Eleftherias
Iraklio
71201
Telephone: +30 2813 400374 / 21813 400383 / 2813 400361 / 2813 400377
Fax: +30 2810 342587
E-mail: adkat1@nahrakleioy.gr / diikisi@nah.gr / adkat1@nahrakleioy.gr / adkat1@nahrakleioy.gr
25.: Karditsa
Koumoundourou 29
Karditsa
43100
Telephone: +30 2441 350131
Fax: +30 24410 79413
26.: Kastoria
Diikitirio
Kastoria
52100
Telephone: +30 24670 23062 / 24670 55355
Fax: +30 24670 55356
E-mail: nakastor@otenet.gr
27.: Kavala
Ethnikis Ant. 20,
Diikitirio
65110
Telephone: +30 2510 291235 / 2513 503235 / 2510 291250 / 2513 503250 / 2510 291475 / 2513 503475
Fax: +30 2510 291270 / 2510 291270 / 2510 291472
28.: Kefallinia & Ithaki
Platia Vallianou
Diikitirio
Argostoli
Kefallonia
28100 Telephone: +30 26710 29181 / 2671 360545
Fax: +30 26710 28078
E-mail: ddy@na-kefalinia.gr
29.: Kerkyra
Samara 13
Kerkyra
49100
Telephone: +30 26610 89122 / 26610 89162 / 26610 89116
Fax: +30 26610 89175
E-mail: mlouvrou@kerkyra.gr / aleka@kerkyra.gr / nkalliora@kerkyra.gr
30.: Kilkis
Metamorfosseos 2
61100
Telephone: +30 234 1037157 / 234 1037172
Fax: +30 234 1037152
31.: Korinthia
Krokido 2
Korinthos
20100
Telephone: +30 2741 360645 / 2741 360648
Fax: +30 27410 72483
32.: Kozani
Dimokratias 27
Diikitirio
Kozani
50100
Telephone: +30 24610 67510 / 24610 67462
Fax: +30 24610 67510 / 24610 67464
33.: Kyklades
Platia Tsiropina
Ermoupoli
Siros
84100
Telephone: +30 22810 82902 / 22810 82378
Fax: +30 22810 82376
E-mail: nomacycl@otenet.gr
34.: Lakonia
Diikitirio
Deftero Xiliometro e.o. Spartis Githiou
Sparti
23100
Telephone: +30 27310 93896 / 273 136300 (esot. 1259) / 27310 93821 / 273 136300 (esot. 1235)
Fax: +30 27310 26211
35.: Larissa
Diikitirio
Larissa
41110
Telephone: +30 2413 506452
Fax: +30 2410 251909
E-mail: dioikisi@larissa.gr
36.: Lasithi
Agios Nikolaos
72100
Telephone: +30 284 1340342 / 284 1340344
Fax: +30 284 1340333
37.: Lefkada
Golemi 5-7
Lefkada
31100
Telephone: +30 26450 21705 / 26450 21705
Fax: +30 26450 21705
38.: Lesvos
Kountouriotou 1
Mitilini
81100
Telephone: +30 2251 352139
Fax: +30 22510 47435
39.: Magnisia
N. Gatsou 20, Volos
38333
Telephone: +30 24210 31435 / 24210 31436
Fax: +30 24210 30412
E-mail: n.magnisias@kep.gov.gr
40.: Messinia
Diikitirio
Kalamata
24100
Telephone: +30 272 1361437
Fax: +30 272 1024201
E-mail: dioikisi@na-messinias.gr
41.: Pella
Diikitirio Pellas
Edessa
58200
Telephone: +30 23810 37237
42.: Pieria
28 Oktovriou 40
Diikitirio, Katerini
60100
Telephone: +30 2351 351338 / 2351 351248
Fax: +30 2351 351241
43.: Pireas
Akti Possidonos 14-16
Pireas
18532
Telephone: +30 210 4148401, 210 4148403, 210 4148406, 213 2073701, 213 2073703, 213 2073706
Fax: +30 210 4116625
44.: Preveza
Spiliadou 8
Preveza
Telephone: +30 268 2360278 / 268 2360279
45.: Rethimno
Pl. Iroon Politechniou
Rethimno
74100
Telephone: +30 2831 340739 / 2831 340738
Fax: +30 28310 58532
E-mail: www.dioik@nar.gr
46.: Rodopi
Dimokratias 1
Komotini
69100
Telephone: +30 25310 26526 / 25310 22647
Fax: +30 25310 23634
E-mail: gramat@ndiamrodopis.gr
47.: Samos
Dervenakion & Alexi Alexi
Samos
83100
Telephone: +30 227 3350421 / 227 3350424
Fax: +30 227 3080415
E-mail: Mirofora.michailidou@samos.gr / giorgos.karanikolas@samos.gr
Eparchio Ikarias Ikaria
83300
Telephone: +30 227 5023822 / 227 5351319
Fax: +30 227 5022822
E-mail: eparxioikarias@gmail.com
48.: Serres
Diikitirio
Serres
62110
Telephone: +30 2321 350338 / 2321 350321 / 2321 350369
Fax: +30 23210 350346
49.: Thesprotia
Pan. Tsaldari 18
Igoumenitsa
46100
Telephone: +30 26650 25493 / 26650 25493 / 26650 99972
Fax: +30 26650 28219 / 26650 29127 / 26650 99820
E-mail: n.thesprotias@kap.gov.gr
50.: Thessaloniki
Bas. Olgas 198
Thessaloniki
54110
Telephone: +30 2313 319655 / 2313 319691 / 2313 319675 / 2313 310608 / 2313 319716 / 2313 319693
Fax: +30 2313 319669
E-mail: dpolit@nath.gr
51.: Trikala
Vas. Tsitsani 31
Trikala
42100
Telephone: +30 24310 46123
Fax: +30 24310 22074
E-mail: Politissmos@Trikala.gr
52.: Xanthi
Diikitirio
Xanthi
67100
Telephone: +30 25410 24400
Fax: +30 25410 75895
53.: Voiotia
Filonos 35-39
Livadia
32100
Telephone: +30 22613 50260 / 22613 50275
Fax: +30 22613 50265
54.: Zakynthos
Diikitirio
Zakinthos
29100
Telephone: +30 22610 86335 / 2261 350335 / 2695 360326
Fax: +30 26950 45333
E-mail: Foteini.theodosi@1723.syzefxis.gov.gr

Griekenland heeft op 10-06-2009 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

Authorities (additional information):

1.: Anatolikis Makedonias-Thrakis
(Eastern Macedonia-Thrace)
(Seat at: Komotini)
Rodopi P.
Tsaldari 56-58
Komotini 69100
Telephone: +30 25310 36375 / 25310 83864
Fax: +30 25310 37387 / 25310 83865
Drama
Diikitirio
Drama
66100
Telephone: +30 25210 34520 / 25210 35262 / 25210 35011 / 2510 34520 / 2510 35262 / 25210 34520 / 25210 32543
Fax: +30 25210 32543
Evros
M. Botsari 6
Alexandroupoli
68100
Telephone: +30 25510 88566 / 25510 88564 / 22510 88563
Fax: +30 25510 36183
Kavala
Ethn. Antistassis 20
Kavala
65110
Telephone: +30 2510 291243 / 2510 291244 / 2510 291230
Fax: +30 2510 221365
Xanthi
Pergamou 14
Xanthi
67100
Telephone: +30 25410 83159 / 25140 83921
Fax: +30 25410 70410
2.: Kentrikis Makedonias
(Central Macedonia)
(Seat at: Thessaloniki)
Thessaloniki
K. Rossidi 11
Thessaloniki
54110
Telephone: +30 231 3309183 / 231 3309232 / 231 3309231 / 231 3309229
Fax: +30 231 3309175
Imathia
Ionis 2-4
Veria
59100
Telephone: +30 233 1023097 / 233 1075064
Fax: +30 233 107009
E-mail: dtadima@rcm.gr
Kilkis
Ethnikis Antist. 21
6110
Telephone: +30 234 1022548 / 1029274 / 1022548 / 1022479 / 1022548
Fax: +30 234 1023408
E-mail: dzlati@rcm.gr / oenkilk@otenet.gr
Pella
Diikitirio
Edessa
58200
Telephone: +30 238 1022911
Fax: +30 238 1023701
E-mail: Dtad-pel@rcm.gr
Pieria
Kitrous 41 Katerini
60100
Telephone: +30 23510 46472 / 23510 46934
Fax: +30 235 1074900
E-mail: Dtadpie@rcm.gr
Serres
Diikitirio
Merarchias 33
62123
Telephone: +30 232 1083458 / 232 1083455 / 232 1083467 / 232 1083469
Fax: +30 232 1083466 / 232 1083454
E-mail: ser@rcm.gr
Chalkidiki
Dimokratias & A. Papandreou 1
Poligiros
63100
Telephone: +30 237 1021583 / 237 1021581 / 237 1021590 / 237 1021583
Fax: +30 237 1021598
3.: Ditikis Makedonias
(Western Macedonia)
(Seat at: Kozani)a
Grevena
Diikitirio
Grevena
51100
Telephone: +30 24620 76451 / 24620 76449
Fax: +30 24620 76450
Kastoria
Diikitirio
Kastoria
52100
Telephone: +30 24670 29046 / 24670 22134 / 24670 22669
Fax: +30 24670 26982 / 24670 22254
Kozani
Periochi Z.E.P.
Kozani
50100
Telephone: +30 24610 53215 / 24610 53204 / 24610 53208 / 24610 53216 / 24610 53200
Fax: +30 24610 53202
E-mail: ddaa@pdm.gr
Florina
Ptolemeon 1
Florina
53100
Telephone: +30 23850 49122 / 23850 49125 / 23850 49124
Fax: +30 23850 44384
E-mail: dtadf@pdm.gr
4.: Ipirou
(Epirus)
(Seat at: Ioannina)
Arta
Per. Odos & El. Venizelou
Arta
47100
Telephone: +30 26810 21379
Fax: +30 26810 75185
E-mail: www.epirus.gov.gr
Thesprotia
P. Tsaldari 31
Igoumenitsa
46100
Telephone: +30 26650 27831 / 26650 26065 / 26650 27831
Fax: +30 26650 23196
E-mail: dtathes@otenet.gr
Ioannina
M. Kotopouli 62
Ionnina
45445
Telephone: +30 26510 72730 / 26510 72721 / 26510 23416
Fax: +30 26510 20300
E-mail: ggeorgaki@epirus.gov.gr
Preveza
El. Venizelou 42
Preveza
48100
Telephone: +30 26820 24819 / 26820 27017
Fax: +30 26820 25795
E-mail: dtadnpre@otenet.gr
5.: Thessalias
(Thessaly)
(Seat at: Larissa)
Karditsa
Sarantaporou 140
Karditsa
43100
Telephone: +30 24410 79821 / 24410 79823
Fax: +30 24410 22453
Larissa
Farsalon & Tsatsou 2
Larissa
41335
Telephone: +30 2410 671080 / 2410 671076 / 2410 671072
Fax: +30 2410 671162
E-mail: manolgeo@thessalia.gov.gr / soulioba@thessalia.gov.gr
Magnisia
Dimitriados 95
Volos
38221
Telephone: +30 24210 76081
Fax: +30 24210 76084
Trikala
Kolokotroni 30
Trikala
42100
Telephone: +30 24310 76138
Fax: +30 24310 76081
E-mail: parageor@thessalia.gov.gr
6.: Ionion Nisson
(Ionian Islands)
(Seat at: Kerkira)
Zakinthos
D. Roma
Xenia
29100
Telephone: +30 26950 42913 / 26950 48303
Fax: +30 26950 48304
E-mail: zakinthos@otenet.gr
Kerkyra
Alikes Potamou
Kerkira
Telephone: +30 2661361507 / 2661361509
Fax: +30 26613 61510
Kefallonia
Leoforos Vergoti 160
Kefallonia
28100
Telephone: +30 26710 22347 / 26710 22317
Fax: +30 26710 24359
E-mail: natasakladi@yahoo.gr
Lefkada
Pefaneromenis & Karaiskaki
Telephone: +30 26450 25252
Fax: +30 26450 26544
7.: Ditikis Ellados
(Western Greece)
(Seat at: Patra)
Aitoloakarnania
Kiprou & Levidou
Messologi
30200
Telephone: +30 26310 55428 / 26310 55458 / 26310 55420
Fax: +30 26310 55443 / 26310 55456
Achaia
Tsamadou 48 & Korinthou
Patra
26110
Telephone: +30 2610 315545
Fax: +30 2610 313298
E-mail: thalasat@ditikiellada.gov.gr
Ileia
Manolopoulou & Kokkinou
Pirgos
27100
Telephone: +30 26210 36700 / 26210 37400 / 26210 22543
Fax: +30 26210 30000
8.: Stereas Elladas
(Central Greece)
(Seat at: Lamia)
Voiotia
Kadmou 11
Livadia
32100
Telephone: +30 22610 20782 / 22610 25801
Fax: +30 22610 20550
Evia
Venizelou Kai
Velissariou 2
Chalkida
34100
Telephone: +30 22210 78731
Fax: +30 22210 78733
Evritania
G. Kondili 2
Karpenissi
36100
Telephone: +30 22370 25021 / 22370 21355
Fax: +30 22370 24728
E-mail: zalokoil@stereaellada.gov.gr / kontomag@stereaellada.gov.gr
Fthiotida
Kiprou 38
Lamia
35100
Telephone: +30 22310 47408 / 22310 47409 / 22310 47406
Fax: +30 22310 30637
Fokida
Stallou 9
Amfissa
33100
Telephone: +30 22650 22688
Fax: +30 22650 23815
9.: Attikis
(Attica-Athens Region)
(Seat at: Athens)
D/Nsi Diikissis
Katechaki 56
Athina
11525
Telephone: + 30 210 6709693 / 210 670 9695 / 210 6709703
Fax: +30 210 6709705
Anatoliki Attiki (Attique de l'Est)
Leoforos Spaton 65
Gerakas
1554
Telephone: +30 210 6600904 / 210 6600999 / 210 6600920 / 210 6600913 / 210 6600904 / 210 6600914
Fax: +30 210 6600950
Ditiki Attiki
(Attique de l'Ouest)
Iroon Politechniou & Persefonis 15
Elefsina
19200
Telephone: +30 210 5565671 / 210 5565653 / 210 5565668 / 210 5565654
Fax: +30 210 5313262
Pireas
Evripidou 50
Pireas
18532
Telephone: +30 210 4227468 / 210 4136660 / 210 4110005
Fax: +30 210 4136647
10.: Peloponnissou
(Peloponnese)
(Seat at: Tripoli)
Argolida
Bouboulinas 14
Nafplio
21100
Telephone: +30 27520 28440 / 27520 24448 / 27520 28440
Fax: +30 27520 28569
E-mail: papathdi@peloponissos.gov.gr
Arkadia
Georgiou A'
Tripoli
22100
Telephone: +30 2710 225792
Fax: +30 2710 227745
Korinthia
Ap. Pavlou 93
Korinthos
20100
Telephone: +30 27410 73706
Fax: +30 27410 73708
Ag. Nikolaou 17
Korinthos
20100
Telephone: +30 27410 20761 / 27410 25964
Fax: +30 27410 24967 / 27410 80040
E-mail: Userg03@peloponnisos.gov.gr
Lakonia
Othonos-Amalias 93
Sparti
23100
Telephone: +30 27310 26502
Fax: +30 27310 27427
Messinia
Diikitirio
Kalamata
24100
Telephone: +30 27210 92222 / 27210 27435
Fax: +30 27210 94583 / 27210 94584
11.: Voriou Egeou
(North Aegean Islands)
(Seat at: Mitilini)
Lesvos
Kountourioti 77
Mitilini
81100
Telephone: +30 225 1350840 / 225 1350841
Fax: +30 22510 44986 / 22510 47956
Chios
Michail Livanou 66
Chios
82100
Telephone: +30 22710 44701 / 22710 41898 / 22710 44204
Fax: +30 22710 44702
Samos
Pithagora 9
Samos
83100
Telephone: +30 22730 80814
Fax: +30 22730 80815
12.: Notiou Egeou
(South Aegean Islands)
(Seat at: Ermoupoli)
Dodekanissos
Pl. Eleftherias
Rodos
85100
Telephone: +30 22410 43229 / 22410 43246
Fax: +30 22410 43233 / 22410 38176
E-mail: i.fotinis.rsa.gr
Karpathos
Telephone: +30 22450 22056
Fax: +30 22450 22056
Kalimnos
Telephone: +30 22430 59218
Kos
85300
Telephone: +30 22420 28424
Fax: +30 22420 26684
Kiklades
Eptanissou 35
Ermoupoli
84100
Telephone: +30 2281 360221 / 2281 360217
Fax: +30 2281 360201
E-mail: m.voutsinou@notioaigaio.gov.gr
13.: Kritis
(Crete)
(Seat at: Iraklio)
Irakleio
Almirou 14
Iraklio
71202
Telephone: +30 2810 278407 / 2810 278434 / 2810 278478 / 2810 278462
Fax: +30 2810 341648 / 2810 278456
E-mail: autodiokisi@crete.gov.gr
Lassithi
R. Kapetanaki 8
Ag. Nikolaos
72100
Telephone: +30 28410 24793 / 28410 25402 / 28410 25721
Fax: +30 28410 24821
Rethimno
Chortatzi 20
Rethimno
74100
Telephone: +30 28310 22135
Fax: +30 28310 53943
E-mail: pkdtare@otener.gr
Chania
A. Papandreou 100
Chania
73100
Telephone: +30 28210 51541 / 28210 46590 / 28210 46500 / 28210 46502 / 28210 46501
Fax: +30 28210 51540
E-mail: dtadchan@crete.gov.gr

1.: Agrinio
Agrinio - First Instance Court
Tertseti & Polyzoidi
Agrinio
30100 Telephone: +30 26410 56275 / 26410 55850
Fax: +30 26410 57486
2.: Aigio Aigiou - First Instance Court
Kleomenous Oikonomou 18
Aigio
25100
Telephone: +30 26910 25651 / 26910 25681 / 26910 61776
Fax: +30 26910 25811
3.: Alexandroupoli
Alexandroupolis - First Instance Court
Leoforos Megalou Alexandrou 28
Alexandroupoli
68100
Telephone: +30 25510 21481 / 25510 33392
Fax: +30 25510 26291
4.: Amaliada
Amaliados - First Instance Court
Kalavryton 26 & El. Venizelou
Amaliada
27200
Telephone: +30 26220 27527 / 26220 28965
5.: Amfissa
Amfissas - First Instance Court
Leoforos Salonon 18
Amfissa
33100
Telephone: +30 22650 28262
6.: Arta
Artis - First Instance Court
P. Manega 9
Arta
47100
Telephone: +30 26810 75995 / 26810 79763
7.: Athina (Athens)
Athinon - First Instance Court
Pr. Scholi Evelpidon
Athina
10167
Telephone: +30 210 8828400 / 210 8843019
Fax: +30 210 8841618
8.: Polygyros
Chalkidikis - First Instance Court
Papageorgaki 1
Polygyros
63100
Telephone: +30 23710 22762 / 23170 24498
Fax: +30 23710 24196
9.: Chalkida
Chalkidos - First Instance Court
Eleftheriou Venizelou 5
Chalkida
34100
Telephone: +30 22210 79997 / 22210 25195
Fax: +30 22210 88873
10.: Chania
Chanion - First Instance Court
Plateia Eleftherias
Chania
73100
Telephone: +30 28210 96554 / 28210 40057
Fax: +30 28210 44349
11.: Chios
Chiou - First Instance Court
Aigaiou & Parasxou 1
Chios
82100
Telephone: +30 22710 23601 / 22710 28254
Fax: +30 22710 44242
12.: Drama
Dramas - First Instance Court
Plateia Dikastirion
Drama
66100
Telephone: +30 25210 36022
Fax: + 30 25210 21100
13.: Edessa
Edessis - First Instance Court
Veroias 2
Edessa
58200
Telephone: +30 23810 24790
14.: Karpenisi
Evrytanias - First Instance Court
Zacharia Papantoniou 5
Karpenisi
36100
Telephone: +30 22370 22319 / 22370 22719
Fax: +30 22370 22219
15.: Florina
Florinis - First Instance Court
Megalou Alexandrou 187
Florina
53100
Telephone: +30 23850 22185 / 23850 45060
Fax: +30 23850 22287
16.: Giannitsa
Giannitson - First Instance Court
Ethnikis Antistasis 5
Giannitsa
58100
Telephone: +30 23820 25495 / 23820 25497
Fax: +30 23820 25554
17.: Grevena
Grevenon - First Instance Court
G. Bousiou 3
Grevena
51100
Telephone: +30 24620 22994
18.: Gytheio
Gytheiou - First Instance Court
Eleftheorlakonon
Gytheio
23200
Telephone: +30 27330 22022
19.: Pyrgos
Ileias - First Instance Court
28is Oktovriou
Pyrgos
27100
Telephone: +30 26210 29963 / 26210 22570
Fax: +30 26210 32232
20.: Ioannina
Ioanninon - First Instance Court
Kentriki Plateia, Dikastiko Megaroa
Ionnina
45110
Telephone: +30 26510 32645 / 26541 44061
Fax: +30 26510 88822 / 26510 25487
21.: Irakleio
Irakleiou - First Instance Court
Plateia Dikastirion
Irakleio
71202
Telephone: +30 28410 71463 / 2810 319646
Fax: +30 28410 288388
22.: Kalamata
Kalamatas - First Instance Court
Dikastiko Megaro
Kalamata
24100
Telephone: +30 27210 22791 / 27210 21210
Fax: +30 27210 94136
23.: Kalavryta
Kalavryton - First Instance Court
Dimarxou Ap. Tsekoura
Kalavryta
25001
Telephone: +30 26920
22455
Fax: +30 26920 23837
24.: Karditsa
Karditsis - First Instance Court
Plateia Dikastiriou,
Dikastiko Megaro
Karditsa
43100
Telephone: +30 24410 22249 / 24410 77298
Fax: +30 24410 21573
25.: Kastoria
Kastorias - First Instance Court
Plateia Davaki 1
Kastoria
52100
Telephone: +30 24670 22057 / 24670 22331 / 24670 23101
Fax: +30 24670 22658
26.: Katerini
Katerinis - First Instance Court
Fleming 2
Katerini
60100
Telephone: +30 23510 23351 / 23510 23433
Fax: +30 23510 23351
27.: Kavala
Kavalas - First Instance Court
Plateia Nikotsara
Kavala
65110
Telephone: +30 2510 834122 / 2510 241463
Fax: +30 2510 223401
28.: Argostoli
Kefallinias - First Instance Court
Dikastiko Megaro
Argostoli
28100
Telephone: +30 26710 623230
Fax: +30 26710 25956
29.: Kerkyra
Kerkyras - First Instance Court
K. Zavitsanou 1
Kerkyra
49100
Telephone: +30 26610 45890
Fax: +30 26610 43333
30.: Kilkis
Kilkis - First Instance Court
Eptanison 1
Kilkis
61100
Telephone: +30 23410 22154 / 23410 70232
Fax: +30 23410 20122
31.: Kos
Ko - First Instance Court
Akti Miaouli 2
Kos
85300
Telephone: +30 22420 22210
Fax: +30 22420 27778
32.: Korinthos
Korinthou - First Instance Court
Kolokotroni 27
Korinthos
20100
Telephone: +30 27410 41062 / 27410 41061
Fax: +30 27410 41143
33.: Kozani
Kozanis - First Instance Court
Dimokratias 25
Kozani
50100
Telephone: +30 24610 22115 / 24610 22016
Fax: +30 24610 2274
34.: Kyparissia
Kyparissias - First Instance Court
25 Martiou
Kyparissia
24500
Telephone: +30 27610 22836 / 27610 24698
Fax: +30 27610 22836
35.: Lamia
Lamias - First Instance Court
Kapodistriou 10
Lamia
35100
Telephone: +30 22310 44872 / 22310 23353
Fax: +30 22310 23353
36.: Larisa
Larisis - First Instance Court
Megalou Alexandrou & Kouma
Larisa
41110
Telephone: +30 2410 535136
Fax: +30 2410 536662
37.: Neapoli
Lasithiou - First Instance Court
Plateia Dikastirion
Neapoli
72400
Telephone: +30 28410 32411
Fax: +30 28410 32411
38.: Lefkada
Lefkados - First Instance Court
8 Merarchias, Dikastiko Megaro
Lefkada
31100
Telephone: +30 26450 22396 / 26450 22533
Fax: +30 26450 23345
39.: Livadia
Livadias - First Instance Court
Spyropoulou 6
Livadia
32100
Telephone: +30 22610 28989 / 22610 22679
40.: Mesolongi
Mesolongiou - First Instance Court
Charilaou Trikoupi 34
Mesolongi
30200
Telephone: +30 26310 28180 / 26310 22911 / 26310 28181 / 26310 26200
Fax: +30 26310 28181
41.: Mytilini
Lesvou - First Instance Court
M. Asias 5
Mytilini
81100
Telephone: +30 22510 37530 / 22510 27554
Fax: +30 22510 22518
42.: Nafplio
Nafpliou - First Instance Court
Plateia Nikitara
Nafplio
21100
Telephone: +30 27520 28287
43.: Naxos
Naxou - First Instance Court
Dikastiko Megaro
Naxos
84300
Telephone: +30 22850 25299 / 22850 41019
44.: Orestiada
Orestiadas - First Instance Court
Ethnomartyron 64a
Orestiada
68200
Telephone: +30 25520 24580 / 25520 25055
Fax: +30 25520 28102
45.: Patra
Patron - First Instance Court
Gounari 30
Patra
26110
Telephone: +30 2610 314490
Fax: +30 2610 318296
46.: Pireas
Pireos - First Instance Court
Skouze 3-5 & Filonos
Pireas
18535
Telephone: +30 210 4582179
Fax: +30 210 4520210
47.: Preveza
Prevezis - First Instance Court
Eleftheriou Venizelou 1,
Dikastiko Megaro
Preveza
48100
Telephone: +30 26820 60890 / 26820 22328
Fax: +30 26820 28832
48.: Rethimno
Rethimnou - First Instance Court
Dikastiko Megaro
Rethimno
74100
Telephone: +30 28310 22209
Fax: +30 28310 22209
49.: Komotini
Rodopis - First Instance Court
Charilaou Trikoupi 32
Komotini
69100
Telephone: +30 25310 22137 / 25310 71603
Fax: +30 25310 70752
50.: Rodos
Rodou - First Instance Court
Plateia Eleftherias
Rodos
85100
Telephone: +30 22140 27726
51.: Vathi Samou
Samou - First Instance Court
Plateia Agiou Nikolaou
Vathi Samou
83100
Telephone: +30 22730 27555 / 22730 27215
Fax: +30 22730 28305
52.: Serres
Serron - First Instance Courta
Merarchias 53
Serres
62100
Telephone: +30 23210 56692 / 23210 56393
Fax: +30 23210 55503
53.: Sparti
Spartis - First Instance Court
Plateia Mitropoleos
Sparti
23100
Telephone: +30 27310 26863
Fax: +30 27310 81677
54.: Ermoupoli
Sirou - First Instance Court
Plateia Miaouli
Ermoupoli
84100
Telephone: +30 22810 82393 / 22810 88703
Fax: +30 22810 82479
55.: Igoumenitsa
Thesprotias- First Instance Court
Panagi Tsaldari 18
Igoumenitsa
46100
Telephone: +30 26650 21458 / 26650 41435
Fax: +30 26650 22190
56.: Thessaloniki
Thessalonikis - First Instance Court
26th Oktovriou 5
Thessaloniki
54626
Telephone: +30 2310 507293 / 2310 507253
Fax: +30 2310 548020
57.: Thiva
Thivon - First Instance Court
Agiou Nikolaou 8
Thiva
32200
Telephone: +30 22620 27353
Fax: +30 22620 21959
58.: Trikala
Trikalon - First Instance Court
Plateia Dikastirion,
Dikastiko Megaro
Trikala
42100
Telephone: +30 24310 29255
Fax: +30 24310 22945
59.: Tripoli
Tripoleos - First Instance Court
Plateia Areos
Tripoli
22100
Telephone: +30 2710 238969
Fax: +30 2710 233453
60.: Veria
Verias - First Instance Court
Plateia Raktivan
Veria
59100
Telephone: +30 23310 61960 / 23310 60910 / 23310 60378
Fax: +30 23310 28861
61.: Volos
Volou - First Instance Court
El. Venizelou 39
Volos
38001
Telephone: +30 24210 23634 / 24210 39641
Fax: +30 24210 23632
62.: Xanthi
Xanthis - First Instance Court
Michail Vogdou 1
Xanthi
67100
Telephone: +30 25410 26101 / 25410 25319
Fax: +30 25410 62670
.
63.: Zakynthos
Zakynthou - First Instance Court
Tertseti 2
Zakynthos
29100
Telephone: +30 26950 42539 / 26950 43760

Griekenland heeft op 06-01-2010 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Authorities (modification) (list up to date as per 6 January 2010)

A list of the Greek Authorities including their address and phone/fax numbers can be consulted online at the following address: http://www.minbuza.nl/Apostille.

Griekenland heeft op 28-06-2017 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[...] the Hellenic Republic has issues a new Statement according to article 6 of the Convention as follows:

Competent Authorities for the issuance of the Apostille:

—

The Regions for all documents issued by the services/offices of the Regional Self Government;

—

The Decentralized Administrations, for all documents, for all documents issued by:

1.: The public civil services of the Regions that all do not fall under the competence of the Regional Self Government;
2.: Legal Entities of Public Law;
3.: First degree Lical[lees: Local] Government Organizations;
4.: The Registry Offices.

