Multilateral Treaties

 B-49: INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON PERSONALITY AND CAPACITY OF JURIDICAL 
PERSONSIN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW


        ADOPTED AT: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA                                             

              DATE: 05/24/84

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: THIRD INTER-AMERICAN SPECIALIZED CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE      
                    INTERNATIONAL LAW                                           
                            ,

  ENTRY INTO FORCE: 08/09/92   ON THE THIRTIETH DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF       
                               DEPOSIT OF THE SECOND INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION,
                               IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 14 OF THE CONVENTION  

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

              TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 63                                  

   UN REGISTRATION: 08/08/95  No. 39980   Vol.       

      OBSERVATIONS:     For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention  
                    after the deposit of the second instrument of ratification, 
                    the Convention shall enter into force in the thirtieth day  
                    after deposit by such State of its instruments of           
                    ratification or accession.                                  

               GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: B-49               

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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES    SIGNATURE REF   RA/AC/AD REF   DEPOSIT INST  INFORMA REF
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Bolivia .............   05/24/84         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Brazil ..............   05/24/84       01/30/97       03/20/97 RA     /  /     
Chile ...............   05/24/84         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Colombia ............   05/24/84         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Ecuador .............   05/24/84         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Guatemala ...........   01/29/91       04/29/92       07/09/92 AD     /  /     
Haiti ...............   05/24/84         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Mexico ..............   12/02/86       02/11/87 D  a  06/12/87 RA     /  /     
Nicaragua ...........   05/24/84       08/24/99       11/09/99 RA     /  /     
Uruguay .............   05/24/84         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Venezuela ...........   05/24/84         /  /           /  /          /  /     
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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-49. INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON PERSONALITY                      
                 AND CAPACITY OF JURIDICAL PERSONS                            
                   IN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW                               
                                                                              
                                                                              
a. Mexico:                                                                    
                                                                              
   (Declaration made at the time of ratification.)                            
                                                                              
   Article 2                                                                  
   Mexico considers that Article 2 of the present Convention is applicable    
to analogous cases, such as transformation, liquidation and scission.         

Text of the Treaty