the Convention definition

the Convention means the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on 7 December 1944, and includes: (i) any amendment that has entered into force under Article 94(a) of the Convention and has been ratified by all the Contracting Parties to this Agreement, and (ii) any Annex or any amendment thereto adopted under Article 90 of the Convention, insofar as such Annexes or amendments are, at any given time, effective for all the Contracting Parties to this Agreement;
the Convention means the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas;
the Convention means the Convention on Protection of Children and Co- operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption, concluded at the Hague on 29th May 1993;

Examples of the Convention in a sentence

  • Corruption transposing the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions; • In the field of Human Rights: the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) as well as the 8 basic conventions of the International Labour Organisation4 on Freedom of Association (C.

  • Part 2: Decisions of the Committee set up by Article 18 of the Dublin Convention Decision No 1/97 of 9 September 1997 of the Committee set up by Article 18 of the Dublin Convention of 15 June 1990, concerning provisions for the implementation of the Convention.

  • Nothing in the Convention requires or authorizes leg- islation or other action by the United States of America that is prohibited by the Con- stitution of the United States as interpreted by the United States.

  • Part 1: Dublin Convention All provisions of the Convention, signed in Dublin on 15 June 1990, determining the State responsible for examining applications for asylum lodged in one of the Member States, with the exception of Articles 16 to 22.


More Definitions of the Convention

the Convention means the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal;
the Convention means the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data which was opened for signature on 28th January 1981;
the Convention means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Cmnd 8941) and any modifications of that Convention agreed after the passing of this Act that have entered into force in relation to the United Kingdom;
the Convention means the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, agreed by the Council of Europe at Rome on 4th November 1950 as it has effect for the time being in relation to the United Kingdom;
the Convention means the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 13 February 1946;
the Convention means the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, adopted at Barcelona on 16 February 1976 and amended on 10 June 1995;