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. 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 21 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]
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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