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RATIFICATION [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
DEF

In NATO standardization, the formal declaration by which a NATO member nation confirms its consent, with or without reservation, to be committed to a NATO standardization agreement.

OBS

ratification: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
DEF

En normalisation OTAN, déclaration officielle par laquelle un pays membre de l'OTAN confirme son consentement, avec ou sans réserve, à être lié à un accord de normalisation OTAN.

OBS

ratification : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Relations
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
DEF

Formal approval of a newly negotiated agreement by vote of the union members affected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations du travail
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
DEF

Acte par lequel une convention nouvellement négociée reçoit l'approbation formelle des travailleurs syndiqués visés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones laborales
  • Convenios colectivos y negociaciones
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Record 3 2013-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • The Executive (Constitutional Law)
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)
DEF

... the international act ... whereby a State establishes on the international plane its consent to be bound by a treaty.

CONT

ratification: ... has two related meanings. First, ratification in a domestic context denotes the process whereby a State puts itself in a position to indicate its acceptance of the obligations contained in a treaty ... Secondly, ratification in an international context "is the term for the final confirmation given by the parties to an international treaty concluded by their representatives, and is commonly used to include the exchange of the documents embodying that confirmation".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Pouvoir exécutif (Droit constitutionnel)
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Poder ejecutivo (Derecho constitucional)
  • Poder legislativo (Derecho constitucional)
DEF

[...] acto internacional [...] por el cual un Estado hace constar en el ámbito internacional su consentimiento en obligarse por un tratado.

CONT

ratificación: Los convenios internacionales suelen tener dos fases aprobatorias, la inicial, en la que las partes concuerdan en un texto, y la que les da autoridad de ley en cada país. Esto último configura la ratificación, que suele corresponder al Parlamento, donde no lo usurpa o substituye el Poder Ejecutivo.

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