[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17436-17437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8913]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice #3005]
Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International
Law (ACPIL) Study Group on Judgments; Meeting Notice
There will be a public meeting of the Study Group on Judgments of
the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International
Law on Friday, May 7, 1999, from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM in Room 5951 of the
U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, NW, Washington, DC.
The purpose of the meeting is to consider legal issues related to
the project of the Hague Conference on Private International Law to
prepare a multilateral convention on jurisdiction and the recognition
and enforcement of foreign civil judgments. The meeting will assist the
Department of State prepare the U.S. position for the fourth
negotiating session of the Hague Conference's Special Commission on
June 7-18, 1999.
The meeting will consider a report prepared by the drafting group
of the Hague Special Commission at the third negotiating session in
November 1998, which will be before the delegates to the fourth session
in June 1999. The drafting committee report includes a preliminary
first draft of a limited number of the provisions of a future draft
convention. This text does not represent the views of any particular
government, but is the first attempt to put into treaty language
various approaches discussed so far in the Special Commission to
resolving some of the many complex issues posed by a global convention.
Included, for example, are draft provisions on jurisdiction in tort,
contract, and over branches; provisional and protective measures;
recognition and enforcement of judgments; damages; and concurrent and
declining jurisdiction.
The Study Group will also consider other issues that will be before
the delegates to the June 1999 session of the Special Commission,
including: litigation involving governments or governmental entities as
plaintiffs or defendants; the structure and geographic scope of the
convention; class actions and multiple defendants; the independence of
the court issuing the judgments and the fairness of the proceedings;
public policy exception to enforcement; the relationship of the
convention to other treaties on the same subject; review or oversight
of operation of the convention; and how the convention is to work in
countries that are federal states. It is expected that additional texts
will emerge from the drafting group at the end of the June 1999
session, including possibly a complete draft convention. Currently, a
diplomatic session of the Hague Conference is scheduled for October
2000 to complete and adopt and final text of the convention.
Persons interested in the draft convention or in attending the May
7 Study Group meeting in Washington may request a copy of the report of
the drafting committee. Requests may be sent to Ms. Rosie Gonzales by
fax at 202-776-8482, by phone at 202-776-8420 or by email to
pildb@his.com. Please include your request, name, phone number, and
mailing address.
The Study Group meeting is open to the public up to the capacity of
the meeting room. As access to the State Department building is
controlled, any person wishing to attend should provide Ms. Gonzales
with his or her name, social security number, and date of birth by no
later than Monday, May 3, to facilitate admission to the building. It
would also be helpful to include affiliation, address, telefax and
telephone numbers, and email address for purposes of updating the
Department's contact list. Participants should be sure to use only the
C Street entrance of the State Department, between 21st and 23rd
Streets, NW, where someone will be present to assist them.
Those unable to attend but wishing to have their views considered
may send their views, attention Ms. Gonzales, to the above fax number
or email address, or to the following address: Office of the Assistant
Legal Adviser for Private International Law, Suite 203, South
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Building, 2430 E St., NW, Washington, DC 20037-2800.
Jeffrey D. Kovar,
Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law.
[FR Doc. 99-8913 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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