MINISTRSTVO ZA OBRAMBO REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE
Karl Erjavec l.r.
Ministerza obrambo
MINISTRSTVO ZA NARODNO OBRAMBO ROMUNIJE
Teodor Atanasiu l.r.
Minister za narodno obrambo
The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia and the Ministry of National Defence of Romania, hereinafter referred to as “Parties”,
Considering the objectives and principles of the United Nations Charter and of the North Atlantic Treaty,
With the wish to promote a larger opening in the international relations in the defence field,
With the aim to establish and develop bilateral relations, on the basis of principles of equality of rights and mutual advantage,
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
THE OBJECT
The object of the present Agreement is the ensuring of the necessary legal framework for the co-operation between the Parties in the defence field, regarding mutual interest issues and in the limits of the competencies by their national legislation.
Article 2
FIELDS OF CO-OPERATION
(1) The co-operation between the Parties will be achieved in the following fields:
a) defence and security policy;
b) defence legislation;
c) troops training;
d) military education and personnel training;
e) the army organisation;
f) arms control and disarmament;
g) military financial and accounting system;
h) military economic and technical-scientific activities;
i) the activity of its own topographical and geodetic services;
j) environment and pollution control problems;
k) military medicine;
l) culture, sport, recreation.
(2) Parties may agree on other fields of co-operation.
Article 3
CO-OPERATION FORMS
(1) The co-operation between the Parties will be accomplished in the following forms:
a) official visits and work meetings;
b) experience exchanges and consultations;
c) participation at conferences and seminars;
d) participation at training studies, training stages and perfecting courses;
e) cultural activities.
(2) During the implementation of the provisions of the present Agreement, the Parties may identify new co-operation forms.
Article 4
IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENTS
In order to implement the provisions of the present Agreement, the Parties may conclude arrangements and specific protocols.
Article 5
ANNUAL PLAN OF CO-OPERATION
(1) On the basis of the present Agreement, the Parties elaborate annual plans of defence bilateral co-operation. Until 15 October every year, the Parties will make proposals in order to be included in the plan of defence bilateral co-operation for the next year.
(2) Annual plan of defence bilateral co-operation comprise the names of the activities, the form of carrying out of these, period and place, number of participants and other aspects relating with the organisation and the carrying on of the activities.
(3) After the annual plan of defence bilateral co-operation will be agreed, it will be signed by the empowered representatives of the Parties until November 30 of the year before the plan refers to.
(4) The proposals for the annual plan of defence bilateral co-operation will be exchanged between the Parties through the defence attachés of the two states.
(5) Annual plan of defence bilateral co-operation may be modified with the Parties consent.
Article 6
THE PROTECTION OF INFORMATION
(1) For the achievement of the provisions of the present Agreement, the Parties ensure the protection of information according to the level of security classification established by the providing Party of this information.
(2) The information will be used only for the purpose that was provided.
(3) The Parties commit themselves to not use the information received during the defence bilateral co-operation against the interests of the other Party that provided this information.
(4) The copyrights and commercial secrets in the military field, in the defence industry field or other rights will be respected in accordance with the national legislation of the Parties.
(5) The temporary or definitive multiplication, the transfer or the submitting to a third party of information, documents, technique or technology accomplished during the co-operation will be permitted only with the written consent of the other Party.
Article 7
FINANCIAL ASPECTS
(1) The financial costs relating to the activities from the annual plan of defence bilateral co-operation will be covered on the basis of reciprocity.
(2) The receiving Party will cover all the costs for accommodation, meals and transport on its state’s territory.
(3) The receiving Party will ensure emergency medical and dental care.
(4) Financial costs relating to the training of the command staff and of specialists in the military education institutions of the receiving Party, the sending of the specialists for the granting of logistic support, the serving of the military aircraft on the military airports of the other Party, as well as the any kind of costs that may arise following the implementation of the present Agreement, will be achieved on the basis of arrangements and/or special contracts.
Article 8
RELATIONS WITH OTHER AGREEMENTS
The present Agreement will not affect the rights and obligations established through bilateral and multilateral agreements between the States.
Article 9
THE SOLVING OF DIVERGENCIES
Any divergence related with the interpretation or implementation of the present Agreement will be solved only through consultations between the Parties.
Article 10
FINAL PROVISIONS
(1) The present Agreement will come into force at the date of the receiving of written notification by which the Parties inform each other about the fulfilment of the internal procedures necessary for this Agreement to come into force.
(2) The present Agreement can be amended any time, in written form, with the consent of the Parties. The coming into force of the amendments will be done according to the provisions from paragraph 1 of this Article.
(3) The present Agreement is concluded for a 5 year-period and will be automatically prolonged for new 5 year-periods, if neither of the Parties will notify, in written form, at least 6 months before the expiring period of validity, its intention to denounce it.
Signed on 4 April 2006, in Bucharest, in two original copies, each in Slovenian, Romanian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of differences of interpretation the English text will prevail.
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