—

for judicial documents, the First Instance Court of the region where the issuing authority is seated.

Please, see attached list of Courts of First Instance.

32.

Finland

de ‘Notary Public’ van de steden Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Lahti, Kuopio, Pori, Vaasa en Oulu.

Wijzigingen in eerder aangewezen autoriteiten:

the ‘Notary Public of the Registry of each Jurisdictional District’ (vanaf 01-12-1993).

In overeenstemming met artikel 6, tweede lid, van het Verdrag heeft Finland wijzigingen aangebracht in de eerder aangewezen autoriteiten, welke bevoegd zijn om apostilles als bedoeld in artikel 3, eerste lid, af te geven:

Itätuulenti 2 A

P.B. 49

02101 ESPOO

tel. (09) 502 4270

telefax (09) 5024 2770

Urakankatu 1

P.B. 70

05901 HYVINKÄÄ

tel. (019) 458 11

telefax (019) 458 1619

Tulliportinkatu 1

06100 PORVOO

tel. (019) 548 611

telefax (019) 583 781

Neilikkatie 8

P.B. 112

01301 VANTAA

tel. (09) 836 2480

telefax (09) 8362 4850

Aittakarinkatu 21

P.B. 30

26101 RAUMA

tel. (02) 831 921

telefax (02) 8319 5270

Eerikinkatu 40–42

P.B. 372

20101 TURKU

tel. (02) 281 511

telefax (02) 281 5037

Välskärintie 2

P.B. 6

23501 UUSIKAUPUNKI

tel. (02) 842 2330

telefax (02) 842 2336

Albertinkatu 25

P.B. 309

00181 HELSINKI

tel. (09) 695 441

telefax (09) 6954 4330

Postikatu 3

P.B. 37

08101 LOHJA

tel. (019) 322 505

telefax (019) 322 153

Formansallén 2

P.B. 49

10601 EKENÄS

tel. (019) 241 6445

telefax (019) 241 6449

Isolinnankatu 28

PL 191

28101 PORI

tel. (02) 622 7310

telefax (02) 622 7307

Rummunlyöjänkatu 7 B

P.B. 40

24101 SALO

tel. (02) 775 151

telefax (02) 775 1597

Strandvägen 30

P.B. 16

21601 PARGAS

tel. (02) 458 1800

telefax (02) 458 1803

Torggatan 16

P.B. 29

22101 MARIEHAMN

tel. (018) 6350

telefax (018) 23 750

Birger Jaarlin katu 13

P.B. 64

13101 HÄMEENLINNA

tel. (03) 62 221

telefax (03) 622 2314

Verkatehtaankatu 14 A

P.B. 682

33101 TAMPERE

tel. (03) 253 9011

telefax (03) 253 9015

Kauppalankatu 14

P.B. 99

45101 KOUVOLA

tel. (05) 7751

telefax (05) 375 1144

Raatihuoneenkatu 5 B

P.B. 293

50101 MIKKELI

tel. (015) 1911

telefax (015) 191 2610

Suokatu 44 A

70110 KUOPIO

tel. (017) 246 364

telefax (017) 246 379

Kauppakatu 40 B

P.B. 82

80101 JOENSUU

tel. (013) 1411

telefax (013) 141 2605

Torikatu 40

67100 KOKKOLA

tel. (06) 827 9111

telefax (06) 827 9711

Salininkatu 3

15100 LAHTI

tel. (03) 734 1602

telefax (03) 734 1603

Vuorikatu 5 C

48100 KOTKA

tel. (05) 219 9599

telefax (05) 219 9593

Pormestarinkatu 1 A

P.B. 149

53101 LAPPEENRANTA

tel. (05) 415 6751

telefax (05) 415 6697

Olavinkatu 24

P.Box 45

57131 SAVONLINNA

tel. (015) 578 0280

telefax (015) 578 0281

Riistakatu 2B

74100 IISALMI

tel. (017) 83 911

telefax (017) 839 1395

Kirkkotie 3

P.B. 10

83901 JUUKA

tel. (013) 472 075

telefax (013) 472 077

Kalevankatu 17

P.B. 168

60101 SEINÄJOKI

tel. (06) 423 1900

telefax (06) 423 1906

Skolhusgatan 2

P.B. 208

65101 VASA

tel. (06) 323 6111

telefax (06) 317 3603

Virkatie 3

P.B. 77

42101 JÄMSÄ

tel. (014) 712 411

telefax (014) 712 017

Kalliokatu 4

P.B. 221

87101 KAJAANI

tel. (08) 61 631

telefax (08) 616 3795

Rantakatu 58 A

P.B. 16

92101 RAAHE

tel. (08) 29 931

telefax (08) 299 3280

Valtion virastotalo

99100 KITTILÄ

tel. (016) 643 500

telefax (016) 644 411

Väinönkatu 7

P.B. 253

40101 JYVÄSKYLÄ

tel. (014) 298 355

telefax (014) 298 356

Sivulantie 11

P.B. 47

43101 SAARIJÄRVI

tel. (014) 417 230

telefax (014) 417 236

Rata-aukio 2

P.B. 78

90101 OULU

tel. (08) 313 7111

telefax (08) 313 7768

Valtakatu 28

94100 KEMI

tel. (016) 2941

telefax (016) 294 332

Rovakatu 8

P.B. 8183

96101 ROVANIEMI

tel. (016) 329 4111

telefax (016) 329 4999

De ambassade van Finland heeft bij nota van 09-01-2001 autoriteiten aangewezen.

Finland heeft op 23-01-2020 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

(…) starting from 1 January 2020 Finland's designated Competent Authority is the Digital and Population Data Service Agency (the Finnish Digital Agency).

33.

Turkije

Ratificatie door Turkije onder de volgende verklaring:

Central Authority:

1.

Administrative documents

a): In provinces: Governor, Deputy-Governor, Director of Juridical Matters.
b): In towns: Vice-Governor.

2.

Judicial documents

Presidencies of the Judicial Commissions where the high criminal courts exist.

1): administratieve akten:
in de provincies: ‘Governor, Deputy-Governor, Director of Juridical Matters’
in de steden: ‘Vice Governor’
2): gerechtelijke akten:
daar waar een Hoog Crimineel Gerechtshof is: Presidency of the Judicial Commission.

34.

Antigua en Barbuda

1): the Governor-General,
Antigua and Barbuda
2): the Registrar of the High Court of Antigua and Barbuda,
St. John's,
Antigua.

De Regering van Antigua en Barbuda heeft bij nota van 21-12-1999 een mededeling gedaan inzake de autoriteiten.

35.

Argentinië

Dirección General de Asuntos Consulares

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto,

Reconquista 1088,

1003 Buenos Aires.

Argentinië heeft op 09-01-2004 de volgende mededeling gedaan inzake autoriteiten:

… the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs has signed an Agreement with the Federal Board of Notariate, by which the different Body of Notary's Public of Argentina have been authorised to authenticate signatures with the Apostille legalisation.

This designation has become in force on 1st. December 2003.

The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs remains being the Authority of Application of the foresaid Convention.

36.

Brunei Darussalam

Chief Registrar, Deputy Chief Registrar and Registrars of the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam;

Chief Magistrate, Magistrates and Registrars of subordinate courts of Brunei Darussalam.

Brunei Darussalam heeft op 19-04-2006 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Supreme Court … has been designated the competent Authority to issue Apostille Certificate in Brunei Darussalam …

Postal Address:	The Hight Court Building, Km 1½, Jalan Tutong, Bandar Seri Begawan, BA1910 Brunei Darussalam.
Tel. No.:	(673) 2225853 or (673) 2243939 Ext. 149
Fax No.:	(673) 2241984
E-mail:	supcourt@brunet.bn
Website:	judicial.gov.bn
Languages spoken:	Malay and English
Contact person:	Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court.

37.

Panama

Central Authority:

1.: Concerning the documents authorized by competent court authorities or officials, the Secretary of the Supreme or his legal substitutes.
2.: Concerning deeds drawn up by a notary or private documents authenticated by a notary, the officials of the department of administrative service of the Ministry of Justice.
3.: Regarding other documents issued by any central government bodies, any autonomous or semi-autonomous bodies, municipal or police authorities or a Public Ministry, the officials of the consular and legalization department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
4.: Regarding all other public documents, any of the three preceeding procedures are allowed. (vertaling)

38.

Russische Federatie

‘The statement made on the accession of the Government of the USSR to the Convention abolishing the requirements of legalisation for foreign public documents dated October 6, 1961 reads as follows:

‘In compliance with Article 6 of the Convention the Government of the Russian Federation declares that the following bodies have the authority competent to issue the certificate referred to in Article 3 of the Convention:

1.: The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation shall certify originals of documents of organisations and institutions directly subordinate to the Ministry of Justice;
2.: Ministries of Justice of the republics within the Russian Federation and judicial bodies of the administration of krais, regions and autonomous formations as well as of the towns of Moscow and St.-Petersburg shall certify documents of judicial bodies subordinate to them and institutions and corresponding bodies of law of the republic, krai, region, district or town;
3.: Republican registry offices of the republics within the Russian Federation, central registry offices of krais, regions, and districts as well as of the towns of Moscow and St.-Petersburg shall certify certificates of civil status of the above-mentioned bodies or registry offices subordinate to them;
4.: The Department of documentary and reference work of the Archives Committee of the Russian Federation shall certify documents issued by the central state archives of Russia.
5.: Archives bodies of autonomous formations and archives departments of krais and regions shall certify documents issued by archives subordinate to them.
6.: The Department of Procurator General's Office of the Russian Federation shall certify documents made through the channels of the bodies of prosecution’. (vertaling)

De Russische Federatie heeft op 10-08-2005 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

1.: The General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation;
2.: The Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation;
3.: The Federal Registration Service (Rosregistratsia) and its territorial bodies in subjects of the Russian Federation;
4.: The Register Offices of the executive bodies in subjects of the Russian Federation;
5.: The Federal Supervision Service for Education and Science;
6.: The Federal Archives Agency and the authorised bodies for archives of the executive power in subjects of the Russian Federation.

De Russische Federatie heeft op 05-08-2008 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Authority (additional information):

For the purposes of Article 6 of the Convention the Russian Side declares that, alongside with the competent authorities declared earlier by the Russian Side, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is the authority competent to issue the Certificate (Apostille), referred to in Article 3 of the Convention, on official archive documents on military service (employment) in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Joint Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), issued in the Russian Federation.

De Russische Federatie heeft op 28-11-2008 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Authority (modification):

For the purposes of Article 6 of the Convention the Russian Side declares that it excludes the Federal Registration Service of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies from the list earlier declared by the Russian Side specifying the competent authorities competent to issue the Certificate (Apostille), referred to in Article 3 of the Convention, on official documents to be produced abroad.

This authority of the Federal Registration Service of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies is conferred on the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and its territorial directorates.

De Russische Federatie heeft op 28-12-2009 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Authority (additional information):

For the purposes of Article 6 of the Convention the Russian Side declares that in addition to the area of competence of the Federal Supervision Service for Education and Science, declared earlier by the Russian Side, the Service has the authority to issue the Certificate (Apostille) on the academic degrees and titles granted according to state sample.

De Russische Federatie heeft op 11-05-2011 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

For the purposes of Article 6 of the Convention the Russian Side declares that the authority to issue the Certificate (Apostille) on diplomas, certificates of academic degrees and titles issued in the Russian Federation in accordance with the state-approved forms, which was previously performed by the Federal Supervision Service for Education and Science has been transmitted to the executive bodies of constituent entities ‘federal subjects’ of the Russian Federation.

De Russische Federatie heeft op 21-10-2011 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Authorities (modification) (list up to date as per 21 October 2011)

A list of the executive bodies of constituent entities (‘federal subjects’) of the Russian Federation authorised to issue the Certificate (Apostille) on education certificates and diplomas, including their contact details, can be consulted online at the following address: http://www.minbuza.nl/Apostille.

39.

Marshall-eilanden

1.: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Marshall Islands,
2.: Attorney General and Acting Attorney General,
3.: Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the High Court,
4.: Registrars and Deputy Registrars of Corporations,
5.: Maritime Administrator and Special Agents thereof, and
6.: Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners of Maritime Affairs or Special Agents thereof.

De Marshall-eilanden hebben op 05-10-2007 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Authority in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention (additional information):

IRI Corporate and Maritime Services (Switzerland) A.G.

Office of the Deputy Registrar

Schifflande 22

CH-8001 Zurich

Switzerland

40.

Slovenië

the Ministry of Justice and Administration of the Republic of Slovenia

Slovenië heeft op 04-01-2006 de volgende aanvullende informatie inzake autoriteiten verstrekt:

Designation of the authorities of the Republic of Slovenia in conformity with the second paragraph of the Article 6 of the Hague Apostille Convention (additional information).

Designated competent authority(ies):

1.: The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia (for certification of the authenticity of the signatures and seals of notaries and interpreters on the public documents)
2.: District Courts in Slovenia (for certification of the authenticity of the signatures and seals of notaries, notary candidates, judges, state institutions, organisations and individuals, executing public powers of attorney and legal persons on the public documents)

Contact details:

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia

Address: Zupančičva 3

1000 Ljubljana

Slovenia

Telephone: + 386 (1) 369 52 00

Fax: + 386 (1) 369 57 83

E-mail: gp.mp@gov.si

General website: http://www.gov.si/mp/

Practical Information:

Price:

1.: Ministry of Justice charges administrative tax for the issuance of Apostille on the public documents in accordance with the Act on administrative taxes. On the 21st of November 2005 the administrative tax for issuance of each Apostille amounts to 255 SIT (approx. 1 EUR)
2.: District Courts charge court tax for the issuance of Apostille on the public documents in accordance with the Act on court taxes. On the 21st of November 2005 the court tax for issuance of each Apostille amounts from 570 to 1140 SIT (approx. 2,5 to 5 EUR)

Useful Links: http://www.mp.gov.si/index.php?id=2237 (in Slovenia only)

Languages spoken by the particulars of the competent authorities: slovene, english.

Slovenië heeft op 11-06-2007 de volgende aanvullende informatie inzake autoriteiten verstrekt:

Designation of the authorities of the Republic of Slovenia in conformity with the second paragraph of Article 6 of the Hague Apostille Convention (modification).

Designated competent authority(ies):

1.: The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia (for certification of the authenticity of the signatures and seals of notaries, district judges, and court interpreters on the public documents)
2.: District Courts in Slovenia (for certification of the authenticity of the signatures and seals of notaries, notary candidates, judges (except district judges), state institutions, organisations and individuals, executing public powers of attorney and legal persons on the public documents)

Contact details:

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia

Address: Zupanciceva 3

1000 Ljubljana

Slovenia

Telephone: + 386 (1) 369 52 00

Fax: + 386 (1) 369 57 83

E-mail: gp.mp@gov.si

General website: http://www.mp.gov.si/

Practical Information:

Price:

1.: The Ministry of Justice charges administrative tax for the issuance of Apostille on public documents in accordance with the Act on administrative taxes. On 13 April 2007 the administrative tax for issuance of each Apostille amounts to 1,06 euro.
2.: The District Courts charge court tax for the issuance of Apostille on the public documents in accordance with the Act on court taxes. On 13 April 2007 the court tax for issuance of each Apostille amounts from 2,38 euro to 4,76 euro.

Useful Links: http://www.mp.gov.si/index.php?id=2237 (in Slovenian only)

41.

Belize

the Registrar General

Belize heeft op 09-06-2020 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Additional competent authority: International Financial Services Commission

42.

Kroatië

Municipal courts of the Ministry of Justice and Administration

43.

Bosnië-Herzegowina

the Ministry of Justice and Administration

De Ambassade van Bosnië en Herzegovina heeft op 17-08-2000 een mededeling inzake de autoriteiten gedaan:

… the authorities designated by Bosnia and Herzegovina who are competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents concluded at The Hague on 5th October 1961, are Municipal Courts in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the Republic of Srpska. These certificates shall be subject to certification by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnië-Herzegovina heeft op 08-10-2003 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

[…] and has the honour to inform [the depositary] according to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents that the Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina has taken over from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Communications the responsibility for the international co-operation in judicial matters, as well as the co-operation between two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 15 March 2003.

Bosnië-Herzegovina heeft op 18-12-2007 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

1.: From January 1st 2008, the authorities who are competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents are:
Courts of First Instance of Bosnia-Herzegovina / Municipal Courts of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Basic Courts of Republika Srpska and the Basic Court of Brcko District of Bosnia-Herzegovina
2.: In the certificate annexed to the Convention (APOSTILLE), in the line entitled ‘1. Country’ shall be filled with Bosnia-Herzegovina without any entities marks in order to produce the public document to be fully legitimated.

44.

Witrusland

…the Ministry would advise that in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention and in accordance with the Decree issued by the Government of the Byelorussian Republic on 1 January 1993, official documents issued by government agencies of the Beyelorussian Republic for use in the territories of contracting States of the Hague Convention, repealing the necessity of legalisation of foreign official documents, are now authorised only by an apostille written on these documents.

An apostille may be given by the Ministry of Justice on documents issued by judicial authorities and courts; by the Ministry of National Education on documents issued by relevant educational authorities; by the Committee for Archives and Administration on documents issued by relevant state archives; and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on all other documents. (vertaling)

Belarus heeft op 10-11-2010 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

The list of competent Belarusian authorities which have the right to issue ‘Apostille’ in the Republic of Belarus: Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus - on the documents issued by Courts, Center for legal expertise and criminalistics of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, Republican labour arbitrage, Regional justice administrations, Minsk City Executive Committee justice administration, Notary archives, Notary officials; Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus — on the documents issued by the educational institutions; Department of Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice - on the documents issued by the State archives of the Republic of Belarus;

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus — on all other documents, also on the documents which are under the competence of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education as well as the Department for Archives and Records management, forwarded to Belarus by the Belarusian Diplomatic representatives or Consular offices and/or demanded (obtained) by them.

Belarus heeft op 28-03-2016 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

[...] the Republic of Belarus additionally designates:

–: Regional Justice Administrations and
–: Minsk City Executive Committee Justice Administration

45.

Armenië

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice

46.

Australië

Central Authority:

The Secretary to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Commonwealth.

Australië heeft op 06-07-2016 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Designated Competent Authority(ies):

The Secretary to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Commonwealth of Australia

From 1 July 2015, Australian Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates (except Consulates headed by an Honorary Consul) will be empowered to issue Apostilles on original Australian public documents.

Within Australia, Apostilles are issued by the Australian Passport Office in capital cities.

47.

Mexico

APOSTILLAS DE DOCUMENTOS FEDERALES

CARGO	DOMICILIO	TELEFONO Y FAX
DIRECCION	BUCARELI No. 99,	535-43-92
GENERAL DE	PLANTA BAJA	535-31-12
GOBIERNO	06600 MEXICO, D.F.	FAX: 535-26-88
DIRECCION DE	ABRAHAM GONZALEZ	535-51-31
COORDINACION	No. 48,	FAX: 566-12-25
POLITICA	PLANTA BAJA
CON LOS	06600 MEXICO, D.F.
PODERES DE LA UNION
SUBDIRECCION	ABRAHAM GONZALEZ	535-53-84
DE FORMALIZA-	No. 48,	546-57-32
CION Y	PLANTA BAJA	FAX: 566-12-25
CONTROL	06600 MEXICO, D.F.

SECRETARIA DE GOBERNACION

DIRECTORIO

REPRESENTACIONES DE LA SUBSECRETARIA DE GOBIERNO

ENTIDAD	DIRECCION OFICIAL	TELEFONO Y FAX
BAJA	Servicios Migratorios, Línea	(65) 556665
CALIFORNIA	Internacional, Agustín	FAX: (65) 529050
	Melgar
	No. 1, Col. Centro, 21100
	Mexicali, B.C.
BAJA	Bravo No. 406, entre Aquiles	(112) 32083
CALIFORNIA SUR	Serdán y Guillermo Prieto,	FAX: (112) 32280
CAMPECHE	23000 La Paz, B.C.S.
	Av. de las Palmas S/N junto	91 (981) 53150
	al centro, Bizantino Bartimeo	53186
	24020 Campeche, Camp.	FAX: 91 (981) 53149
CHIAPAS	Libramiento Norte S/N a un	91 (961) 43288
	costado de Esq. Pablo	FAX: 91 (961) 899091
	Guardado chávez,
	Tuxtla
	Gutiérrez, Chis.
CHIHUAHUA	Doblado y 3a No. 117,	(14) 167499
	Despacho 2 y 3, Col.	FAX: (14) 370149
	Centro, 31000 Chihuahua,
	Chih.
COAHUILA	Victoria No. 406-1, Zona	(18) 175506
	Centro, 25000 Saltillo, Coah.	FAX: (18) 175334
		178951
COLIMA	Gabino Barrera No. 159-a,	91 (331) 45912
	Zona Centro, 28000 Colima,	FAX: 91 (331) 45912
	Col.
DURANGO	Constitución No. 210-1,	(18) 17506
	Norte Altos, Zona Centro,	FAX: (18) 175334
	34000 Durango, DGO.	178951
GUANAJUATO	Agora del Baratillo	91 (473) 29446
	Despacho 8, Zona Centro,	FAX: 91 (473) 29110
	36000 Guanajuato, Gto.	29111
GUERRERO	Av. Ignacio Ramírez No.	91 (74) 711772
	22-a, Col. Centro, 39000	FAX: 91 (74) 721144
	Chilpancingo, Gro.
	Calle Mina No. 120 Esq.	91 (74) 828751
	Morelos, Col. Centro, 39300	FAX: 91 (74) 800341
	Acapulco, Gro.
HIDALGO	Torre Coby, Art. 3 No. 97-7	91 (771) 34026
	poiso, Fracc., Constitución,	FAX: 91 (771) 34026
	42080 Pachuca, Hgo.
JALISCO	Chesterton 184, Jardines	91 (3) 6732394
	Vallarta, 45030 Guadalajara,	FAX: 91 (3) 6732138
	Jal.
MEXICO	Chalco No. 703-8, Col.	91 (72) 134679
	Sánchez, 50140 Toluca, Méx.	FAX: 91 (72) 134768
		158325
MICHOACAN	Av. Siervo de la Nación S/N,	91 (43) 267905/06
	Col. del Valle, 58260	FAX: 91 (43)
	Morelia, Mich.	267905/06
MORELOS	Galeana No. 2-8 piso	91 (73) 188594
	Edificio Ocampo, Col.	FAX: 91 (73) 188708
	Centro, 62000
	Cuernavaca, Mor.
NAYARIT	Zacatecas No. 16 sur 1 y 2	91 (321) 46269
	piso entre Allende y	FAX: 91 (321) 46271
	Abasolo, 63000 Tepic,
	Nayarit
NUEVO LEON	Zaragoza No. 1000 Sur,	(8) 3403000
	Condominio Acero PH,	FAX: (8) 3403000
	64000 Monterrey, N.L.
OAXACA	Calzada de la República No.	91 (951)) 42145
	402-B, Jalatlaco, 33606	FAX: 91 (951) 42145
	Oaxaca, Oax.
PUEBLA	Calla Italia No. 2224, Fracc.	91 (22) 494082
	Las Hadas entre 15 de mayo	FAX: 91 (22) 494072
	y 26 Pte., 72070 Puebla, Pue
QUERETARO	Boulevard Hernando Quin-	91 (42) 234960
	tana No. 168 Desp. 203 y	234660
	204, 76050 Querétaro, Qro.	FAX: 91 (42) 234960
QUINTANA ROO	Av. Primo de Verdad No.	91 (983) 27347
	181 int. 1 Esq. Av. Héroes,	FAX: 91 (983) 22744
	67000 Chetumal, Q. Roo
SAN LUIS	Av. Venustiano Carranza	91 (48) 144092
POTOSI	707-402, Col. Centro. 78250	FAX: 91 (48) 173988
	San Luis Potosí, S.L.P.
SINALOA	Lázaro Cárdenas No. 913	(67) 173988
	Sur, Primer piso, Zona	FAX: (67) 173988
	Centro, 80129 Culiacán, Sin
SONORA	Blvd. Navarrete No. 125	(62) 165044
	Despacho 2, Edif. Sonmol.	FAX: (62) 165044
	Col. Valle Verde, 83200
	Hermosillo, Son.
TABASCO	Centro Admvo. del Estado,	91 (93) 165152
	Tabasco 2000, 86035	FAX: 91 (93) 165152
	Villahermosa, Tab.
TAMAULIPAS	Matamoros 11 y 12 No. 613,	(131) 20462
	Cd. Victoria, Tamps.	FAX: (131) 20462
TLAXCALA	Kilómetro 1 1/2 Carretera	91 (246) 27147
	federal Tlaxcala-Puebla S/N,	FAX: 91 (246) 27264
	90000 Tlaxcala, Tlax.
VERACRUZ	Zaragoza No. 2 Esq. Miguel	91 (28) 189303
	Barragán, 91000 Xalapa, Ver.	FAX: 91 (28) 189395
YUCATAN	Calle 51 No. 459 x 50, Zona	91 (99) 239142
	Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yuc.	239636
		239671
		240815
		FAX: 91 (99) 235535
ZACATECAS	Calle Sabino No. 114 Fracc.	(492) 42318
	La Peñuela, 98060 Zacate-	FAX: (492) 42318
	cas, Zac.

APOSTILLAS DE DOCUMENTOS ESTATALES
ESTADO DE AGUASCALIENTES
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (49)	15 8188
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, PLAZA DE LA		15 8175
PATRIA, ZONA CENTRO,		15 8643
C.P. 20000 AGUASCALIENTES, AGS.,	FAX	16 9728
MEXICO
ESTADO DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (65)	58 1114
EDIFICIO PODER EJECUTIVO, 3° PISO		58 1053
CALZ. INDEPENDENCIA Y HEROES		58 1042
C.P. 21000 MEXICALI, B.C.,	FAX	58 1169
MEXICO
ESTADO DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR.
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (112)	2 0866
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		2 9477
ISABEL LA CATOLICA ENTRE BRAVO
Y	FAX	5 2422
ROSALES, 1° PISO,
C.P. 24000 LA PAZ, B.C.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE CAMPECHE
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (981)	6 5070
PALACIO DE LOS PODERES, 4° PISO		6 2341
CALLE N° 8 S/N, COL. CENTRO	FAX	6 5885
C.P. 24000 CAMPECHE, CAMP.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE COAHUILA
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, 2° PISO	91 (84)	14 8375
PLAZA DE LAS ARMAS ENTRE CALLE		14 0031
ALLENDE Y CALLE JUAREZ, CENTRO,		14 3700
C.P. 25008 COAHUILA, SALTILLO	FAX	14 1672
MEXICO
ESTADO DE COLIMA
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (331)	4 4046
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, CALLE
REFORMA		2 2729
E HIDALGO, COL. CENTRO		2 1153
C.P. 28000 COLIMA, COL,	FAX	4 3508
MEXICO
ESTADO DE CHIAPAS
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (962)	2 2133
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, 2° PISO		2 9047
AV. CENTRAL Y 1° DE ORIENTE	FAX	3 2458
COL. CENTRO
C.P. 29000 TUXTLA GTZ. CHIS.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (14)	10 6324
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO 1° PISO		10 4643
ALDAMA Y VENUSTIANO CARRANZA
COL. CENTRO,
C.P. 31000 CHIHUAHUA, CHIH.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE DURANGO
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (181)	1 5600
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO S/N		1 5702
CALLE 5 DE FEBRERO, COL. CENTRO		1 2092
C.P. 34000 DURANGO, DGO.,	FAX	3 2013
MEXICO
ESTADO DE GUANAJUATO
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (473)	2 2611
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		2 0534
PASEO DE LA PRESA N° 103, 1° PISO,		2 4995
C.P. 36000 GUANAJUATO, GTO.,	FAX	2 8204
MEXICO
ESTADO DE GUERRERO
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (747)	2 3006
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		2 5512
AV. MIGUEL ALEMAN N° 1	FAX	2 7712
COL CENTRO,
C.P. 39009 CHILPANCINGO, GRO.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE HIDALGO
SECRETARIA DE GOBIERNO	91 (771)	3 0200
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, PLAZA
JUAREZ		3 0418
S/N, 2° PISO, COL. CENTRO,		3 0711
C.P. 42000 PACHUCA, HGO.,	FAX	3 1470
MEXICO
ESTADO DE JALISCO
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (36)	14 5375
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, CORONA Y		14 3258
PEDRO MORENO, SECTOR CENTRO,		13 1605
C.P. 44100 GUADALAJARA, JAL.,	FAX	13 1846
MEXICO
ESTADO DE MEXICO
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (72)	14 1233
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, PRIMER PISO		14 1451
PUERTA ‘A’. N° 222, COL. CENTRO,		14 1017
C.P. 50000 TOLUCA, EDO DE MEXICO,	FAX	13 4925
MEXICO
ESTADO DE MICHOACAN
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (43)	12 0322
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, PRIMER
PATIO		12 3536
PLANTA ALTA, COLONIA CENTRO,		12 3134
C.P. 58000 MORELIA, MICH.	FAX	13 4925
MEXICO
ESTADO DE MORELOS
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (73)	12 0056
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO,		12 5131
JARDINES JUAREZ, S/N COL. CENTRO,		(EXT: 1110)
C.P. 62009 CUERNAVACA, MOR.,	FAX	18 3378
MEXICO
ESTADO DE NAYARIT
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (321)	2 5414
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO,		2 4144
AV. MEXICO Y ABASOLO,		2 7147
COL. CENTRO	FAX	2 5364
C.P. 63000 TEPIC, NAY.
MEXICO
ESTADO DE NUEVO LEON
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (83)	42 8022
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, 2° PISO,		40 1845
ZARAGOZA Y 5 DE MAYO, CENTRO,	FAX	45 0331
C.P. 64000 MONTERREY, N.L.
MEXICO
ESTADO DE OAXACA
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (951)	6 2281
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		6 2221
BUSTAMANTE S/N, PLANTA ALTA	FAX	6 7962
COL. CENTRO
C.P. 68000 OAXACA, OAX.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE PUEBLA
SECRETARIA DE GOBERNACION	91 (22)	32 3123
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO,		32 6119
AV. REFORMA N° 711, COL. CENTRO,		46 9964
C.P. 72000 PUEBLA, PUE.,	FAX	46 6566
MEXICO
ESTADO DE QUERETARO
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (42)	24 1250
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO,		12 9100
PASTEUR Y CORREGIDORA, COL.
CENTRO		12 9626
C.P. 76000 QUERETARO, QRO.	FAX	12 9626
MEXICO
ESTADO DE QUINTANA ROO.
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (983)	2 1177
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		2 2685
AV. 22 DE ENERO S/N. CON CENTRO		2 0266
C.P. 77000 CHETUMAL, Q. ROO.,		(EXT. 112)
MEXICO	FAX	2 2366
ESTADO DE SAN LUIS POTOSI
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (48)	14 4681
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		12 5892
JARDIN HIDALGO S/N, CON CENTRO		14 9597
C.P. 78000 SAN LUIS POTOSI, S.L.P.	FAX	12 1433
MEXICO.
ESTADO DE SINALOA
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (67)	14 2297
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		14 1523
INSURGENTES Y LAZARO CARDENAS	FAX	14 5722
3° PISO, COL. CENTRO,
C.P. 80000 CULIACAN, SIN.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE SONORA
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (62)	17 2055
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		17 2049
DR. PALIZA Y COMONFORT, CENTRO		13 4540
C.P. 83260 HERMOSILLO, SON.	FAX	12 7424
MEXICO
ESTADO DE TABASCO
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (93)	12 1065
ANEXO PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, 2°
PISO,		12 7858
COL. CENTRO		12 2610
C.P. 86000. VILLAHERMOSA, TAB.	FAX	12 2841
MEXICO
ESTADO DE TAMAULIPAS
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (131)	2 5872
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, 3° PISO		2 1964
15 Y 16, HIDALGO Y JUAREZ,		2 5921
ZONA CENTRO,	FAX	2 5017
C.P. 87000 CD. VICTORIA, TAMPS.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE TLAXCALA
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (246)	2 0006
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, PLAZA DE LA		2 0366
CONSTITUCION N° 3, COL. CENTRO		EXT. 103
C.P. 90000 TLAXCALA, TLAX.,	FAX	2 5326
MEXICO
ESTADO DE VERACRUZ
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (28)	17 8670
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		17 5648
CALLE ENRIQUEZ S/N		17 4516
COL. CENTRO,	FAX	18 9776
C.P. 91000 JAPALA, VER.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE YUCATAN
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (99)	23 0336
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		23 8921
CALLE 61 Y 60 S/N		23 7045
COL. CENTRO	FAX	24 6374
C.P. 97000 MERIDA, YUC.,
MEXICO
ESTADO DE ZACATECAS
SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO	91 (492)	2 1211
PALACIO DE GOBIERNO		2 5288
AV. MIGUEL HIDALGO N° 602	FAX	2 8327
COL. CENTRO,
C.P. 98000 ZACATECAS, ZAC.,
MEXICO
DISTRITO FEDERAL
DIRECCION GENERAL JURIDICA Y DE	(525)	709 0884
ESTUDIOS LEGISLATIVOS DEL	FAX	709 7846
DEPARTAMENTO DEL DISTRITO
FEDERAL,
IZAZAGA 89, 8° PISO, COL. CENTRO
C.P. 06080 MEXICO, D.F.

