- 1 -O presente Acordo entrará em vigor 60 dias após a data da recepção da última notificação pelas Partes, por escrito e por via diplomática, indicando que foram cumpridos os requisitos de direito interno das Partes necessários à sua entrada em vigor.
- 2 -Com a entrada em vigor deste Acordo, cessam os efeitos produzidos pelo Acordo Cultural entre os dois Estados, assinado em Lisboa em 3 de Novembro de 1976.
Feito em dois originais, em Lisboa, no domingo, 9 de Dezembro de 2007, em três versões originais, nas línguas portuguesa, árabe e inglesa, fazendo todos os textos igualmente fé. No caso de divergência de interpretação, recorrer-se-á ao texto em língua inglesa.
Pela República Portuguesa:
Luís Amado, Ministro de Estado e dos Negócios Estrangeiros.
Pela Grande Jamahiriya Árabe Líbia Popular Socialista:
Abdurrahman M. Shalgham, Secretário do Comité Geral Popular para as Relações Externas e Cooperação Internacional.
(ver documento original)
COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHER EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, YOUTH, SPORTS AND MASS MEDIA.
The Portuguese Republic and the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, hereinafter referred to as «the Parties»:
Desiring to strengthen the friendly relations between both countries and their peoples and to promote mutual understanding and knowledge through a cultural relationship;
Inspired by the common desire to promote and develop cooperation in the fields of Education, Science, Technology and Higher Education, Language, Culture, Youth, Sports and Mass Media on a basis of equality, reciprocity, mutual respect and benefit;
Pursuant to the law in force in their respective countries:
agree as follows:
Article 1
Scope
The scope of the present Agreement is the cooperation between the Parties in the fields of Education, Science, Technology and Higher Education, Language, Culture, Youth, Sports and Mass Media in order to achieve greater communication, mutual knowledge and the development of the relations between the Parties.
Article 2
Education
- 1 -Aiming at the promotion of the cooperation between the Parties in the field of Education, the Parties shall exchange information, documentation and pedagogical materials.
- 2 -The Parties shall study the issue of mutual recognition of primary and secondary education certificates to nationals of both countries, in accordance with the law in force.
Article 3
Science, Technology and Higher Education
Both Parties shall encourage the cooperation between Scientific Research and Higher Education Institutions in the fields of Science, Technology and Higher Education.
Article 4
Languages
Both Parties commit themselves to promote the mutual study of their languages. For this purpose, both Parties shall promote and facilitate the study of the respective languages - Portuguese and Arabic - at universities and learning education institutions of both Parties.
Article 5
Scholarships
Either Party shall endeavour to provide scholarships to students and teachers, in a reciprocity basis, and shall promote their participation in specific courses and training periods, particularly in the language and cultural fields of each country.
Article 6
Culture
- 1 -The Parties, in accordance with the historical, cultural and civilizational values of both countries, shall promote the dialogue between their respective cultures and civilizations through the organization of meetings, seminars or conferences on issues of common interest, namely in the field of the conservation of cultural and architectonic heritage.
- 2 -Whenever possible and with the purpose of accomplishing, in both countries, a better understanding of the civilization and culture of the other country, the Parties shall endeavour to promote:
- a)The exchange of visits of public figures who have been distinguished by their contribution to the cultural and artistic life;
- b)The organization of one country's cultural weeks in the other, by means of the organization of exhibitions, film screenings, musical events or seminars which will allow for a better mutual knowledge and whose set up shall be agreed through the diplomatic channels.
Article 7
Safeguard of national cultural heritage
The Parties agree on adopting the necessary measures to safeguard the protection of the other Party's cultural and archaeological assets, which are transported within the implementation of cooperation programmes of the present Agreement, against illicit importation, exportation and transference as well as inspect and watch over the safety of those assets while they remain in the other Party's territory.
Article 8
Copyright and related rights
The Parties shall guarantee the protection of copyrights and related rights concerning cultural and artistic works, interpretations or performances by nationals of the other Party, in accordance with the law in force in the territory of the Parties.
Article 9
Information and Publication Exchange
The Parties shall encourage the exchange of information and of periodical publications, of a literary, cultural and artistic nature, between the cultural institutions of both countries.
