Após a entrada em vigor do presente Acordo, a Parte em cujo território for assinado submetê-lo-á para registo junto do Secretariado das Nações Unidas nos termos do artigo 102.º da Carta das Nações Unidas, devendo, igualmente, notificar a outra Parte desse procedimento e indicar-lhe o número de registo atribuído.
Feito em Nova Iorque, no dia 19 de setembro de 2023, em dois originais, nas línguas portuguesa, mongol e inglesa, sendo todos os textos igualmente autênticos. Em caso de qualquer divergência de interpretação, prevalecerá o texto em língua inglesa.
Pela República Portuguesa: João Titterington Gomes Cravinho, Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros.
Pela Mongólia: Battsetseg Batmunkh, Ministra dos Negócios Estrangeiros.
Agreement between the Portuguese Republic and Mongolia on Exemption of Visa Requirements for Holders of Diplomatic, Official or Special Passports
The Portuguese Republic and Mongolia, hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”:
Wishing to reinforce the relations of friendship and co-operation between both States;
Wishing to facilitate the movement of their nationals holding diplomatic, official or special passports:
agree as follows:
Article 1
Object
This Agreement shall set forth the legal framework for the exemption of visas for holders of diplomatic, official or special passports of the Parties.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement the following provisions shall mean:
- a)“Valid passport” shall mean the diplomatic, official or special passport that, at the time of the exit of the national territory of one of the Parties, has at least a three (3) month validity;
- b)“Family member” shall mean the spouse or the partner of a de facto relationship, provided that the latter is enshrined in the law of the Sending State, as well as the dependent descendants and ascendants of the holder of a diplomatic, official or special passport.
Article 3
Short term stay
- 1 -Portuguese nationals holding a valid Portuguese diplomatic or special passport may enter and stay in the territory of Mongolia without visa for a maximum period of ninety (90) days during any hundred and eighty (180) days period from the date of first entry.
- 2 -Mongolian nationals holding a valid diplomatic or official passport may enter and stay in the territory of the Portuguese Republic without visa for a maximum period of ninety (90) days during any hundred and eighty (180) days period from the date of first entry at the external border establishing the area of free movement created by the States which are Party to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985, adopted on 19 June 1990.
Article 4
Entry and Stay
- 1 -Portuguese nationals holding a valid diplomatic or special passport who are appointed to a Portuguese diplomatic mission or consular post in Mongolia or to international organisations in Mongolia, as well as their family members, may enter or stay in the territory of Mongolia without a visa for the period of their mission.
- 2 -Mongolian nationals holding valid diplomatic or official passport, who are appointed to a diplomatic mission or consular post in the Portuguese Republic or to international organisations in the Portuguese Republic, as well as their family members, may enter or stay in the territory of the Portuguese Republic without a visa for the period of their mission.
- 3 -For the purposes of the previous paragraphs, each Party shall inform the other Party, in writing and through the diplomatic channels, of the arrival of the holders of diplomatic, official or special passport appointed to a diplomatic mission, consular post or to international organizations in the territory of the Parties, as well as of their family members accompanying them, prior to the date of their entry to the territory of the other Party.
Article 5
Compliance with the law of the Parties
- 1 -The visa exemption shall not relieve a person from the obligation to comply with the national law of the Parties on the entry into, stay in and exit from the territory of destination of the holders of passports in accordance with the conditions set out in this Agreement.
- 2 -This Agreement does not exclude the right of the competent authorities of either Party to refuse entry or stay of citizens of the other Party in accordance with their national legislation.
Article 6
Information on passports
- 1 -The Parties shall exchange, through diplomatic channels, specimens of the valid diplomatic, official or special passports no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with article 11.
- 2 -Where either Party submits new passports or modifies those previously exchanged, it shall inform the other Party through the diplomatic channels of the specimen of the new or modified passport no later than thirty (30) days before the date it begins to be used.
Article 7
Settlement of Disputes
Any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall be settled by negotiation, through the diplomatic channels.
Article 8
Suspension of application
- 1 -Either Party may temporarily suspend the application of this Agreement, wholly or partially, on grounds of public order, public health and national security.
- 2 -The suspension of application of this Agreement and its termination shall be immediately notified in writing through the diplomatic channels to the other Party.
Article 9
Amendments
- 1 -This Agreement may be amended at the request of one of the Parties.
- 2 -The amendments shall enter into force in accordance with the terms specified in article 11 of this Agreement.
Article 10
Duration and termination
- 1 -This Agreement shall remain in force for an unlimited period of time.
- 2 -Either Party may terminate this Agreement by giving ninety (90) days prior written notice to that effect to the other Party.
Article 11
Entry into force
This Agreement shall enter into force thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of the later of the notifications, in writing through diplomatic channels, conveying the completion of the internal procedures of each Party required for that purpose.
Article 12
Registry
Upon the entry into force of this Agreement, the Party in whose territory it is signed shall transmit it to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration, in accordance with article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations and shall notify the other Party of the completion of this procedure as well as of its registration number.
Done at New York, on the 19th of September of 2023, in two originals, in Portuguese, Mongolian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergence of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.
For the Portuguese Republic: João Titterington Gomes Cravinho, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
For Mongólia: Battsetseg Batmunkh, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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