Mexico heeft op 29-08-2006 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Central Authority pursuant to Article 35[lees: Article 6]:

Dirección General de Asuntos Jurídicos,

Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores

48.

Noord-Macedonië

The Ministry of Justice

Het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken heeft van de Ambassade van Noord-Macedonië te 's-Gravenhage een nota gedateerd 11-08-1997 ontvangen, met de mededeling dat naast het Ministerie van Justitie, alle 27 rechtbanken van de Republiek Macedonië bevoegd zijn om apostilles af te geven zoals vermeld in artikel 3 van het Verdrag.

Central Authority (addition):

[…] that beside Ministry of Justice, competent authorities for the issuance of such documents [… certificate reffered to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention …] are all 27 First Instance Courts in the Republic of Macedonia.

50.

San Marino

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (il Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Esteri della Repubblica di San Marino) or a person delegated and officially authorized by him/her to sign and authenticate legal instruments and documents issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and other of the Republic's public bodies.

San Marino heeft op 26-02-2004 aanvullende informatie m.b.t. de aangewezen autoriteiten doorgegeven:

Fabio Berardi

Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Esteri e Politici,

la Programmazione Economica e la Giustizia

Loris Francini

Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Interni,

la Protezione Civile e i Rapporti

con le Giunte di Castello

Pier Marino Mularoni

Segretario di Stato per le Finanze, il Bilancio,

i Trasporti e i Rapporti con

l'Azienda Autonoma di Stato

Filatelica e Numismatica e

l'Azienda Autonoma di Stato per i Servizi Pubblici

Luciano Bollini

Coordinatore

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Pietro Giacomini

Direttore Generale

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Maria Lea Pedini

Direttore degli Affari Culturali e Informazione

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Savina Zafferani

Collaboratore nella Direzione degli

Affari Economici e Sociali

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Maria Alessandra Albertini

Incaricata della gestione della Direzione Affari Politici

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Dario Galassi

Collaboratore nella Direzione degli Affari Politici

e nella Direzione degli Affari Economici e Sociali

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Luca Brandi

Incaricato della gestione della Direzione dei

Rapporti con le Comunità all'estero e della

Direzione Affari Politici

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Marcello Beccari

Incaricato della gestione del Cerimoniale dello Stato

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Corrado Carattoni

Incaricato della gestione del Cerimoniale dello Stato

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Silvia Berti

Segratario d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Eros Gasperoni

Segretario d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Giovanna Crescentini

Dirigente Segretaria Istituzionale

Dipartimento Affari Interni

Domenico Gasperoni

Dirigente Segretaria Esecutiva

Dipartimento Affari Interni

Lucio Leopoldo Daniele

Avvocato dello Stato Dirigente

Dipartimento Affari Interni.

Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs, Economic Planning and Justice

Secretary of State for Internal Affairs, Civil Protection and Relations with ‘Giunte di Castello’ Municipal Councils

Secretary of State for Finance, Budget, Transport and Relations with the Autonomous Philatelic and Numismatic State Company and the Autonomous Management Agency for Public Service Companies

Department of Foreign Affairs

Department of Internal Affairs

San Marino heeft op 16-03-2010 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Central Authority (modification):

Contact details:

The Minister of Foreign Affairs

Segreteria di Stato per gli Affari Esteri

Palazzo Begni

Address:

Contrada Omerelli

47890 San Marino

Republic of San Marino

(Passports and Legalizations Office - Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Telephone:

+ 378 (0549) 882237

+ 378 (0549) 882238

Fax: + 378 (0549) 992018

E-mail: segreteria.affariesteri@gov.sm

General website: http://www.esteri.sm/

Fac-simile di firma

Antonella Mularoni

Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Esteri,

gli Affari Politici, le Telecomunicazioni e i Trasporti

Valeria Ciavatta

Segretario di Stato per gli Affari Interni

e la Protezione Civile

Pasquale Valentini

Segretario di Stato per le Finanze e il Bilancio,

i Rapporti con l'A.A.S.F.N.

Nicoletta Corbelli

Coordinatore

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Maria Lea Pedini

Direttore Generale

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Savina Zafferani

Direttore degli Affari Economici e Sociali

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Federica Bigi

Direttore degli Affari Politici

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Corrado Carattoni

Direttore degli Affari Culturali e Informazione

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Marcello Beccari

Direttore del Cerimoniale dello Stato

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Maria Alessandra Albertini

Consigliere d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Luca Brandi

Consigliere d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Dario Galassi

Consigliere d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Stefano Stolfi

Incaricato della gestione della Direzione dei

Rapporti con le Comunità all'estero

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Silvia Berti

Segretario d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Eros Gasperoni

Segretario d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Nilla Bernardi

Segretario d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Sylvie Bollini

Segretario d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Silvia Marchetti

Segretario d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Ilaria Salicioni

Segretario d'Ambasciata

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Giovanni Conti

Ufficio Passaporti e Legalizzazioni

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Marialaura Marinozzi

Dipartimento Affari Esteri

Giovanna Crescentini

Dirigente Segretaria Istituzionale

Dipartimento Affari Interni

Lucio L. Daniele

Dirigente dell'Ufficio Centrale di Collegamento

Antonio Nikolakopoulos

Funzionario dell'Ufficio Centrale di Collegamento

Sabrina Bernardi

Avvocato dello Stato Dirigente

Dipartimento Affari Interni

Barbara Reffi

Avvocato dello Stato

Dipartimento Affari Interni

Alessandra Belardini

Avvocato dello Stato

Dipartimento Affari Interni

Simona Ugolini

Avvocato dello Stato

Dipartimento Affari Interni.

51.

Zuid-Afrika

Toetreding door Zuid-Afrika onder de volgende verklaring:

Central Authority:

1.: Any magistrate or additional magistrate.
2.: Any registrar or assistant registrar of the Supreme Court of South Africa.
3.: Any person designated by the Director-General: Justice.
4.: Any person designated by the Director-General: Foreign Affairs.

52.

Letland

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Brivibas bvld 36

Riga LV-1395

tel. 280425, 286815

fax 371 2227755, 371 88228121

Letland heeft op 13-02-2008 de gegevens van de aangewezen autoriteit als volgt gewijzigd:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

K. Valdemara Str. 3

Riga, LV-1395, Latvia

Tel: +371 67016250, +371 67016201

Fax: +371 67828121, Fax: +371 67282882

Letland heeft op 06-06-2019 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Designated competent authorities:

(…) Sworn Notaries of Latvia will be the designated competent authorities described in Article 6 of the Convention (…) as from 1 July 2019. (…) Sworn Notaries will certify public documents issued in the Republic of Latvia electronically (i.e., with e-Apostille); documents for certification with apostille could be submitted to Sworn Notaries either in paper form [or] electronically (i.e., e-documents). During temporary leave of a Sworn Notary, an assistant to a Sworn Notary may substitute him or her performing all official duties of a Sworn Notary including issuing an apostille.

53.

Liberia

—: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputies and Assistant Ministers;
—: The Minister of Justice, the Deputies and Assistant Ministers;
—: The Clerk and Deputy Clerk(s) of the Supreme and Circuit Court(s);
—: The Registrars and Deputy Registrars of Corporations; and
—: The Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners of Maritime Affairs or Special Agents thereof.

54.

Barbados

Solicitor-General

Deputy Solicitor-General

Registrar of the Supreme Court

Registrar of Corporate Affairs

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for Foreign Affairs

Chief of Protocol

55.

El Salvador

El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken van El Salvador heeft de depositaris medegedeeld dat dat Ministerie de enige autoriteit is, welke belast zal zijn met de afgifte van apostilles bedoeld in artikel 3 van het Verdrag.

56.

Andorra

Ratificatie door Andorra onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

1.: Ministre/a d'Afers Exteriors (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
2.: Ministre/a de Presidència i Turisme (Minister of the Presidency and Tourism)
3.: Ministre/a de Justícia i Interior (Minister of Justice and Interior)
4.: Secretari/ària d'Estat de Justícia i Interior (Secretary of State of Justice and Interior)
5.: Director/a de política exterior, afers bilaterals i Unió Europea (Director of Foreign Policy, Bilateral Affairs and European Union)
6.: Director/a d'afers multilaterals i cooperació al desenvolupament (Director of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation for Development).

le ministre des Relations Extérieures

le ministre d'Intérieur

le ministre de la Présidence

Andorra heeft per 01-10-1997 de bevoegde autoriteiten als volgt gewijzigd:

‘1.: el ministre de Relacions Exteriors
2.: el ministre d'Interior
3.: el ministre de la Presidència’

Andorra heeft in overeenstemming met artikel 3, eerste alinea, van het Verdrag de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

El Ministre d'Afers Exteriors

El Ministre de Justícia i Interior

Andorra heeft op 23-12-2005 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent authorities in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention:

1.: Ministre/a d'Afers Exteriors, Cultura i Cooperació
2.: Ministre/a de Justícia i Interior
3.: Ministre/a d'Economia
4.: Director/a de política exteriors, afers bilaterals i Unió Europea
5.: Director/a d'afers multilaterals i cooperació al desenvolupament
6.: Cap d'Àrea d'afers generals del Ministeri d'Afers Exteriors

Andorra heeft op 24-02-2006 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent authorities in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention:

1.: Ministre/a d'Afers Exteriors, Cultura i Cooperació
2.: Ministre/a de Justícia i Interior
3.: Ministre/a d'Economia
4.: Director/a d'afers bilaterals i Unió Europea
5.: Director/a d'afers multilaterals i cooperació al desenvolupament
6.: Director/a d'afers jurídics i consulars
7.: Cap d'Àrea d'afers generals del Ministeri d'Afers Exteriors, Cultura i Cooperació

Andorra heeft op 19-09-2008 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent authorities to issue the Apostille in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention (modification):

El/la ministre/a d'Afers Exteriors (The Minister of Foreign Affairs),

El/la ministre/a de Presidència i Finances (The Minister of the Presidency and Finances),

El/la ministre/a de Justícia i Interior (The Minister of Justice and Interior), El/la director/a d'Afers Bilaterals, Consulars i Unió Europea (The Director of Bilateral Affairs, Consular Affairs and European Union),

El/la director/a d'Afers Multilaterals i Cooperació (The Director of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation),

El/la cap d'Àrea d'Afers Generals i Jurídics del Ministeri d'Afers Exteriors (The Representative for General Affairs and Juridical Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Andorra heeft op 09-10-2009 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent authorities to issue the Apostille in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention (modification):

El/la ministre/a d'Afers Exteriors, (The Minister of Foreign Affairs)

El/la coordinador/a d'Afers Bilaterals i Consulars (The Coordinator of Bilateral and Consular Affairs)

El/la director/a d'Afers Multilaterals i Cooperació (The Director of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation)

El/la cap de l'Àrea d'Afers Generals i Jurídics (The Head of Unit of General and Juridical Affairs)

Andorra heeft op 13-06-2012 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent authorities to issue the Apostille in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention (modification):

El/la ministre/a d'Afers Exteriors i Relacions Institucionals, (The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Institutional Relations)

El/la director/a general d'Afers Exteriors i Relacions Institucionals, (The Director of Foreign Affairs and Institutional Relations)

El/la director/a d'Afers Generals, Bilaterals i Consulars (The Director of General, Bilateral and Consular Affairs)

El/la director/a d'Afers Multilaterals i Cooperació (The Director of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation)

Andorra heeft op 13-04-2017 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent authorities to issue the Apostille in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention (modification):

El/la ministre/a d'Afers Exteriors (The Minister of Foreign Affairs)

El/la director/a d'Afers Bilaterals i Consulars (The Director of Bilateral and Consular Affairs)

El/la director/a d'Afers Multilaterals i Cooperació (The Director of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation)

El/la cap de l'Àrea d'Afers Generals i Jurídics (The Head of the General and Legal Affairs Unit)

Andorra heeft op 27-10-2023 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent Authorities (modification):

–: El/la ministre/a d’Afers Exteriors (The Minister of Foreign Affairs);
–: El/la director/a general (The General Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs);
–: El/la director/a d’Afers Jurídics Internacionals i Recursos Humans (The Director of International Legal Affairs and Human Resources);
–: El/la director/a d’Afers Bilaterals i Consulars (The Director of Bilateral and Consular Affairs);
–: El/la director/a d’Afers Multilaterals i Cooperació (The Director of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation); and,
–: El/la cap de l’Àrea d’Afers Generals i Jurídics (The Head of the General and Legal Affairs).

57.

Litouwen

the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Litouwen heeft op 12-01-2016 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Competent authorities:

1.: Notaries. Lithuania has decentralised the issuance of Apostilles and designated all notaries as competent authorities.
2.: The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

58.

China

China heeft op 16-06-1997 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, it designates each of the following as the competent authorities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to issue the certificates referred to in Paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the Convention for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: the Administrative Secretary, the Registrar of the High Court, the Deputy Registrar of the High Court and the Assistant Registrar of the High Court.

Within the above ambit, responsibility for the international rights and obligations of a party to the Convention will be assumed by the Government of the People's Republic of China.

China heeft op 10-12-1999 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, it designates the Chief Executive, the Secretary for Administration and Justice, and the Director of Justice Affairs Department of the Macau Special Administrative Region as the Authorities competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention in the Macau Special Administrative Region.

China heeft op 17-11-2011 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Designated authority of Hong Kong SAR (modification):

The contact information of the designated authority of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China […] has been changed as:

Senior Judicial Clerk 1

Apostille Service Office

High Court Registry

China heeft op 24-11-2022 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[...] The designated authorities of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, who are competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention, [are] the Administrative Secretary, the Registrar of the High Court, the Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court and the Deputy Registrar of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

[The] designated authorities of the Macau Special Administrative Region, who are competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention, [are] the Secretary for Administration and Justice, the Director and the Deputy Directors of Justice Affairs Department of the Macau Special Administrative Region.

China heeft op 08-03-2023 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, the Government of the People's Republic of China designates the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China as the competent authority to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention for the People's Republic of China. Unless otherwise stated by the Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China issues the certificates to public documents emanated in the territory of the People's Republic of China. Authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, the Foreign Affairs Offices of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government can issue the certificates to public documents emanated within the respective administrative areas.

In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, it designates each of the following as the competent authorities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention: the Administrative Secretary, the Registrar of the High Court, the Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court and the Deputy Registrar of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, it designates each of the following as the competent authorities in the Macao Special Administrative Region to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention: the Secretary for Administration and Justice, the Director and the Deputy Directors of Justice Affairs Department of the Macao Special Administrative Region.

China heeft op 22-11-2023 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

(modification)

Competent Authorities (addition):

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China is the competent authority for issuing an Apostille onto the public documents issued in Chinese mainland. The following Foreign Affairs Offices entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China can also issue an Apostille onto the public documents issued withintheir own administrative jurisdiction.

Hebei Foreign Affairs Office

Shanxi Foreign Affairs Office

Inner Mongolia Foreign Affairs Office

Liaoning Foreign Affairs Office

Jilin Foreign Affairs Office

Heilongjiang Foreign Affairs Office

Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office

Jiangsu Foreign Affairs Office

Zhejiang Foreign Affairs Office

Anhui Foreign Affairs Office

Fujian Foreign Affairs Office

Jiangxi Foreign Affairs Office

Shandong Foreign Affairs Office

Henan Foreign Affairs Office

Hubei Foreign Affairs Office

Hunan Foreign Affairs Office

Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office

Guangxi Foreign Affairs Office

Hainan Foreign Affairs Office

Chongqing Foreign Affairs Office

Sichuan Foreign Affairs Office

Guizhou Foreign Affairs Office

Yunnan Foreign Affairs Office

Shaanxi Foreign Affairs Office

Gansu Foreign Affairs Office

Changchun Foreign Affairs Office

Harbin Foreign Affairs Office

Ningbo Foreign Affairs Office

Jinan Foreign Affairs Office

Qingdao Foreign Affairs Office

Shenzhen Foreign Affairs Office

59.

Trinidad en Tobago

Trinidad en Tobago heeft op 27-07-2000 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Central Authority:

… that the Registrar General [in Port of Spain] has been designated the competent authority to affix the Convention Apostille …

Trinidad en Tobago heeft op 09-03-2001, in overeenstemming met artikel 6, tweede lid, van het Verdrag, de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

Central Authority (modification):

… that the Registrar General had been designated the competent authority to affix the Convention Apostille, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and the Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Enterprise Development, Foreign Affairs and Tourism, have also been designated competent authorities to issue certificates of authenticity under Article 3 of the Convention.

… that each competent authority may delegate his function to a deputy or deputies as circumstances warrant.

Trinidad and Tobago heeft op 11-02-2026 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

[…] the title of the competent authority […] the Ministry of Enterprise Development, Foreign Affairs and Tourism [has changed to] the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs. The positions competent to issue Apostilles under the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs include the following:

•: Permanent Secretary
•: Deputy Permanent Secretary
•: Director, Consular Affairs Division
•: Senior Foreign Service Officer, Consular Affairs Division

60.

Namibië

Het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken van Namibië heeft bij nota van 08-11-2000 autoriteiten aangewezen.

Ratificatie door Namibië onder de volgende verklaring:

Central Authority:

(a): any magistrate, including a regional magistrate and an additional magistrate;
(b): Registrar of the High Court;
(c): the Permanent Secretary and the Deputy Permanent Secretary: Ministry of Justice and Office of the Attorney-General.

Namibië heeft op 16-01-2006 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

… the Ministry wishes to modify the notice given pursuant to article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention and to state that the Namibian authorities competent to issue the certificates referred to in article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention are, with effect from 15 January 2006:

(a): The Registrar and the Assistant Registrar of the High Court; and
(b): The Permanent Secretary and the Deputy Permanent Secretary: Ministry of Justice.

Namibië heeft op 30-09-2019 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Designated Competent Authorities (Art. 6):

1.: Registrar of the High Court of Namibia
2.: Registrar of the Supreme Court of Namibia
3.: Ministry of Justice (The Executive Director)

Classes of Public Documents assigned to different Competent Authorities:

1.

Registrar of the High Court

a.: Notarial Acts
b.: Lower Court Process
c.: High Court Process
d.: Labour Court Process
e.: Supreme Court Process
f.: Public Documents issued by the Deputy Executive Director or Executive Director, Ministry of Justice
g.: Public Documents issued by the Deputy Executive Director or Executive Director, Office of the Judiciary

2.

Registrar of the Supreme Court

a.: Notarial Acts
b.: Lower Court Process
c.: High Court Process
d.: Labour Court Process
e.: Supreme Court Process
f.: Public Documents issued by the Deputy Executive Director or Executive Director, Ministry of Justice
g.: Public Documents issued by the Deputy Executive Director or Executive Director, Office of the Judiciary

3.

Ministry of Justice (The Executive Director)

a.: All Classes of Public Documents, without any exclusions

61.

Colombia

Ratificatie door Colombia onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Legalization Department

Transversal 17 A NO. 98–55

Bogotá, D.C.

Telephone: + 57 1 5251860/62

Telefax: + 57 1 5223538

63.

Estland

Ratificatie door Estland onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Legal Division

Consular Department

Islandi väljak 1

15049 Tallinn

Phone: +372 6317 440

Fax: +3726317454

Estonian Ministry of Education

Administrative Department

Tõnismägi 11

EE0100 Tallin

Phone: +372 6 281 243

Fax: +372 6 281 390

Administrative Department

Munga 18

EE 2400 Tartu

Phone: +372 7 350 252

Fax: +372 7 350 250

Monitoring Department

Munga 18

Tartu

Phone: +372 7 350 231

Fax: +372 7 350 250

Ministry of Justice

Courts' Department

Tartu mnt 85

EE0100 Tallinn

Phone: + 372 612 78 10

Fax: +372 612 78 11

Ministry of International Affairs

General Administrative Department

Legal Services Office

Lai 40

EE0100 Tallinn

Phone: +372 612 51 99

Fax: +372 51 98

Ministry of Social Affairs

Public Relations and Training Department

Gonsiori 29

EE0100 Tallin

Phone: +372 626 9875

Fax: +372 699 2209

Estland heeft op 12-05-2004 de volgende mededeling gedaan inzake autoriteiten:

1.: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consular Department, Legal Division
Islandi väljak 1, 15049 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Phone +372 6317 440, Fax +372 631 7454
E-mail info.apostill@mfa.ee
2.: Ministry of Education and Research, Administrative Department
Munga 18, 51007 Tartu, ESTONIA
Phone +372 7 350 252, Fax +372 7 350 250
Tallinn office
Tõnismägi 11, 15192 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Phone +372 6 281 243, Fax +372 6 281 390
3.: Ministry of Justice, Courts' Department
Lõkke 4, 10122 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Phone +372 611 3100, Fax +372 611 3101
E-mail info.apostill@just.ee
4.: Ministry of Internal Affairs, Population Facts Department
Pikk 61, 15065 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Phone +372 612 5169, +372 612 5170, Fax +372 612 5162
5.: Ministry of Social Affairs, Information Management Department
Gonsiori 29, 15027 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Phone +372 626 9302, +372 626 9306, Fax +372 699 2209.

Estland heeft op 30-11-2009 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Since 1st of January 2010 Notaries, under the supervision of Ministry of Justice will be the designated competent authority described in the Article 6 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents. Contact details of all 100 Notaries will be forwarded by the Ministry of Justice. Although the Ministry of Justice shall exercise supervision over the Notaries, the Ministry itself nor any other Ministry shall no longer issue apostilles. The register described in the Article 7 of the Convention shall be kept by the Chamber of Notaries in accordance with the decree provided by the Minister of Justice.

64.

Grenada

In overeenstemming met artikel 3, eerste alinea, van het Verdrag heeft Grenada de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Permanent Secretary and the Senior Administrative Officer

Ministerial Complex

Botanical Gardens

St. Georges

Grenada W.I.

Tel: 440-2640/2712/2255, Fax 440-4184

E-mail: faffgnd@caribsurf.com.

Grenada heeft op 30-01-2003 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

… that Grenada's central authority for the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The Ministry has the further honour to advise that the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Adrian Hayes, and the Senior Administrative Officer, Mrs. Denise Hosten are the designated signatories for the Convention Apostile on behalf of the Ministry.

65.

de Federatieve Republiek Joegoslavië

In overeenstemming met artikel 3, eerste alinea, van het Verdrag heeft de Federale Republiek Joegoslavië de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

1.: The Ministry of Justice and Local Self-Government of the Republic of Serbia
Belgrade, 22 Nemanjina Street
No. telephone/fax + 381 11 361 287
Contact person: Mr. Milisav Coguric, Head of the Department for International Legal Assistance in the Ministry of Justice and Local Self-Government of the Republic of Serbia.
[2.: Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Montenegro
Sector for Justice
Podgorica, 3 Vuka Karadzica Street
No. telephone/fax +381 081 248 541
Contact person: Ms Vesna Ratkovic, Assistant Minister of Justice for Judicial Affairs of the Republic of Montenegro No. telephone/fax + 381 081 248 531, e-mail: vesnarat@cg.yu.]

De Federale Republiek Joegoslavië (vanaf 04-02-2003 Servië en Montenegro geheten) heeft bij Nota van 24-01-2003 (ontvangen op 26-03-2003) de volgende aanvullende informatie verstrekt inzake de reeds op 06-02-2002 aangewezen autoriteiten:

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of The Netherlands and with the reference to the misunderstandings concerning the application of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, signed at The Hague on 5 October 1961 and ratified by the Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia on 21 May 1961, and the Convention On the Issue of Multilingual Extracts from Civil Status Records, signed in Vienna on 8 September 1976 and ratified by the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to the succession of which the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia signed the declarations on 19 April 2001 and 16 October 2001 respectively, and, in that connection, the competencies of Yugoslav institutions to legalize public documents, has the honour to inform of the following:

1): Yugoslavia has legalized public documents in the sense of the Hague Convention under the Law on the Legalization of Public Documents in International Traffic (‘Official Gazette of the SFRY’, No. 6, 8 February, 1973) since its adoption.
Under the article 8 of the said Law, the courts of the first instance and the Ministries of Justice of the constituent Yugoslav Republics provide apostilles, i.e. authorize Yugoslav documents, for use in the States Parties to the Hague Convention. Under the Law, municipal courts have primary competence to certify documents issued by institutions resident in the areas under the jurisdiction of the courts. Republican and Provincial justice administration authorities are competent to authorize, as an alternative, documents issued by institutions resident in the areas under their jurisdiction if not authorized by competent courts of the first instance. Bearing that in mind, only one authorization, i.e. apostille, by the competent court of the first instance or, exceptionally, by a Republican or Provincial justice administration authority will suffice for the authorization/acceptance of Yugoslav documents in international legal traffic. The insistence therefore on a cumulative authorization of documents by one or more Yugoslav institutions is in contravention of the provisions of the Hague Convention and the goals for the promotion of which it was signed and acceded to by a large number of countries, Yugoslavia included, as a source of international law.
2): Furthermore, and with reference to the said Note, the Embassy has noticed that the competent authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands frequently request that multilingual extracts from Yugoslav civil status records be legalized by alternative Yugoslav authorities (Ministries of Justice of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro).

That practice is contrary to the provisions of Article 8, para 2, of the Vienna Convention and Article 6, para 1, of the Hague Convention. They also request that extracts from Yugoslav civil status records in Serbian undergo the entire gamut of possible legalizations by various Yugoslav and Dutch authorities, which runs counter to the letter and spirit of Article 1 of The Hague Convention which provides for the obligation of the States Parties to accept extracts from civil status records of all States Parties, defined as public documents, if they are supplied by an apostille alone.

In advising the Ministry of the above, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia would appreciate if it interceded with the competent authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as the depository of the Hague Convention, to change the existing practice and align it with the provisions of the Hague Conventions and to advise thereof the other States Parties to the Convention.

