O presente Acordo entrará em vigor na data da recepção da segunda das notas pelas quais as Partes Contratantes se informem reciprocamente de terem posto em prática os requisitos necessários à entrada em vigor do Acordo.
O Acordo será assinado por um período de cinco anos, renovável automaticamente por igual período, salvo se qualquer das Partes Contratantes com seis meses de antecedência o denunciar por escrito.
O fim do presente Acordo não afectará o desenvolvimento de quaisquer programas ou projectos que tivessem sido acordados pelas Partes Contratantes durante a vigência do mesmo.
No dia da entrada em vigor do presente Acordo, o Acordo de Cooperação no Domínio do Turismo entre o Governo da República Portuguesa e o Governo da República Popular da Bulgária, assinado em Lisboa em 30 de Novembro de 1977, será considerado nulo.
Assinado, em duplicado, em Sófia aos 30 dias do mês de Março de 1999, em duas cópias originais, nas línguas portuguesa, búlgara e inglesa, sendo os três textos autênticos. Em caso de interpretação divergente, prevalecerá o texto em inglês.
Pelo Governo da República Portuguesa:
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Pelo Governo da República da Bulgária:
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM.
The government of the Portuguese Republic and the government of the Republic of Bulgaria, hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Parties:
Looking to develop the friendly relations between the two countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit;
Recognising the importance of Tourism for the development of economic relations and better understanding between the two peoples;
Guided by the principles and recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Tourism and International Travels, which took place in Rome in 1963, the Manila Declaration on World Tourism of 1980, and in accordance with the recommendations of the World Tourism Organisation and the requirements of the national legislation of each of the Contracting Parties;
have agreed upon the following:
Article 1
The Contracting Parties, within the scope of their authority, shall undertake all necessary measures for the development of the tourist exchange between the two countries.
The Contracting Parties, in compliance with their national legislation, shall actively promote the establishment of contacts between the respective government tourist authorities and tourist associations and shall undertake other necessary action aimed at development of tourist exchange between the two countries.
Article 2
The Contracting Parties shall encourage the exchange of data and information on tourism legislation and statistics; education programs; professional training of staff; studies and research projects for tourism development.
Article 3
The Contracting Parties, within the scope of their abilities and competence, shall exert all necessary efforts to assist their respective authorities and organizations, both public and private, in their mutually beneficial exchange of information, documentation and statistical data in the field of tourism, in compliance with the recommendations of the World Tourism Organization.
Article 4
The Contracting Parties, in compliance with their national legislation and within the scope of their authority, shall encourage co-operation between their government tourism bodies in training and exchange of staff in the field of tourism.
Article 5
The Contracting Parties, within the scope of their abilities, shall facilitate the exchange of tourism information with the aim to increase tourist flow, mostly by way of exchange of documentation, films, advertising materials and tourist advertising.
The presentation and advertising materials with no commercial value shall be exempt from customs duties and other taxes on imports in compliance with the national legislation of the Contracting Parties.
Article 6
The Contracting Parties shall support and encourage the arrangement of study tours for journalists as well as for experts in tourism.
Article 7
The Contracting Parties shall consider as priority the steps towards cooperation in the various types of education in the field of tourism and shall encourage the signing of protocols and agreements between public and private organizations and legal persons, connected with the preparation and implementation of mutually beneficial tourism researches and projects, in compliance with the national legislation of each of the Contracting Parties.
Article 8
The Contracting Parties shall notify each other of international agreements in the field of tourism, to which the countries of the Contracting Parties acceded, provided that they present a matter of mutual interest.
Article 9
The Contracting Parties shall be able to establish national Tourist Information Offices on the territory of the other Contracting Party, the operation of which shall not be of commercial nature and shall be regulated by a separate Agreement, signed to this effect.
Article 10
The Contracting Parties shall assign the government tourism authorities of their countries with the task to establish an Interdepartmental Working Group to be responsible for analisys of the level of implementation of the clauses of the Agreement and to seek solutions to problems that might occur between the Contracting Parties at the time of their co-operation in the field of tourism.
The Interdepartmental Working Group shall convene its sessions every two years in the Portuguese Republic and the Republic of Bulgaria in turn.
The Interdepartmental Working Group's venue of sessions and rules of procedure shall be determined by the government tourism authorities of the Contracting Parties.
Article 11
This Agreement shall enter into force on the day of receipt of the second of the notes, by which the Contracting Parties inform each other of having met the requirements for the enforcement of this Agreement.
This Agreement is signed for a period of 5 (five) years. Its validity shall be automatically renewed for each subsequent 5 (five) year period, unless either of the Contracting Parties informs the other Contracting Party through diplomatic channels of its intention to denounce it, not later than 6 (six) months prior to the expiry date of this Agreement.
The termination of this Agreement shall not affect the implementation of any programs and projects, negotiated while in force, unless otherwise agreed by the Contracting Parties.
On the data of entry into force of this Agreement, the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Portugal and the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria on Co-operation in the Field of Tourism signed in Lisbon on November 30, 1977 shall be terminated.
Signed in Sofia on 30th of March 1999 in 2 (two) original copies in the Portuguese, Bulgarian and English languages, the three texts being authentic.
In case of divergence in interpretation of the clauses of this Agreement, the English text shall prevail.
For the Government of the Portuguese Republic:
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For the Government of Republic of Bulgaria:
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