The European Parliament adopted by 566 votes to 14, with 65 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision authorising the Republic of Austria to sign and ratify, and Malta to accede to, the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, in the interest of the European Union.
Parliament gave its consent to the draft Council decision.
To recall, the 1965 Hague Convention established a system whereby Judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters can be served in another signatory state.