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1.This Order shall come into force on 1st October 1989...
2.In this Order “the Act” means the Civil Jurisdiction and...
3.The following shall be inserted before the final item in...
4.The following shall be substituted for the final item in...
5.The following shall be substituted for section 1(2)(a) of the...
6.The following shall be substituted for section 1(3) of the...
7.The following shall be substituted for section 2(2) of the...
8.The following shall be inserted after paragraph (b) of section...
SCHEDULES
TEXT OF 1968 CONVENTION, AS AMENDED
CONVENTION on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial mattersPREAMBLE
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN...
Desiring to implement the provisions of Article 220 of that...
Anxious to strengthen in the Community the legal protection of...
Considering that it is necessary for this purpose to determine...
Have decided to conclude this Convention and to this end...
(Designations of Plenipotentiaries of the original six Contracting States)
WHO, meeting within the Council, having exchanged their Full Powers,...
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Convention shall not apply to: (1) the status or...
Article 2
Persons who are not nationals of the State in which...
Article 3
In particular the following provisions shall not be applicable as...
Article 4
As against such a defendant, any person domiciled in a...
Article 5
Article 6
Article 6a
Jurisdiction in matters relating to insurance
Article 7
Article 8
An insurer who is not domiciled in a Contracting State...
Article 9
Article 10
The provisions of Articles 7, 8 and 9 shall apply...
If the law governing such direct actions provides that the...
Article 11
The provisions of this Section shall not affect the right...
Article 12
Article 12a
Jurisdiction over consumer contracts
Article 13
Where a consumer enters into a contract with a party...
This Section shall not apply to contracts of transport.
Article 14
Proceedings may be brought against a consumer by the other...
These provisions shall not affect the right to bring a...
Article 15
Article 16
Article 17
The court or courts of a Contracting State on which...
Agreements or provisions of a trust instrument conferring jurisdiction shall...
If an agreement conferring jurisdiction was concluded for the benefit...
Article 18
Examination as to jurisdiction and admissibility
Article 19
Article 20
The court shall stay the proceedings so long as it...
The provisions of the foregoing paragraph shall be replaced by...
Article 21
A court which would be required to decline jurisdiction may...
Article 22
A court other than the court first seised may also,...
For the purposes of this Article, actions are deemed to...
Article 23
Provisional, including protective, measures
Article 24
TITLE III RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT
Article 25
Article 26
Any interested party who raises the recognition of a judgment...
If the outcome of proceedings in a court of a...
Article 27
Article 28
In its examination of the grounds of jurisdiction referred to...
Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph, the jurisdiction...
Article 29
Article 30
A court of a Contracting State in which recognition is...
Article 31
However, in the United Kingdom, such a judgment shall be...
Article 32
The jurisdiction of local courts shall be determined by reference...
Article 33
The applicant must give an address for service of process...
The documents referred to in Articles 46 and 47 shall...
Article 34
The application may be refused only for one of the...
Under no circumstances may the foreign judgment be reviewed as...
Article 35
Article 36
If that party is domiciled in a Contracting State other...
Article 37
The judgment given on the appeal may be contested only:...
Article 38
Where the judgment was given in Ireland or the United...
The court may also make enforcement conditional on the provision...
Article 39
The decision authorizing enforcement shall carry with it the power...
Article 40
The party against whom enforcement is sought shall be summoned...
Article 41
Article 42
An applicant may request partial enforcement of a judgment.
Article 43
Article 44
However, an applicant who requests the enforcement of a decision...
Article 45
Article 46
Article 47
Article 48
If the court so requires, a translation of the documents...
Article 49
TITLE IV AUTHENTIC INSTRUMENTS AND COURT SETTLEMENTS
Article 50
The instrument produced must satisfy the conditions necessary to establish...
The provisions of Section 3 of Title III shall apply...
Article 51
Article 52
If a party is not domiciled in the State whose...
The domicile of a party shall, however, be determined in...
Article 53
In order to determine whether a trust is domiciled in...
TITLE VI TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Article 54
However, judgments given after the date of entry into force...
TITLE VII RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CONVENTIONS
Article 55
Article 56
They shall continue to have effect in respect of judgments...
Article 57
This Convention shall not affect the application of provisions which,...
Article 58
Article 59
However, a Contracting State may not assume an obligation towards...
Article 60
The Kingdom of the Netherlands may declare at the time...
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, this Convention shall not apply to:...
Such declarations may be made at any time by notifiying...
Proceedings brought in the United Kingdom on appeal from courts...
Proceedings which in the Kingdom of Denmark are dealt with...
Article 61
Article 62
Article 63
The necessary adjustments may be the subject of a special...
Article 64
Article 65
Article 66
Article 67
Article 68
(Signatures of Plenipotentiaries of the original six Contracting States)
Article I
An agreement conferring jurisdiction, within the meaning of Article 17,...
Article II
However, the court seised of the matter may order appearance...
Article III
Article IV
Unless the State in which service is to take place...
Article V
Judgments given in the other Contracting States by virtue of...
Article Va
Article Vb
Article Vc
Article Vd
Article VI
TEXT OF 1971 PROTOCOL, AS AMENDED
Article 1
The Court of Justice of the European Communities shall also...
The Court of Justice of the European Communities shall also...
Article 2
2.Where such a question is raised before any court referred...
2.The interpretation given by the Court of Justice in response...
3.The Procurators-General of the Courts of Cassation of the Contracting...
4.The Registrar of the Court of Justice shall give notice...
Article 6
The Kingdom of the Netherlands may declare at the time...
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, this Convention shall not apply to:...
Such declarations may be made at any time by notifying...
Article 7
Article 8
Article 9
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12
Article 13
Article 14
TEXT OF TITLES V AND VI OF 1982 ACCESSION CONVENTION
Article 13
The texts of the 1968 Convention, of the 1971 Protocol...
Article 14
Article 15
It shall enter into force for each Member State which...
Article 16
Article 17
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