Council Decision (EU) 2019/308 of 18 February 2019 authorising Austria, Luxembourg and Romania to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Belarus and Uzbekistan to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

1 Austria, Luxembourg and Romania are hereby authorised to accept the accession of Belarus and Uzbekistan to the 1980 Hague Convention in the interest of the Union.

2 Austria, Luxembourg and Romania shall, no later than 19 February 2020, deposit a declaration of acceptance of the accession of Belarus and Uzbekistan to the 1980 Hague Convention in the interest of the Union, to be worded as follows: ‘[Full name of MEMBER STATE] declares that it accepts the accession of Belarus and Uzbekistan to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2019/308’.

3 Austria, Luxembourg and Romania shall inform the Council and the Commission of the deposit of their declarations of acceptance of the accession of Belarus and Uzbekistan to the 1980 Hague Convention and shall communicate the text of those declarations within two months of their deposit to the Commission.

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.

This Decision is addressed to Austria, Luxembourg and Romania.