Article 10
Circulation of persons and equipment
The Parties, in accordance with the law in force in their territory, shall grant the necessary conditions in order to permit the entrance, stay and exit of persons, within the implementation of the present Agreement, namely, its cooperation programmes.
Article 11
Prohibition of the illicit trade on cultural assets
In order to assure the safeguard of the national heritage of each State, the Parties undertake to hinder the entrance and exit of works of art or other documental of historical or archaeological value and to inspect and watch over their safety while they remain in the situation of temporary import, for the purpose of carrying out the activities foreseen in the present Agreement.
Article 12
Special conditions to facilitate the temporary importation
The Parties shall facilitate, in accordance with the law in force in their territory, the importation and subsequent re-exportation of imported materials for non commercial purposes, according to the goals set forth by the present Agreement.
Article 13
Other forms of cultural cooperation
- 1 -The Parties shall also develop the cultural cooperation based on protocols to be celebrated between the competent institutions, in the areas referred to in articles 6 to 12.
- 2 -Private institutions which carry out cultural patronage may be called to participate in the execution and financing of Programmes signed under the present Agreement.
Article 14
Youth
The Parties shall support and encourage the cooperation between their respective youth organisations by means of the exchange of information, documentation and visits, in order to deepen the knowledge of the youth in each one of the countries.
Article 15
Sports
The Parties shall promote the cooperation between sports organizations of both countries in order to increase the understanding and the knowledge of both Parties and to create mutual sports development through the exchange of information on sports training materials.
Article 16
Mass Media
The Parties shall encourage the development of direct initiatives between institutions which, in both countries, pursue public service missions in the areas of radio, television and between news agencies and professional training bodies.
Article 17
International Obligations
The present Agreement does not affect other regional and international obligations binding the Parties.
Article 18
Cooperation Programmes and Joint Committee
- 1 -The Parties, for the implementation of the present Agreement and in order to establish detailed cooperation and exchange methods, may set up Cooperation Programmes which, as a rule, will produce effects for a three-year (3) period.
- 2 -The Cooperation Programmes shall be part of the commitments undertaken by the present Agreement and may lay down the financial obligations the Parties may have to bear due to its implementation.
- 3 -The financial obligations arising from the implementation of the cooperation programs shall be bore, according to their competences and budgetary availability, by the State Departments that, in the Governments of both Parties, are responsible for the areas covered by the present Agreement.
- 4 -The Cooperation Programmes shall be signed by a Joint Committee that shall meet, if possible, alternately in both countries.
- 5 -Regardless of their foreseen duration, and unless none of the Parties announces its intention to terminate it, the mentioned Cooperation Programmes shall continue producing effects until a new Programme is signed.
Article 19
Settlement of disputes
Any disputes arising from the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement shall be settled through consultation between the Parties, through the diplomatic channels.
Article 20
Amendment
- 1 -This Agreement may be amended if requested by either Party.
- 2 -The amendments resulting thereof shall enter into force according to the provisions of article 22.
Article 21
Duration and termination
- 1 -This Agreement shall remain in force for a period of 3 (three) years and shall be automatically renewed for equal successive periods.
- 2 -Each Party may terminate this Agreement, at any time, by notifying the other Party, in writing, through the diplomatic channels, up to 6 (six) months prior to the end of its duration.
- 3 -The termination of this Agreement shall not affect the execution of any arrangements, cooperation programs and/or projects in progress, which shall continue producing effects until their conclusion.
Article 22
Entry into force
- 1 -This Agreement shall enter into force 60 (sixty) days following the date of receipt of the second notification made by either Party, in writing and through the diplomatic channels, informing that the internal procedures required for the entering into force of the Agreement have been fulfilled.
- 2 -With the entry into force of the present Agreement, the dispositions of the Cultural Agreement between the two States, signed in Lisbon, on the 3rd of November 1976, cease to produce effects.
Done in duplicate, in Lisbon, on Sunday, the 9th of December of the year two thousand and seven, in three original versions, in Portuguese, Arabic and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergence of interpretation, the English text shall be the reference for discussion.
For the Portuguese Republic:
Luís Amado, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs.
For the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:
Abdurrahman M. Shalgham, Secretary of the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Co-operation.
Artigo 22.º — Entrada em vigor
Vigente desde: 30/10/2009