Servië heeft op 03-04-2007 de volgende autoriteit aangewezen:

The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia

Nemanjina 22-26

11000 Belgrade

Serbia

Tel: +381 11 3620 540 / +381 11 3620 596

Fax: +381 11 3620 540

Montenegro heeft op 30-01-2008 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

Pursuant to Article 6 of the Convention, the competent authorities in Montenegro that have authority to issue Apostilles are as follows:

The courts of first instance of Montenegro

Basic Court of Bar

Basic Court of Berane

Basic Court of Bijelo Polje

Basic Court of Danilovgrad

Basic Court of Zabljak

Basic Court of Kolasin

Basic Court of Kotor

Basic Court of Niksic

Basic Court of Plav

Basic Court of Pljevlja

Basic Court of Podgorica

Basic Court of Rozaje

Basic Court of Ulcinj

Basic Court of Herceg Novi

Basic Court of Cetinje

President of the Court is authorized to certify the authenticity of the documents or the person who is authorized by the President of the Court with the seal ‘Apostille’.

The Ministry of Justice may also issue Apostilles for the public documents issued by the authorities in the district of every Court of First Instance in Montenegro if the necessary conditions are fulfilled, i.e. when the Ministry's database has a sample of the signature and stamp which the public document bears.

Servië heeft op 03-06-2009 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Central Authority (modification):

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia

International Legal Assistance Department

Palace of Serbia

2, Bulevar Mihajla Pupina

Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

Tel: +381 (11) 311 14 73, +381 (11) 311 21 99

Fax: +381 (11) 311 29 09

Contact persons:

Vojkan Simic

Davor Raus

66.

Saint Vincent en de Grenadines

Saint Vincent en de Grenadines heeft op 02-05-2002 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

1.: The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2.: The Registrar, High Court

Sint Vincent en de Grenadines heeft op 03-02-2004 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

In accordance with the last sentence of Article 6 of the Convention, I hereby notify […] that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines additionally designates:

3.: The Senior Crown Counsel, The Ministry of Legal Affairs
as […] authority who would be competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention.

Sint Vincent en de Grenadines heeft op 08-12-2006 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, … St. Vincent and the Grenadines additionally designates the following officers as competent authorities to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention:

The Executive Director, International Financial Services Authority

The Deputy Director, International Financial Services Authority

The Manager, Administration, International Financial Services Authority.

67.

Monaco

Ratificatie door Monaco onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

La Direction des Services Judiciaires

Palais de Justice

5, Rue Colonel Bellando de Castro

98000 MONACO

BP 513

MC 98015 Monaco Cedex

Tél. +377 93 15 84 30 ou +377 93 15 83 66

Fax. +377 93 15 85 89

Monaco heeft op 07-11-2005 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Central Authority:

Direction des Services Judiciaires

Palais de Justice

5, Rue Colonel Bellando de Castro

98000 MONACO

Tel: +377 93 15 84 30 or +377 93 15 83 66 Fax: +377 93 15 85 89

Contact person:

Mrs Sabine-Anne Minazzoli

Substitut détaché à la Direction des Services judiciaires

E-mail: sminazzolli@gouv.mc

68.

Slowakije

Ratificatie door Slowakije onder de volgende verklaring:

Central Authority:

The Slovak Republic, under Article 6 of the Convention, designates for purposes of Article 3 of the Convention as authorities competent to issue the certificate the following:

1)

The Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic (‘Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky’) for:

a): public documents issued or certified by courts, notaries, hussiers de justice or other judicial officers;
b): translations executed by official (court appointed) translators;

2)

The Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (‘Ministerstvo vnútra Slovenskej republiky’) for public documents emanating from authorities within its jurisdiction with the exception of documents specified in point 6 lit. a/ below;

3)

The Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic (‘Ministerstvo školstva Slovenskej republiky’) for public documents emanating from authorities within its jurisdiction;

4)

The Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (‘Ministerstvo zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky’) for public documents emanating from authorities within its jurisdiction with the exceptions of documents specified in point 6 lit. b/ below;

5)

The General Headquarters of the Army of the Slovak Republic the Slovak Republic: (‘Generálny štáb Armády Slovenskej republiky’) for public documents emanating from authorities within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic;

6)

Office of the Regional Administration (‘Krajský úrad’) for:

a): documents from the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages (‘matrika’) with the exception of decisions on civil status;
b): documents issued by health facilities established by the Office of Regional Administration;

7)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic (‘Ministerstvo zahranicných veci Slovenskej’)

Slowakije heeft op 22-01-2004 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

As of 1 March 2004 the point 1 of the original designation of authorities of the Slovak Republic under Article 6 of the Convention shall be amended as follows:

1)

The Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic (‘Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky’) and all Regional Courts (‘Krajský súd’) for:

a): public documents issued or certified by courts, notaries, hussiers de justice or other judicial officers;
b): translations executed by official (court appointed) translators.

Slowakije heeft op 20-09-2007 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

With effect from 1 October 2007, the Slovak Republic amends points 4 and 6 of its original declaration designating the authorities referred to in Article 6 of the Convention, to read as follows:

4.

the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (Ministerstvo zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky), for public documents issued by authorities falling under its jurisdiction;

6.

the District Office (obvodný úrad) for:

a.: extracts from registers of births, deaths and marriages (matrika), except for decisions concerning civil status;
b.: documents issued by autonomous local authorities.

69.

Saint Lucia

Ratificatie door Saint Lucia onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit

Central Authority:

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, International Financial Services and Consumer Affairs

The Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, International Financial Services and Consumer Affairs

The Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property

The Registrar of the Supreme Court

The Solicitor General

Saint Lucia heeft op 21-02-2003 gewijzigde autoriteiten doorgegeven:

‛ … that on the list of authorized signatories, the Permanent Secretary and Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce be replaced by the Permanent Secretary and Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, on the list of authorized signatories. ’

70.

Albanië

Toetreding door Albanië onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Referring to the first paragraph of Article 3 of the convention, the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be the competent authority for issuing the certificate.

71.

Roemenië

Ratificatie door Roemenië onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

The Ministry of Justice for the certificates referred to in article 1 (a, c, d) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the official certificates referred to in article 1 (b).

Roemenië heeft op 26-05-2004 de volgende medeling gedaan inzake autoriteiten:

… in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 2 of the Convention of 5 October 1961 abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents, Romanian authorities who are competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3, are the Appellate Courts for the certificates referred to in Article 1a, c, d and the Prefectures for the official certificates referred to in Article 1b.

Roemenië heeft op 15-09-2004 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Due to the necessity to continue the activity in the matter until the new competent authorities allowed to apply the apostille are entirely prepared to take over this activity, the notification sent by the Romanian authorities, on 26 May 2004, will be applicable starting with 1 November 2004. Until this term, the apostille will be applied by the Ministry of Justice, for the documents in accordance with art. 1-a), b) and c), respectively the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for the documents in accordance with art 1-b) of the above mentioned Convention.

Roemenië heeft op 17-06-2005 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

… in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 2 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, from September 1, 2005 onward, the Romanian authorities in charge of applying the apostille are:

—: the Tribunals for the official documents mentioned in art. 1 - a), c), d);
—: the Prefectures for the official documents mentioned in art. 1 - b).

Roemenië heeft op 09-12-2010 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Tribunals are competent authorities for the official documents referred to in article 1 letters a) and d) of the Convention;

Chambers of Notaries Public are competent authorities for the official documents referred to in article 1 letter c) of the Convention;

Offices of the Prefect are competent authorities for het[lees: the] official documents referred to in article 1 letter b) of the Convention.

72.

Cook Eilanden

Cook Eilanden heeft op 13-07-2004 onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

… the Government of the Cook Islands declares it has designated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration as the authority competent to issue apostille certificates.

73.

Ecuador

Ecuador heeft op 21-10-2004 de volgende mededeling inzake de Centrale autoriteit gedaan:

Departamento de Legalizaciones

Dirección General de Asuntos Consulares y Legalizaciones

MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES

Carrión 10-40 y Av. 10 de Agosto

Tel: 00593 22560888 / 00593 22500800

00593 22993224 / 00593 22993284, extension 3425

Fax: 00593 22500800 / 00593 22993226

00593 22993273 / 00593 22993274

E-mail: dgasucon@mmrree.gov.ec

subasumigconmmrree.gov.ec

Quito - ECUADOR

Ecuador heeft op 28-12-2005 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Moreover the above-mentioned Ecuadorian Ministry has decided to change the design of the current ‘Apostille’ used in Ecuador for a new design, more practical and simplified.

This new seal will be issued with a 10 American dollar stamp and will be implemented as from the second quarterly of 2006.

… in accordance with article 6 (1) of the Hague Apostille Convention,

(…) the Government of Ecuador has designated General Department of Consular Affairs and Legalizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador as the only competent ‘National Authority’.

Secretary, Mr. Adrian Hayes, and the Senior Administrative Officer, Mrs. Denise Hosten are the designated signatories for the Convention Apostile on behalf of the Ministry.

Ecuador heeft op 14-02-2020 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen

(modification)

Competent Authority:

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana

Director de Documentos de Viaje y Legalizaciones

74.

IJsland

IJsland heeft op 01-12-2004 de volgende mededeling inzake de Centrale Autoriteit gedaan:

Ministry for Foreign Affairs

(Utanríkisráðuneytið)

Rauðarárstíg 25

150 Reykjavík

Iceland

tel: +354 545 9900

fax: +354 562 2373

75.

Zweden

Ratificatie door Zweden onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

The competent authorities to issue the certificate are all Notaries Public and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Zweden heeft op 04-02-2005 de volgende mededeling gedaan inzake Centrale Autoriteiten:

The Swedish Government decided on the 18 November 2004 to modify the declaration made by Sweden at the time of ratification of the Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents, done at The Hague on 5 October 1961. The new declaration shall apply as from 1 January 2005 and reads as follows:

The Government of Sweden declares, in accordance with Article 6, that the competent authorities to issue the certificate are all Notaries Public.

76.

Azerbeidzjan

Azerbeidzjan heeft op 11-01-2005 onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

… in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents was done at Hague on 5 October 1961, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan by his instruction No. 544 of 10 December 2004, designated the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan as competent authority for documents emanating from courts, public prosecutors, and justice authorities, including documents certified in notarial order and state civil acts registration documents, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan as competent authority for other documents.

Contact details: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan

4, Sh. Gurbanov str, Baky city, AZ1009, Azerbaijan

Tel: (99412) 4923401

Fax: (99412) 4988480

e-mail: bkat1@mfa.gov.az

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan

1, Inshaatchilar avn, Baky city, 370073, Azerbaijan

Tel: (99412) 4300977

Fax: (99412) 4300981

e-mail: minjus@azdata.net

Azerbeidzjan heeft op 17-01-2020 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

(…) referring to Article 6 of the Convention (…) the department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic has been authorized to issue apostilles to the documents executed in the territory of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

77.

Bulgarije

Ratificatie door Bulgarije onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

The Ministry of Justice — in respect of the documents of the courts and notaries, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — in respect of all other documents.

Bulgarije heeft op 29-05-2013 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Republic of Bulgaria declares that the following authorities are designated to issue the certificate referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the Convention: the Ministry of Justice — in respect to documents of courts and notaries, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science - in respect to educational and certifying documents, issued by higher education institutions, by institutions of the public education system and by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science and its structures, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — in respect to all other documents.

[The above amendment will become effective as from 1 June 2013.]

Bulgarije heeft op 22-10-2018 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

The Republic of Bulgaria declares that as of 19.10.2018 the following authorities are entitled to issue the certificate under Article 3 (1) of the Convention:

1.: The Ministry of Justice - for acts of the courts and notaries;
2.: The National Center for Information and Documentation - for educational and certification documents, issued by the higher schools, by the institutions in the system of pre-school, school and vocational education and training and by the Ministry of Education and Science and its units;
3.: (as from 01.01.2019) the regional administrations - for documents issued by the mayors and the municipal administrations;
4.: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs - for all other acts.

78.

Honduras

Honduras heeft op 21-10-2004 onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central authority:

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Secretaría General -Sección de Auténticas-

Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores

Centre Cívico Gubernamental, contiguo a la Corte Suprema de Justicia

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Telephone: 00 (504) 234 49 71

Fax: 00 (504) 234 18 97

79.

Ierland

Ratificatie door Ierland onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

The Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin as the authority competent to issue the certificates referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3.

Ierland heeft op 23-03-2007 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent authorities in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention

(additional information):

The Department of Foreign Affairs

Address:

Consular Section

Department of Foreign Affairs

69-71 Hainault House

St. Stephen's Green

DUBLIN 2

Ireland Telephone:

+ 353 1 408 2174

+ 353 1 408 2322

General website: www.dfa.ie

Additional address:

Consular Services

Department of Foreign Affairs

1a South Mall

CORK

Ireland

Telephone:

+ 353 21 494 4777

+ 353 21 494 4772

80.

India

Ratificatie door India onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

… that the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India would be the designated authority to issue certificates (Apostille) in line with Article 6(2) of the Convention.

81.

Nieuw-Zeeland

Ratificatie door Nieuw-Zeeland onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs

82.

Niue

Ratificatie door Niue onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten

Central Authority:

(a): The Attorney General
(b): the Financial Secretary
(c): Crown Counsel
(d): The Registrar International Business Companies
(e): Deputy Registrar International Business Companies
(f): The Registrar, High Court of Niue
(g): Secretary to Government.

83.

Oekraïne

Ratificatie door Oekraïne onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention and the Decree of the Government of Ukraine No 61 dated 18 January 2003 an apostille may be granted by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on documents issued by judicial authorities and courts including documents certified by Ukraine's notaries; the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on official documents issued by the bodies for education, state authorities, establishments and organizations, related to education and science; and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on all other documents.

Oekraïne heeft op 13-03-2013 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] the State Registration Service of Ukraine was authorized to put an ‘Apostille’ stamp on the official documents issued by its divisions all over the territory of Ukraine.

Oekraïne heeft op 05-01-2023 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

(modification)

Competent Authorities:

As of 1 January 2023 the list of authorities who are competent to certify official documents in Ukraine has been expanded […].

[…] the Embassy brings to the attention of the Ministry the renewed list of designated authorities with the specified list of public documents:

—: Ministry of Internal Affairs: official documents issued by the Ministry, its territorial service centers and separate registration points for a qualified electronic trust service provider – the accredited key certification center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
—: Ministry of Education and Science: official documents issued by the Ministry, its central bodies of executive power, the activities of which are directed and coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers through the Minister of Education and Science, their territorial bodies, educational institutions, enterprises, institutions and organizations that provide services in the field of education and sciences or conduct other activities related to the provision of such services;
—: Ministry of Justice: official documents issued by courts of Ukraine; official documents emanating from justice and state bodies archival institutions; execution of sentences and probation bodies; official documents drawn up by public and private notaries; official certificates executed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates of registration of a document or fact that existed on a certain date, and official and notarized signatures;
—: State Migration Service: official documents issued by the State Migration Service, its territorial bodies and territorial subdivisions related to the field of migration (immigration and emigration), including combating illegal migration, citizenship, refugees and other legally defined categories of migrants;
—: State Tax Service: official documents issued by the State Tax Service and its territorial bodies;
—: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: other official documents.

84.

Polen

Ratificatie door Polen onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

Pursuant to the Article 6, paragraph 1 of the Convention, the Republic of Poland designates the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the competent authority to issue the certificate referred to in Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Convention in respect of all public documents.

Polen heeft op 18-05-2015 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

[…] has designated the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, adress: ulica Krakowskie Przedmiescie 15/17, 00-071 Warszawa) as the additional competent authority – to issue the certificates referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention in respect of university diplomas in art and diplomas of art schools. […]

Polen heeft op 06-02-2018 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

[...] the Republic of Poland [...] has the honour to inform that as of 1 February 2018 the following institutions of the Republic of Poland are entitled to issue apostilles:

1.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Legalisation Section

2.

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

The Department of Art and Culture Education

The following documents are subject to its competence:

-: certificates, diplomas, indexes or authentications issued by art schools

3.

National Agency for Academic Exchange

The following documents are subject to its competence:

1)

diplomas of graduation with supplements,

2)

copies of diplomas of graduation,

3)

certificates of diplomas and post-graduate certificates,

4)

duplicates of diplomas and post-graduate certificates,

5)

certificates of graduation,

6)

doctoral and postdoctoral diplomas, as well as their duplicates and copies

-: in the case of doctoral and post-doctoral degrees awarded by the authorized organizational units of the university.

Polen heeft op 27-08-2018 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

[...] the Republic of Poland [...] has the honour to inform that […] as of 1 September 2018 the following institutions of the Republic of Poland are entitled to issue apostilles:

1.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Legalisation Section

2.

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, The Department of Art and Culture Education

The following documents are subject to its competence:

—: certificates, diplomas, indexes or authentications issued by art schools
—: documents issued by schools, other than mentioned above, intended for legal transactions with foreign countries.

3.

National Agency for Academic Exchange

The following documents are subject to its competence:

1)

diplomas of graduation with supplements,

2)

copies of diplomas of graduation,

3)

certificates of diplomas and post-graduate certificates,

4)

duplicates of diplomas and post-graduate certificates,

5)

certificates of graduation,

6)

doctoral and postdoctoral diplomas, as well as their duplicates and copies

—: in the case of doctoral and post-doctoral degrees awarded by the authorized organizational units of the university.

4.

Ministry of National Education

The following documents are subject to its competence:

—: certificates issued by schools and vocational schools in Poland, mentioned in Article 8 para. 2 letter c of the Educational Law (Consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2018 position no. 996) and by schools, vocational schools and school consultation points at the diplomatic representations, consular offices and military representations of the Republic of Poland.

5.

School superintendents appropriate for the seat of the school

The following documents are subject to its competence:

—: promotion certificates and certificates of graduation as well as indexes issued by schools;
—: documents issued by schools, continuing education facilities and practical educational facilities, other than mentioned above, intended for legal transactions with foreign countries.

6.

Directors of regional exam commissions:

The following documents are subject to its competence:

—: certificates of completion of primary and secondary education at the level of external exams, certificates of secondary education, annexes to the secondary education certificates, certificates confirming professional qualifications, diplomas and certificates issued by regional exam commissions.

85.

Samoa

Ratificatie door Samoa onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

The Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

P.O. Box L1861 Apia

Samoa

Tel: (685) 63333

Fax: (685) 21504

Samoa heeft op 13-02-2007 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

Competent authority to issue the certificate in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention (modification):

The Chief Executive Officer

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Address:

PO Box L1859

Apia, SAMOA

Telephone: +(685) 21171/25313

Fax: +(685) 21504

E-mail: mfa@mfat.gov.ws

In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, the Acting Chief Executive Officer will sign the certificate.

86.

Tsjechië

Ratificatie door Tsjechië onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

1.: the Ministry of Justice, International Department (certificates issued by authorities of justice, including certificates issued or certified by notaries);
2.: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consular Department (when documents are issued by authorities of State Administration or by the other ones).

Tsjechië heeft op 14-10-2021 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

The Czech Republic declares pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 2 of the Convention, taking into account the recent legislative change, that the authorities competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention are:

1.: Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic (International Civil Department) for documents issued by judicial authorities;
2.: Notarial Chamber of the Czech Republic for documents issued or certified by notaries;
3.: Ministry of Foreign Affairs for other than judicial documents.

87.

Venezuela

Ratificatie door Venezuela onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General of Consular Affairs.

88.

Denemarken

Ratificatie door Denemarken onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

In connection with the deposit of Denmark's instrument of ratification of the Convention of 5 October 1961 abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark according to Article 6 of the Convention designates the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3.

89.

Sao Tomé en Principe

Sao Tomé en Principe heeft op 20-12-2007 de volgende autoriteit aangewezen:

The Minister's Office and the Consular Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities are the competent authorities for the purposes of the Convention.

The contact details of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities are as follows:

Avenida Amilcar Cabral

CP 201

São Tomé

São Tomé e Principe

Telephone: +239 222309/224841

Fax: +239 223237

90.

de Dominicaanse Republiek

Toetreding door de Dominicaanse Republiek onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

… pursuant to the terms of Article 6 of the Convention (…), the Dominican authority competent to issue the certificates referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the aforementioned Convention will be the Secretariat of State of Foreign Relations of the Dominican Republic, Legalisations Section of the Consular Department.

91.

Georgië

Toetreding door de Georgië onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Central Authority:

In accordance with article 6 of the above-mentioned Convention Georgia has designated: Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia, Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, to issue certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of said Convention.

Georgië heeft op 13-08-2010 de volgende autoriteit aangewezen:

Competent Authority (addition):

Address: Entity of Public Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia,

Tsiteli Khidi Highway 21 km,

Tbilisi, Georgia

Telephone: +995(32)419-015, +995(77)943-539

E-mail: info@ms.mia.ge

General Website: www.mia.ge

Languages of Communication: Georgian, English

Contact Person: Tebea Gogvisvanidze

92.

Kyrgyzstan

Toetreding door Kyrgyzstan onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

—: Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic;
—: State Service on National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic;
—: General Prosecutor Office of the Kyrgyz Republic;
—: Court Department of the Kyrgyz Republic;
—: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Repulic;
—: State service of financial police of the Kyrgyz Republic.

93.

Oman

Toetreding door Oman onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

(Translation)

Designated Competent Authority:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Consular Department)

94.

Zuid-Korea

Toetreding door Zuid-Korea onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

[…] in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, the Republic of Korea has decided to designate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry of Justice, and the National Court Administration as the authorities who are competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of this Convention.

Zuid-Korea heeft op 16-05-2023 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit aangewezen:

[…] in addition to the present competent authorities, as of May 16, 2023, the Overseas Koreans Agency is designated as a competent authority to issue apostilles from the Republic of Korea under the Convention […].

95.

Kazachstan

Toetreding door Kazachstan onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

Central Authority:

—: The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan for official documents issued by the bodies for justice and other state bodies, including the notary offices;
—: The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan for official documents issued by the bodies for education, science and the educational institutions of the Republic;
—: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan for official documents issued by the structural subdivisions of the Migration Police;
—: The Committee on administration of the archives and documentation to the Ministry of Culture, Information and Public Consent of the Republic of Kazakhstan for archieve certificates and copies of archieve documents issued by the state archieves of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
—: The Committee for forensic (legal) administration to the Supreme Courts (to be co-ordinated) for official documents issued by the law-enforcement bodies and the bodies for execution of law;
—: The Ministry on State Income of the Republic of Kazakhstan for official documents issued by the structural and territorial subdivisions of the Ministry on State Income of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
—: The General Office of Public Prosecutors of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be co-ordinated) for official documents issued by the bodies of Public Prosecutors, investigation agencies and inquest;
—: The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan for archieve certificates and copies of archieve documents issued by the special state archieves of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
—: The Committee for National Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be co-ordinated) for archieve certificates and copies of archieve documents issued by the special archieves of the Committee for National Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The designated bodies are entitled to delegate the authority to their territorial bodies to issue the apostille.

Attachment:

The Hague Convention of 05-10-1961 abolishing the legalisation for foreign public documents stipulates the apostille of 9 × 9 cm in size. It is expedient to have a stamp of the apostille, which size is 13 × 13 cm. A script of the text can be enlarged for the comfort of its representation and reading. It is not allowed to change (translate) a language document, text and its order of placing on the stamp. The stamp can be fulfilled in the language of the Republic of Kazakhstan only.

Kazachstan heeft op 26-10-2023 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent Authorities:

—: Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan – on official documents emanating from the justice authorities, civil registration and other government bodies, as well as notaries;
—: Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan – on official documents emanating from organizations of higher and (or) postgraduate education;
—: Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan – on official documents emanating from organizations of primary, basic secondary, general secondary, technical and vocational, post-secondary education;
—: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan – on official documents coming from the structural units of the migration police, archival certificates and copies of archival documents coming from the special state archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its territorial divisions;
—: Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan – on archival references and copies of archival documents originating from the state archives of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
—: Judicial Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (as agreed) – on official documents emanating from the judiciary;
—: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan – on official documents emanating from the structural divisions of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan and (or) their territorial divisions;
—: General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan (as agreed) – on official documents emanating from the prosecutor’s office, investigation and inquiry;
—: Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan – on archival certificates and copies of archival documents emanating from the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

These bodies have the right to delegate the authority to affix an apostille to their territorial bodies.

96.

Moldavië

Toetreding door Moldavië onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

Designated competent authorities (in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1):

Competent authority to issue the Apostille on the public documents referred to in sub-paragraph b) of the second paragraph of Article 1 for administrative documents of the public central authorities:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration

Competent authority to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 on the public documents specified in the first paragraph of Article 1:

The Ministry of Justice

Moldavië heeft op 14-08-2018 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteiten aangewezen:

(modification)

For administrative documents:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration

For all other public documents:

The Ministry of Justice, the Agency for Legal Information Technology Resources

97.

Mongolië

Toetreding door Mongolië onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

[…] that the authority competent to issue the certificate referred to in the second paragraph of Article 6 is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Mongolia.

98.

Oezbekistan

Toetreding door Oezbekistan onder de volgende verklaring:

Competent authorities:

For the purposes of the Article 6 of the Convention, the following authorities are designated to issue the Certificate (Apostille), referred to in the Article 3 of the Convention:

Ministry of Justice - on official documents emanating from courts and justice authorities;

Prosecutor General's Office - on official documents emanating from the prosecution, investigation and inquiry authorities;

State Testing Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan - on official documents emanating from education and science authorities;

Ministry of Foreign Affairs - on all other official documents.

Oezbekistan heeft op 07-06-2019 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Designated authorities (modification)

(…) there have been changes in the designated authorities of the Republic of Uzbekistan which are competent to issue the certificate referred to [in] the first paragraph of Article 3 and the following authorities have been designated to issue the certificate (apostille):

-: Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, departments of justice of the regions and Tashkent city - on official documents emanating from justice authorities and civil registry offices;
-: Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan - on official documents emanating from courts;
-: Prosecutor General's Office - on official documents emanating from the prosecution, investigation and inquiry authorities;
-: State Testing Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan - on official documents emanating from education and science authorities;
-: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - on all other official documents.

99.

Peru

Toetreding door Peru onder de volgende verklaring:

…according to article 6 of the ‘Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents’, the designated competent authority in Peru is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs -General Direction of Consular Policy.

100.

Saint Kitts en Nevis

Toetreding door Saint Kitts en Nevis onder de volgende verklaring:

Central Authority:

For the Island of Saint Kitts the Competent Authority shall be the Attorney General, the Solicitor General, the Chief Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or the Registrar of the Supreme Court and for the Island of Nevis the Competent Authority shall be the Chief Secretary in the Office of the Premier, the Legal Adviser in the Legal Department or the Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court.

Saint Kitts en Nevis heeft op 16-01-2006 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Competent authorities which may issue Apostille Certificates (additional information):

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The other competent authorities are as follows:

Attorney General, Ministry of Legal Affairs

Legal Advisor, Nevis Island Administration

Saint Kitts en Nevis heeft op 08-03-2007 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] has the further honour to notify […], in compliance with Article 6 of the said Convention of the following:

Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs

Saint Kitts en Nevis heeft op 06-07-2007 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] has the further honour to notify […], in compliance with Article 6 of the said Convention […] of the Cabinet Secretary in the Office of the Premier of Nevis, who is a designated competent authority to issue certificates.

Saint Kitts en Nevis heeft op 21-04-2010 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Competent authorities (additional information):

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance in the Nevis Island Administration is authorized to sign Apostilles issues in the Island of Nevis.

101.

Uruguay

Toetreding door Uruguay onder de volgende verklaring:

[…] the Authority referred in Article 6 of the Convention will be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.

102.

Vanuatu

Voortgezette gebondenheid door Vanuatu onder de volgende verklaring:

Competent authorities to issue an Apostille in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention:

1.: The Department of Foreign Affairs
2.: The Vanuatu Financial Services Commission for public documents falling under its jurisdiction

103.

Nicaragua

Toetreding door Nicaragua onder de volgende verklaring:

The Republic of Nicaragua has designated the Directorate General for Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the competent National Authority to issue relevant documents.

104.

Bahrein

Toetreding door Bahrein onder de volgende verklaring:

[…] the designated competent authority under paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the said Convention is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

105.

Paraguay

Toetreding door Paraguay onder de volgende verklaring:

Decree No. 520 of 22 October 2013, […], designates the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate-General of Consular Affairs, as the competent authority to issue the Apostille.

106.

Burundi

Toetreding door Burundi onder de volgende verklaring:

Designated competent Authority:

Director General of Protocol and of Consular and Juridical Affairs

107.

Bolivia

Competent Authority: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

108.

Guyana

Competent Authority: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Protocol and Consular Affairs Department

109.

Filipijnen

Competent Authority:

Authentication Division

Office of Consular Affairs

Department of Foreign Affairs

110.

Tunesië

(...) the Tunisian Notaries are designated as Competent Authorities within the meaning of Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention (...). Notaries will be the only authority authorized in Tunisia to issue the Apostille in accordance with the provisions of the Convention (...) as of 1 March 2019. The list of notaries practicing this profession in Tunisia is fixed by order of the Tunisian Minister of Justice.

111.

Palau

Competent Authorities:

1.: Minister of State
2.: Honorary Consul General of Palau in Greece and CEO of Palau International Ship Registry
3.: Clerk of Courts, Palau Supreme Court

Palau heeft op 12-02-2020 de volgende gewijzigde autoriteit(en) aangewezen:

(modification) Competent Authorities:

1.: Minister of State
2.: Clerk of Courts, Palau Supreme Court

112.

Jamaica

Competent Authority:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

113.

Singapore

Competent Authority:

Singapore Academy of Law

114.

