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

  • For the purposes of this Agreement “Intellectual Property” has the meaning stated in Article 2 of the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation, done in Stockholm, 14 July 1967.

  • The Contractor represents and warrants that neither it, nor any of its suppliers is engaged in any practice inconsistent with the rights set forth in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

  • The Convention shall apply also to any identical or substantially similar taxes which are imposed after the date of signature of the Convention in addition to, or in place of, the existing taxes.

  • Lithuania further agrees that, at all levels of its cooperation with the Agency as an Associate Member, it will act in conformity with the purpose for which the Agency was created as defined in the Convention, in particular the exploration and utilisation of space for exclusively peaceful purposes.

  • The granting of such a status to Lithuania shall be subject of a specific Council decision, in accordance with the Convention and on the basis of a written request to be made by Lithuania.


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;