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Verdrag inzake de wetsconflicten betreffende de vorm van testamentaire beschikkingen

PartijenPartijen met een link hebben een voorbehoud.

Partij Ondertekening RatificatieO=Ondertekening zonder voorbehoud of vereiste van ratificatie R=Bekrachtiging, aanvaarding, goedkeuring of kennisgeving T=Toetreding VG=Voortgezette gebondenheid NB=Niet bekend In werking Opzegging Buiten werking
Albanië 25-10-2013 (T) 24-12-2013
Antigua en Barbuda 01-05-1985 (VG) 01-11-1981
Armenië 01-03-2007 (T) 30-04-2007
Australië 22-09-1986 (T) 21-11-1986
België 10-10-1968 20-10-1971 (R) 19-12-1971
Bosnië en Herzegovina 23-08-1993 (VG) 06-03-1992
Botswana 18-11-1968 (T) 17-01-1969
Brunei 10-05-1988 (T) 09-07-1988
China
Denemarken 05-10-1961 21-07-1976 (R) 19-09-1976
Duitsland 05-10-1961 02-11-1965 (R) 01-01-1966
Estland 13-05-1998 (T) 12-07-1998
Eswatini 23-11-1970 (T) 22-01-1971
Fiji 28-06-1971 (VG) 10-10-1970
Finland 13-03-1962 24-06-1976 (R) 23-08-1976
Frankrijk 09-10-1961 20-09-1967 (R) 19-11-1967
Grenada 20-05-1985 (VG) 07-02-1974
Griekenland 05-10-1961 03-06-1983 (R) 02-08-1983
Ierland 03-08-1967 (T) 02-10-1967
Israël 11-11-1977 (T) 10-01-1978
Italië 15-12-1961
Japan 30-01-1964 03-06-1964 (R) 02-08-1964
Joegoslavië (< 25-06-1991) 05-10-1961 25-09-1962 (R) 05-01-1964
Kroatië 23-04-1993 (VG) 08-10-1991
Lesotho 01-06-1977 (VG) 04-10-1966
Luxemburg 05-02-1968 07-12-1978 (R) 05-02-1979
Mauritius 24-08-1970 (VG) 12-03-1968
Moldavië 11-08-2011 (T) 10-10-2011
Montenegro 01-03-2007 (VG) 03-06-2006
Nederlanden, het Koninkrijk der 17-03-1980 02-06-1982 (R) 01-08-1982
Noord-Macedonië 20-09-1993 (VG) 17-11-1991
Noorwegen 05-10-1961 02-11-1972 (R) 01-01-1973
Oekraïne 15-03-2011 (T) 14-05-2011
Oostenrijk 05-10-1961 28-10-1963 (R) 05-01-1964
Polen 03-09-1969 (T) 02-11-1969
Portugal 29-09-1967
Servië 26-04-2001 (VG) 27-04-1992
Slovenië 08-06-1992 (VG) 25-06-1991
Spanje 21-10-1976 11-04-1988 (R) 10-06-1988
Tonga 10-08-1978 (VG) 04-06-1970
Turkije 23-08-1983 (T) 22-10-1983
Verenigd Koninkrijk 13-02-1962 06-11-1963 (R) 05-01-1964
Zuid-Afrika 05-10-1970 (T) 04-12-1970
Zweden 05-10-1961 09-07-1976 (R) 07-09-1976
Zwitserland 09-09-1970 18-08-1971 (R) 17-10-1971

Uitbreiding

Australië

Uitgebreid tot In werking Buiten werking
Australisch Antarctisch Territorium 21-11-1986
Heardeiland en McDonaldeilanden 21-11-1986
Koraal Zee-eilanden 21-11-1986

China

Uitgebreid tot In werking Buiten werking
Hongkong SAR 01-07-1997

Frankrijk

Uitgebreid tot In werking Buiten werking
Bassas da India 19-11-1967
Clipperton 19-11-1967
Comoren, de (< 06-07-1975) 19-11-1967 06-07-1979
Djibouti (< 27-06-1977) 19-11-1967 27-06-1977
Europa-eiland 19-11-1967
Frans Guyana 19-11-1967
Frans-Polynesië 19-11-1967
Franse Zuidelijke en Zuidpoolgebieden 19-11-1967
Glorioso-eilanden 19-11-1967
Guadeloupe 19-11-1967
Juan de Nova-eiland 19-11-1967
Martinique 19-11-1967
Mayotte 19-11-1967
Nieuw Caledonië 19-11-1967
Réunion 19-11-1967
Sint Pierre en Miquelon 19-11-1967
Tromelin 19-11-1967
Wallis en Futuna 19-11-1967