Indonesië

Competent authority:

Ministry of Law and Human Rights

115.

Saudi-Arabië

Competent authority:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

116.

Senegal

[…] the following officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad of the Republic of Senegal are designated, ex officio, to issue the certificate referred to in article 3 (1):

–: Director of Legal and Consular Affairs (Directeur des Affaires juridiques et consulaires);
–: Head of the Chancellery Division (Chef de la Division Chancellerie);
–: Head of the Civil Registry Office (Chef du Bureau de l'Etat Civil).

117.

Pakistan

Competent authority:

Director General Audit and Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ter uitvoering van artikel 6, lid 2, van het Verdrag heeft de Franse Regering op 05-10-1961 het volgende ter kennis van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden gebracht:

En ce qui concerne la France, les autorités compétentes pour délivrer l'apostille prévue à l'article 3 de la Convention supprimant l'exigence de la légalisation des actes publics étrangers sont les Présidents des Tribunaux de grande instance et les juges des Tribunaux d'instance. Cette désignation est faite pour répondre aux dispositions de l'article 6 — paragraphe 2 — de ladite Convention.

Bij de nederlegging van de Franse akte van bekrachtiging is nader gepreciseerd ‘que la Convention mentionnée ci-dessus s'applique à l'ensemble du territoire de la République française.’.

Toepasselijkverklaring, in overeenstemming met de Britse Regering, voor het Frans-Britse Condominium der nieuwe Hebriden op 17-12-1965 (iwtr. 15-02-1966) onder de volgende verklaring:

[…] that the French Government has decided in agreement with the British Government to extend the territorial scope of the Convention to the Franco-British Condominium of the New Hebrides […].

De Britse en de Franse Ambassades te 's-Gravenhage hebben bij Nota's, gedateerd op 01-04-1970 en op die datum bij het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken te 's-Gravenhage ontvangen, medegedeeld dat de Britse en de Franse Regering in gemeenschappelijke overeenstemming de uitbreiding, met effect van 15-02-1966, van het Verdrag tot het Brits-Franse condominium der Nieuwe Hebriden hebben bevestigd.

Frankrijk heeft op 01-04-1970 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] that the French Government and the British Government have concluded an agreement confirming the above-mentioned decision on extension, which entered into force in the New Hebrides on 15 February 1966, and specifying with regard to the Condominium, the French and British authorities that are competent to issue, either jointly or separately, the certificate referred to in the Convention of 5 October 1961.

het Verenigd Koninkrijk heeft op 01-04-1970 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] that agreement has been reached between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the French Republic whereby the extension of the Convention to the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides with effect from the 15th of February, 1966, has been confirmed.

Bij de nederlegging van de Britse akte van bekrachtiging heeft de Britse Ambassadeur de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

I hereby declare on behalf of the United Kingdom that the application of the Convention shall extend to Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of the Convention. In addition, I give notice on behalf of the United Kingdom in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the Convention that in respect of the United Kingdom, Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man the authority competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention shall be Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Office, London, S.W.1.

Toepasselijkverklaring voor Anguilla, Antigua en Barbuda, Bahama's, Barbados, Bermuda, Botswana, Brits Antarctisch Territorium, Britse Maagdeneilanden, Brunei, Caymaneilanden, Dominica, Falklandeilanden, Fiji-eilanden, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Guyana, Hongkong, Jersey, Kiribati, Lesotho, Man, Mauritius, Montserrat, Saint Kitts en Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent en de Grenadines, Salomonseilanden, Seychelles, Sint-Helena, Ascension en Tristan da Cunha, Swaziland, Tonga, Turks- en Caicoseilanden, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe vanaf 25-04-1965.

Buitenwerkingtreding voor Guyana vanaf 26-05-1966, voor Botswana vanaf 30-09-1966, voor Barbados vanaf 30-11-1966, voor Lesotho vanaf 04-10-1966, voor Mauritius vanaf 13-03-1968, voor Swaziland vanaf 06-06-1968, voor Tonga vanaf 04-06-1970, voor Fiji-eilanden vanaf 10-10-1970, voor Bahama's vanaf 10-07-1973, voor Grenada vanaf 07-02-1974, voor Seychelles vanaf 29-06-1976, voor Salomonseilanden vanaf 07-07-1978, voor Tuvalu vanaf 01-10-1978, voor Dominica vanaf 03-11-1978, voor Saint Lucia vanaf 22-02-1979, voor Kiribati vanaf 12-07-1979, voor Saint Vincent en de Grenadines vanaf 27-10-1979, voor Zimbabwe vanaf 18-04-1980, voor Vanuatu vanaf 30-07-1980, voor Antigua en Barbuda vanaf 01-11-1981, voor Saint Kitts en Nevis vanaf 19-11-1983, voor Brunei vanaf 01-01-1984 en voor Hongkong vanaf 01-07-1997.

Verklaringen van voortgezette gebondenheid van Botswana op 16-09-1968, van Mauritius op 20-12-1968, van Fidji op 29-03-1971, van Tonga op 28-10-1971, van Lesotho op 24-04-1972, van de Bahamas op 30-04-1976, van Swaziland op 03-07-1978, van Antigua en Barbuda op 01-05-1985, van Barbados op 11-08-1995 en van Saint Vincent en de Grenadines op 02-05-2002 en van Vanuata op 01-08-2008.

Op 16-06-1997 zijn nota's ontvangen van de Britse en de Chinese Ambassadeurs m.b.t. de overdracht van het bestuur c.q. het weer uitoefenen van de soevereiniteit over Hong Kong door China vanaf 01-07-1997 en de toepassing van het onderhavige Verdrag op Hong Kong. Door China zijn hierbij bevoegde autoriteiten aangewezen in overeenstemming met artikel 6 van het Verdrag.

China heeft op 18-04-2012 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Office of the Chief Secretary for Administration [of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (‘HKSAR’) of the People's Republic of China] has the further honour to inform […] that in order to follow the recommendation of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Apostille Convention, the Apostille Service Office of the Judiciary of the HKSAR will indicate the limit effect of an Apostille by inserting the following statement at the top of the Apostille with effect from 23 July 2012:

‘This apostille only certifies the signature, the capacity of the signatory and the seal or stamp it bears. It does not certify the content of the document for which it is issued’.

Apart from insertion of the statement mentioned above, there will be no other change to the Apostille.

De Duitse akte van bekrachtiging was vergezeld van een nota waarin door de Duitse Bondsregering wordt verklaard, dat het Verdrag van toepassing is op het ‘Land’ Berlijn, te rekenen van 13-02-1966 af, de datum waarop het Verdrag voor de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland in werking is getreden.

Toepasselijkverklaringen door het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden voor de Nederlandse Antillen op 01-03-1967 vanaf 30-04-1967 en voor Suriname op 16-05-1967 vanaf 15-07-1967.

Buitenwerkingtreding voor Suriname vanaf 25-11-1975.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Suriname op 29-10-1976.

Wat betreft het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, geldt het Verdrag, met bijlage, dat vanaf 01-01-1986 voor Nederland (het Europese deel), de Nederlandse Antillen en Aruba gold, vanaf 10-10-2010 voor Nederland (het Europese en het Caribische deel), Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 18-10-2010 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

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

With effect from 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist as a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Since that date, the Kingdom consists of four parts: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Curaçao and Sint Maarten 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 formed part of the Netherlands Antilles — Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba — became part of the Netherlands, thus constituting ‘the Caribbean part of the Netherlands’. The agreements that applied 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.

Toepasselijkverklaring door Portugal voor Angola, Azoren, Kaapverdië, Macau, Madeira, Mozambique, Oost-Timor en Portugees Guinea vanaf 21-12-1969.

Buitenwerkingtreding voor Portugees Guinea vanaf 24-09-1973, voor Kaapverdië vanaf 05-07-1974, voor Mozambique vanaf 25-06-1975, voor Angola vanaf 11-11-1975, voor Oost-Timor vanaf 28-11-1975 en voor Macau vanaf 20-12-1999.

Toetreding door Hongarije onder de volgende verklaring:

The Hungarian People's Republic declares that the provisions of Article 13 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, done at The Hague on October 5, 1961, are contrary to resolution 1514/XV on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 14, 1960. ’

Bij de nederlegging van de akte van toetreding hebben de Verenigde Staten van Amerika het volgende medegedeeld:

On the occasion of the deposit by the United States of America of its instrument of accession to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, concluded October 5, 1961 (1961 Convention), the Depa rtment of State wishes to draw the attention of States currently parties to the Convention, and eventually of those becoming so in the future, to the provisions of Title 18, United States Code, Section 3190 relating to documents submitted to the United States Government in support of extradition requests. It does so for the purpose of preventing possible misunderstandings by stipulating that the 1961 Convention does not supersede or override the provisions of Section 3190.

Section 3190 provides:

Section 3190 Evidence on (Extradition) hearing

Depositions, warrants, or other papers or copies thereof offered in evidence upon the hearing of any extradition case shall be received and admitted as evidence on such hearing for all the purposes of such hearing if they shall be properly and legally authenticated so as to entitle them to be received for similar purposes by the tribunals of the foreign country from which the accused party shall have escaped, and the certificate of the principal diplomatic or consular officer of the United States resident in such foreign country shall be proof that the same, so offered, are authenticated in the manner required.

The requirement of Section 3190 is satisfied by the certification of the principal United States diplomatic or consular officer resident in the State requesting extradition that the documents are in such form as to be admissible in the tribunals of that State. The certification by apostille under the 1961 Convention does not satisfy this requirement, as it only certifies the signature, the capacity of the signer, and the seal on the documents. It does not certify the admissibility of the documents. Thus, the requirement of section 3190 is not deemed by the United States to be overridden by operation of Article 8 of the 1961 Convention.

It should be noted, however, that a certification by the principal diplomatic or consular officer of the United States as set out in section 3190 has also served to legalize such documents, and will continue to do so without the need for any other legalization by United States officials or certification by the apostille under the 1961 Convention.

In light of the above, it is recommended that States party to the 1961 Convention continue as before to cover documents supporting extradition requests directed to the United States with the special certification provided for by section 3190. Failure to cover extradition documents in this recommended manner could regrettably result in a finding by the United States judge or magistrate hearing the extradition request that the documents do not meet the requirements of section 3190 and thus are not entitled to be received and admitted as evidence. Such a finding could, in turn, result in the irrevocable rejection of the extradition request.

De Verenigde Staten van Amerika hebben op 06-09-2017 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Embassy of the United States of America […] has the honor to convey that, having regard to the July 2016 entry into force of the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (‘the Apostille Convention’) for the Republic of Kosovo, the United States wishes to notify all Contracting States that, consistent with its obligations under the Apostille Convention, the United States will not give legal effect under the Convention to any certification purporting to be an Apostille issued within the territory of Kosovo by an entity other than the designated Kosovo competent authority.

As recognized in Conclusion and Recommendation 7 of the 2016 Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Apostille Convention, and as memorialized in Paragraph 113 of the Handbook on the Practical Operation of the Apostille Convention, the law of Kosovo determines whether a document is a public document to which the Apostille Convention applies and to which only the competent authorities of Kosovo may affix an Apostille Certificate.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Botswana op 16-09-1968.

Het Verdrag is voor Botswana in werking getreden met de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 30-09-1966), met Frankrijk op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 30-09-1966), met Malta op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 02-03-1968), met het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 30-09-1966 voor wat betreft Nederland, 30-04-1967 voor wat betreft de Nederlandse Antillen en 15-07-1967 voor wat betreft Suriname), met Oostenrijk op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 13-01-1968), met het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 30-09-1966), met Zuidslavië op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 30-09-1966), met Malawi op 02-11-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 01-12-1967) en met Portugal op 02-11-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 04-02-1969).

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Mauritius op 20-12-1968.

Het Verdrag is voor Mauritius in werking getreden met de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 12-03-1968), met Frankrijk op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 12-03-1968), met Malta op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 12-03-1968), met het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 12-03-1968), met Oostenrijk op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 12-03-1968), met het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 12-03-1968), met Zuidslavië op 03-09-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 12-03-1968), met Malawi op 02-11-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 12-03-1968) en met Portugal op 02-11-1969 (iwtr. m. twk. 04-02-1969).

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Fidji op 29-03-1971.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Tonga op 28-10-1971.

Tonga heeft op 15-11-2010 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

(…) all Apostilles issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Tonga and its designated Diplomatic Missions shall now be subject to an administrative fee before issuance.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Lesotho op 24-04-1972.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Bahamas op 30-04-1976.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Suriname op 29-10-1976.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Swaziland op 03-07-1978.

Toetreding door Argentinië onder de volgende verklaring:

La República Argentina rechaza la extensión de la aplicación de la Convención Suprimiendo la Exigencia de Legalización de los Documentos Públicos Extranjeros, adoptada en La Haya el 5 de octubre de 1961 a las islas Malvinas, Georgias del Sur y Sandwich del Sur que fue notificada por el Reino Unido de Gran Bretana e Irlanda del Norte al Ministerio de Asuntos Extranjeros del Reino de los Paises Bajos el 24 de febrero de 1965, y reafirma sus derechos de soberanía sobre las islas Malvinas, Georgias del Sur y Sandwich del Sur, que forman parte integrante de su territorio nacional.

La Asamblea General de las Nacionas Unidas ha adoptado las resoluciones 2065 (XX), 3160 (XXVIII), 31/49, 37/9, 38/12, 39/6, 40/21 y 41/40 en las que se reconoce la existencia de una disputa de soberanía referida a la cuestion de las islas Malvinas y se urge a la República Argentina y al Reino Unido de Gran Bretana e Irlanda del Norte a mantener las negociaciones a fin de encontrar lo antes posible, una selucíon pacífica y definitiva de la disputa, con la interposición de los buenos oficios del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, quien deberá informar a la Asamblea General acerca de los progresos realizados.

La República Argentina rechaza, asimismo, la extensión de la Convención al llamado ‘Territorio Antártico Británico’, formulada en la misma fecha, a la par que reafirma los derechos de la República al Sector Antártico Argentino, incluyendo los relativos a su soberanía o jurisdicción marítima correspondiente. Recuerda, además, las salvaguardias sobre reclamaciones de soberanía territorial en la Antártida previstas en el articulo IV del Tratado Antártico, suscripto en Washington el 1° de diciembre de 1959, del cual son Partes la República Argentina y el Reino Unido de Gran Bretana e Irlanda del Norte. ’

The Republic of Argentina objects to the extension of the application of the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents concluded at The Hague on 5 October 1961 to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich, as notified by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 24 February 1965, and reaffirms its rights of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich, which form an integral part of its national territory. The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions 2065 (XX), 3160 (XXVIII), 31/49, 37/9, 38/12, 39/6, 40/21 and 41/40 recognising the existence of a dispute concerning sovereignty in respect of the Malvinas, and urging the Republic of Argentina and the United Kingdom to continue negotiations in order to find as soon as possible a peaceful and definitive solution to the dispute, through the good offices of the Secretary General of the United Nations, who would report to the General Assembly on progress made.

The Republic of Argentina also objects to the extension of the application of the Convention to the so-called ‘British Antarctic Territory’, lodged on the same date, while reaffirming the rights of the Republic to the Argentine Antarctic Sector, including those relating to its corresponding maritime sovereignty or jurisdiction. Furthermore, it would refer to the assurances concerning claims to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica laid down in Article IV of the Antarctic Treaty, signed in Washington on 1 December 1959, to which the Republic of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are parties.

De Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland heeft tegen deze verklaring op 27-08-1987 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt:

The Goverment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland cannot accept the declaration made by the Argentine Republic as regards the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Goverment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland have no doubt as to United Kingdom sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and, accordingly, their right to extend the application of the Convention to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland also cannot accept the declaration made by the Argentine Republic as regards the British Antarctic Territory. The Government of the United Kindom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland havo no doubt as to the sovereignty of the United Kingdom over the British Antarctic Territory and, accordingly, their right to extend the application of the Convention to the British Antarctic Territory. The Government of the United Kingdom draw attention to Article IV of the Antarctic Treaty, to wich the Governments of the United Kingdom and Argentina are parties. Article IV freezes claims to Antarctic territory South of 60 degrees South Latitude. ’

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Antigua en Barbuda op 01-05-1985.

Vóórdat op 01-04-1992 de toetreding perfect was geworden had de Sovjet-Unie opgehouden te bestaan.

Verklaringen van voortgezette gebondenheid van de Russische Federatie op 11-05-1992 (iwtr. 31-05-1992) en van Witrusland op 16-06-1992.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Slovenië op 08-06-1992.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van de Russische Federatie op 11-05-1992 (iwtr. 31-05-1992).

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Witrusland op 16-06-1992 onder de volgende verklaring:

[…] official documents issued by government agencies of the Belarussian Republic for use in the territories of contracting States of the Hague Convention, repealing the necessity of legalisation of foreign offical documents, are now authorised only by an apostille written on these documents.

Verklaringen van voortgezette gebondenheid van Slovenië op 08-06-1992, van Kroatië op 05-04-1993, van Bosnië-Herzegowina op 23-08-1993, van De Voormalige Joegoslavische Republiek Macedonië op 20-09-1993 en van de Federale Republiek Joegoslavië op 19-04-2001.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Kroatië op 05-04-1993.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Bosnië-Herzegowina op 23-08-1993.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van De Voormalige Joegoslavische Republiek Macedonië op 20-09-1993.

De depositaris deelt het volgende mee betreffende een op 02-12-1993 door Griekenland afgelegde verklaring:

On 2 December 1993 the depositary received the following objection from Greece concerning the succession of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Since the objection was received after the time limit for filing objections had expired, it will have no legal consequences.

‘As regards the notification of 1st October 1993 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Kingdom of [the] Netherlands and the proposed continuity by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in respect to the conventions to which the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a party we would like to bring to your attention the following:

—: Participation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the conventions mentioned in the above notification does not amount to recognition of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on behalf of Greece.
—: Those of the above conventions which are binding upon Greece remain without effect as between the latter and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This implies that the Convention will remain without effect as between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.’

Toetreding door Australië onder de volgende verklaring:

— pursuant to Article 13, the Convention shall extend to all the territories for the international relations of which it is responsible.

Toepasselijkverklaring door Australië voor Ashmore en Cartiereilanden, Australisch Antarctisch Territorium, Christmaseiland, Cocoseilanden, Heardeiland en McDonaldeilanden, Koraal Zee-eilanden en Norfolk vanaf 16-03-1995.

Tegen de toetreding van Liberia is bezwaar gemaakt door België, Duitsland en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika.

De Verenigde Staten van Amerika heeft op 07-12-1995 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Liberia:

… that the United States is not prepared at this time to accept the accession of Liberia to the 1961 Hague Legalization Convention. The United States does not believe that affective steps have been taken, or are possible at this time, to ensure that documents originated in the United States that have been certified by the apostille certification for which provision is made in the Convention, will be recognized as to their certified form by authorities throughout Liberia as required by the Convention.

België heeft op 08-12-1995 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

... Belgium wishes to raise an objection to the accession of Liberia to the mentioned Convention, in accordance with Article 12.

De Verenigde Staten heeft op 20-05-2015 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[...] the United States of America withdraws its objection to the accession of Liberia to the Convention.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Barbados op 11-08-1995.

Op 16-06-1997 heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken de volgende nota gedateerd 11-06-1997 van de Ambassadeur van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland ontvangen met betrekking tot de overdracht op 01-07-1997 van het bestuur over Hong Kong door het Verenigd Koninkrijk aan de Volksrepubliek China:

Your Excellency

I am instructed by Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to refer to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents done at the Hague on 5 October 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) 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.

I should be grateful if the contents of this Note could be placed formally on record and brought to the attention of the other Parties to the Convention. ’

Op 16-06-1997 heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken de volgende nota gedateerd 03-06-1997 van de Ambassadeur van de Volksrepubliek China ontvangen met betrekking tot het weer uitoefenen van de soevereiniteit over Hong Kong door de Volksrepubliek China:

No. He Wai Fa (97)-54

Your Excellency,

In accordance with the Joint Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Question of Hong Kong signed on 19 December 1984 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Joint Declaration’), the People's Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997. Hong Kong will, with effect from that date, become a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and will enjoy a high degree of autonomy, except in foreign and defence affairs which are the responsibilities of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China.

It is provided both in Section XI of Annex I to the Joint Declaration, ‘Elaboration by the Government of the People's Republic of China of its Basic Policies Regarding Hong Kong’, and Article 153 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, which was adopted on 4 April 1990 by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, that international agreements to which the People's Republic of China is not a party but which are implemented in Hong Kong may continue to be implemented in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

In accordance with the above provisions, I am instructed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China to make the following notification:

The Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents done at the Hague on 5 October 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Convention’), by which the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is designated as the depository, which applies to Hong Kong at present, will continue to apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with effect from 1 July 1997. The Government of the People's Republic of China also makes the following declaration:

Within the above ambit, responsibility for the international rights and obligations of a party to the Convention will be assumed by the Government of the People's Republic of China.

It would be appreciated if the contents of this Note could be placed formally on record and brought to the attention of the other Parties to the Convention. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.

(vertaling)

De Regering van Spanje heeft op 04-08-1997 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt met betrekking tot de toepasselijkverklaring van het Verdrag door het Verenigd Koninkrijk op Gibraltar:

El Reino de España considera que el modelo de apostilla utilizado por las Autoridades del Reino Unido en Gibralter implica una clara violación del Convenio de La Haya citado, cuyo artículo 13 sólo permite a los Estados-parte del mismo extender dicho Convenio a todos los territorios de cuyas relaciones internacionales estén encargados, pudiendo en consecuencia estos territorios expedir apostillas, pero nunca como ‘países’, tal y como aparece en las expedidas por Gibraltar.

Gran Bretaña, en efecto, extendió en su momento la aplicación territorial del Convenio a Gibraltar, que tiene la consideración, según las propias Autoridades británicas, de territorio dependiente y no de ‘país’. La autoproclamación en el modelo de apostilla citado de Gibraltar como ‘país’ no sólo no es aceptable por España, sino que no refleja el actual estatuto que dicho territorio posee desde el punto de vista del Derecho Internacional.

En consecuencia, el Reino de España declara que no acepta la validez de las apostillas expedidas por el Reino Unido en Gibraltar en las que aparezca el nombre de la Colonia como ‘país’.

El Reino de España solicita al Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de los Países Bajos que comunique esta decisión a los Estados-parte del citado Convenio.

[…] the Colony of Gibraltar has issued certificates (apostilles) under the Hague Convention no. XII of 5 October 1961 in which the name of the territory is stated against the word ‘country’. The Kingdom of Spain considers that the certificate used by the authorities of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar constitutes a clear violation of the Convention referred to above. Article 13 of the Convention allows the contracting States to extend the Convention to all the territories for the international relations of which they are responsible, thus enabling such territories to issue certificates, but never as ‘countries’, as Gibraltar has done. Accordingly, Great Britain extended the territorial application of the Convention to Gibraltar, which the British authorities themselves consider to be a dependent territory and not a ‘country'. Gibraltar's self-proclamation in the certificate as ‘country’ is not only unacceptable to Spain, it does not reflect the current status of this territory under international law. As a result, the Kingdom of Spain declares that it denies the validity of certificates issued by the United Kingdom and Gibraltar in which the name of the Colony is entered against the word ‘country’.

Toetreding door Niue op 10-06-1998.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 01-01-1999 was verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Toetreding door Tsjechië op 23-06-1998.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 15-01-1999 was verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Toetreding door Venezuela op 01-07-1998.

Toetreding door Samoa op 18-01-1999.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Samoa bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 15-07-1999 was verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Colombia heeft op 03-02-2005 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

… as of December 15th of 2004, the apostille issued by the Coordination of Legalizations and Apostille of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia will no longer be attached to its respective documents in the form of a sticker, but mechanically with a metallic staple.

As of December 15th of 2004, the apostille format will also include a space at the bottom reserved for identifying the document for which the apostille is issued and for the names and surnames of its holder.

Colombia heeft op 22-04-2005 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

… as of May 1st of 2005, the signature which appears on the Colombian Apostille format, will no longer be written in ink, but will be scanned.

Colombia heeft op 12-10-2007 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

As from October 8th, 2007, Colombia has introduced a new Apostille Certificate, which sample is attached hereto. Its basic characteristics are as follows:

*: The Apostille is printed in black and white, on normal paper, instead of the security paper used up to now.
*: The security features of the current Apostille Certificate have been replaced and reinforced by the use of digital certificates and encrypted signatures, following the recommendations and conclusions of the Third International Forum on Digital Evidence held in Los Angeles (May 29, 2007) at which the e-APP was discussed in detail.
*: The authenticity of Apostilles issued by the Government of Colombia may still be verified by using the e-Register, which is accessible on our web site www.cancilleria.gov.co/apostilla. States Parties are highly encouraged to regularly use the E-Register.
*: The presentation of the e-Register has been slightly modified: instead of the current view of a summary containing the basic data of the Apostille, users are able to view an exact color image of the Apostille that has been issued.
*: The use of a digital certificate will guarantee that the electronic version of the Apostille has not been tampered. Likewise, if the paper Apostille attached to the document somehow differs from the one displayed in the e-Register, it likely means that the paper Apostille has been altered.
*: For a transitional period of time, and until the stock of current Apostilles expires, the Government of Colombia will be issuing both models, that are equally valid and authentic.

Colombia heeft op 17-01-2012 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] the following information in accordance with the electronic Apostille Pilot Program (e-APP) […]:

*: The Apostille is printed in black and white, on normal paper.
*: The security features of the old Apostille Certificate were replaced and reinforced by the use of digital certificates and encrypted signatures.
*: The authenticity of Apostille[s] issued by the Government of Colombia may be verified by using the e-Register, which is accessible on the web site https://cancilleria.gov.co/tramitesmre/ciudadano/consultaApostilla/wfrmapostilla.aspx
*: The presentation of the e-Register was slightly modified, instead of the current view of a summary containing the basic data of the Apostille, users are able to view an exact color image of the Apostille that has been issued. With these changes there is a better security to the procedure because the use of a digital certificate guarantees that the electronic version of the certificate will not be forged.

Furthermore, we have implemented the Apostille online from the electronic source documents, such as the Judicial Certificate and the INVIMA Certificate, which can be consulted with the Apostille, and there is included -in addition of the standard items-, the name of the owner, leaf number, type and number of the document; in order to establish the correspondence between it and the Apostille.

Toetreding door Kazachstan op 05-04-2000.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Kazachstan bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 01-12-2000 is verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Toetreding door Namibië op 25-04-2000.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Namibië bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 01-12-2000 is verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Toetreding door Colombia op 27-04-2000.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Colombia bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 01-12-2000 is verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Toetreding door Estland op 11-12-2000.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Estland bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden welke op 01-08-2001 is verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Ratificatie door Nieuw-Zeeland onder de volgende verklaring:

… this accession shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to that effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary, in accordance with Article 13 of the Convention.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Nieuw Zeeland bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden welke op 23-09-2001 is verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

België heeft op 03-10-2003 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Oekraïne:

The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium declares in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention, that the Convention will not take effect between the Republic of Ukraine and the Kingdom of Belgium.

België heeft op 05-07-2004 dit bezwaar ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium withdraws its declaration made in accordance with article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention, so the Convention will take effect between the Republic of Ukraine and the Kingdom of Belgium.

Duitsland heeft op 20-10-2003 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Oekraïne:

Ukraine has declared its accession to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961. The Embassy [of the Federal Republic of Germany] hereby raises an objection to Ukraine's accession with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Duitsland heeft het bezwaar van 20-10-2003 vanaf 22-07-2010 ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

The Federal Republic of Germany withdraws the objection to the accession of Ukraine to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961.

Toetreding door Bulgarije op 01-08-2000.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Staten tegen de toetreding van Bulgarije bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke verstreek op 28-02-2001, is de toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Toetreding door Roemenië op 07-06-2000.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Staten tegen de toetreding van Roemenië bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke verstreek op 12-01-2001, is de toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Toetreding door Slowakije onder een verklaring.

Toetreding door Slowakije op 06-06-2001.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Slowakije bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 20-12-2001 was verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Toetreding door Grenada op 17-07-2001.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Grenada bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, van het Verdrag bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 06-02-2002 is verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van de Federale Republiek Joegoslavië op 19-04-2001.

Toetreding door Saint Lucia op 05-12-2001.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Saint Lucia op 05-12-2001 bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 01-06-2002 is verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Toetreding door Monaco op 24-04-2002.

Aangezien geen der Verdragsluitende Partijen tegen de toetreding van Monaco bezwaar heeft gemaakt binnen de in artikel 12, tweede alinea, van het Verdrag bedoelde termijn van zes maanden, welke op 01-11-2002 was verstreken, is deze toetreding op die datum perfect geworden.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Saint Vincent en de Grenadines op 02-05-2002.

De Verdragsluitende Staten kunnen indien zij dit wensen een beroep doen op de bepalingen van artikel 12 van het onderhavige Verdrag. De termijn voor Saint Vincent en de Grenadines loopt van 19-07-2002 tot 19-01-2003.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van het Gemenebest Dominica op 22-10-2002.

In overeenstemming met artikel 13, tweede lid, verklaarde het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland op 24-02-1965 dat het Verdrag mede van toepassing zou zijn op onder meer Dominica; het Verdrag trad ingevolge artikel 13, derde lid, juncto artikel 11, tweede lid, op 25-04-1965 in werking voor Dominica.

De Verdragsluitende Staten kunnen indien zij dit wensen een beroep doen op de bepalingen van artikel 12 van het onderhavige Verdrag. De termijn voor het Gemenebest Dominica loopt van 11-11-2002 tot 11-05-2003.

