Convention country definition

Convention country means any country or territory in which the Convention is in force;

Convention country means a country which is a party to the Convention;

Convention country means, in accordance with the wording of Article 45 of the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption, any country in which the Convention has entered into force, except for a country against whose accession the Republic has raised an objection under Article 44 of the Convention;

Examples of Convention country in a sentence

• An application for registration of the trademark claiming such priority must be made within six months from the date of the first application in a Convention country.

• In the United States we often refer to that country as a Convention country.

• The Convention country receiving and responding to the request is called the “requested State.” As you can tell, the equivalent terminology in UIFSA is an initiating state and a responding state.

• Consistent with The Hague Convention and the Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012, and regardless of whether or not applicants are adopting from a Hague Convention country or a Non-Convention country, all applicants pursuing an intercountry adoption must identify a Primary Provider in the foreign country.

• The decree or administrative order from the competent authority in the Convention country giving custody of the child for purposes of emigration and adoption to the petitioner or to an individual or entity acting on behalf of the petitioner.

More Definitions of Convention country

Convention country means a country in which the Hague Convention is for the time being in force;

Convention country means a country (other than Singapore) that is a Contracting State within the meaning of the Convention;

Convention country means any country or group of countries in respect of which there is in force a proclamation under section 63 declaring such country or group of countries to be a convention country or convention countries for the purposes of this Act;

Convention country means a party to the Hague Convention, other than Australia;

Convention country means a country which is a party to any multilateral treaty relating to trade marks to which Malaysia is also a party;

Convention country means a state or territory which is a party to the Paris Convention;

Convention country means a country outside the British Islands which is party to the Hague Convention;