Verenigd Koninkrijk

Uitgebreid tot In werking Buiten werking
Anguilla 14-02-1965
Antigua en Barbuda (< 01-11-1981) 14-02-1965 01-11-1981
Barbados (< 30-11-1966) 09-05-1965 30-11-1966
Belize (< 21-09-1981) 14-02-1965 21-09-1981
Bermuda 14-02-1965
Britse Maagdeneilanden 14-02-1965
Brunei (< 01-01-1984) 14-02-1965 01-01-1984
Caymaneilanden 14-02-1965
Dominica (< 03-11-1978) 14-02-1965 03-11-1978
Falklandeilanden 14-02-1965
Fiji-eilanden (< 10-10-1970) 14-02-1965 10-10-1970
Gambia (< 18-02-1965) 14-02-1965 18-02-1965
Gibraltar 14-02-1965
Grenada (< 07-02-1974) 14-02-1965 07-02-1974
Guyana (< 26-05-1966) 09-05-1965 12-07-1979
Hongkong (< 01-07-1997) 23-08-1968 01-07-1997
Lesotho (< 04-10-1966) 14-02-1965 04-10-1966
Man 14-02-1965
Mauritius (< 12-03-1968) 19-02-1966 12-03-1968
Montserrat 14-02-1965
Saint Kitts en Nevis (< 19-11-1983) 14-02-1965 19-11-1983
Saint Lucia (< 22-02-1979) 13-05-1966 22-02-1979
Saint Vincent en de Grenadines (<27-10-1979) 13-08-1966 27-10-1979
Seychelles (< 29-06-1976) 14-02-1965 29-06-1976
Sint-Helena, Ascension en Tristan da Cunha 14-02-1965
Swaziland (< 06-09-1968) 22-05-1967 06-09-1968
Tonga (< 04-06-1970) 14-02-1965 04-06-1970
Turks- en Caicoseilanden 14-02-1965
Vanuatu (< 30-07-1980) 14-02-1965 30-07-1980

Partijen met voorbehouden, verklaringen en bezwaren

Partij Voorbehoud / verklaring Bezwaren
Albanië Ja Nee
Armenië Ja Nee
België Ja Nee
Botswana Ja Nee
China Ja Nee
Estland Ja Nee
Eswatini Ja Nee
Fiji Ja Nee
Frankrijk Ja Nee
Luxemburg Ja Nee
Moldavië Ja Nee
Montenegro Ja Nee
Nederlanden, het Koninkrijk der Ja Nee
Oekraïne Ja Nee
Oostenrijk Ja Nee
Polen Ja Nee
Servië Ja Nee
Tonga Ja Nee
Turkije Ja Nee
Verenigd Koninkrijk Ja Nee
Zuid-Afrika Ja Nee
Zwitserland Ja Nee

Albanië

25-10-2013

Pursuant to Article 10 of the Convention, the Republic of Albania declares that shall not recognize testamentary dispositions made orally, save in exceptional circumstances, by an Albanian national possessing no other nationality.
Pursuant to Article 12 of the Convention, the Republic of Albania reserves its right to exclude from the application of the present Convention any testamentary clauses which, under its laws, do not relate to matters of succession.

Armenië

01-03-2007

Pursuant to Article 10 of the Convention on the Conflicts of Laws relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions, the Republic of Armenia reserves its right not to recognize testamentary dispositions made orally by an Armenian national possessing no other nationality.
Pursuant to Article 12 of the Convention, the Republic of Armenia reserves its right to exclude from the application of the present Convention any testamentary clauses which, under its laws, do not relate to matters of succession.
Pursuant to Article 13 of the Convention, the Republic of Armenia reserves its right to apply the present Convention only to testamentary dispositions made after its entry into force.

België

10-10-1968

With the reservation provided for in article 10 of the Convention.

Botswana

18-11-1968

[Botswana reserves]
(a) the right in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1 to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where the testator had his domicile;
(b) the right, in derogation of Article 8, to apply the said Convention only to testamentary dispositions made after the 22nd September, 1967.

China

16-06-1997

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 Govermnent 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.
(...)
The Convention on the Conflicts of Laws Relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions 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.
In accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, the Government of the People's Republic of China reserves the right, in derogation of Paragraph 3 of Article 1 of the Convention, for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where the testator has his domicile.
As far as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is concerned, in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, and the place where the testator has his domicile is determined in accordance with the lex fori.
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.

Estland

13-05-1998

The Republic of Estonia shall not recognize testamentary dispositions made orally, save in exceptional circumstances, by an Estonian national possessing no other nationality.

Eswatini

23-11-1970

The Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland, in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, hereby reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.

Fiji

19-07-1971

The Government of Fiji, in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, hereby reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.

Frankrijk

09-10-1961

With the reservation provided for in article 10 of the Convention.


