REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE
dr. Tea Petrin l. r.
ZA MINISTRSTVO ZA ZDRAVSTVO
RUSKE FEDERACIJE
Genadij Grigorjevič Oniščenko l r.
The MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA and the MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (hereinafter referred to as the “Contracting Parties”)
GUIDED by the desire to develop friendly relations between the two countries and to strengthen cooperation in the fields of health and the medical sciences between the countries,
HAVE agreed as follows:
Article 1
The Contracting Parties undertake to develop and broaden cooperation in the fields of health and the medical sciences between institutions and organisations in the field of health, as well as medical, scientific research, educational and other organisations in the following fields that are of mutual interest:
– promotion of health, health prevention and education for a healthy life-style;
– health economics, health organisation and management in health;
– medical education;
– information technology in the field of health;
– scientific research and development in the field of pharmacology;
– control of the quality, effectiveness and safety of medicines and medical equipment.
Article 2
Cooperation within the framework of this Agreement shall take place in the following forms:
a) exchange of data;
b) exchange of experts and study groups;
c) participation of experts at congresses, conferences and other professional meetings, which the Contracting Parties shall organise individually or together;
d) other forms of cooperation in the fields of health and the medical sciences on which the Contracting Parties subsequently agree.
The Contracting Parties shall carry out cooperation according to the present Agreement, operating within the limits of the competence and in observance of the legislation and other international Treaties of the States of the Contracting Parties.
Article 3
The Contracting Parties shall encourage the forging of direct contacts between Slovene and Russian institutions and organisations in the fields of health and the medical sciences.
Article 4
The Contracting Parties shall exchange information about congresses and expert meetings with international participation that take place in the two countries and are related to health and the medical sciences. At the request of one Contracting Party, the other Contracting Party shall communicate appropriate material published in connection with such activities.
Article 5
The Contracting Parties shall exchange information in the fields of health and the medical sciences and other written, visual or audiovisual informative material in these fields.
Article 6
Data representing business secrets or that could otherwise cause harm to a legal entity in business in the States of the Contracting Parties shall be extracted from exchanged data.
Article 7
To implement this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall periodically conclude programmes of cooperation, in which they will more precisely agree on concrete forms, contents, methods and financial conditions of cooperation for the relevant period.
Article 8
This Agreement shall enter into force on the day on which the Contracting Parties inform each other that all internal legal conditions are met for its entry into force.
The Agreement is concluded for a period of five years and its validity will automatically be prolonged for a consecutive term of five years, unless one of the Contracting Parties notifies the other in writing through diplomatic channels at least six months in advance of its intention to terminate the Agreement.
Done at Moscow, on the 30 day of September 2003 in two original copies, in the Slovene, Russian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In cases of divergence of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.
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