Agreement on the issue of a certificate of life

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the	Yes	No
Spain	Yes	No
Türkiye	Yes	No

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

03-08-2011

Pursuant to article 4, paragraph 1 of the Convention, the Kingdom of the Netherlands designates, for the Kingdom in Europe, the civil registrar as the authority empowered to issue a life certificate. Pursuant to article 10, paragraph 3, the Kingdom of the Netherlands designates, for the Kingdom in Europe, the civil registrar and the competent diplomatic or consular authorities as the authorities empowered to translate the codes into the Dutch language or to decode the certificates.

Spain

26-06-2003

The authorities empowered to issue a life certificate pursuant to article 4 of the Convention are, in Spain, the notaries, officials and representatives of the municipal Civil Register (Registro Civil), and outside Spain, the consular officers responsible for registering civil status. The authorities empowered to translate the code numbers appearing in the certificate or to decode the certificate by translating it into the official language of the state in which it will be used are the notaries and officers of the municipal Civil Register and the Directorate-General of Registers and Notaries (Dirección General de los Registros y del Notariado) of the Ministry of Justice.

Türkiye

13-08-2007

For the issue of life certificates, the Population and Civil Status Services (Nüfus Müdürlükleri) and the Turkish diplomatic and consular missions abroad are the competent Turkish authorities within the meaning of article 1 of the Convention.