Op 04-02-2003 heeft de Federale Republiek Joegoslavië haar naam gewijzigd in ‘Servië en Montenegro’.

Toetreding door Albanië op 03-09-2003.

Ingevolge het bepaalde in artikel 12, tweede alinea, van het Verdrag zal de toetreding van Albanië slechts gevolg hebben tussen Albanië en die Verdragsluitende Staten die binnen een termijn van zes maanden na de depositaire notificatie geen bezwaar tegen de toetreding hebben gemaakt.

De Regering van Spanje heeft op 03-03-2004 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt met betrekking tot de toetreding van het Verdrag door Albanië:

In accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention, Spain hereby declares that the Convention shall not enter into force between the Republic of Albania and the Kingdom of Spain.

Spanje heeft op 07-02-2017 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Kingdom of Spain withdraws the objection raised on 1 March 2004 to the accession of the Republic of Albania to the Convention of 5 October 1960 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents. Therefore, the Convention enters into force between the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Albania.

Het Verdrag is voor Albanië in werking getreden met Spanje op 07-02-2017.

De Regering van België heeft op 05-03-2004 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt met betrekking tot de toetreding van het Verdrag door Albanië:

The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium declares in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention that the Convention will not take effect between the Republic of Albania and the Kingdom of Belgium.

België heeft op 21-12-2015 dit bezwaar ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

In 2004 Belgium raised an objection to the accession of Albania in accordance with article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention. […] Belgium has decided to withdraw this objection.

De Regering van Duitsland heeft op 08-03-2004 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt met betrekking tot de toetreding van het Verdrag door Albanië:

Albania has declared its accession to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961. The Embassy hereby raises an objection to Albania's accession with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Duitsland heeft op 09-12-2016 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Federal Republic of Germany herewith reverses the objection to the accession of Albania to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents ("Apostille Convention").

De Regering van Griekenland heeft op 09-03-2004 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt met betrekking tot de toetreding van het Verdrag door Albanië:

Le Gouvernement de la République Hellénique conformément à l'article 12 paragraphe 2 de la Convention de La Haye (5.10.1961) soulève des objections dans le sens que ladite Convention ne prendra pas effet entre la République Hellénique et la République d'Albanie.

Griekenland heeft op 26-02-2018 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] the Hellenic Republic hereby withdraws its objection to the accession of Albania to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents (The Hague, 5 October 1961).

Het Verdrag is voor Albanië in werking getreden met Griekenland op 26-02-2018.

De Regering van Italië heeft op 09-03-2004 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt met betrekking tot de toetreding van het Verdrag door Albanië:

…with reference to Article 12 of the Convention eliminating the need of legalisation of foreign public documents, signed in The Hague on October 5th, 1961, Italy raises an opposition to the entering into force of the above mentioned Convention in bilateral relations between Italy and Albania.

Italy reserves the faculty to re-examine its position at a later stage.

Italië heeft op 26-05-2011 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Italy has expressed the will to withdraw the objections raised (article 12, para 2) to the accession of Albania to the Convention.

Toetreding door Uruguay op 09-02-2012. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-08-2012.

Toetreding door Ecuador op 02-07-2004.

Ingevolge het bepaalde in artikel 12, tweede alinea, van het Verdrag zal de toetreding van Ecuador slechts gevolg hebben tussen Ecuador en die Verdragsluitende Staten die binnen een termijn van zes maanden na de depositaire notificatie geen bezwaar tegen de toetreding hebben gemaakt.

Toetreding door de Cook Eilanden op 13-07-2004.

Ingevolge het bepaalde in artikel 12, tweede alinea, van het Verdrag zal de toetreding van de Cook Eilanden slechts gevolg hebben tussen de Cook Eilanden en die Verdragsluitende Staten die binnen een termijn van zes maanden na de depositaire notificatie geen bezwaar tegen de toetreding hebben gemaakt.

Toetreding door Honduras op 20-01-2004.

Ingevolge het bepaalde in artikel 12, tweede alinea, van het Verdrag zal de toetreding van Honduras slechts gevolg hebben tussen Honduras en die Verdragsluitende Staten die binnen een termijn van zes maanden na de depositaire notificatie geen bezwaar tegen de toetreding hebben gemaakt.

België heeft op 20-04-2005 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van India:

The Embassy hereby notifies that Belgium believes it is necessary to make a reservation in connection with India's accession to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.

België heeft op 10-01-2008 dit bezwaar ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

… Belgium has decided, effective immediately, to withdraw the reservation that it had made concerning India's accession to the Convention of 5 October 1961 abolishing the requirement for the legalisation of foreign public documents.

Duitsland heeft op 21-04-2005 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van India:

India has declared its accession to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961.

The Embassy hereby raises an objection to India's accession with reference to article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention.

Finland heeft op 02-05-2005 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van India:

Pursuant to Article 15[lees: 12], second paragraph, of that Convention Finland hereby objects to the accession of India. Consequently, pursuant to Article 15[lees: 12], third paragraph, the Convention shall not enter into force between India and Finland.

Finland heeft het bezwaar van 02-05-2005 vanaf 05-10-2009 ingetrokken.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 13-05-2005 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van India:

…the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba) raises an objection to the accession of India to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 16-09-2008 het op 13-05-2005 gemaakte bezwaar ingetrokken.

Spanje heeft op 13-05-2005 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van India:

In accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention, Spain hereby declares that the Convention shall not enter into force between the Republic of India and the Kingdom of Spain.

Spanje heeft op 12-02-2008 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Spain withdraws the objection in accordance with article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Therefore, the mentioned Convention will enter into force between Spain and India.

Duitsland heeft op 27-12-2004 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Azerbeidzjan:

Azerbaijan has declared its accession to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961. The Federal Republic of Germany hereby raises an objection to Azerbaijan's accession with reference to article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention.

Duitsland heeft op 16-03-2026 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Federal Republic of Germany hereby withdraws its objection to the accession of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation of Foreign Public Documents ("Apostille Convention").

Hongarije heeft op 04-01-2005 bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Azerbeidzjan. Hongarije heeft op 31-12-2004 hierover de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

… that Hungary raises objection to the accession of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, signed in Hague, on the 5th October 1961. The objection is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 of the Convention, according to which ‘Each Contracting State shall designate by reference to their official function, the authorities who are competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3’.

Hongarije heeft op 10-03-2005 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

… that the Republic of Hungary revokes its objection raised on 31 December 2004 (No. 83/J/2004.) to the accession of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, signed in the Hague, on the 5th October 1961. The revocation is based on the notification given by the Republic of Azerbaijan. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan designated as competent authority — with his instruction No. 544 of December 2004 — the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan for documents emanating from courts, public prosecutors, and justice authorities, including documents certified in notarial order and state civil acts registration documents; and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan for other documents.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 24-12-2004 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Azerbeidzjan:

… the Kingdom of the Netherlands raises an objection to the accession of Azerbaijan to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 10-08-2010 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Kingdom of the Netherlands withdraws its declaration made in accordance with Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention, objecting to the accession of Azerbaijan to the Convention. Therefore, the Convention will take effect between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Azerbaijan as of 10 August 2010.

Ratificatie door Denemarken onder de volgende verklaring:

… that the Convention as yet does not apply for Greenland and the Faro Islands.

Toepasselijkverklaring door Denemarken voor de Faeröer eilanden vanaf 13-12-2021 d.m.v. de volgende verklaring:

The Convention should now be applied to the Faroe Islands. The Kingdom of Denmark thus withdraws its territorial declaration with regard to the Faroe Islands in accordance with Article 13 of the Convention.

Duitsland heeft op 05-01-2007 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Moldavië:

The Republic of Moldova has declared its accession to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961. The Federal Republic of Germany raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Moldova with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the aforementioned Convention.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Montenegro op 30-01-2007 onder de volgende verklaring:

… the Government of the Republic of Montenegro succeeds to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, adopted at The Hague on October, 5th, 1961, and takes faithfully to perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained as from June 3rd 2006, the date upon the Republic of Montenegro assumed responsibility for its international relations.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Montenegro op 30-01-2007.

Toetreding door Georgië onder de volgende verklaring:

This Convention does not apply to the documents issued by the de facto illegitimate authorities and officials of the regions of Georgia: Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia.

Duitsland heeft op 14-03-2007 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Georgië:

Georgia has declared its accession to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961. The Federal Republic of Germany raises an objection to the accession of Georgia with reference to article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Duitsland heeft op 03-02-2010 het bezwaar ingetrokken.

The Federal Republic of Germany withdraws the objection to the accession of Georgia to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961.

Griekenland heeft op 15-03-2007 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Georgië:

In accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Hague Convention on abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents of October 1961, the Government of the Hellenic Republic hereby raises an objection such that the said Convention shall not enter into force between the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Georgia.

Griekenland heeft op 17-12-2015 het bezwaar ingetrokken.

[…] the Hellenic Republic hereby withdraws the objection raised to the accession of Georgia to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents (The Hague, 5 October 1961).

Toetreding door Sao Tomé en Principe op 13-09-2008. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-07-2008.

Verklaring van voortgezette gebondenheid van Vanuatu op 01-08-2008. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 01-03-2009.

Toetreding door de Dominicaanse Republiek op 12-12-2008. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 01-07-2009.

Duitsland heeft op 11-06-2009 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Dominicaanse Republiek bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

The Dominican Republic has declared its accession to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961.

The Federal Republic of Germany raises an objection to the accession of the Dominican Republic with reference to Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention.

België heeft op 24-06-2009 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Dominicaanse Republiek bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

The Embassy hereby wishes to raise an objection to the accession of the Dominican Republic to the mentioned Convention, in accordance with Article 12.

België heeft op 08-03-2019 dit bezwaar ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

In 2009 Belgium raised an objection to the accession of the Dominican Republic in accordance with article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention. […] Belgium has decided to withdraw this objection.

Oostenrijk heeft op 24-06-2009 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Dominicaanse Republiek bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

…with reference to article 12 paragraph 2 of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961, the Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the Dominican Republic to the said convention.

Oostenrijk heeft op 30-01-2023 dit bezwaar ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

In accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, the Republic of Austria had raised an objection to the accession of the Dominican Republic to the Convention.

Following a review of this objection, the Republic of Austria has decided to withdraw its objection to the accession of the Dominican Republic to the Convention.

Inwerkingtreding voor Oostenrijk en de Dominicaanse Republiek vanaf 30-01-2023.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 26-06-2009 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Dominicaanse Republiek bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

… the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba) raises an objection to the accession of the Dominican Republic to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 03-11-2017 dit bezwaar ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

The Kingdom of the Netherlands withdraws its declaration made in accordance with Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention, objecting to the accession of the Dominican Republic to the Convention.

Therefore, the Convention will take effect between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Dominican Republic as of 3 November 2017.

Toetreding door Mongolië op 31-12-2009. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 01-11-2009.

Oostenrijk heeft op 18-09-2009 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Mongolië bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

…with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961, the Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of Mongolia to the said convention.

België heeft op 21-10-2009 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Mongolië bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

The Embassy hereby wishes to raise an objection to the accession of Mongolia to the mentioned Convention, in accordance with Article 12, second paragraph.

Duitsland heeft op 22-10-2009 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Mongolië bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

Mongolia has declared its accession on 2 April 2009 to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961. The Federal Republic of Germany hereby raises an objection to the accession of Mongolia with reference to Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention.

Finland heeft op 28-10-2009 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Mongolië bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

Pursuant to Article 12, second paragraph, of that Convention Finland hereby objects to the accession of Mongolia. Consequently, pursuant to Article 12, third paragraph, the Convention shall not enter into force between Mongolia and Finland.

Griekenland heeft op 30-10-2009 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Mongolië bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

…in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 1961, the Government of the Hellenic Republic hereby raises an objection to the accession of Mongolia to the above mentioned Convention.

Toetreding door Kaapverdië onder de volgende verklaring:

…in accordance with Article 6 of this Convention, the authorities of the Republic of Cape Verde which are competent to issue the certificate referred to in Article 3, (…), are the Direcção-Geral dos Registos e Notariado of the Ministry of Justice and the Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Consulares e Comunidades of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-12-2009.

Toetreding door Peru op 13-01-2010. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 01-08-2010.

Duitsland heeft op 15-07-2010 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Peru:

The Federal Republic of Germany herewith objects to the accession of Peru to the Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Documents (The Hague, 5 October 1961).

Duitsland heeft het bezwaar ingetrokken per 01-01-2014.

Griekenland heeft op 28-07-2010 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Peru:

In accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents of 1961, the Government of the Hellenic Republic hereby raises an objection to the accession of Peru to the above mentioned Convention.

Toetreding door Kirgizië op 15-11-2010. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 01-06-2011.

België heeft op 27-04-2011 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kirgizië:

Belgium […] wishes to raise an objection to the accession of Kyrgyzstan to the mentioned Convention, in accordance with Article 12.

België heeft het bezwaar ingetrokken per 11-06-2025 onder de volgende verklaring:

On 27 April 2011 Belgium raised an objection to the accession of Kyrgyzstan to the abovementioned Convention in accordance with article 12 of the Convention, as a result of which the Convention did not enter into force between Kyrgyzstan and Belgium. […] the Kingdom of Belgium has the honor to inform the […] depositary of the Apostille Convention of the withdrawal of this objection.

Therefore, the Convention entered into force between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kyrgyz Republic on 11 June 2025.

Oostenrijk heeft op 19-05-2011 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kirgizië:

The Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the Kyrgyz Republic with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Duitsland heeft op 23-05-2011 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kirgizië:

The Federal Republic of Germany […] objects to the accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Convention deLa Haye Abolishing the Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Documents (The Hague, 5 October 1961) with reference to Art. 12, paragraph 2 of the above-named Convention.

Duitsland heeft het bezwaar ingetrokken per 07-10-2024 onder de volgende verklaring:

The Federal Republic of Germany herewith reverses the objection to the accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation of Foreign Public Documents (‘Apostille Convention’).

Inwerkingtreding tussen Kirgizië en Duitsland per 07-10-2024.

Griekenland heeft op 24-05-2011 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kirgizië:

[…] in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2 of the […] Convention […] the Government of the Hellenic Republic hereby raises an objection to the accession of Kyrgyzstan to the above mentioned Convention.

Toetreding door Costa Rica op 06-04-2011. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-10-2011.

Toetreding door Costa Rica onder de volgende verklaring:

The ‘Departamento de Autenticaciones, de la Dirección General del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de Costa Rica’ has been designated by the Government of Costa Rica, as the competent authority under article 6 of the Convention.

Toetreding door Oezbekistan op 15-04-2012. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-02-2012.

België heeft op 13-01-2012 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Oezbekistan:

[…] in accordance with Article 12 of the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, concluded at The Hague on 5 October 1961, the Belgian authorities raise an objection to the accession of Uzbekistan.

België heeft het bezwaar ingetrokken per 11-06-2025 onder de volgende verklaring:

On 13 January 2012 Belgium raised an objection to the accession of Uzbekistan to the abovementioned Convention in accordance with article 12 of the Convention, as a result of which the Convention did not enter into force between Uzbekistan and Belgium. […] the Kingdom of Belgium has the honor to inform the […] depositary of the Apostille Convention of the withdrawal of this objection.

Therefore, the Convention entered into force between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Uzbekistan on 11 June 2025.

Duitsland heeft op 01-02-2012 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Oezbekistan:

The Federal Republic of Germany […] objects to the accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legalisation for Foreign Documents (The Hague, 5 October 1961) with reference to Art. 12, paragraph 2 of the above-named Convention.

Griekenland heeft op 08-02-2012 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Oezbekistan:

[…] in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2 of the said Convention, […] the Hellenic Republic hereby raises an objection to the accession of Uzbekistan to the above mentioned Convention.

Oostenrijk heeft op 03-02-2012 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Oezbekistan:

The Republic of Uzbekistan has declared its accession to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961. The Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

De depositaris deelt het volgende mee betreffende een op 25-05-2005 door Portugal gemaakt bezwaar tegen de toetreding van India:

On 25 May 2005 the depositary received the following objection from Portugal concerning India's accession. Since the objection was received after the time limit for filing objections had expired, it will have no legal consequences.

‘[…] and has the honour to notify the Netherlands, as depositary of the Hague Convention on Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents of the 5th October 1961 and according to its article 12, paragraph 2, that Portugal objects to the accession of India to the said Convention.’

Servië heeft op 09-06-2006 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] following the declaration of the state independence of Montenegro, and under the Article 60 of the Constitutional Charter of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia is continuing international personality of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, which was confirmed also by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia at its session held on 5 June 2006.

Servië heeft op 18-12-2015 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

By its note no. 839/2015 of 6 November 2015, the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia conveyed the view of its Government that Kosovo could not be treated as a State pursuant to Article 12 of the 1961 Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents (hereinafter the Apostille Convention), and for that reason, it requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, as the depositary of the Convention, not to allow the deposition of the instrument of accession by Kosovo's authorities. Alternatively, it requested that the deposition is suspended until the proper decision of the organs of the Hague Conference on Private International Law is adopted.

By its note no. 916/2015 of 28 November 2015, the Embassy further explained its position, emphasizing that the issue of statehood of an international subject claiming accession to the Convention has a preliminary character, because only States are capable to accede. The answer to that issue should precede the act of deposition of the instrument of accession and, even more, it should precede the stage of raising objections as an opportunity for the Contracting States pursuant to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Yet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by its note verbale no. 2015.660990 of 2 December 2015, declared that Serbia raised an objection to the accession of Kosovo, treating Serbia's note of 6 November 2015 as the objection in accordance with Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention. The substance of Serbia's note of 6 November 2015 has also been included into the Notification of 11 December 2015 pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention, available on the website of the depositary. However, a logical question arises how it could be possible that a State raised an objection pursuant to Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention before the deposition of the instrument of accession of a new Contracting State took place. Serbia actually requested the depositary to bring the preliminary question of Kosovo's disputed statehood to the attention of the Contracting States of the Apostille Convention and the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference on Private International Law as the competent organ of the international organization concerned. By refusing to perform its function in the suggested way, the depositary, in the view of Serbia, has breached its neutrality.

The Republic of Serbia will continue insisting on its position in the further communication to the Council on General Affairs and Policy, both regarding the incapability of Kosovo to be a Contracting State of the 1961 Apostille Convention and regarding the unacceptable procedure of its accession.

Servië heeft op 26-04-2016 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as Depositary of the 1961 Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents, and with reference to the Note of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain no. 25/16 of 1 April 2016 and the Depositary response to that Note published on the Treaty Database on 15 April 2016 under no. 19/2016, has the honour to inform that Serbia aligns itself with the declaration of Spain.

In the view of the Republic of Serbia, the duty of a depositary in the event of any difference appearing between a State and the depositary as to the performance of the latter's functions cannot be performed by a mere electronic notification of that difference on the Treaty Database. ‘Bringing the matter to the attention of all Contracting States to the Convention concerned’, as formulated by the Council of General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in its Conclusions & Recommendations adopted on 17 March 2016 in accordance with Article 77, paragraph 2, of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, presumes that the Contracting States must be asked for their respective positions concerning the matter of difference.

Otherwise, in the absence of any decision adopted by the Contracting States of the 1961 Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents on the controversial question of Kosovo's statehood, it seems that the exclusive position of the Depositary State to that highly political issue is decisive. Such a procedural approach, in the view of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, exceeds the duties and power of a depositary. It is also contrary to the well-established practice of the Treaty Section of the UN Office of Legal Affairs: in its Summary of Practice, the UN Depositary declares that if he were to receive an instrument of accession from any area of controversial statehood, ‘he would not wish to determine, on his own initiative, the highly political and controversial question of whether or not the areas whose status was imclear were States; [such] a determination, he believed, would fall outside his competence.’ For that reason, the reception of the instrument of accession of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Govemment of Kosovo has no legal validity.

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia appreciates the intention declared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to perform the Depositary functions ‘on the basis of complete impartiality and thus in full conformity with Articles 76 and 77 of the Vienna Convention’, and in that regard, invites the Depositary to demonstrate its impartiality by finding an effective way to bring the matter of difference to the attention of all Contracting States. The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the assurances of its highest consideration.

Servië heeft op 29-05-2017 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and recalling the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999), has the honour to notify esteemed Ministry that the present extension ratione loci of the applicability of the 1961 Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents (hereinafter the Apostille Convention) to the territory of the Serbia's Province of Kosovo and Metohija has to be interpreted in accordance with Article 13 of the Apostille Convention.

Furthermore, in conformity with above mentioned Resolution 1244 and the Constitutional Framework for Provisional Self-Government of Kosovo established by the UNMIK regulation 2001/9 of 15 May 2001, which was confirmed by the ICJ Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010 to be in force, all references to the Province of Kosovo and Metohija and its provisional institutions need to be designated accordingly and in conformity with the UN practice.

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia would highly appreciate if the Ministry, acting in its capacity as Depositary, brings this Note Verbale containing declaration of extension to the attention of all Contracting States to the Apostille Convention and to the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

Kosovo heeft op 26-06-2017 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Servië bij de op 29-05-2017 afgelegde verklaring:

The Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo to the Kingdom of the Netherlands strongly objects the declaration made by the Embassy of Republic of Serbia on 29-05-2017, a territory with which Republic of Kosovo has not yet established diplomatic relations, to extend the territorial applicability of the Authorities of Serbia to the territory of the Republic of Kosovo. Any legalization of documents in the territory of the Republic of Kosovo by illegal structures of the Government of Serbia or the Government of Serbia itself presents a violation of the sovereignty of the Republic of Kosovo and an attempt to issue falsified documents by such illegal and unauthorized structures, which are considered null and void by the Government of the Republic of Kosovo. At the same time it presents a violation also of the commitments Serbia has taken in the dialogue for the normalization of relations with the Republic of Kosovo under the facilitation of the European Union to dismantle all parallel structures functioning in the territory of the Republic of Kosovo.

The Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo draws its attention to all Parties of the Apostille Convention that the Republic of Kosovo as an independent and sovereign country is recognized by 114 countries and is a member of several international organizations including the International Monetary Fund and of the World Bank Group, two United Nations Specialized Agencies. The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in The Hague in its Note Verbale intentionally abuses with the conclusions of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the legality of the independence of Kosovo. On 22 the International Court of Justice has concluded that the adoption of the declaration of independence of 17 February 2008 did not violate general international law, Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) or the Constitutional Framework. Consequently the adoption of that declaration did not violate any applicable rule of international law.

At the same time the Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo strongly objects the request of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia to change the designation of the Republic of Kosovo. The Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo recalls to all Parties of the Apostille Convention that the Republic of Kosovo has submitted the instruments of accession to the Apostille Convention by its official name ‘the Republic of Kosovo’ and as such have been received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as Depository of the convention. It is not up to other Contracting Parties to change the designation of any Contracting Party to the Convention and this presents a dangerous attempt by Serbia to violate international law and the sovereign rights of each Contracting Party to decide upon its designation.

As such, the Republic of Kosovo strongly objects to the declaration of Serbia. As a party to the Convention, the Republic of Kosovo calls on all Contracting Parties to reject the declaration and asks them to be vigilant in ensuring that they reject any efforts by Serbia to illegally exercise Apostille Convention obligations in the territory of the Republic of Kosovo.

The Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo kindly requests from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in its capacity as Depository of the Convention, to bring this Note Verbale containing the declaration of objection to all Contracting Parties of the Apostille Convention and to the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

Frankrijk heeft op 14-11-2017 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Servië bij de op 29-05-2017 afgelegde verklaring:

Referring to the declaration made by Serbia on 29 May 2017, the French Republic wishes to notify all Contracting States that, with regard to public documents executed in the territory of Kosovo and requiring the issue of an Apostille under Article 3 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, it will recognise as authentic only those documents which have been the subject of an Apostille issued by the competent authorities designated by Kosovo, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the Convention.

Zwitserland heeft op 12-06-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Servië bij de op 29-05-2017 afgelegde verklaring:

Referring to the declaration formulated by the Republic of Serbia with regard to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961 and received by the Depositary on 29 May 2017, Switzerland wishes to notify all Contracting States that, with regard to public documents executed in the territory of Kosovo, Switzerland will recognise as authentic only those documents for which an Apostille has been issued by the competent authorities designated by Kosovo, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the Convention.

De depositaris deelt het volgende mee betreffende een op 21-01-2005 door België afgelegde verklaring:

On 21 January 2005 the depositary received the following objection from Belgium concerning Azerbaijan's accession. Since the objection was received after the time limit for filing objections had expired, it will have no legal consequences.

‘The Embassy gives notice that, pursuant to article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention, Belgium raises an objection to Azerbaijan's accession. The Convention will therefore not enter into force between Belgium and Azerbaijan.’

De depositaris deelt het volgende mee betreffende de ratificatie van Frankrijk op 25-11-1964:

On depositing their instrument of ratification the French Government declared that the Convention applies to the entire territory of the French Republic.

Toepasselijkverklaring door Frankrijk voor Bassas da India, Clipperton, de Comoren, Djibouti, Europa-eiland, Frans Guyana, Frans-Polynesië, Franse Zuidelijke en Zuidpoolgebieden, Glorioso-eilanden, Guadeloupe, Juan de Nova-eiland, Martinique, Mayotte, Nieuw Caledonië, Réunion, Saint Bartholomeus, Sint Maarten, Sint Pierre en Miquelon, Tromelin, Wallis en Futuna vanaf 24-01-1965.

Buitenwerkingtreding voor de Comoren vanaf 06-07-1975 en voor Djibouti vanaf 27-06-1977.

Toetreding door Nicaragua op 14-05-2013. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-03-2013.

Toetreding door Bahrein onder de volgende verklaring:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain […] is implementing an e-register system, with reference to Article 7 of the said Convention.

. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 01-11-2013.

Toetreding door Paraguay op 30-08-2014. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 01-07-2014.

Duitsland heeft op 10-06-2014 bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Paraguay.

Duitsland heeft op 06-01-2022 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Federal Republic of Germany herewith reverses the objection to the accession of Paraguay to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (‘Apostille Convention’).

Inwerkingtreding voor Paraguay met Duitsland op 06-01-2022.

Toetreding door Burundi op 10-06-2014. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-12-2014.

Oostenrijk heeft op 28-11-2014 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Burundi:

The Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Burundi with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Duitsland heeft op 11-12-2014 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Burundi:

[…] the Federal Republic of Germany herewith objects to the accession of the Republic of Burundi in accordance with article 12, paragraph 2 of this Convention.

Tsjechië heeft op 12-12-2014 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Burundi:

The Czech Republic raises an objection to the accession of Burundi to the Convention.

Polen heeft op 15-12-2014 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Burundi:

[…] the Republic of Polen objects to the accession of the Republic of Burundi to the Convention […] under Article 12(2) of the Convention.

België heeft op 23-01-2015 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Burundi:

The Embassy gives notice that, pursuant to article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention, Belgium raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Burundi.

Toetreding door Tadzjikistan op 20-02-2015. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 01-09-2015.

Toetreding door Tadzjikistan onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

[…] the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan and [the] Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan are designated authorities which are competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the […] Convention.

België heeft op 06-08-2015 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Tadzjikistan:

[…] that in accordance with Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, concluded at The Hague on 5 October 1961, Belgium raises an objection to the accession of Tajikistan.

Duitsland heeft op 26-08-2015 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Tadzjikistan:

[…] the Federal Republic of Germany herewith objects to the accession of the Republic of Tajikistan in accordance with article 12, paragraph 2, of this Convention.

Oostenrijk heeft op 28-08-2015 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Tadzjikistan:

The Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Tajikistan with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Toetreding door Kosovo op 06-11-2015. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-05-2016.

Toetreding door Kosovo onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

Competent authorities in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Department for Consular Affairs)

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Civil Registration Agency)

Servië heeft op 06-11-2015 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Treaties Division, and has the honour to draw the latter's attention to the information received by the Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law that the Provisional Institutions of Self-Govemment of Kosovo intend to deposit the instrument of ratification of the 1961 Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents (the Apostille Convention) with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. That legal action is envisaged for today afternoon.

Article 12 of the Apostille Convention stipulates that any State which was not represented at the Ninth Session of the Hague Conference, when the Convention was signed, may accede to the Convention.

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia hereby strongly requests that Kosovo should not be treated as a State in regard to its requested participation in the Apostille Convention, either by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law or by the Treaties Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as a depositary of the Convention.

According to the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, Kosovo and Metohija is an integral part of the Serbian territory. The Government of the Republic of Serbia does not recognize the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo. Nevertheless, the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, under the auspices of the European Union, is under way, with aim to find mutually acceptable solutions for many complex issues.

Kosovo is neither a member of the United Nations. Although the International Court of Justice in its Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010 declared that the unilateral declaration of independence, as a formal legal document, could not violate international law, it refused to admit that there was a right by Kosovo to declare independence and that Kosovo achieved statehood. In the words of the Court, ‘the declaration of independence is an attempt to determine finally the status of Kosovo’ [emphasis added]. This means that the Court found that ‘a political process designed to determine Kosovo's future status’ envisaged in paragraph 11 i) of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 has not run its course. The Court specifically affirmed that UNSCR 1244 (1999) is in force and continue to apply as long as it is not repealed.

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia does not possess the information that the organs of the Hague Conference on Private Internati onal Law have ever decided to treat Kosovo as a State pursuant to the Apostille Convention, or any other multilateral conventions on private international law. Under these circumstances, it should be a duty to the depositary not to receive the instrument of ratification of the Kosovo authorities, or at least to suspend its deposition until the proper decision of the organs of the Hague Conference.

