HCCH | Portugal

Party or REIO	Portugal
Member since	15-VII-1955
National Organ	Direcção-Geral da Política de Justiça Ministério da Justiça Gabinete de Relações Internacionais Avenida D. João II, n.º 1.08.01 E Torre H, pisos 2/3 1990-097 LISBOA Portugal Tel. + 351 21 792 40 00 Fax: + 351 21 792 40 90 E-mail: gri@dgpj.mj.pt Internet: www.dgpj.mj.pt N.B. The purpose of National Organs is the communication between the Members and the HCCH’s Permanent Bureau (Secretariat). They are not intended for communications with the public. Members of the public are kindly asked not to direct enquiries regarding a particular Convention to the National Organ. Questions concerning a specific Convention may be directed to a Central or Competent Authority designated by a State for a particular Convention. The details of those authorities are available on the webpage relating to the specific Convention. If legal advice is required, assistance from a qualified lawyer may be necessary. The Permanent Bureau does not respond to legal queries from private persons or legal practitioners concerning the operation of the various Hague Conventions.
Is a Contracting Party to 22 instruments	Convention of 1 March 1954 on civil procedure [02] Convention of 24 October 1956 on the law applicable to maintenance obligations towards children [08] Convention of 15 April 1958 concerning the recognition and enforcement of decisions relating to maintenance obligations towards children [09] Convention of 5 October 1961 concerning the powers of authorities and the law applicable in respect of the protection of infants [10] Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents [12] Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters [14] Convention of 1 February 1971 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters [16] Supplementary Protocol of 1 February 1971 to the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters [17] Convention of 1 June 1970 on the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations [18] Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters [20] Convention of 2 October 1973 Concerning the International Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons [21] Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations [23] Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations [24] Convention of 14 March 1978 on the Law Applicable to Agency [27] Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28] Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption [33] Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children [34] Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults [35] Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements [37] Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance [38] Protocol of 23 November 2007 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations [39] Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters [41]
Has signed: 5 instruments	Convention of 5 October 1961 on the Conflicts of Laws Relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions [11] Convention of 4 May 1971 on the Law Applicable to Traffic Accidents [19] Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Law Applicable to Products Liability [22] Convention of 14 March 1978 on the Law Applicable to Matrimonial Property Regimes [25] Convention of 14 March 1978 on Celebration and Recognition of the Validity of Marriages [26]

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