The Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, adopted in The Hague on 5 October 1961 (the “Convention”), entered into force in the Slovak Republic on 18 February 2002. Accession to the Convention simplified the use of public documents (such as extracts from the Commercial Register, marriage certificates, birth certificates and court decisions) issued by the authorities of one contracting state in the territory of another, with the authenticity of a particular document being certified by the apostille authority.
Public documents from the Czech Republic that are to be used in the Slovak Republic do not require further certification. For all other contracting states, the public document must bear an apostille. Here is the list of contracting states to the Convention:
Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, China (Hong Kong and Macao), Denmark, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Grenada, Georgia, the Netherlands, Honduras, Croatia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Cape Verde, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, the Cook Islands, South Korea, Costa Rica, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Hungary, Malawi, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Namibia, Germany, Nicaragua, Niue, Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Romania, the Russian Federation, El Salvador, Samoa, San Marino, the Seychelles, Slovenia.
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