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Contracting Parties Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Canada

Dates Accession: May 12, 1986 Entry into force: August 10, 1986

Declarations, Reservations

Declaration received on May 20, 1987, with effect from October 20, 1987:
"The Government of Canada declares that it will apply the Convention only to differences arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not, which are considered as commercial under the laws of Canada, except in the case of the Province of Quebec where the law does not provide for such limitation."

The declaration by Canada received on May 20, 1987, and which originally comprised two parts, was made after accession. It was communicated by the Secretary-General to all States. None of the Contracting Parties having expressed an objection within a period of 90 days from the date of the above-mentioned communication [July 22, 1987], the declaration was deemed to have been accepted and replaces the declaration made upon accession which read as follows:
"The Government of Canada declares, with respect to the Province of Alberta, that it will apply the Convention only to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another Contracting State.
The Government of Canada declares that it will apply the Convention only to differences arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not, which are considered as commercial under the national law of Canada."
Subsequently, on November 25, 1988, the Government of Canada notified the Secretary-General of its decision to withdraw, with effect from that date, the second part of its revised declaration received on May 20, 1987, which read as follows:
"The Government of Canada declares, with respect to the Province of Saskatchewan, that it will apply the Convention only to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another Contracting State."