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title: "\"Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Зимбабве о взаимной защите секретной информации\" [рус., англ.]"
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# Статья 15
### Статья 15
**Заключительные положения**
1. Настоящее Соглашение вступает в силу с даты его подписания.
2. Настоящее Соглашение заключается на неопределенный срок.
3. Каждая из Сторон может прекратить действие настоящего Соглашения путем направления по дипломатическим каналам в письменной форме уведомления другой Стороне о своем намерении прекратить его действие. В этом случае действие настоящего Соглашения прекращается по истечении 6 месяцев с даты получения такого уведомления.
В случае прекращения действия настоящего Соглашения в отношении секретной информации продолжают применяться меры по ее защите, предусмотренные [статьями 4](https://bukva.ai/docs/soglashenie-mezhdu-pravitelstvom-rossiyskoy-3141/statya-4#p100032) и [6](https://bukva.ai/docs/soglashenie-mezhdu-pravitelstvom-rossiyskoy-3141/statya-6#p100048) настоящего Соглашения, до снятия грифа секретности в установленном порядке.
Совершено в г. Harare 14/10/24 и в г. Москве 29.11.2024 г. в двух экземплярах, каждый на русском и английском языках, при этом оба текста имеют одинаковую силу.
**BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION**
**AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE ON THE MUTUAL**
**PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION**
**(Harare, Moscow, 14.X.2024 - 29.XI.2024)**
**Have agreed as follows:**
**Article 1**
The terms used in this Agreement shall mean the following:
"Classification category" means a requisite indicated on a carrier itself and/or in its accompanying documents, identifying the classification level of the information contained by the carrier;
"Security clearance" means the right provided under the procedure established by the laws and other regulatory legal acts of the state of each Party to a natural person to have access to classified information or, in case with an authorized body, the right to work with such information;
"Access to classified information" means the familiarization with classified information by a natural person with an appropriate security clearance, authorized in accordance with the laws and other regulatory legal acts of the state of each Party;
"Contract" means an agreement concluded between the authorized bodies and providing for the transfer and/or generation of classified information in the course of cooperation;
"Classified information carrier" means material objects, including physical fields, which contain classified information in the form of symbols, images, signals, engineering solutions and processes;
"Classified information" means any information irrespective of the form, protected in accordance with the laws and other regulatory legal acts of the state of each Party, transferred and/or received according to the procedure established by each Party and this Agreement, as well as generated in the process of cooperation between the Parties, the unauthorized dissemination of which may damage security or the interests of the State of each Party;
"Authorized body" means a public authority or an organization authorized by a Party to transfer, receive, store, protect and use classified information.
**Article 2**
**Competent Authorities**
1. The competent authorities responsible for the implementation of this Agreement (hereinafter "the Competent Authorities") shall be:
- For the Russian Federation - The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation;
- For the Republic of Zimbabwe - The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
2. The Parties shall immediately notify each other, through diplomatic channels, of any change of their competent authorities.
**Article 3**
**Comparability of Classification Level**
In accordance with the laws and other regulatory legal acts of their respective states, the Parties shall establish that classification levels and corresponding classification categories shall be comparable as follows:
| For the Russian Federation: | For the Republic of Zimbabwe: |
| --- | --- |
| "Совершенно секретно" | "Top secret" |
| "Секретно" | "Secret" |
**Article 4**
**Protection of Classified Information**
1. In accordance with the laws and other regulatory legal acts of their respective states, the Parties shall undertake:
a) to ensure the protection of classified information;
b) not to change the classification category of classified information without written consent of the authorized body of the transferring Party;
c) to apply to classified information the same measures of protection as applicable to its own classified information of the same classification level, as comparable according to Article 3 of this Agreement;
d) to use the classified information exclusively for the purposes envisaged in the course of its transfer;
e) not to grant access to classified information to a third party without prior written consent of the transferring Party.
2. Access to classified information shall only be granted to persons who need to know this information to perform their official duties for the purposes envisaged in the course of its transfer, and who have an appropriate security clearance.
**Article 5**
**Transfer of Classified Information**
1. If an authorized body of one Party intends to transfer classified information to the authorized body of the other Party, it shall ask the competent authority of its Party to confirm in writing the security clearance of the other Party's authorized body.
The competent authority of the transferring Party shall request from the competent authority of the other Party a written confirmation that this Party's authorized body has the appropriate security clearance.
2. The decision on the transfer of classified information shall be taken in accordance with the laws and other regulatory legal acts of the State of the transferring Party.
3. Classified information carriers shall be transferred through diplomatic channels, a courier service or another authorized service in accordance with the arrangements made between the Parties. The relevant authorized body shall confirm in writing the receipt of classified information. By mutual consent, the Parties may use other methods of transfer of classified information.
4. For the transfer of classified information carriers of considerable volume, authorized bodies shall, in accordance with the laws and other regulatory legal acts of their respective states, agree on the method of transportation, itinerary and escorting modalities.
