TNAG-1580-FCO40-2154-Extension-to-Hong-Kong-of-European-Community--European-Free-1987 — Page 63

DSR 11 (Revised)

DRAFT: minute/letter/teleletter/despatch/note

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DEPARTMENT:

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TYPE: Draft/Final 1+

Reference

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TO:

Governors of Hong Kong, Bermuda and Cayman Islands

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CAVEAT..

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SUBJECT:

DRAFT EC/EFTA CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS

AMG.

Enclosures-flag(s)...........

1. An EC/EFTA Working Party has for some time been

negotiating a parallel Convention to the 1968 Conven-

tion on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments

in Civil and Commercial Matters concluded between the

original six members of the European Economic Community.

I attach a copy of Cmnd 7395 which contains the text

of the original 1968 Convention and of the 1978 Conven-

tion of Accession thereto by the United Kingdom, Ireland

and Denmark. The 1978 Convention is not yet in force

because the Belgians have not yet ratified, and the three acceding States will not ratify until all the original six have done so. UK legislation to give effect

to the Convention is already in place the Civil

Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982. copy of the latest text of the draft parallel Convention.

I also attach a

2. The 1968 Convention as amended by the 1978 Accession

Convention only provides, in Article 60 as amended, for

extension to UK territories in Europe.

Article 64 of

the new draft Convention, however, would permit extension