The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia emphasized that the accession of Kosovo to the Apostille Convention would be a dangerous precedent, harmful for many States. This would open the door for other entities to follow the same path thus threat ening territorial integrity and sovereignty of other States.

Servië heeft op 23-12-2015 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo

Serbia firmly remains at its position expressed in the above-mentioned notes concerning the incapability of Kosovo to be a Contracting State of the Convention because it is not a sovereign State, as well as concerning the inappropriate procedure of its accession. It will continue insisting on its position in the further communication to the Council of General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

Nevertheless, in order to make its position clear and doubtless vis-à-vis the functions of the depositary, Serbia hereby formally declares that it does not view itself bound by the Convention with regard to Kosovo, whatever a decision of the Council of General Affairs and Policy is adopted.

Spanje heeft op 13-11-2015 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Embassy of Spain in The Hague presents its compliments to the Minis try of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has the honour to draw the latter's attention to the information provided by the website of the Hague Conference on Private International Law regarding a ceremony carried out at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands part of which states as follows:

‘On 6 November 2015 Kosovo* deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the ‘Apostille Convention'). By doing so, Kosovo joined it s first Hague Convention and became the 109th Contracting Party to the Apostille Convention. The Apostille Convention will enter into force for Kosovo on 14 July 2016.

At the ceremony, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (I.e. the Depositary), H.E. Ms Vjosa Dobruna, Ambassador of Kosovo, and Counsellor Besnik Ramadanaj represented the Embassy of Kosovo. On behalf of the Depositary, Head of the Treaties Division Mr Joseph Damoiseaux, Head of the Publication Section of the Treaties Division Mr Jules van Eijndhoven and Legal Officer Mr Mark Groen also attended the ceremony. Secretary General Mr Christophe Bernasconi and Principal Legal Officer Ms Mayela Celis represented the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Apostille Convention the Depositary shall give notice to the Contracting States of the accession of Kosovo’.

The Embassy of Spain regrets this decision since there is no evidence that the organs of the Hague Conference on Private International Law have ever decided to qualify that territory as a State (http://www.hcch.ngt/index en.php?act-siates.nonmember ) as required by the Apostille Convention or any other multilateral conventions on private international law.

The Kingdom of Spain is a Party to the Apostille Convention and, as many other of its States Parties, has not recognized the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo. Moreover, Spain has reaffirmed its commitment with the principle of integrity and overeignty of the States, as set out in the UN Chart and the Helsinki Final Act. Furthermore, Spain fully respects UNSCR 1244/1999 still in force.

The territory of Kosovo is not a member of the United Nations and the General Conference of UNESCO has recently opposed to its membership.

The Embassy of Spain draws the attention to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands that the accession of this territory to the Apostille Convention would be a dangerous precedent with unforeseen consequences, harmful for many States, regarding this and other multilateral Conventions which require statehood for becoming a Contracting Party. Therefore, this is not a technical issue that could be just solved by a literal interpretation of Article 12 of the Apostille Convention or article 76 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of the Treaties.

It would also be important to highlight that the opposition mechanism established by article 12 of the Apostille Convention might be not enough guarantee to avoid the negative consequences on those States Parties having expressly objected. That would be the case, for example, in the case of a Judicial Decision issued by a Court from a State that could have previously accepted a document apostilled by this territory if such decision should have to be enforced by a State having previously objected.

Taking into account the abovementioned arguments, Spain is on the opinion that it is not up to the Depositary State of the Convention to qualify if a particular applicant complies with the requirement of statehood established by the Apostille Convention. Neither the Depositary State could rely on the allegedly neutrality of the ceremony to accept the deposition, because this in fact implies the adoption of a clear position on a political and controverted issue that exceeds its duties as Depositary State.

Under these circumstances, the Embassy of Spain requests the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to receive the instrument of accession of this territory to the Apostille Convention or, at least, to suspend its deposition until a proper decision could be adopted by the competent organs of the Hague Conference on Private Law.

De Russische Federatie heeft op 26-11-2015 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Russian Federation does not consider Kosovo to be a sovereign state and does not recognize it as such. According to the provisions of the Convention, only a State can become its member. Thus, the relevant provisions of the Convention, including provisions regarding the procedure of its entry into force, cannot be applied in respect of the ‘act of accession’ to the Convention of the mentioned entity. In light of the above the Russian Federation does not view itself bound by the Convention with regard to the said entity.

Roemenië heeft op 07-01-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

As Romania does not recognise Kosovo as a State, pursuant to art. 12, second and third paragraphs of the Convention, Romania objects to the accession of Kosovo to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.

Georgië heeft op 15-01-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in its capacity as depositary, by its notification of November 17. 2015, informed the Contracting States on the accession of Kosovo to the above Convention. According to the notification, the accession will have effect only as regards the relations between Kosovo and those Contracting States which will not have raised an objection to its accession in the six months after receipt of the present notification. This six months period will in this case end on 15 May 2016. The Convention will, in accordance with its Article 12, third paragraph, enter into force between Kosovo and the other Contracting states, which have not raised an objection to its accession, on 14 July 2016.

According to Article 12 of the Convention only States can become members of the Convention. Georgia, as well as many other States, does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state. Furthermore, Kosovo is not a member state of the UN. Hence, Georgia regards that the accession of Kosovo to the Apostille Convention has no legal validity, including in the context of Georgia's treaty relationship with Kosovo under this Convention.

Georgia does not recognize that the depositary has the power to undertake actions under the Apostille Convention, the treaty practice or public international law that may be construed as direct or implied qualification of entities as states. Georgia pursuing its state interests, considers unacceptable and dangerous adoption of such a practice.

Having this premise. Georgia objects to the accession of Kosovo to the Apostille Convention and holds the view that the procedure of Kosovo's accession to the Convention shall be suspended.

Mexico heeft op 20-01-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The United Mexican States adheres to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999), and does not recognize Kosovo as an independent State in terms of Article 12 of the Apostille Convention; thus, objects to the accession of Kosovo to the aforementioned Convention.

Cyprus heeft op 26-01-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

Given the fact that ‘Kosovo’ has not been recognised as a state by the United Nations, the unilateral decision by the Depositary to accept a submission of a, so called, instrument of accession on behalf of ‘Kosovo’, without prior consultation with the state-parties, sets a precarious precedent.

The Republic of Cyprus wishes to reiterate its position that it does not recognize the 2008 Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Kosovo and considers that the designation ‘Kosovo’ is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244(1999) and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

The Republic of Cyprus is, in any case, obliged under the circumstances, to raise an objection, under Article 12, of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of October 5, 1961, to the accession of ‘Kosovo’, and understands that in accordance with the said Article, the Convention will not enter into force between ‘Kosovo’ and the Republic of Cyprus.

China heeft op 29-01-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Government of the People's Republic of China objects, for the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the accession of Kosovo to the Convention. China further clarifies that the Convention will not be applicable between Kosovo and the above-mentioned regions of China.

Azerbeidzjan heeft op 22-02-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Republic of Azerbaijan raises an objection to the accession of Kosovo to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of October 5, 1961. The Republic of Azerbaijan does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state and holds the view that today Kosovo does not meet the criteria of statehood under international law.

Therefore, the Republic of Azerbaijan considers the ‘application’ by Kosovo for accession to the aforementioned Convention shall have no effect between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Kosovo.

The Republic of Azerbaijan is also of the position that the depositary of the Convention does not possess the authority to qualify any such entity as a state for the purposes of the Convention, and the notification of November 17, 2015 shall not be interpreted as an act granting such a competence to the depositary.

The present objection of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall in no way be construed as recognition of applicability of the accession procedure set forth in the aforesaid Convention with regard to Kosovo.

Belarus heeft op 24-02-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Republic of Belarus does not recognize Kosovo as an independent State and holds the view that the deposition of abovementioned ‘instrument of accession’ has no legal validity inasmuch as neither the Depositary nor the Hague Conference are entitled to qualify directly or implicitly a territory as a State.

The Republic of Belarus pursuant to Article 12 of the Apostille Convention objects to the accession of Kosovo to the aforementioned Convention and declares that the Apostille Convention will not be applicable between the Republic of Belarus and Kosovo.

Moldavië heeft op 24-02-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

... In accordance with Article 12 of the above mentioned Convention only states may accede to it. The Republic of Moldova has not recognized the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo and hereby raises an objection, according to Article 12 of the Convention, to the accession of Kosovo to it and understands that, in accordance with the said Article, the Convention will not enter into force between Kosovo and the Republic of Moldova.

The Republic of Moldova specifies that the designation Kosovo is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

Mauritius heeft op 31-03-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Republic of Mauritius is a State Party to the Apostille Convention and, as many of its States Parties, has not recognised the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo which is, besides, not a Member of the United Nations.

In view thereof, the Government of the Republic of Mauritius hereby submits its official objection to Kosovo acceding to the Apostille Convention.

Armenië heeft op 18-04-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

In relation to the accession to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, of 5 October 1961, the Republic of Armenia declares that it has not recognized Kosovo.

Oekraïne heeft op 18-04-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

Ukraine does not consider Kosovo to be a sovereign state and does not recognize it in such capacity.

According to the provisions of the Convention, only a State can become its member. The provisions of the Convention regarding the procedure of its entry into force cannot be applied to the mentioned entity.

In light of the above Ukraine does not view itself bound by the Convention with regard to the said entity.

Nicaragua heeft op 19-04-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

Nicaragua wishes to inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as the depositary of the […] Convention, that Nicaragua does not consider Kosovo to be a sovereign State and does not recognize Kosovo as such. Thus, Kosovo cannot be treated as a State pursuant to Article 12 of the Apostille Convention. In light of the above, Nicaragua objects to the accession of Kosovo to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.

Argentinië heeft op 03-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Argentine Republic upholds the validity of Resolution 1244 (1999) of the Security Council and the principle of territorial integrity. For that reason, it does not recognize Kosovo as a State. Accordingly, since Kosovo is not an independent State, it cannot adhere to the Apostille Convention because it does not meet the requirements set forth in Article 12 of such Convention. Argentina therefore objects to the accession process pursued by Kosovo, considering that the provisions of the Apostille Convention will not apply to or bind Argentina in respect of Kosovo.

It should be noted that the role of Depositaries is regulated by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which sets forth in Articles 76 and 77 the obligation for Depositaries to act impartially in the performance of their functions. In this respect, the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference specifically referred to these Articles in its session of March 2016:

‘The Council took note of the different views expressed on the subject matter. It recalled the relevance of the Vienna Convention of 1969 on the law of Treaties, in particular its Articles 76(2) and 77 on the functions of depositories, and the provisions and requirements of the relevant Hague Convention. When, following the deposit of an instrument of ratification, approval, or accession, the Depositary subsequently receives an objection from a Contracting State, including based on the issue of statehood, the Depositary brings the matter to the attention of all Contracting States to the Convention concerned.’

In this context, the Argentine Republic draws the attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that the accession of Kosovo to the Apostille Convention not only fails to comply with the requirements of Article 12 of the abovementioned Convention, but also would be a negative precedent with respect to the Convention and to other multilateral treaties requiring compliance with the requirement of statehood to become a Party thereto.

Based on the foregoing, the Argentine Republic requests the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its capacity as depositary, to provide no further treatment Kosovo's instrument of accession to the Apostille Convention, as it has not been received.

Slowakije heeft op 03-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

As the Slovak Republic does not recognise ‘Kosovo’ as a State, pursuant to Article 12, second paragraph of the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, the Slovak Republic raises an objection to the accession of ‘Kosovo’ to the Convention. To avoid any ambiguity, the Slovak Republic wishes to express its position on presumed accession that ‘Kosovo’ is not qualified to become State party to the Convention and that the Convention shall not enter into force between the Slovak Republic and ‘Kosovo’ nor the presumed accession shall have legal effect whatsoever in relations between the Slovak Republic and ‘Kosovo’.

India heeft op 10-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

… the Republic of India, pursuant to Article 12 of the said Convention, objects to the accession of Kosovo to the said Convention and does not view itself to be bound by the Convention with regard to Kosovo.

Oezbekistan heeft op 10-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

… the Republic of Uzbekistan raises its objection to the accession of Kosovo to the Convention.

Paraguay heeft op 10-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

… that the Government of Paraguay had decided to notify the objection to the intention of Kosovo to access this convention.

Venezuela heeft op 10-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela […] does not consider ‘Kosovo’ to be a sovereign State and does not recognize ‘Kosovo’ as such. Thus, ‘Kosovo’ cannot be treated as a State pursuant to Article 12 of the Apostille Convention, in consequence, the Convention shall not enter into force between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and ‘Kosovo’ nor the presumed accession shall have legal effect whatsoever.

In light of the above, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela objects to the accession of ‘Kosovo’ to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.

Israël heeft op 11-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Government of Israel notes that receiving or certifying public documents under the Convention does not constitute recognition under international law. Notwithstanding the above, the Government of Israel wishes to place on record, for the sake of clarity, that it does not recognize Kosovo as a State, does not regard the request for accession as having legal effect, and does not consider itself to be in treaty relations with Kosovo under the Convention.

Israël heeft op 20-11-2024 het bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van de Kosovo ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

The State of Israel hereby withdraws its objection to the accession of the Republic of Kosovo to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (‘Apostille Convention’).

Het Verdrag is voor Israël in werking getreden met Kosovo op 20-11-2024.

Duitsland heeft op 12-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Federal Republic of Germany does not doubt the right of the Republic of Kosovo to accede to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents pursuant to Article 12, paragraph 1. However, in light of the present state of the document system in the Republic of Kosovo, the Federal Republic of Germany raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Kosovo in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Should Kosovo’s document system be improved, the Federal Government will consider withdrawing its objection.

Duitsland heeft op 26-09-2017 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Regarding the July 2016 entry into force of the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (‘the Apostille Convention’) for the Republic of Kosovo, Germany wishes to notify all Contracting States that, consistent with its obligations under the Apostille Convention, Germany will not give legal effect under the Convention to any certification purporting to be an Apostille issued within the territory of the Republic of Kosovo by an entity other than the competent authority designated by the Republic of Kosovo.

The Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Apostille Convention of 2016 in its Conclusion and Recommendation 7, as well as Paragraph 113 of the Handbook on the Practical Operation of the Apostille Convention confirm that it is for the law of the place from which a document emanates to determine its public nature.

Therefore, the law of the Republic of Kosovo determines whether a document is a public document to which the Apostille Convention applies and to which only the competent authorities of the Republic of Kosovo may affix an Apostille Certificate.

Griekenland heeft op 12-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

… the Government of the Hellenic Republic objects to the accession of Kosovo to the […] Convention, in accordance with Article 12 thereof. Furthermore, the Hellenic Republic does not recognize Kosovo as a Sovereign state.

Namibië heeft op 13-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

[…] the Republic of Namibia does not recognise Kosovo statehood and ipso facto neither the accession of Kosovo to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.

Oostenrijk heeft op 13-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

The Republic of Kosovo has declared its accession to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961. While the Republic of Austria recognizes the right of the Republic of Kosovo to accede to the Convention pursuant to Article 12, paragraph 1, due to the currently insufficient document security it raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Kosovo with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Peru heeft op 13-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

In this regard, pursuant to article 12, paragraph 2, of the Apostille Convention, it will not take effect between the Government of Peru and Kosovo. The following objection is made without prejudice of the right of Peru to take any future action on this matter in conformity with International Law.

Polen heeft op 13-05-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

[…] the Republic of Poland raises an objection to the accession of Kosovo to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961, with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Polen heeft op 20-02-2024 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Republic of Poland hereby withdraws its objection to the accession of the Republic of Kosovo to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, done at the Hague on 5 October 1961.

Therefore, the aforementioned Convention will enter into force between the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Kosovo as of 1 March 2024.

Ecuador heeft op 17-06-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

[…] Ecuador does not recognize Kosovo as a State and accordingly only States can become members to the Apostille Convention. For this reason, the Apostille Convention as well as other Conventions cannot be applied between Ecuador and Kosovo. It would also be important to note that Kosovo is not a member of the United Nations.

Brazilië heeft op 15-08-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

Brazil does not recognize Kosovo’s self-declared independence and therefore does not consider itself to be in treaty relations with Kosovo under the Apostille Convention. Brazil reaffirms its understanding that the question of Kosovo’s independence must be guided by the terms of Resolution 1244 (1999) of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Oostenrijk heeft op 02-11-2017 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Kosovo:

Regarding the July 2016 entry into force of the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (‘the Apostille Convention’) for the Republic of Kosovo, Austria shares the view of other Contracting States that, consistent with the obligations under the Apostille Convention, any certification purporting to be an Apostille issued within the territory of the Republic of Kosovo by an entity other than the competent authority designated by the Republic of Kosovo does not have any legal effect.

Oekraïne heeft op 16-10-2015 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

In February 2014 the Russian Federation launched armed aggression against Ukraine and occupied a part of the territory of Ukraine – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, and today exercises effective control over certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine. These actions are in gross violation of the Charter of the United Nations and constitute a threat to international peace and security. The Russian Federation, as the Aggressor State and Occupying Power, bears full responsibility for its actions and their consequences under international law.

The United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/68/262 of 27 March 2014 confirmed the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. The United Nations also called upon all States, international organizations and specialized agencies not to recognize any alteration of the status of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

In this regard, Ukraine states that from 20 February 2014 and for the period of temporary occupation by the Russian Federation of a part of the territory of Ukraine - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol – as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation committed against the Ukraine and until the complete restoration of the constitutional law and order and effective control by Ukraine over such occupied territory, as well as over certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, which are temporarily not under control of Ukraine as a result of the aggression of the Russian Federation, the application and implementation by Ukraine of the obligations under the above Conventions, as applied to the aforementioned occupied and uncontrolled territory of Ukraine, is limited and is not guaranteed.

Documents or requests made or issued by the occupying authorities of the Russian Federation, its officials at any level in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and by the illegal authorities in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, which are temporarily not under control of Ukraine, are null and void and have no legal effect regardless of whether they are presented directly or indirectly through the authorities of the Russian Federation.

The provisions of the Conventions regarding the possibility of direct communication or interaction do not apply to the territorial organs of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, as well as in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, which are temporarily not under control of Ukraine. The procedure of the relevant communication is determined by the central authorities of Ukraine in Kyiv.

De Russische Federatie heeft op 19-07-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Oekraïne op 16-10-2015 afgelegde verklaring:

Reaffirming its firm commitment to respect and fully comply with generally recognised principles and rules of international law, the Russian Federation, with reference to the declaration of Ukraine of 16 October 2015 regarding the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, states the following.

The Russian Federation rejects to the above mentioned declaration of Ukraine and states that it cannot be taken into consideration as it is based on a bad faith and incorrect presentation and interpretation of facts and law.

The declaration of Ukraine regarding ‘certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine’ cannot serve as a justification for non-compliance with its obligations, disregard for humanitarian considerations, refusal or failure to take necessary measures to find practical solutions for issues that have a very serious and direct impact on the ability of residents of those regions to exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms provided for by international law.

The declaration of independence of the Republic of Crimea and its voluntary accession to the Russian Federation are the result of a direct and free expression of will by the people of Crimea in accordance with democratic principles, a legitimate form of exercising their right to self-determination given an aided from abroad violent coup d'état in Ukraine which caused rampant radical nationalist elements not hesitating to use terror, intimidation and harassment against both its political opponents and the population of entire regions of Ukraine.

The Russian Federation rejects any attempts to call into question an objective status of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the territories of which are an integral part of the territory of the Russian Federation under its full sovereignty. Thus, the Russian Federation reaffirms that it fully complies with its international obligations under the Convention in relation to this part of its territory.

Oostenrijk heeft op 09-03-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Russische Federatie op 19-07-2016 afgelegde verklaring:

Austria takes note of the Declarations submitted by Ukraine on 16 October 2015 regarding the application of the Convention on Civil Procedure (1954), the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (1961), the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980) and the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) to the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol and of the Declarations submitted by the Russian Federation on 19 July 2016 in relation to the Declarations made by Ukraine.

In relation to the Declarations made by the Russian Federation, Austria declares, in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2014, that it does not recognise the illegal referendum in Crimea and the illegal annexation of the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation. As regards the territorial scope of the above Conventions, Austria therefore considers that the Conventions in principle continue to apply to the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol as part of the territory of Ukraine.

Austria further notes the Declarations by Ukraine that the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol are temporarily not under the control of Ukraine and that the application and implementation by Ukraine of its obligations under the Conventions is limited and not guaranteed in relation to this part of Ukraine's territory, and that only the central authorities of Ukraine in Kiev will determine the procedure for relevant communication. As a consequence of the above, Austria declares that it will not engage in any direct communication or interaction with authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and will not accept any documents or requests emanating from such authorities or through the authorities of the Russian Federation, but will only engage with the central authorities of Ukraine in Kiev for the purposes of the application and implementation of the conventions.

Portugal heeft op 13-03-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Russische Federatie op 19-07-2016 afgelegde verklaring:

The Government of the Portuguese Republic takes note of the Declaration submitted by Ukraine on 16 October 2015 regarding the application of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, done at The Hague, on 5 October 1961, to the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol and of the Declaration submitted by the Russian Federation on 19 July 2016 in relation to the Declaration made by Ukraine.

In relation to the Declaration made by the Russian Federation, the Government of the Portuguese Republic declares, in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2014, that it does not recognise the illegal referendum in Crimea and the illegal annexation of the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

As regards the territorial scope of the above Convention, the Government of the Portuguese Republic therefore considers that the Convention in principle continues to apply to the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol as part of the territory of Ukraine.

The Government of the Portuguese Republic further notes the Declaration by Ukraine that the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol are temporarily not under the control of Ukraine and that the application and implementation by Ukraine of its obligations under the Convention is limited and not guaranteed in relation to this part of Ukraine's territory, and that only the central authorities of Ukraine in Kiev will determine the procedure for relevant communication.

As a consequence of the above, the Government of the Portuguese Republic declares that it will not engage in any direct communication or interaction with authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and will not accept any documents or requests emanating from such authorities or through the authorities of the Russian Federation, but will only engage with the central authorities of Ukraine in Kiev for the purposes of the application and implementation of the convention.

Letland heeft op 04-04-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Russische Federatie op 19-07-2016 afgelegde verklaring:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia […] with reference to […] the Convention on Civil Procedure (1954), the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (1961), the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (1965), the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (1970), the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980), and the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) has to honour to convey the following.

The Government of the Republic of Latvia takes note of the Declarations submitted by Ukraine on 16 October 2015 regarding the application of the aforementioned Conventions to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and of the Declarations submitted by the Russian Federation on 19 July 2016 in relation to the Declarations made by Ukraine.

In relation to the Declarations made by the Russian Federation, the Republic of Latvia declares, in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2014, that it does not recognise the illegal referendum in Crimea and the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

As regards the territorial scope of the above Conventions, the Republic of Latvia therefore considers that the Conventions in principle continue to apply to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as part of the territory of Ukraine.

The Republic of Latvia further notes the Declarations by Ukraine that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol are temporarily not under the control of Ukraine and that the application and implementation by Ukraine of its obligations under the Convention is limited and not guaranteed in relation to this part of Ukraine's territory, and that only the central authorities of Ukraine in Kyiv will determine the procedure for relevant communication.

As a consequence of the above, the Republic of Latvia declares that it will not engage in any direct communication or interaction with authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and will not accept any documents or requests emanating from such authorities or through the authorities of the Russian Federation, but will only engage with the central authorities of Ukraine in Kiev for the purposes of the application and implementation of the convention.

Duitsland heeft op 06-06-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Russische Federatie op 19-07-2016 afgelegde verklaring:

The Federal Republic of Germany takes note of the Declarations submitted by Ukraine on 16 October 2015 regarding the application of the Convention on Civil Procedure (1954), the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (1961), the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (1965), the Convention on the taking of evidence abroad in civil or commercial matters (1970), the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980) and the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) and the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (2007) to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and of the Declarations submitted by the Russian Federation on 19 July 2016 in relation to the Declarations made by Ukraine.

In relation to the Declarations made by the Russian Federation, the Federal Republic of Germany declares, in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2014, that it does not recognise the illegal referendum in Crimea and the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

Regarding the territorial scope of the above Conventions, the Federal Republic of Germany therefore considers that the Conventions in principle continue to apply to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as part of the territory of Ukraine.

The Federal Republic of Germany further notes the Declarations by Ukraine that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol are temporarily not under the control of Ukraine and that the application and implementation by Ukraine of its obligations under the Conventions is limited and not guaranteed in relation to this part of Ukraine's territory, and that only the government of Ukraine will determine the procedure for relevant communication.

As a consequence of the above, the Federal Republic of Germany declares that it will only engage with the government of Ukraine for the purposes of the application and implementation of the conventions with regard to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

Roemenië heeft op 14-06-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Russische Federatie op 19-07-2016 afgelegde verklaring:

Romania takes note of the Declarations submitted by Ukraine on 16 October 2015 regarding the application of the Convention on Civil Procedure (1954), the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (1961), the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980), the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (1965) and the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) to the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol and of the Declarations submitted by the Russian Federation on 19 July 2016 in relation to the Declarations made by Ukraine.

In relation to the Declarations made by the Russian Federation, Romania declares, in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2014, that it does not recognise the illegal referendum in Crimea and the illegal annexation of the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

As regards the territorial scope of the above Conventions, Romania therefore considers that the Conventions in principle continue to apply to the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol as part of the territory of Ukraine.

Romania further notes the Declarations by Ukraine that the ‘Autonomous Republic of Crimea’ and the city of Sevastopol are temporarily not under the control of Ukraine and that the application and implementation by Ukraine of its obligations under the Conventions is limited and not guaranteed in relation to this part of Ukraine's territory, and that only the central authorities of Ukraine in Kiev will determine the procedure for relevant communication.

As a consequence of the above, Romania declares that it will not engage in any direct communication or interaction with authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and will not accept any documents or requests emanating from such authorities or through the authorities of the Russian Federation, but will only engage with the central authorities of Ukraine in Kiev for the purposes of the application and implementation of the conventions.

Finland heeft op 19-09-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Russische Federatie op 19-07-2016 afgelegde verklaring:

The Government of Finland takes note of the Declarations submitted by Ukraine on 16 October 2015 regarding the application of the Convention on Civil Procedure (1954), the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (1961), the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (1965), the Convention on the taking of evidence abroad in civil or commercial matters (1970), the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980) and the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) and the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (2007) to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and of the Declarations submitted by the Russian Federation on 19 July 2016 in relation to the Declarations made by Ukraine. In relation to the Declarations made by the Russian Federation, Finland declares, in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2014, that it does not recognise the illegal referendum in Crimea and the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

As regards the territorial scope of the above Conventions, Finland therefore considers that the conventions in principle continue to apply to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as part of the territory of Ukraine.

Finland further notes the Declaration by Ukraine that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol are temporarily not under the control of Ukraine and that the application and implementation by Ukraine of its obligations under the Conventions is limited and not guaranteed in relation to this part of Ukraine's territory, and that only the central authorities of Ukraine in Kyiv will determine the procedure for relevant communication.

As a consequence of the above, Finland declares that it will not engage in any direct communication or interaction with authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and will not accept any documents or requests emanating from such authorities or through the authorities of the Russian Federation, but will only engage with the central authorities of Ukraine in Kyiv for the purposes of the application and implementation of the said conventions.

Estland heeft op 30-04-2019 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Russische Federatie op 19-07-2016 afgelegde verklaring:

Estonia takes note of the Declarations submitted by Ukraine on 16 October 2015 regarding the application of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (1961), the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (1965), the Convention on the taking of evidence abroad in civil or commercial matters (1970), the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980) and the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and of the Declarations submitted by the Russian Federation on 19 July 2016 in relation to the Declarations made by Ukraine.

In relation to the Declarations made by the Russian Federation, Estonia declares, in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2014, that it does not recognise the illegal referendum in Crimea and the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

As regards the territorial scope of the above-mentioned Conventions, Estonia therefore considers that the conventions in principle continue to apply to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as part of the territory of Ukraine.

Estonia further notes the Declaration by Ukraine that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol are temporarily not under the control of Ukraine and that the application and implementation by Ukraine of its obligations under the Conventions is limited and not guaranteed in relation to this part of Ukraine's territory, and that only the central authorities of Ukraine in Kyiv will determine the procedure for relevant communication.

As a consequence of the above, Estonia declares that it will not engage in any direct communication or interaction with authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and will not accept any documents or requests emanating from such authorities or through the authorities of the Russian Federation, but will only engage with the central authorities of Ukraine in Kyiv for the purposes of the application and implementation of the conventions.

Polen heeft op 10-08-2021 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door de Russische Federatie op 19-07-2016 afgelegde verklaring:

The Republic of Poland takes note of the Declaration submitted by Ukraine on 16 October 2015 regarding the application of the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents and of the Declaration submitted by the Russian Federation on 19 July 2016 in relation to the Declaration made by Ukraine.

In relation to the Declaration made by the Russian Federation, the Republic of Poland declares, in accordance with the duty of non-recognition as lawful a situation created by a serious breach by State of an obligation arising under a peremptory norm of general international law and in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2014, that it does not recognize the illegal referendum in Crimea and the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

As regards the territorial scope of the above Convention, the Republic of Poland therefore considers that the Convention in principle continues to apply to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as part of the territory of Ukraine.

The Republic of Poland further notes the Declaration by Ukraine that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as well as certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine are temporarily not under the control of Ukraine and that the application and implementation by Ukraine of its obligations under the Convention is limited and not guaranteed in relation to this part of Ukraine's territory, and that only the government of Ukraine will determine the procedure for relevant communication.

