Legal provisions of COM(2023)281 - Authorisation of Member States to become or remain parties to the Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults

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Article 1

1. The Council hereby authorises Member States to become or to remain parties to the Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults (‘the Convention’), in the interest of the Union, subject to the conditions set out in Articles 2.


2. The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision.

Article 2


Bulgaria, [Ireland], Spain, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Sweden shall take the necessary steps to deposit their instruments of ratification or accession with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, acting in its capacity as a depositary of the Convention, no later than [24 months after the date of adoption of this Decision].

Article 3


This Decision is addressed to the Member States.