31. D. 26 Reykjavik 12. October 1992
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to inform you that with a view to facilitating travel between Iceland and Slovenia the Government of Iceland is prepared to conclude with the Government of the Republic of Slovenia an Agreement on the following terms:
AGREEMENT
between the Republic of Iceland and the Republic of Slovenia concerning the abolition of visas
Article 1
Icelandic citizens holding valid Icelandic passports shall be free to enter Slovenia at any authorized border crossing point and stay in Slovenia for a period not exceeding three months without being required to obtain a visa.
Article 2
Slovenian citizens holding valid passports of the Republic of Slovenia shall be free to enter Iceland at any authorized border crossing point and to stay in Iceland for a period not exceeding three months without being required — to obtain a visa. This period of three months shall be calculated from the date of entry into any Nordic State being a Party of the Convention of 12 July 1957 on the Waiver of Passport Control at the Intra-Nordic Borders. Any sojourn in any of those States during six months preceding the entry into any of those States from a non-Nordic State shall be included in the above period of three months.
Article 3
It is understood that the waiver of the visa requirement does not exempt persons benefiting under this Agreement from the necessity of complying with the laws and regulations in force in the respective country concerning entry, residence – temporary or permanent – and work.
Article 4
The authorities of each country reserve the right to refuse permission to enter or stay in the country to persons considered undesirable.
Article 5
The authorities of each country undertake to admit without formality, into its territory, any of its citizens.
Article 6
Either Government may temporarily suspend the foregoing in whole or in part, except Article 5 thereof, for reasons of public order. Such suspension shall be notified immediately to the other Government through diplomatic channels.
Article 7
The present Agreement shall enter into force on 1 December 1992. The Agreement may be denounced by either Government by notification in writing, the denunciation taking effect one month after the date of the notification.
If the foregoing is acceptable to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, I have the honour to propose, that this letter and Your Excellency's reply to that effect shall constitute in Agreement between our two Governments in this matter.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson, (s)
Minister for Foreign Affairs
No. 18265 Ljubljana, 14 October 1992
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to confirm the receipt of your note No. 31. D.26 of 12. October 1992, which reads as follows:
»I have the honour to inform you that with a view to facilitating travel between Iceland and Slovenia the Government of Iceland is prepared to conclude with the Government of the Republic of Slovenia on the following terms:
AGREEMENT
between the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Iceland concerning the abolition of visas
Article 1
Icelandic citizens holding valid Icelandic passports shall be free to enter Slovenia at any authorized border crossing point and stay in Slovenia for a period not exceeding three months without being required to obtain a visa.
Article 2
Slovenian citizens holding valid passports of the Republic of Slovenia shall be free to enter Iceland at any authorized border crossing point and to stay in Iceland for a period not exceeding three months without being required to obtain a visa. This period of three months shall be calculated from the date of entry into any Nordic State being a Party of the Convention of 12 July 1957 on the Waiver of Passport Control at the Intra-Nordic Borders. Any sojourn in any of those States during six months preceding the entry into any of those States from a Non-Nordic State shall be included in the above period of three months.
Article 3
It is understood that the waiver of the visa requirement does not exempt persons benefiting under this Agreement from the necessity of complying with the laws and regulations in force in the respective country concerning entry, residence – temporary of permanent – and work.
Article 4
The authorities of each country reserve the right to refuse permission to enter or stay in the country to persons considered undesirable.
Article 5
The authorities of each country undertake to admit without formality, into its territory, any of its citizens.
Article 6
Either Government may temporarily suspend the foregoing in whole or in part, except Article 5 thereof, for reasons of public order. Such suspension shall be notified immediately to the other Government through diplomatic channels.
Article 7
The present Agreement shall enter into force on 1 December 1992. The Agreement may be denounced by either Government by notification in writing, the denouncement taking effect one month after the date of the notification.
If the foregoing is acceptable to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, I have the honour to propose that this letter and Your Excellency's reply to that effect shall constitute and Agreement between our two Governments in this matter.«
I have the honour to inform in the name of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia that the aforementioned provisions of the Visa Agreement between the two countries are accepted.
Please, Your Excellency, accept the assurances of my highest esteem.
Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, (s)
Minister for Foreign Affairs