Protocol amending the Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and Military Obligations in Cases of Multiple Nationality

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
Denmark	Yes	No
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the	Yes	No
Norway	Yes	No
Spain	Yes	No
Sweden	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Yes	No

Denmark

10-07-1980

"According to the second sub-paragraph of paragraph 3 of Article 6 of the Convention, as amended through the said Protocol, a Contracting Party may stipulate, in respect of a person who is also a national of another Contracting Party which does not require obligatory military service, that he shall be considered as having satisfied his military obligations only when his ordinary residence in the territory of that Party has been maintained up to a certain age.
Accordingly, Denmark will consider a person who is also a national of another Contracting Party which does not require obligatory military service as having satisfied his military obligations if his residence in the territory of that Party has been maintained from the age of 18 until the age of 26 years.".

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

09-05-1985

The Government of the Netherlands accepts the Protocol for the Kingdom in Europe and for the Netherlands Antilles.
I have the honour to declare, in accordance with the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 of Article 6 of the Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and Military Obligations in Cases of Multiple Nationality, as amended by Article 2 of the Protocol, that the Kingdom of the Netherlands will, with regard to the age of the persons concerned, consider a person who is a national of a Contracting Party which does not require obligatory military service as having satisfied his military obligations if his ordinary residence in the territory of that Contracting Party has at least been maintained from 1 February of the year in which he reaches the age of 17 years until 1 January of the year in which he reaches the age of 25 years..

03-01-1986

The island of Aruba, which is at present still part of the Netherlands Antilles, will obtain internal autonomy as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands as of 1 January 1986. Consequently the Kingdom will from then on no longer consist of two countries, namely the Netherlands (the Kingdom in Europe) and the Netherlands Antilles (situated in the Caribbean region), but will consist of three countries, namely the said two countries and the country Aruba.
As the changes being made on 1 January 1986 concern a shift only in the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and as the Kingdom as such will remain the subject under international law with which treaties are concluded, the said changes will have no consequences in international law regarding to treaties concluded by the Kingdom which already apply to the Netherlands Antilles, including Aruba. These treaties will remain in force for Aruba in its new capacity of country within the Kingdom. Therefore these treaties will as of 1 January 1986, as concerns the Kingdom of the Netherlands, apply to the Netherlands Antilles (without Aruba) and Aruba.
Consequently the treaties referred to in the annex, to which the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a Party and which apply to the Netherlands Antilles, will as of 1 January 1986 as concerns the Kingdom of the Netherlands apply to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.".

List of Conventions referred to by the Declaration
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95. Protocol amending the Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and Military Obligations in Cases of Multiple Nationality (1977)

Norway

16-09-1983

Reservation made at the time of deposit of the instrument of ratification, on 16 September 1983 - Or. Engl. - and withdrawn by letter from the Permanent Representative of Norway, dated 4 October 1984, registered at the Secretariat General on 5 October 1984 -Or. Engl.

"Norway will not apply the regulations contained in Article 6, paragraph 3, sub-paragraph 1, last sentence of the Convention as amended by Article 2 of the Protocol to the extent that a person who is exempted of his military obligations in one Contracting State is considered to have satisfied his military obligations in relation to other Contracting States.".

Declaration made at the time of deposit of the instrument of ratification, on 16 September 1983 - Or. Engl.

"In conformity with Article 6, paragraph 3, sub-paragraph 2 of the Convention as amended by Article 2 of the Protocol, it is hereby notified that unless the ordinary residence is maintained up until the expiry of the calendar year in which the person becomes 28 years, the main rule contained in the last sentence of the said Article as amended shall apply in relation to Norway.".

Spain

12-09-1989

"Spain declares that by virtue of Article 3 it will apply only the provisions of the Protocol concerning Chapter II of the Convention.
With regard to Article 2, Spain considers that a person has satisfied his military obligations when the ordinary residence has been maintained until 1 January of the year he attained 34 years of age.".

Sweden

18-10-1979

"According to the second sub-paragraph of paragraph 3 of Article 6 of the Convention, as amended through the said Protocol, a Contracting Party may stipulate, in respect of a person who is also a national of another Contracting Party which does not require obligatory military service, that he shall be considered as having satisfied his military obligations only when his ordinary residence in that Party has been maintained up to a certain age. Under Swedish legislation, this age is that of thirty years.".

05-09-2002

"Sweden declares that, for Sweden's part, the age referred to in Article 2 of the Protocol if 30.".

United Kingdom

04-08-1980

"On behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, I have to declare that the Protocol of 24 November 1977 amending the Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and Military Obligations in Cases of Multiple Nationality shall hereby extend to the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man.".