**Article 6**
**Handling of Classified Information**
1. The received classified information carriers shall be additionally marked with classification categories, as specified in Article 3 of this Agreement, by the authorized body responsible for the receipt of the classified information.
The requirement to indicate a classification category shall apply to the classified information carriers generated in the course of cooperation between the Parties and as a result of its translation, copying or replication.
The classification category indicated on a classified information carrier generated on the basis of the classified information received shall not be lower than that of the respective classified information carrier transferred.
2. Classified information shall be handled, registered and stored in accordance with the requirements applicable to the classified information of own state.
3. Classified information carriers shall be destroyed upon a written permission of the authorized body of the transferring Party or handed back to the authorized body of the transferring Party.
The destruction of classified information carriers shall be documented and done in such a manner so as to exclude the possibility of reproduction and recovery of the classified information.
The authorized body of the transferring Party shall be notified in writing of the destruction of classified information carriers.
4. The authorized body of the receiving Party may only change or cancel the classification category of the classified information carriers received upon a written permission of the authorized body of the transferring Party.
The authorized body of the transferring Party shall notify in writing the authorized body of the other Party of a change or cancellation of the classification level of the classified information.
The classification level of the classified information generated in the course of cooperation between the Parties shall be determined, changed or canceled by mutual consent of authorized bodies.
**Article 7**
**Contracts**
The contracts providing for the transfer and/or generating of classified information, concluded by authorized bodies shall include a separate security section which shall define:
a) the list of classified information and its classification levels;
b) the peculiarities of the protection, handling, storage and destruction of classified information carriers;
c) the procedure for dispute settlement and the obligations concerning the compensations for possible damage from unauthorized dissemination of classified information.
**Article 8**
**Violation of Requirements Regarding the Protection**
**of Classified Information**
1. The authorized body or competent authority of either Party shall immediately notify in writing the respective authorized body or competent authority of the other Party about the established violation of requirements regarding the protection of classified information, which has led or may lead to the unauthorized dissemination thereof.
2. The relevant competent authority or authorized body shall carry out an investigation, and the persons found guilty shall be held responsible in accordance with the laws and other regulatory legal acts of their state.
3. The competent authorities of the Parties shall notify each other of the results of the investigation and measures taken.
4. The procedure for compensating for possible damage from unauthorized dissemination of classified information shall be determined on a case-by-case basis as agreed by authorized bodies, with the assistance of competent authorities, where appropriate.
**Article 9**
**Costs Related to the Protection of Classified Information**
Authorized bodies shall bear their own costs related to the implementation of measures for the protection of classified information in accordance with this Agreement.
**Article 10**
1. Visits of representatives of an authorized body of either Party, involving their access to the classified information of the state of the other Party, shall be made in accordance with the laws and other regulatory legal acts of the state of the receiving Party.
2. A request for permission to undertake a visit shall be submitted by the authorized body of the sending Party to the authorized body of the receiving Party at least 4 (four) weeks prior to the expected date of the visit.
3. The request concerning the visit shall contain the following details:
a) family and given names, date and place of birth, nationality, passport number, place of employment, position and level of security clearance of the representative of the authorized body of the sending Party;
b) the name and address of the authorized body to be visited;
c) the purpose of the visit and grounds for it;
d) the date and duration of the visit.
4. During the visit, a representative of the authorized body of the sending Party shall get familiarized with the rules of work with the classified information of the receiving Party and shall comply with those rules.
**Article 11**
**Exchange of Regulatory Legal Acts and Consultations**
1. Competent authorities shall, in due course, exchange the appropriate laws and other regulatory legal acts of their states concerning the protection of classified information, which are necessary for the implementation of this Agreement.
2. With a view to ensuring cooperation competent authorities shall hold consultations within the framework of the implementation of this Agreement at the request of either of them.
**Article 12**
**Relation to Other Agreements**
The provisions regarding the protection of classified information contained in other agreements concluded by the Parties, as well as the competent authorities or authorized bodies of the Parties' respective states shall remain applicable unless they contradict the provisions of this Agreement.
**Article 13**
**Settlement of Disputes**
Any disputes arising from the interpretation and/or application of the provisions of this Agreement shall be settled by holding negotiations and consultations between competent authorities.
**Article 14**
The amendments as may be introduced to this Agreement in writing, based on the mutual arrangement of the Parties, shall be stipulated in separate protocols.
**Final Provisions**
1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of its signature.
2. This Agreement shall be concluded for an indefinite period.
3. Either Party may terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Party in writing, through diplomatic channels of its intention to terminate it. In that case, this Agreement shall terminate 6 months after the date of receipt of such notification.
In case of termination of this Agreement, the measures to protect classified information, as envisaged in articles 4 and 6 of this Agreement, shall remain applicable until the information is declassified in due course.
Done at Harare on 14/10/24 and at Moscow on 29.11.2024 in two original copies, in the Russian and English languages each, all texts being equally authentic.
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