The bill is available for public debate until July 14.
“Following an analysis of the civil status legislation in EU member states, within the project JLS/2006/C4/004, the European Commission recommended that EU states should take legal measures to adopt civil status documents whose format and content may be recognized in all EU member states without the need of extra certification procedures,” said the ministry.
According to article 6 of the Convention, each member state which acceded to the Convention will include in multilingual extracts the translation of standard wording and the meaning of symbols into the official language of the new states joining the agreement.
If the bill is adopted, multilingual extracts issued in line with international norms will be valid in: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Switzerland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxemburg, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey.