Act No. 25.220 Approve the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation signed with the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.

Sanctioned: November 24, 1999.

Promulgated: December 23, 1999.

The Senate and Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation assembled in Congress, etc., sanction with force of Law:

ARTICLE 1 Appropriate the Agreement for the Cooperation of Science and Technology between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Spain, signed in Ljubliana-REPUBLICA de ESLOVENIA, on November 3, 1997, which consists of SIETE (7) articles, whose photocopy

ARTICLE 2 Contact the national executive branch.

IN THE SESSION OF THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS, IN GOOD AIRES, TO THE VEINTICUATRO DAYS OF THE MONTH OF NOVENTY AND NEW YEAR.

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ALBERTO R. PIERRI. . EDUARDO MENEM. . Esther H. Pereyra Arandía de Pérez Pardo. . Juan C. Oyarzún.

CENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARGENTINA REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SLOVENIA REPUBLIC

The Government of the Argentine Republic and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, henceforth referred to as the Parties.

Recognizing the importance of the development of scientific research,

They agreed on the following:

ARTICLE I

The Parties shall promote scientific and technological cooperation between the two States.

ARTICLE II

Cooperation may include the following activities:

(a) Conduct of research projects in areas of mutual interest.

(b) Development of direct collaboration between scientific institutions, universities and research centres of both Parties.

(c) Exchange of researchers through short-term missions.

(d) Exchange of scientific and technical information and publications.

(e) Any other form of cooperation that both Parties agree with each other.

ARTICLE III

The Parties shall meet alternately, every two years, in the Argentine Republic and the Republic of Slovenia in the Mixed Commission with the objective of:

(a) Develop biannual Executive Programmes establishing the terms and timelines of cooperation agreed here.

(b) Evaluate the research projects in common that are presented to you appreciated their characters, objectives and possibilities of realization, as well as the capacities of the scientists and participating institutions. Its evaluations will produce a well-founded and written opinion.

ARTICLE IV

Both Parties shall cooperate, within the framework of their own legislation, in facilitating the arrivals and departures of investigators.

ARTICLE V

The Parties shall ensure adequate and efficient protection of intellectual property created as a result of this Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of the international treaties that both Parties have signed.

ARTICLE VI

The Agreement may be fully or partially amended by mutual decision of the Parties.

ARTICLE VII

This Agreement shall enter into force from the date on which both Parties communicate to have fulfilled the legal requirements for the entry into force of this Agreement.

It shall have a duration of five years and shall be automatically renewed for the same period, if none of the Parties shall denounce it by diplomatic means six months before its expiry.

The denunciation of this Agreement shall not affect the projects that are in operation which will continue until completion.

Made in Ljubliana, on 3 November 1997, in two originals, each in Spanish and Slovenian languages, both texts being equally authentic.