V času obvestila iz člena 47, imajo Danska, Finska in Švedska možnost izjaviti, da se bo Konvencija z dne 6. februarja 1931 med Dansko, Finsko, Islandijo, Norveško in Švedsko, ki obsega določbe mednarodnega zasebnega prava o zakonski zvezi, posvojitvi in skrbništvu, skupaj s Končnim protokolom, uporabljala v celoti ali deloma v njihovih medsebojnih odnosih namesto pravil te konvencije.
At the time of the notification referred to in Article 47, Denmark, Finland and Sweden shall have the option of declaring that the Convention of 6 February 1931 between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden comprising international private law provisions on marriage, adoption and guardianship, together with the Final Protocol thereto, will apply, in whole or in part, in their mutual relations, in place of the rules of this Convention.