Reservations
Depositary communications
Articles: Art 4(2)
Reservation:
13-05-2021
Nicaragua expresses a reservation with regard to the application of Article 4, second paragraph. Nicaragua stipulates that any Letter of Request or documentation concerning the application of the Convention must be accompanied by a translation of that letter or documentation into the Spanish language.
Notice from the Depositary:
13-05-2020
Nicaragua deposited its instrument of accession to the above-mentioned Convention on 27 February 2019, as notified in Depositary Notification Taking of Evidence No. 01/2019.
On 20 April 2020 the Depositary received a reservation from Nicaragua in respect of Article 4 (2) of the Convention. Article 33 of the Convention stipulates, however, that a State may exclude, in whole or in part, the application of the provisions of Article 4 (2) of the Convention only at the time of signature, ratification or accession.
The Depositary proposes to receive the reservation in question for deposit in the absence of any objection on the part of one of the Contracting States, either to the deposit itself or to the procedure envisaged, within a period of one year from the date of the present notification. In the absence of any such objection, the said reservation will be received for deposit upon the expiration of the above stipulated one year period, that is on 13 May 2021.
17-05-2021
With reference to depositary notification Taking of Evidence No. 10/2020 of 13 May 2020, regarding a late reservation made by Nicaragua, the depositary communicates the following.
By 13 May 2021, that is on the expiry of the period of one year following the date of the abovementioned depositary notification Taking of Evidence No. 10/2020, no objection from the Contracting States to the Convention had been received.
Consequently, the reservation in question in respect of Article 4 (2) was accepted for deposit upon the above-stipulated one-year period, that is on 13 May 2021.
Late Reservation:
20-04-2020
(Translation)
Nicaragua expresses a reservation with regard to the application of Article 4, second paragraph. Nicaragua stipulates that any Letter of Request or documentation concerning the application of the Convention must be accompanied by a translation of that letter or documentation into the Spanish language.