Dragutin Mate l.r.
Za Republiko Črno goro
Jusuf Kalamperović l.r.
The Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Montenegro (hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Parties)
endeavouring to contribute to the development of bilateral relations;
having the wish to cooperate and harmonise their measures in the fight against crime, especially organised crime, people trafficking and illegal migrations, trafficking in illicit drugs and precursors, terrorism and other crimes;
have agreed as follows:
Article 1
(1) The Contracting Parties shall, in accordance with their national law, co-operate as regards measures to combat crime, especially organised crime, people trafficking and illegal migrations, trafficking in illicit drugs and precursors, terrorism as well as the prevention, detection and suppression of other crimes of international character.
(2) The Contracting Parties shall cooperate especially in cases when criminal offences are committed or preparations for criminal offences are taking place, or have taken place, on the territory of the State of one of the Contracting Parties and there is an indication of a possibility that similar offences or preparations for similar offences are taking place, or have taken place, on the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party.
Article 2
(1) The cooperation between the Contracting Parties shall be based on the principle of reciprocity and shall encompass the exchange of information and identification data of persons and other measures in accordance with the purpose of this agreement and in consideration of the national law of the Contracting Parties and international obligations undertaken.
(2) To implement this Agreement the Contracting Parties may exchange the following personal data:
a) personal identification data of individuals taking part in the commission of a criminal offence and their connections as regards the commission of a criminal offence: surname, former surname, first name, other names (aliases, nicknames), sex, data and place of birth, residence, current and former nationality, and biometric data of an individual in accordance with the legislation on travel documents or other legislation;
b) data of the document proving the identity of the individual under item a) of this article, i.e. a passport or another travel document (number, date of issue, the issuing authority, place of issue, validity period, area of validity);
c) data referring to a fingerprint or palm print of a person involved in the commission of a criminal offence, DNA profile or sample, personal description, photograph;
d) other personal data that the cooperating Contracting Parties collect and exchange in accordance with this Agreement.
(3) The cooperation, in accordance with the principle of reciprocity, shall also encompass the exchange of experiences as regards measures to prevent and combat crime. Moreover, the cooperation shall include the exchange of visits by experts and the provision of information and facts regarding the crime situation and crime trends in the respective states.
(4) This agreement does not affect international legal assistance in criminal matters or extraditions.
Article 3
(1) The competent authorities for the implementation of this agreement shall be:
in the Republic of Slovenia: Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, General Police Directorate, and
in the Republic of Montenegro: Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Montenegro and Police Directorate.
(2) Requests for data or other measures in accordance with this agreement shall be exchanged directly by the competent authorities via a secure communication channel.
(3) The competent authorities shall communicate in English, unless otherwise agreed.
(4) The Contracting Parties shall send each other the information needed for mutual communication through diplomatic channels.
Article 4
(1) In accordance with their national law and the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Persons with Regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data, done at Strasbourg on 28 January 1981, and the Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Persons with Regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data regarding supervisory authorities and trans-border data flow, done at Strasbourg on 8 November 2001, the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall apply the following terms and conditions for the protection of personal data exchanged within their cooperation:
1) the Contracting Party receiving the data may use it only for the fight against organised crime, people trafficking and illegal migrations, trafficking in illicit drugs and precursors and terrorism as well as in the prevention, detection, suppression and prosecution of other criminal offences with international character, provided that it ensures adequate technical protection of data transmission and personal data protection;
2) upon request by the sending Contracting Party the receiving Contracting Party shall inform the latter on the use of the sent data and achieved results;
3) data may only be exchanged between the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties listed in Article 3 of the Agreement. Such data may be sent to any other authorities only upon previous written consent of the sending Contracting Party;
4) the Contracting Party sending the data must make sure that the sent data is accurate. Should it turn out that inaccurate data or data that should not have been disclosed was delivered, the receiving Contracting Party shall be immediately informed. The receiving Contracting Party shall correct the mistakes or destroy the data;
5) upon written request by an entitled individual all existing data about him/her, as well as the information on its processing, shall be provided to him/her. With respect to giving information on personal data the national law of the sending Contracting Party shall prevail;
6) the sending Contracting Party shall, in accordance with its national law, inform the receiving Contracting Party on the time limit for the deletion of data. Regardless of the latter fact, all data concerning a certain person must be deleted after it is no longer needed. The sending Contracting Party must be informed of the deletion of the delivered data and the reasons for the deletion. All personal data received shall be destroyed upon termination of the present Agreement;
7) the Contracting Parties shall keep record of the delivery, receipt and deletion of data. The records must contain information as to which data was delivered, when and for what purpose;
8) by means of organisational and technical measures the Contracting Parties shall provide efficient protection of personal data received to prevent unauthorised access, change or publication.
(2) The authorities listed in the first paragraph of Article 3 shall agree on a form for the delivery of personal data pursuant to this Agreement.
Article 5
(1) The Contracting Parties shall guarantee the confidentiality of all delivered data determined as classified by either of the Contracting Parties in accordance with its national law.
(2) The forwarding of information delivered in accordance with this Agreement to a third country is possible only with prior written consent of the competent authority of the sending Contracting Party.
Article 6
(1) Either Contracting Party that receives a request may refuse it, in whole or in part, if it is in conflict with its legislation or if it threatens its sovereignty or national security or public safety of the Contracting Party or is in conflict with its general legal principles or other important interests.
(2) The Contracting Party that sends such a request shall be informed as soon as possible of the reasons why the request cannot be granted in whole or in part.
Article 7
The provisions of this Agreement shall not affect any bilateral or multilateral agreement binding the Contracting Parties.
Article 8
(1) The present Agreement shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following the date of the receipt of the last notification by which the Contracting Parties inform each other of the completion of the internal legal procedures necessary for its entry into force.
(2) The present Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period of time. Either Contracting Party may terminate it by sending a notification of termination through diplomatic channels. The Agreement shall cease to have effect six months following the first day of the month following the date when the other Contracting Party received such notification.
Done at Budva on 13 October 2006 in two original copies in the Slovenian, Montenegrin and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of divergence in the interpretation of this Agreement the English text shall prevail.
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