21-09-1967

France reserves the right not to recognise, in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention, testamentary dispositions made orally, save in exceptional circumstances, by one of its nationals possessing no other nationality.
In ratifying this Convention, the President of the French Republic, President of the Community, declares that it shall apply to the whole territory of the French Republic: that is, the European Departments, the Overseas Departments and the Overseas Territories.

Luxemburg

07-12-1978

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg reserves the right
1) in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1 of the Convention, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where the testator had his domicile;
2) not to recognise testamentary dispositions made orally, save in exceptional circumstances, by a Luxembourg national possessing no other nationality;
3) to exclude any testamentary clauses from the application of the Convention that, under Luxembourg law, do not relate to matters of succession.

Moldavië

11-08-2011

According to the article 9 of the Convention, the Republic of Moldova reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where the testator had his domicile.
According to the article 10 of the Convention, the Republic of Moldova reserves the right not to recognise testamentary dispositions made orally, save in exceptional circumstances, by one of its nationals possessing no other nationality.

Montenegro

01-03-2007

... the Government of the Republic of Montenegro succeeds to the Convention on the conflicts of laws relating to the form of testamentary dispositions, concluded at The Hague on 5 October 1961, and takes faithfully to perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained as from 3 June 2006, the date upon the Republic of Montenegro assumed responsibility for its international relations.

Nederlanden, het Koninkrijk der

02-06-1982

Testamentary dispositions made orally, save in exceptional circumstances, by a Dutch national possessing no other nationality at the time, are not recognised in the Netherlands.

Oekraïne

15-03-2011

1. According to Article 9 of the Convention Ukraine reserves the right to dertermine domicile of the testator according to law on the court (lex fori).
2. In accordance with Article 10 of the Convention Ukraine reserves the right not to recognize wills made by citizens of Ukraine orally except under exceptional circumstances.
3. According to Article 12 of the Convention Ukraine reserves the right not to apply the present Convention to any provisions of wills that under the legislation of Ukraine are not related to inheritance.

Oostenrijk

28-10-1963

With the reservation provided for in article 12 of the Convention.

Polen

02-09-1969

With the reservation provided for in article 12 of the Convention.

Servië

05-02-2003

... that, following the adoption and promulgation of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on February 4, 2003, as previously adopted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia on 27 January 2003 and by the Assembly of the Republic of Montenegro on 29 January 2003, the name of the State of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been changed to "Serbia and Montenegro".


09-06-2006

... 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.

Tonga

29-08-1978

Tonga, in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, hereby reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.
In accordance with Article 10 of the Convention, Tonga reserves the right, in respect of this territory, not to recognise testamentary dispositions made orally, save in exceptional circumstances by one of its nationals possessing no other nationality.

Turkije

23-08-1983

The Republic of Turkey reserves,
1) in accordance with Article 9, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, the right to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where the testator had his domicile;
2) in accordance with Article 10, the right not to recognise testamentary dispositions made orally, save in exceptional circumstances, by one of its nationals possessing no other nationality;
3) in accordance with Article 12, the right to exclude any testamentary clauses from the application of the present Convention that, under its law, do not relate to matters of succession.

Verenigd Koninkrijk

13-02-1962

In accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the present Convention, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby reserves its right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile


06-11-1963

[Ratification] subject to the reservation formulated in the Note addressed to the Government of the Netherlands upon signature of the Convention on 13 February 1962.


17-12-1964

TERRITORIES
Antigua
Basutoland
Bermuda
Britisch Honduras
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Domenica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Gambia
Gibraltar
Grenada
Isle of Man
Montserrat
New Hebrides (as far as the jurisdiction of the British National Court is concerned)
Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilia
St Helena
Seychelles
Tonga
Turks & Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands
... in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, that, in respect of the above-named territories, the United Kingdom reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.


11-03-1965

Barbados
British Guiana
... in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, that, in respect of the above-named territories, the United Kingdom reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.


23-12-1965

Mauritius
... in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, that, in respect of the above-named territory, the United Kingdom reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.
Furthermore, in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention, the United Kingdom reserve the right, in respect of this territory, not to recognise testamentary dispositions made orally, save in exceptional circumstances, by one of its nationals possessing no other nationality.


18-03-1966

St. Lucia
... in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, that, in respect of the above-named territory, the United Kingdom reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.


20-06-1966

St. Vincent
... in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, that, in respect of the above-named territory, the United Kingdom reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.


23-03-1967

Swaziland
... in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, that, in respect of the above-named territory, the United Kingdom reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.


25-06-1968

Hong Kong
... in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, that, in respect of the above-named territory, the United Kingdom reserves the right, in derogation of the third paragraph of Article 1, to determine in accordance with the lex fori the place where a testator had his domicile.


16-06-1997

... 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.

Zuid-Afrika

05-10-1970

Subject to the reservations contemplated in Articles 9, 10 and 12 of the Convention.

Zwitserland

18-08-1971

With the reservation provided for in article 10 of the Convention.

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