Déclarations

Articles: 13,17,22,23

Conformément à l'article 23 de la Convention, le Gouvernement de la Norvège déclare que:

Le Government Adoption Office*, est l'autorité compétente pour délivrer les certificats visés à l'article 23, paragraphe 1, de la Convention, lorsque l'adoption a eu lieu en Norvège ou lorsqu'une décision d'adoption étrangère a fait l'objet, en Norvège, d'une conversion conformément à l'article 27.

Conformément à l'article 22, paragraphe 4, de la Convention, le Gouvernement de la Norvège déclare que:

L'adoption d'enfants résidant habituellement en Norvège ne peut avoir lieu que si les fonctions des Autorités centrales sont exercées par des autorités publiques ou par des organismes agréés en vertu du chapitre III de la Convention.

Par Note en date du 25 septembre 1997, l'Ambassade de Norvège à La Haye a fait savoir au Bureau Permanent ce qui suit:

«In accordance with Article 13 of the Convention, the Government of Norway declares:
The Government Adoption Office is the Central Authority referred to in Article 6, paragraph 1, and shall discharge the duties imposed by the Convention upon such authorities, unless functions are performed by public authorities or by accredited bodies by delegation pursuant to Article 22, paragraph 1.

Déclarations conformément aux articles 22, alinéa 1, et 17(c) reçues au Bureau Permanent le 11 novembre 2004, (mise à jour le 13 septembre 2017):

"Subordinate to the Directorate there are five regional offices, which have been delegated some procedural functions under Article 22, paragraph 1. In the vast majority of cases prospective adoptive parents shall now apply to the competent regional office, which grants the prior consent to adopt a child resident in another State. The Directorate is appellate instance. If an adoption exceptionally is going to take place outside an accredited adoption organization, the Regional Office for Children, Youth and Family Affairs, Eastern Norway shall grant the prior consent in the first instance. The Directorate (Central Authority) is then appellate instance.

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In the large majority of cases the Article 17, sub-paragraph c function is performed by the accredited adoption organization according to delegation under Article 22 paragraph 1. In the rare cases where intercountry adoptions are arranged outside an accredited organization, the function is performed by the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs itself. In cases concerning older children (children over 5 years of age), groups of siblings or children with special needs, the decision provided by sub-paragraphc is made by "Faglig utvalg for adopsjonssaker" (Professional Board for Adoption). This board is an independent Government body authorized inter alia to perform the Article 17, sub-paragraph c function in cases concerning children mentioned above. The Professional Board for Adoption is composed of a medical doctor (general practitioner), a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist, appointed by the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs for a period of two years."