Member

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación
Dirección General de Españoles en el Exterior y de Asuntos Consulares
C/ Pechuán, 1
28002 Madrid
Spain

Tel +34 91 379 16 51
Fax+34 91 394 86 65
e-mail: sgajcv@maec.es; rosalia.tena@maec.es

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.

• 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 on the Conflicts of Laws Relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions [11]
• 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 4 May 1971 on the Law Applicable to Traffic Accidents [19]
• Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters [20]
• Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Law Applicable to Products Liability [22]
• 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 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28]
• Convention of 25 October 1980 on International Access to Justice [29]
• 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 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]

• Convention of 15 June 1955 on the law applicable to international sales of goods [03]
• Convention of 15 June 1955 relating to the settlement of the conflicts between the law of nationality and the law of domicile [06]
• Convention of 1 June 1956 concerning the recognition of the legal personality of foreign companies, associations and institutions [07]