Статья 14«Соглашение о сотрудничестве между Генеральной прокуратурой Российской Федерации и Министерством юстиции Республики Хорватии» [рус., англ.]

Настоящее Соглашение применяется со дня его подписания и заключается на неопределенный срок.

Каждая из Сторон вправе аннулировать настоящее Соглашение на основании письменного уведомления, направленного согласно дипломатическим процедурам.

Настоящее Соглашение прекращает свое применение через 3 (три) месяца с даты получения такого уведомления.

Подписано в г. Санкт-Петербурге 16 мая 2019 г. в двух экземплярах, каждый на русском, хорватском и английском языках, причем все тексты имеют одинаковое значение.

Генеральный прокурор Российской Федерации	Министр юстиции Республики Хорватии
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The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia, hereinafter referred to as the Parties,

Based on the principles of equality, respect of sovereignty and other universally recognized principles of international law,

Taking into account the challenging nature of legal issues and dynamics of legal agenda, and the fact that the exchange of information and experience in the legal sphere is in common interests of the Parties,

Recognizing the importance of strengthening of cooperation in the sphere of protection of human rights and freedoms, as well as of crime prevention and crime combating,

Aiming to develop cooperation on the issues of mutual interest in the most effective way,

Have agreed as follows:

The Parties shall cooperate on the basis of this Agreement within their competence and in accordance with the legislation and international obligations of their States in the spirit of mutual respect and partnership.

The Parties shall cooperate through exchange of information, experience and best practices on the following directions:

Protection of human rights and freedoms;

Combating crimes, including its organized forms, in particular terrorism and extremism, illicit trafficking in arms, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, illegal migration and trafficking in human beings, cybercrime, corruption and other crimes, posing serious danger to society;

Cooperation in the sphere of extradition and legal assistance;

Criminal investigation, arrest, confiscation and recovery of property and assets, gained in an illegal way;

Scientific and research activity on the subjects of mutual interest.

For the purpose of implementation of the provisions of Articles 1 and 2 of this Agreement, cooperation of the Parties shall be carried out in the following main forms:

Exchange of information on legal systems and legislation of their States;

Exchange of information on the state and trends of criminality, including statistical data;

Organization of study visits of delegations and experts;

Personnel training and personnel development.

This Agreement shall not preclude the Parties from cooperation in other mutually acceptable spheres of activity and forms of cooperation in compliance with the provisions of Article 1 of this Agreement.

The Parties agree to coordinate the dates and terms of specific events on cooperation in advance, subject to their organizational and financial capacities.

As may be agreed by the Parties, representatives of other concerned governmental authorities of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Croatia, as well as representatives of the competent authorities of the third States, international bodies and organizations, may be invited to the joint events.

In compliance with this Agreement, cooperation shall be carried out upon written requests, sent by post, facsimile or electronic mail.

Information and documents can be submitted between the Parties in a proactive manner if there are grounds to believe that they may be of interest for one of the Parties.

Each Party shall take necessary measures to ensure confidentiality of information and documents received from the other Party.

Each Party, in accordance with the legislation of its State, shall ensure such degree of confidentiality as required by the other Party.

The Parties shall guarantee protection of information they share by application of this Agreement.

The Parties shall not provide this information to the third persons without written consent of the other Party.

English language shall be used as a working language in the course of communication during cooperation.

The Parties shall appoint the following structural divisions to be responsible for coordination of cooperation within the framework of this Agreement:

For the Russian Party — General Department of International Legal Cooperation;

For the Croatian Party — Directorate for European Affairs, International and Judicial Cooperation.

The Parties shall appoint one or a few persons, responsible for maintenance of mutual communication. Within 30 days from the date of signature of this Agreement, the Parties shall notify each other of the names of responsible persons and of appropriate contact information. The Parties shall immediately notify each other regarding any changes of the responsible persons.

Each Party shall bear its own expenses relating to the implementation of the provisions of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed in each particular case.

The Parties shall resolve all disputes arising from the interpretation and application of this Agreement through consultations and negotiations.

The Parties, by mutual agreement, may introduce changes and addendum to this Agreement by signing protocols.

This Agreement is not an international treaty and shall not affect any rights and obligations arising from international treaties, to which the States of the Parties are parties to.

This Agreement shall be applied from the date of its signature and shall be concluded for an indefinite period of time.

Each Party is entitled to revoke this Agreement on the basis of a written notice, sent in accordance with diplomatic procedures.

This Agreement shall cease to apply 3 (three) months after the date of receipt of such notice.

Signed in the city of Saint Petersburg on the 16-th of May 2019, in duplicate, each in the each in the Russian, Croatian and English languages, all texts having equal meaning.

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