Multilateral Treaties

 B-39: INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON CONFLICTS OF LAWS CONCERNING CHECKS           


        ADOPTED AT: MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY                                         

              DATE: 05/08/79

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE            
                    INTERNATIONAL LAW                                           
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  ENTRY INTO FORCE: 06/14/80   IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 16 OF THE CONVENTION  

        DEPOSITORY: GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND           
                    RATIFICATIONS)                                              

              TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 49                                  
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   UN REGISTRATION: 03/20/89  No. 24387   Vol.       

      OBSERVATIONS: This Convention shall remain open for signature by the      
                    Member States of the OAS and for accession by any other     
                    state.                                                      

               GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: B-39               

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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES    SIGNATURE REF   RA/AC/AD REF   DEPOSIT INST  INFORMA REF
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Bolivia .............   08/02/83         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Brazil ..............   05/08/79       05/03/94       03/17/94 RA     /  /     
Chile ...............   05/08/79       07/25/96       09/06/96 RA     /  /     
Colombia ............   05/08/79         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Costa Rica ..........   05/08/79         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Dominican Republic ..   05/08/79         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Ecuador .............   05/08/79       04/27/82       05/18/82 RA     /  /     
El Salvador .........   08/11/80         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Guatemala ...........   05/08/79       12/15/87       01/13/88 RA     /  /     
Haiti ...............   05/08/79         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Honduras ............   05/08/79         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Panama ..............   05/08/79         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Paraguay ............   05/08/79       07/05/85       08/16/85 RA     /  /     
Peru ................   05/08/79       04/09/80       05/15/80 RA     /  /     
Uruguay .............   05/08/79 D  1  02/12/80 D  a  05/15/80 RA     /  /     
Venezuela ...........   05/08/79       01/30/85       02/28/85 RA     /  /     
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REF = REFERENCE                                      INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
       D = DECLARATION                                      RA = RATIFICATION
       R = RESERVATION                                      AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA  = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY               AD = ACCESSION
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
           B-39. INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON CONFLICTS                       
                     OF LAWS CONCERNING CHECKS                                
                                                                              
                                                                              
1. Uruguay:                                                                   
                                                                              
   (Declaration made at the time of signature)                                
                                                                              
   The scope of public order:                                                 
                                                                              
   Uruguay wishes to state that it expressly ratifies the line of             
thought enunciated in Panama at CIDIP-I, reaffirming its genuine Pan          
American spirit and its clear and positive decision to contribute             
with its ideas and endorsement to the successful development of the           
legal community.                                                              
                                                                              
   This line of thinking and conduct has been evidenced in                    
unquestionable form by the unreserved ratification by Uruguay of all          
the Conventions of Panama, approved by Law 14,534 in 1976.                    
                                                                              
   In line with the foregoing, the Oriental Republic of Uruguay               
gives its affirmative vote to the formula regarding public order.             
Nevertheless, Uruguay wishes to state expressly and clearly that, in          
accordance with the position it maintained in Panama, its                     
interpretation of the aforementioned exception refers to                      
international public order as an individual juridical institution,            
not necessarily identifiable with the internal public order of each           
state.                                                                        
                                                                              
   Therefore, in the opinion of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,             
the approved formula conveys an exceptional authorization to the              
various States Parties to declare in a nondiscretionary and                   
well-founded manner that the precepts of foreign law are                      
inapplicable whenever these concretely and in a serious and open              
manner offend the standards and principles essential to the                   
international public order on which each individual state bases its           
legal individuality.                                                          
                                                                              
a. Uruguay:                                                                   
                                                                              
   (Declaration made at the time of ratification)                             
                                                                              
   With the declaration made at the time of signature.                        

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