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Law No. 148 Of 24 July 1997

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 148 din 24 iulie 1997

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LEGE no. 148 148 of 24 July 1997 for the ratification of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Romania and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the collaboration in the fight against organised crime and illicit trafficking in drugs and substances psychhotrope, signed in Bucharest on November 14, 1995
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Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 175 175 of 29 July 1997



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article UNIC The Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Romania and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on collaboration in the fight against organized crime and illicit trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances, signed in Bucharest on 14 November 1995. This law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies at the meeting of June 23, 1997, in compliance with the provisions of 74 74 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution. p. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT ANDREI IOAN CHILIMAN This law was adopted by the Senate at its meeting of 9 July 1997, in compliance with the provisions of art. 74 74 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution. p. SENATE PRESIDENT RADU VASILE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING between the Government of Romania and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the collaboration in the fight against organised crime and illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances The Government of Romania and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, hereinafter called Governments, in the spirit of relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries, convinced of the need to defend the life, property, rights and fundamental freedoms of its own citizens, considering the usefulness of international cooperation as an important factor in the prevention and effective fight against organised crime, Having regard to the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Substances (New York, 30 March 1961), as amended by the Protocol, of 1972 (Geneva, 25 March), of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances (Vienna, 21 February) 1971 1971), of the Convention against the Illicit Traffic of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (Vienna, 20 December 1988) and the "Global Action Plan" (New York, 23 February 1990), drawn up under the aegis of the UN, decided the following: Paragraph 1 Governments will cooperate and assist each other in the following areas: a) combating international terrorism; b) combating the illicit production, consumption and trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances; c) combating organised crime; d) combating falsification of documents; e) combating illegal operations with weapons, ammunition and explosive materials; f) combating international illegal economic activities; g) combating smuggling of goods of historical or artistic value, with precious stones and metals, as well as with other valuables; h) improvement of methods and means of maintaining and restoring public order; i) improvement of measures to prevent and extinguish fires, to installations with high danger in operation and in places with public agglomeration; j) training and training of specialists in the fields mentioned in lett. a)-i). Paragraph 2 Cooperation will be achieved by: a) exchanges of information and experience in the fields set out in paragraph 1; b) coordination of operations and taking measures of mutual interest; c) exchanges of specialists in the areas of mutual interest; d) exchanges of documentation, publications and results of scientific research in the fields of common interest. Paragraph 3 The competent authorities of the governments will be able to conclude cooperation arrangements in order to carry out practical cooperation in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 in accordance with their national law. Paragraph 4 Governments will provide mutual assistance in the processing of information and provide equipment, machinery and technical means specific to the competent authorities of the other government. Paragraph 5 In order to improve the efficiency of collaboration, governments can organize expert meetings, on areas of competence, whenever they consider it necessary, to solve urgent and special problems, such as: systematic traffic of narcotics and psychotropic substances, weapons and ammunition, and other forms of organized crime. Paragraph 6 1. Each government may refuse to fulfill a request for cooperation or requests for information, if it considers that such a request or request could violate national sovereignty, harm national security or contravene the provisions of its domestic law or international treaties to which it is a party. 2. In such a case, the refusal to satisfy the request or the request shall be communicated to the other government as soon as possible. Paragraph 7 1. Each of the two governments may suspend, in part or in full, or cease this Memorandum of Understanding. 2. The suspension and termination of the memorandum of understanding will be notified to the other government on diplomatic channels and will produce effects after 90 days from the date of notification. Paragraph 8 This Memorandum of Understanding shall be concluded for an unlimited period and shall be subject to approval in accordance with the laws of each country. He will enter into force on the date of the last notification, transmitted diplomatically, on the fulfilment of legal procedures. Signed in Bucharest on November 14, 1995, in two copies, in Romanian and English, both texts being equally authentic. For the Romanian Government, Doru Ioan Taracila, Interior Minister For the United Kingdom Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sir Nicholas Bonsor, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth -------------