Ambassador Piragibe Tarragô with the convention document – Picture by hcch.net
The Federative Republic of Brazil as represented in The Hague by its ambassador to The Netherlands, HE Sr. Piragibe Dos Santos Tarragô deposited on December 2th its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (so-called “Apostille Convention”). Following the usual procedural steps, the Convention shall enter into force for Brazil on 14 August 2016, making it the 111th Contracting State to the Convention.
Pursuant to Article 12 of the Apostille Convention the Depositary shall give notice to the Contracting States of the accession of Brazil.
On 3 December the Permanent Bureau also congratulated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain on issuing its first e-Apostille as part of the electronic Apostille Program (e-APP).
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