Vlado Republike Slovenije
Rado Bohinc l. r.
Za
Vlado Kraljevine Švedske
Thomas Bodström l. r.
The Government of the Republic of Slovenia
and
The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden
hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Parties,
having the wish to contribute to the development of bilateral relations,
to cooperate in the fight against crime, especially organised crime, illicit trafficking in drugs and precursors, terrorism and other serious crimes,
to enhance their joint efforts in the prevention of terrorism and illicit drugs abuse,
to harmonise joint actions against international organised crime,
have agreed as follows:
Article 1
The Contracting Parties shall cooperate, in accordance with their national law, as regards measures to combat organised crime, smuggling and illicit trafficking in drugs and precursors, terrorism, as well as the prevention, detection, suppression and prosecution of other serious crimes.
The Contracting Parties shall cooperate especially in cases when criminal offences or preparations for these offences are committed on the territory of the State of one of the Contracting Parties and the information indicates a possibility of preparing or committing criminal offences on the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party.
For the purpose of this Agreement, the competent authorities in the respective countries are
on the part of the Republic of Slovenia:
The Ministry of the Interior, General Police Directorate, and
on the part of the Kingdom of Sweden:
the National Police Board.
Article 2
Cooperation between the Contracting Parties shall encompass the exchange of information, the tracing and identification of persons and other measures in accordance with the purposes of this Agreement and in conformity with undertakings made by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their national legislation and relevant international agreements.
Furthermore, this cooperation shall encompass the exchange of experience as regards measures to prevent and combat crime. Moreover, such cooperation shall encompass the exchange of visits by experts and the provision of information and facts regarding the crime situation and crime trends in the respective states.
This Agreement does not affect questions concerning mutual assistance in criminal matters or extraditions.
Article 3
Requests for information or other measures in accordance with this Agreement are transmitted on behalf of the Republic of Slovenia by the General Police Directorate within the Ministry of the Interior and on behalf of the Kingdom of Sweden by the National Police Board, which shall contact each other directly.
All communications between the competent authorities shall take place in English, unless otherwise agreed.
Article 4
The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties listed in Article 1, paragraph 3, may agree about the manner of implementing this Agreement.
Article 5
Information and documents received within the framework of this Agreement may not be used for purposes other than those stated in the request, unless the requested Contracting Party gives its consent to other use in writing.
The exchange of personal data, in accordance with this Agreement, shall be subject to the national law of the Contracting Parties and the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Strasbourg 28 January 1981).
Article 6
The Contracting Parties guarantee the confidentiality of all transmitted data determined as confidential by either of the Contracting Parties in accordance with their national law.
The forwarding to a Third State of data transmitted in accordance with this Agreement is possible only upon a written consent of the competent authority of the transmitting Contracting Party.
Article 7
Each Contracting Party receiving a request shall be entitled to refuse it, wholly or in part, if it is not compatible with its legislation or entails an infringement of the sovereignty or the national or public security of the State of that Party or is in conflict with its general principles of law or other essential interests.
The Contracting Party sending the request shall be notified as soon as possible of the reason why compliance with the request is not possible.
Article 8
The provisions of this Agreement shall not affect any other bilateral or multilateral agreement binding the Contracting Parties.
Article 9
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the receipt of the last notification by which the Contracting Parties inform each other of the fulfilment of the national legal requirements necessary for its entry into force.
This Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period of time. Either Contracting Party may terminate this Agreement through diplomatic channels. The termination shall become effective six months following the day the notification of termination was received.
Done in Stockholm on 18 May 2004 in two original copies each in Slovenian, Swedish and English language, all texts being equally authentic. In the event of any divergence of interpretation the English text shall prevail.
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