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DRAFT REPORT (COM(2026)0063 – C100081/2026 – 2026/0041(NLE))

On the proposal for a Council decision authorising the Member States to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Cabo Verde to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of the International Child Abduction

JURI-PR-786994

Committee on Legal Affairs · Rapporteur: Ilhan Kyuchyuk

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The draft report concerns a Council decision authorising Member States to accept Cabo Verde's accession to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Parliament approves the proposal without amendments.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament approves the proposal without amendments.

Key points

  1. Parliament approves the authorisation of Member States to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Cabo Verde to the 1980 Hague Convention.
  2. The Convention protects children from wrongful removal or retention and provides for prompt return to the State of habitual residence.
  3. The EU has exclusive external competence in this field, confirmed by the Court of Justice in Opinion 1/13.
  4. Cabo Verde acceded to the Convention on 4 October 2022; it entered into force there on 1 January 2023.
  5. The rapporteur supports the proposal, welcoming Cabo Verde's accession and its implementation of the Convention.

Who is affected

  • Member States are authorised to accept Cabo Verde's accession, making the Convention applicable between them and Cabo Verde.
  • Cabo Verde will benefit from the Convention's procedures with EU Member States.

Figures and deadlines

  • 4 October 2022: date of Cabo Verde's accession to the Convention.
  • 1 January 2023: date the Convention entered into force in Cabo Verde.

Legal basis: Article 81(3) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (b), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union