2 -As emendas entrarão em vigor nos termos previstos no artigo 19.º do presente Acordo.
Feito em Nova Deli, a 14 de fevereiro de 2020, em dois originais, nas línguas portuguesa, hindi e inglesa, fazendo ambos fé.
Pela República Portuguesa:
Carlos Pereira Marques, Embaixador de Portugal em Nova Deli.
Pela República da Índia:
Satinder Pal Singh, Diretor-Geral do Ministério da Marinha Mercante.
COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA IN THE FIELD OF MARITIME TRANSPORT AND PORTS
The Portuguese Republic and the Republic of India, hereinafter referred to as "Parties",
Recognizing that the development of maritime transport between the Portuguese Republic and the Republic of India will contribute to an enhanced cooperation between the two States;
Desiring to consolidate economic and trade relations and strengthen the foundations for mutual cooperation in the maritime and port sectors;
Committed to promote maritime traffic between the two States, as well as the operation of their respective ports and national merchant fleets for the further development of each other;
Recalling the International Conventions to which they are both Parties;
Aware of the obligations assumed by the Portuguese Republic within the European Union,
have agreed as follows:
Article 1
Object
The present Agreement establishes the legal regime applicable to cooperation between the Parties in the field of maritime transport and ports, with a view to promoting maritime traffic and the maritime transport industry between them and to coordinate actions in the fields of navigation control, maritime search and rescue, fight against pollution, protection of the marine environment and exchange of information. It further aims at expanding and deepening and institutional and technical cooperation between the Parties, promoting cooperation and the establishment of new partnerships between Portuguese and Indian public and private stakeholders, with a view to stimulating mutual investment and other forms of economic cooperation.
Article 2
Scope
The present Agreement shall apply to all aspects relating to cooperation in the field of maritime transport and ports between the Parties, excluding: