9. pants

Šis Līgums ir noslēgts uz

nenoteiktu laiku. Jebkura Līgumslēdzēja Puse drīkst pārtraukt šī

Līguma darbību, iesniedzot attiecīgu rakstveida paziņojumu otrai

Pusei. Šajā gadījumā Līguma darbība izbeidzas tā sestā mēneša

pirmajā dienā, kas seko datumam, kad otra Puse saņēmusi šādu

rakstveida paziņojumu.

Parakstīts Rīgā, 2004. gada 5.

oktobrī divos oriģināleksemplāros, latviešu, ukraiņu un angļu

valodā, visi teksti ir vienlīdz autentiski. Domstarpību gadījumā

par pamatu tiek ņemts šī Līguma teksts angļu valodā.

Latvijas Republikas

Ukrainas Ministru

valdības vārdā

kabineta vārdā

A.Šlesers,

K.Grišenko,

Latvijas Republikas

Ukrainas

Ministru prezidenta biedrs

Ārlietu ministrs

Agreement

between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet

of Ministers of Ukraine on economic, industrial, scientific and

technical cooperation

The Government of the Republic of

Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine,

Hereinafter referred to as the

"Contracting Parties",

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the

traditional long-term economic relations,

DESIRING to maintain and

strengthen economic, industrial, scientific and technical

cooperation,

BEING GUIDED by the principles of

equality, mutual interests and international law,

CONSIDERING that Latvia has become

a member state of the European Union on 1 May 2004,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

The Contracting Parties shall

develop, strengthen and diversify economic, industrial,

scientific and technical cooperation on the mutually beneficial

basis and in all spheres of mutual interest.

Article 2

Taking into account the achieved

level of economic, industrial, scientific and technical

cooperation, the Contracting Parties have agreed that there exist

favorable opportunities for long-term cooperation, in particular

in the following areas:

- light industry;

- transport, including means of

transportation;

- power engineering;

- public health and pharmaceutical

industry;

- chemical and petrochemical

industry;

- natural gas industry;

- woodworking industry, including

pulp and paper industry;

- electrical equipment and

electrical appliances;

- electronic and electrical

engineering industry;

- metallurgy, including

metal-working industry;

- industrial equipment;

- agricultural and forestry

equipment;

- food industry equipment,

including equipment for food processing industry;

- environmental

machine-building;

- mining industry;

- production of construction

materials and equipment;

- modernization and reconstruction

of electric power plants, including power

supply systems;

- development and reconstruction

of gas and oil pipelines, including cooperation

in the sphere of exploration and providing equipment for new

deposits;

- cooperation in the spheres of

industrial and civil construction; education and experts training

in different industries; cooperation in the sphere of

statistics.

Article 3

With the purpose of performing the

tasks set out in Article 1 of this Agreement the

Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Industrial, Scientific

and Technical Cooperation (hereinafter the Intergovernmental

Commission) shall be established. The Intergovernmental

Commission shall be composed of representatives of respective

state authorities.

The Intergovernmental Commission

can invite representatives of business circles to take part in

its work.

Article 4

The Intergovernmental Commission

shall hold sessions when necessary, but not less than once a year

by turns in the Republic of Latvia and in Ukraine. The

Intergovernmental Commission shall agree upon its operation

schedule.

Article 5

1. The main tasks of the

Intergovernmental Commission are as follows:

a) to discuss programs of

economic, industrial, scientific and technical cooperation in the

spheres of mutual interest;

b) to promote the creation of

necessary conditions for giving credits and financial provision

of economic, industrial, scientific and technical

cooperation;

c) to facilitate cooperation

between small and medium size enterprises;

d) to promote the creation of

appropriate conditions for participation of businessmen of both

countries in international exhibitions and trade fairs held on

the territory of either Contracting Party;

e) to cooperate in environmentally

safe infrastructure systems, namely in the following spheres:

- power engineering;

- road and railway networks;

- marine and river transportation

networks;

- air transport;

- telecommunications;

- collection and disposal of

industrial and household wastes;

- melioration;

- water industry;

f) to develop proposals for

protection and safety of the environment and protection of

consumers;

g) to develop proposals and to

take measures for providing safety and sustainability of supply

of electricity, oil and natural gas as well as attraction of

potential investors, with special attention drawn to use and

transmission of electric power, transportation of gas and oil

products;

h) to develop proposals and to

take measures aimed at increasing of safety level of nuclear

power plants according to internationally accepted nuclear safety

standards;

i) to compare statistics of the

Contracting Parties.

2. The Intergovernmental

Commission shall promote the development of cooperative relations

and other forms of industrial cooperation.

3. The Intergovernmental

Commission shall make recommendation on the changes and

amendments of this Agreement.

Article 6

This Agreement shall apply without

prejudice to the obligations following from Latvia's membership

in the European Union. The provisions of the Agreement may not be

invoked or interpreted in such a way to invalidate or otherwise

affect the obligations imposed by the Partnership and

Co-operation Agreement or other agreements between Ukraine and

the European Union.

Article 7

The provisions of this Agreement

may be changed and amended by the mutual agreement of the

Contracting Parties. Such changes and amendments shall be formed

as additional Protocols which will constitute an integral part of

this Agreement.

Article 8

1. This Agreement shall enter into

force on the first day of the month following the date on which

the Contracting Parties have notified each other of the

completion of the internal legal procedures necessary for this

purpose.

2. Upon the entry into force of

this Agreement, the Agreement between the Government of the

Republic of Latvia and the Government of Ukraine about the

establishment of the Latvian - Ukrainian Intergovernmental

Commission on Trade and Economic cooperation, signed at Riga on

the 24th May 1995, shall cease to be in force.

Article 9

This Agreement is concluded for

the indefinite term. Each Contracting Party can terminate this

Agreement by means of a written notification to the other

Contracting Party. The termination shall take effect on the first

day of the sixth month following the date on which the other

Contracting Party received the notification.

Done at Riga on 5th of

October, 2004, in two original copies, each in the Latvian,

Ukrainian and English, all texts being equally authentic. In case

of divergence in interpretation of the Agreement, the English

text shall prevail.

For the Government of

For the Cabinet of

the Republic of Latvia

Ministers of Ukraine

A.Šlesers,

K.Grischenko,

Deputy Prime Minister

Minister of

of the Republic of

Latvia

Foreign Affairs

of Ukraine