As a consequence of the above, the Republic of Poland declares that it will not engage in any direct communication or interaction with present, de facto authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as well as in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine and will not accept any documents or requests emanating from such authorities or through the authorities of the Russian Federation, but will only engage with the central authorities of Ukraine for the purposes of the application and implementation of the Convention.

Oekraïne heeft op 09-03-2022 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

In view of the ongoing aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, Ukraine hereby informs the Depositary […] of the inability to guarantee the fulfilment by the Ukrainian side of obligations [under the above Convention] to the full extent for the period of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation and the martial law in place in the territory of Ukraine until complete termination of the encroachment upon the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine.

Oekraïne heeft op 01-12-2023 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[The aforementioned treaty is] implemented on the territory of Ukraine in full, with the exception of the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, on which it is impossible to fully guarantee the Ukrainian Party's fulfillment of its obligations under [this treaty] as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, as well as the introduction of martial law on the territory of Ukraine until the complete cessation of encroachment on the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of Ukraine.

The regularly updated list of territories where hostilities are (were) conducted, or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation is at the link below:

https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1668-22#Text

Toetreding door Brazilië onder de volgende verklaring:

The Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil further states that Brazil's accession to the Convention does not imply the recognition of sovereign rights over territories to which the Convention's application has been or will be extended under the terms of Article 13.

Toetreding door Brazilië onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

Pursuant to Article 6 of the Convention, the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil states that, according to the applicable Brazilian legislation, the Judiciary is responsible for supervising and regulating notarial activities in Brazil. Therefore, legal, notarial and registration authorities will have competence to issue certificates by the Brazilian Government.

De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-06-2016.

Toetreding door Marokko onder de volgende verklaring:

In accordance with Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Kingdom of Morocco designates officials of the courts of first instance, courts of appeal (ordinary and specialised) as well as the court of cassation connected with the Ministry of Justice and Liberties as the authorities who by reference to their official function are competent to issue the certificate referred to in Article 3, first paragraph, with regard to the documents referred to in Article 1, paragraph a, on the documents emanating from an authority or an official connected with the courts or tribunals of the State, including those emanating from a public prosecutor, a clerk of a court or a process-server.

In accordance with Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Kingdom of Morocco designates the local authorities in the provinces and prefectures connected to the Ministry of the Interior as the authorities who by reference to their official function are competent to issue the certificate referred to in Article 1, paragraphs b, c and d, of the Convention.

De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-06-2016.

Marokko heeft op 27-11-2015 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Duitsland heeft op 14-06-2016 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Marokko:

The Federal Republic of Germany herewith objects to the accession of […] Morocco in accordance with article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legalization for Foreign Documents (The Hague, October 5th, 1961).

Toetreding door Chili onder de volgende verklaring:

Competent authorities:

—: Subsecretario de Justicia (Under-Secretary of Justice), Secretarios Regionales Ministeriales de Justicia (Regional Ministerial Secretaries of Justice)
—: Secretarios Regionales del Ministerio de Educación (Regional Secretaries of the Ministry of Education)
—: Secretarios Regionales Ministeriales de Salud, Directores de Servicios de Salud, Intendente de Prestadores de Salud (Regional Ministerial Secretaries of Health, Health Service Directors, Intendent of Health Providers)
—: Director Nacional, Directores Regionales del Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (National Director, Regional Directors of the Civil and Identification Registration Service)
—: Dirección General de Asuntos Consulares y de Inmigración del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (General Direction of Consular and Immigration Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Spanje heeft op 01-04-2016 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in The Hague presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has the honor to draw the latter's attention to the Conclusions & Recommendations adopted by the Council of General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, at the meeting held on 15-17 March 2016, on the issue of ‘New ratifications / accessions: role of the Depositary and the Permanent Bureau’. According to them:

‘When, following the deposit of an instrument of ratification, approval, or accession, the Depositary subsequently receives an objection from a Contracting State, including based on the issue of statehood, the Depositary brings the matter to the attention of all Contracting States to the Convention concerned’.

Following this recommendation to the Depositary the Council did not consider itself competent to verify the condition of statehood of any entity depositing an instrument of ratification, approval or accession to the Hague Conference's Conventions while handing over the issue to the Contracting States of the Convention concerned.

In the case of the territory of Kosovo alleged accession to the Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, of 1961 (Apostille Convention) the matter has not been brought to the attention of the Contracting States to the said Convention yet. Therefore by no means the Contracting States have adopted a decision on this issue.

Taking all this into account, the Kingdom of Spain's stance remains that the reception of the instrument of accession of the territory of Kosovo to the Apostille Convention has no legal validity, because the depositary is not entitled to qualify neither directly nor implicitly any entity as a State. Thus, Spain requests to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands the non-admission of the petition of accession of the territory of Kosovo to the Apostille Convention.

The Kingdom of Spain wishes to remind the inconvenience caused by the notorious lack of impartiality of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, in a matter that goes far beyond its duties as a Depositary. The Kingdom of Spain underlines its right to take appropriate legal action as it considers that the Ministry's actions have infringed International Law, particularly the due neutrality of the Depositary State of any international Treaty within the exercise of its functions according to Article 76(2) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, of 1969.

The Kingdom of Spain would highly appreciate if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands brings this Verbal Note to the attention of the other Contracting States to the Apostille Convention.

The Kingdom of Spain avails itself this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the assurances of its highest consideration.

De depositaris deelt op 15-04-2016 het volgende mede betreffende de op 01-04-2016 door Spanje afgelegde verklaring:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, acting in its capacity as depositary, presents its compliments to the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain and has the honour to acknowledge receipt on 4 April 2016 of the Embassy’s Note No. 25/16 of 1 April 2016. In this Note the Embassy draws the Ministry’s attention to the Conclusions and Recommendations adopted by the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, held at 15-17 March, on the issue of ‘New ratifications/-accessions: the role of the Depositary and the Permanent Bureau’ with regard to the Convention abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, concluded at The Hague on 5 October 1961. The Embassy states that the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in its role as Depositary of the Convention abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Apostille Convention) has acted contrary to Article 76(2) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 1969.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands respectfully disagrees with this view. In regard of the acceptance of the instrument of accession to the Apostille Convention of the Republic of Kosovo, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, acting in its capacity of Depositary of the Apostille Convention, has acted on the basis of complete impartiality and thus in full conformity with Articles 76 and 77 of the Vienna Convention and with depositary practice. In this respect, the Kingdom of the Netherlands respectfully refers to its statement delivered during the 194th meeting of the Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in regard of the depositary practice of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

As requested by the Kingdom of Spain, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will bring the Embassy’s Note, together with this Note, to the attention of the other Contracting States of the Apostille Convention.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, acting in its capacity as depositary, avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain the assurances of its highest consideration.

Spanje heeft op 22-04-2016 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Embassy of Spain presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and with reference to the latter's Note Verbale MINBUZA-2016.213921 of 14 April 2016, in reply to this Embassy's Note Verbale 25/16 of 1 April 2016, the Embassy of Spain wishes to make the following clarifications and requests:

As stated during the recent meetings of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, it is the view of Spain, and many other States, that the question of Palestine and that of the territory of Kosovo are not the same.

The Embassy of Spain kindly reminds the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands that at the 193th session of the Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on 4 January 2016, the Presidency of the Administrative Council, as well as the Permanent Bureau of the Conference, agreed to put under review the submission of the instrument of accession of Palestine and the territory of Kosovo to the 1907 Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes until the States Parties would take an appropriate decision on the matter.

The Embassy of Spain appreciates the written submission of the statement delivered by the depositary during the 194th meeting of the Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and fully agrees with its last paragraph stating that ‘the Netherlands, in its capacity as depositary, has no stance on statehood’. Therefore, the Netherlands rightly considers that ‘it is for the individual Contracting States of the 1907 Convention to decide on matters of statehood, eligibility and accession’. This is precisely the reason why Spain has repeatedly reminded the depositary that it is up to the Contracting States and not to the depositary to adopt a decision before accepting the instrument of accession of a territory, notably if its statehood is controversial.

Accordingly, Spain stresses the fact that the Council on General Affairs and Policy of The Hague Conference on Private International Law decided at the meeting held on 15-17 March 2016 (paragraph 4 of the conclusions and recommendations) to bring to the attention of all Contracting Parties to the Convention concerned any matters, including the issue of statehood, following the deposit of an instrument of ratification, approval or accession when the depositary receives an objection from a Contracting State, in accordance with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, the UN doctrine and depositary practice by other International Organizations in similar situations and in compliance with the decision previously adopted by the above mentioned Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

In the same vein, in relation with the Apostille's Convention, Spain has repeatedly requested the depositary to take a decision similar to the one adopted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Since at the last meeting of the Council on General Affairs of the Hague Conference no final decision about the territory of Kosovo could be taken, Spain requests to convene a meeting of all Contracting Parties before 15 May 2016, when the deadline for submission of objections under Article 12 of the Apostille Convention expires, to give the possibility to all Contracting Parties to take the appropriate decision.

Alternatively, and taking into consideration the limited time available and the difficulties to convene the meeting in such short notice, the Embassy of Spain requests the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to suspend the instrument of accession of the territory of Kosovo to the Apostille Convention until the Contracting Parties of the Convention may adopt a decision.

Should this not be the case, in the opinion of Spain, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands would go far beyond its technical duties as depositary and would act contrary to the decisions adopted by other international organizations and depositary States in similar situations. In addition to the decision of the Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, it is also important to bear in mind the decision of the General Conference of UNESCO to dismiss the application for membership of the territory of Kosovo and, more recently, the decision of the Executive Committee of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) adopted by consensus on 16th April 2016 to postpone the process of accession of the territory of Kosovo ‘waiting for a decision of the United Nations’.

The Embassy of Spain would highly appreciate that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands brings this Note Verbale to the attention of the other Contracting States of the Apostille Convention.

The Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the assurances of its highest consideration.

De depositaris deelt op 28-04-2016 het volgende mede betreffende een door Spanje op 22-04-2016 afgelegde verklaring:

In its Note, Spain requests ‘to convene a meeting of all Contracting Parties before 15 May 2016, when the deadline for submission of objections under Article 12 of the Apostille Convention expires, to give the possibility to all Contracting Parties to take the appropriate decision’.

In accordance with Article 77, paragraph 2, of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, in the event of any difference appearing between a State and the depositary as to the performance of the latter's functions, the depositary shall bring the question to the attention of the signatory States and the contracting States or, where appropriate, of the competent organ of the international organization concerned.

As convening a meeting of the Contracting States is not one of the functions of the depositary mentioned in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, the Ministry would like to suggest that the Embassy directs its request to convene a meeting of the Contracting States to the Secretary General of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will, in accordance with Article 15 of the Convention, bring the Embassy’s Note No. 32/16 together with this note to the attention of the Contracting States to the aforementioned Convention.

Spanje heeft op 12-05-2016 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Kingdom of Spain, as many others Contracting States, does not recognize the unilateral declaration of independence of the territory of Kosovo nor the statehood of that territory.

The territory of Kosovo does not comply with the requirement of statehood established by the Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, of 5th October 1961 (Apostille Convention) and, consequently, the deposition of the instrument of accession has no legal or other effects. Therefore, the provisions of the Apostille Convention regarding the procedure of entry into force are not applicable and the Kingdom of Spain does not consider this territory a Contracting Party of the Apostille Convention.

Taking all this into account, the Kingdom of Spain does not view itself bound, directly or implicitly, by the Apostille Convention with regard to the said entity. Moreover, the Kingdom of Spain will not accept under any circumstance the validity of the documents issued by the said territory even if they have been recognized by another Contracting State of the Apostille Convention.

Chili heeft op 10-10-2016 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Declaration of Chile about Kosovo's accession to the Apostille Convention:

Chile does not recognize Kosovo as a Party to the Apostille Convention, and therefore the aforementioned Convention will not have effect between Chile and Kosovo.

Toetreding door Guatemala onder de volgende verklaringen:

The accession and the implementation of this Convention, does not imply the recognition from the Republic of Guatemala of any territory as sovereign State and any regime as Legal Government, that to the present date, are not recognized by the Republic of Guatemala, neither implies the establishment nor reestablishment of the diplomatic relations with those countries with which they do not maintain currently.

Competent Authority:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala, Department of Authentication of the Directorate of Legal Affairs of the General Directorate of Legal Affairs, International Treaties and Translations.

De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 20-07-2017.

De bezwaarperiode eindigt voor Tunesië op 29-01-2018.

Duitsland heeft op 01-12-2017 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Tunesië:

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany herewith objects to the accession of Tunisia in accordance with article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirements of Legalization for Foreign Documents (The Hague, October 5th, 1961).

Oostenrijk heeft op 12-01-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Tunesië:

The Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the Tunisian Republic with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

Griekenland heeft op 25-01-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Tunesië:

[…] in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961, the Hellenic Republic hereby objects to the accession of the Republic of Tunisia to the above mentioned Convention.

België heeft op 26-01-2018 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding door Tunesië:

[…] Belgium objects to the accession of Tunisia to the above mentioned Convention in accordance with Article 12 of the Convention.

België heeft het bezwaar ingetrokken per 11-06-2025 onder de volgende verklaring:

On 26 January 2018 Belgium raised an objection to the accession of Tunisia to the abovementioned Convention in accordance with article 12 of the Convention, as a result of which the Convention did not enter into force between Tunisia and Belgium. […] the Kingdom of Belgium has the honor to inform the […] depositary of the Apostille Convention of the withdrawal of this objection.

Therefore, the Convention entered into force between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Tunisia on 11 June 2025.

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Toetreding door Guyana op 30-07-2018. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 17-02-2019.

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Toetreding door de Filipijnen op 12-09-2018. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 15-03-2019.

Toetreding door de Filipijnen onder de volgende verklaring:

The Philippines’ accession to the Apostille Convention will not apply to Contracting Parties which it does not recognize as States.

The Government of the Republic of the Philippines wishes to draw the attention of State Parties to the Apostille Convention to Sections 4 and 5 of the Philippine Extradition Law (Presidential Decree No. 1069 [s.1977]) which pertains to documents submitted to the Government of the Philippines in support of extradition requests, and wish to convey that the Apostille Convention does not supersede or override the provisions of the Philippine Extradition Law.

The Certification by apostille under the Apostille Convention does not satisfy the requirements under the Philippine Extradition Law. Extradition requests directed to the Republic of the Philippines should be conveyed in the manner provided for by the Philippine Extradition Law.

Duitsland heeft op 29-01-2019 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van de Filipijnen:

[…] the Federal Republic of Germany herewith objects to the accession of the Philippines in accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention abolishing the Requirements of Legalization for Foreign Documents (The Hague, 5 October, 1961).

Finland heeft op 07-02-2019 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van de Filipijnen:

Pursuant to Article 12, second paragraph, of that Convention, Finland hereby raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of the Philippines.

Finland heeft op 22-08-2025 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Finland hereby withdraws the said objection in accordance with article 12, paragraph [2], of the Convention with the intention that the said Convention enter into force between Finland and the Republic of the Philippines.

Oostenrijk heeft op 05-03-2019 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van de Filipijnen:

The Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of the Philippines with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention.

Oostenrijk heeft op 31-05-2023 het bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van de Filipijnen ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

Following a review of this objection, the Republic of Austria has decided to withdraw its objection to the accession of the Republic of the Philippines to the Convention. Therefore, the Convention will enter into force between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of the Philippines as of 1 June 2023.

Griekenland heeft op 12-03-2019 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van de Filipijnen:

In accordance with Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of the 5th October 1961, the Government of the Hellenic Republic hereby objects to the accession of the Republic of the Philippines to the above mentioned Convention.

Griekenland heeft op 25-06-2024 het bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van de Filipijnen ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

[…] the Hellenic Republic hereby withdraws its objection raised to the accession of the Republic of the Philippines to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961.

Therefore, the Convention entered into force between the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of the Philippines on 25 June 2024.

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Litouwen heeft op 16-06-2020 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

The Government of the Republic of Lithuania takes note of the Declarations submitted by Ukraine on 16 October 2015 regarding the application of the Convention on Civil Procedure (1954), the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (1961), the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (1965), the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (1970), the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980) and the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and of the Declarations submitted by the Russian Federation on 19 July 2016 in relation to the Declarations made by Ukraine.

In relation to the Declarations made by the Russian Federation, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania declares, in line with the conclusions of the European Council of 20/21 March 2014, that it does not recognize the illegal referendum in Crimea and the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

As regards the territorial scope of the above Conventions, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania therefore considers that the conventions in principle continue to apply to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as part of the territory of Ukraine.

The Government of the Republic of Lithuania further notes the Declaration by Ukraine that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol are temporarily not under the control of Ukraine and that the application and implementation by Ukraine of its obligations under the Conventions is limited and not guaranteed in relation to this part of Ukraine's territory, and that only the central authorities of Ukraine in Kyiv will determine the procedure for relevant communication.

As a consequence of the above, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania declares that it will not engage in any direct communication or interaction with authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and will not accept any documents or requests emanating from such authorities or through the authorities of the Russian Federation, but will only engage with the central authorities of Ukraine in Kyiv for the purposes of the application and implementation of the said conventions.

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Toetreding door Jamaica op 03-07-2021. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 04-05-2021.

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Toetreding door Singapore op 16-09-2021. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 18-07-2021.

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Oman heeft op 23-03-2021 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

[…] the Government of the Sultanate of Oman represented by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the pleasure to notify […] its desire to confirm its position regarding Article 1 of the Convention. The Sultanate considers that the provisions of the Convention do not apply to commercial and customs documents, whatever their type, origin or value, nor do they apply to documents issued by Diplomatic or Consular Agents. In the view of the Sultanate the Convention applies only to civil public documents, pursuant to paragraphs a, b, c and d, of the aforementioned Article.

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Toetreding door Indonesië op 05-10-2021. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 05-04-2022.

Toetreding door onder de volgende verklaring:

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia is bound by the provisions of Article 1 on the scope of public documents in the Convention with a declaration statement that provided that the documents issued by the prosecutor office as the prosecuting body in the Republic of Indonesia, are not included in public documents whose requirements of legalization have been abolished as set forth in this Convention.

Duitsland heeft op 22-03-2022 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Indonesië bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has carefully examined the declaration dated 5 October 2021 made by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on the occasion of the accession of the Republic of Indonesia to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’).

The declaration by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia pursuant to which it is bound by the provisions of Article 1 on the scope of public documents in the Convention, provided that the documents issued by the prosecutor office as the prosecuting body in the Republic of Indonesia are not included in public documents whose requirements of legalization have been abolished as set forth in this Convention, constitutes a reservation, since the purpose of the declaration made by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia is to limit the legal effect of Article 1 of the Convention as applied to the Republic of Indonesia.

Article 1(2) of the Convention provides that documents emanating from a public prosecutor shall be deemed to be public documents, unless the documents are executed by diplomatic or consular agents or relate to administrative documents dealing directly with commercial or customs operations.

Public prosecutors are an authority or an official connected with the courts or tribunals of the State; consequently, documents issued by them in this capacity are to be deemed as public documents covered by the Convention within the meaning of Article 1. A reservation excluding these documents from exemption from legalization is not compatible with the object and purpose of the Convention. The reservation made by the Republic of Indonesia is therefore inadmissible.

The Federal Republic of Germany objects to this reservation by the Republic of Indonesia. This objection does not prevent the entry into force of the Convention between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Indonesia.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 04-10-2022 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Indonesië bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has the honor to refer to the declaration made by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on 5 October 2021 upon its accession to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’).

The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has examined the declaration, in which the Government of the Republic of Indonesia states that documents issued by the prosecutor office as the prosecuting body in the Republic of Indonesia are not included in public documents whose requirements of legalisation have been abolished as set forth in the Convention.

Article 1 of the Convention provides that documents emanating from an authority or an official connected with the courts or tribunals of the State, including those emanating from a public prosecutor are deemed to be public documents. Since the declaration limits the legal effect of the application of Article 1 of the Convention to public documents, the declaration by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia amounts to a reservation.

The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is of the view that, in the absence of further clarification, this reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention according to customary international law as codified in Article 19(c) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands therefore objects to the reservation made by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia.

This objection shall not preclude the entry into force of the Convention between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia.

Frankrijk op 05-10-2022 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de door Indonesië bij de toetreding afgelegde verklaring:

The Government of the French Republic has carefully examined the declaration made by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on 5 October 2021 upon Indonesia’s accession to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’).

The declaration, according to which the Government of the Republic of Indonesia is bound by the provisions of Article 1 defining public documents for the purposes of the Convention on the condition that documents emanating from the office of the prosecutor in its capacity as the prosecuting body of the Republic of Indonesia are not included among the public documents for which the requirement of legalisation has been abolished under the Convention, amounts to a reservation insofar as it seeks to limit the legal effect of Article 1 of the Convention with regard to the Republic of Indonesia.

Under Article 1(2) of the Convention, documents emanating from a public prosecutor are deemed to be public documents, unless they have been executed by diplomatic or consular agents or concern administrative documents dealing directly with commercial or customs operations.

The prosecutor is an authority or an official falling under the jurisdiction of the State, and consequently the documents issued by the prosecutor in this capacity must be considered public documents under the Convention within the meaning of Article 1. Any reservation excluding these documents from the abolition of the requirement of legalisation substantively restricts the material field of application of the Convention and for this reason is incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention.

The French Republic therefore objects to the reservation made by the Republic of Indonesia. This objection does not preclude the entry into force of the Convention between the French Republic and the Republic of Indonesia.

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Toetreding door Saudi-Arabië op 08-04-2022. De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 08-10-2022.

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Toetreding door Senegal op 13-07-2022 onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

[…] the following officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad of the Republic of Senegal are designated, ex officio, to issue the certificate referred to in article 3 (1):

–: Director of Legal and Consular Affairs (Directeur des Affaires juridiques et consulaires);
–: Head of the Chancellery Division (Chef de la Division Chancellerie);
–: Head of the Civil Registry Office (Chef du Bureau de l'Etat Civil).

De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 22-01-2023.

Oostenrijk heeft op 12-01-2023 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Senegal:

The Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Senegal with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 17-01-2023 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Senegal:

Pursuant to Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten) hereby raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Senegal to the aforementioned Convention.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 28-01-2026 dit bezwaar ingetrokken onder de volgende verklaring:

The Kingdom of the Netherlands withdraws its declaration made in accordance with Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention, objecting to the accession of the Republic of Senegal to the Convention. Therefore, the Convention will take effect between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Senegal as of 28 January 2026.

Duitsland heeft op 18-01-2023 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Senegal:

[…] the Federal Republic of Germany raises an objection to the accession of Senegal in accordance with Article 12 (2) of the Convention.

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Toetreding door Pakistan op 08-07-2022 onder de volgende verklaring:

The participation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, shall in no way imply recognition of entities which it does not recognize outside the scope of the present Convention and shall not lead to entry into dealings with such entities under this Convention. Furthermore, the Convention shall not apply to India, and/or entities not recognized by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Tsjechië heeft op 23-11-2022 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Pakistan:

The Czech Republic raises an objection to the accession of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the Convention [...].

Duitsland heeft op 24-10-2022 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Pakistan:

[…] the Federal Republic of Germany raises an objection to the accession of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in accordance with Article 12(2) of the Convention.

Polen heeft op 30-11-2022 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Pakistan:

In accordance with Article 12 paragraph 2 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, done at The Hague on 5 October 1961, the Republic of Poland raises an objection to the accession of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the mentioned Convention.

Finland heeft op 12-12-2022 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Pakistan:

Pursuant to Article 12, second paragraph, of that Convention, Finland hereby raises an objection to the accession of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Oostenrijk heeft op 12-12-2022 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Pakistan:

The Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 15-12-2022 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Pakistan:

Pursuant to Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten) hereby raises an objection to the accession of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the aforementioned Convention.

Denemarken heeft op 02-01-2023 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Pakistan:

In accordance with Article 12(2) of the mentioned Convention, the Kingdom of Denmark raises an objection to the accession of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the Convention.

Griekenland heeft op 05-01-2023 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Pakistan:

In accordance with Article 12, second paragraph of the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961, the Hellenic Republic hereby objects to the accession of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the abovementioned Convention.

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In verband met het weer uitoefenen van de soevereiniteit over Macau door China vanaf 20-12-1999, heeft de Chinese Regering bij brief van 10-12-1999 medegedeeld dat het Verdrag na 19-12-1999 van toepassing blijft op Macau, vanaf 20-12-1999 geheten Macao Special Administrative Region.

Portugal heeft op 10-12-1999 de volgende verklaring afgelegd:

Upon instructions from my Government and referring to the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents concluded at The Hague on 5 October 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) which currently applies to Macau, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency of the following:

In accordance with the Joint Declaration of the Government of the Portuguese Republic and of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the question of Macau, signed in Beijing on 13 April 1987, the Government of the Portuguese Republic will remain internationally responsible for Macau until 19 December 1999, the People's Republic of China resuming from that date the exercise of sovereignty over Macau, with effect from 20 December 1999.

From 20 December 1999 the Portuguese Republic will cease to be responsible for the international rights and obligations arising from the application of the Convention in Macau.

Toetreding door China op 08-03-2023 onder de volgende verklaring:

The Convention will not be applicable between the People's Republic of China and those Contracting States that China does not recognize as sovereign states.

In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the People's Republic of China has decided that the Convention will continue to apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

The other Declarations previously made by the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region continue to be effective.

The Declaration made by the Government of the People's Republic of China that ‘the Convention will not be applicable between the People's Republic of China and those Contracting States that China does not recognize as sovereign states’ applies to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region.

De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 08-09-2023.

India heeft op 08-09-2023 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van China:

[…] in accordance with Article 12 of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents 1961, the Republic of India objects to the accession of [the] People’s Republic of China to the Convention.

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Toetreding door Canada onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

1.

The Government of Canada, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, designates the following authorities by reference to their official functions as competent to issue the certificates referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention:

–: the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development;
–: the Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia;
–: the Ministry of Justice of Alberta;
–: the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General of Saskatchewan;
–: the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery of Ontario.

2.

The Government of Canada further states that it may at any time give notice of any change in the designated authorities pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 6 of the Convention.

Canada heeft op 12-05-2023 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

1.

–: the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development;
–: the Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia;
–: the Ministry of Justice of Alberta;
–: the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General of Saskatchewan;
–: the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery of Ontario.

2.

The Government of Canada further states that it may at any time give notice of any change in the designated authorities pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 6 of the Convention.

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Toetreding door Rwanda op 06-10-2023 onder de volgende verklaring:

[…] the Republic of Rwanda wishes to exclude documents that provide Power of Attorney for property from certification under the Apostille Convention in Rwanda, due to internal considerations.

Rwanda heeft op 06-10-2023 de volgende autoriteiten aangewezen:

Competent authority:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Duitsland heeft op 28-03-2024 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Rwanda:

[…] the Federal Republic of Germany raises an objection to the accession of the Republic of Rwanda in accordance with Article 12(2) of the Convention.

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Toetreding door Bangladesh onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteit:

Competent authority:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 29-01-2025

Duitsland heeft op 10-09-2024 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

[…] the Federal Republic of Germany raises an objection to the accession of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in accordance with Article 12(2) of the Convention.

Tsjechië heeft op 12-12-2024 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

[…] the Czech Republic raises an objection to the accession of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the above-mentioned Convention.

Oostenrijk heeft op 23-12-2024 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

The Republic of Austria raises an objection to the accession of the People’s Democratic Republic of Bangladesh with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention.

Finland heeft op 13-01-2025 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

Pursuant to Article 12, second paragraph, of that Convention, Finland hereby raises an objection to the accession of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden heeft op 14-01-2025 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

Pursuant to Article 12, second paragraph, of the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten) hereby raises an objection to the accession of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the aforementioned Convention.

Estland heeft op 16-01-2025 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

[…] the Republic of Estonia raises an objection to the accession of the People's Republic of Bangladesh with reference to Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Convention.

Griekenland heeft op 21-01-2025 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

In accordance with Article 12, second paragraph of the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961, the Hellenic Republic hereby objects to the accession of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the above mentioned Convention.

Frankrijk heeft op 23-01-2025 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

(translation) (original: French)

[…] has the honour to notify that the Government of the French Republic objects to the accession of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.

Denemarken heeft op 24-01-2025 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

In accordance with Article 12(2) of the mentioned Convention, the Kingdom of Denmark raises an objection to the accession of Bangladesh to the Convention.

Argentinië heeft op 24-01-2025 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

[…] the Argentine Republic objects to the accession of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the [Convention], in accordance with Article 12, second paragraph.

Litouwen heeft op 27-01-2025 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Bangladesh:

[…] the Republic of Lithuania hereby raises an objection to the accession of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the above-mentioned Convention.

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Toetreding door Algerije onder de volgende verklaring:

(…) central and local services falling under the following five (05) Algerian ministries are designated to issue the certificate:

–: The Ministry of the Interior, Local Authorities and Transport;
–: The Ministry of Justice;
–: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research;
–: The Ministry of National Education;
–: The Ministry of Vocational Education and Professional Training.

De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 10-05-2026.

Duitsland heeft op 06-03-2026 het volgende bezwaar gemaakt tegen de toetreding van Algerije:

[…] the Federal Republic of Germany raises an objection to the accession of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria in accordance with Article 12 (2) of the Convention.

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Toetreding door Vietnam op 31-12-2025 onder aanwijzing van de volgende autoriteiten:

[…] the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, designates the following Competent Authorities to issue Apostilles: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam:

1.: The Consular Department (Headquarters in Hanoi);
2.: Ho Chi Minh City’s Department for External Relations.

De bezwaarperiode eindigt op 13-07-2026.

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