The agreement on Exchange of information in tax matters
The Swedish Government and Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) and Nevis
Government signed on March 24, 2010 to apply that law here in
the country. The agreement is drawn up in English and appears in annex
to this law.
Transitional provisions
2010:1446
1. This law shall enter into force on the day the Government determines.
2. This law shall be applied for fiscal years beginning on
date on which the Act comes into force or later or, if
tax year is missing, the tax levied on the day on which the Act
enters into force or later. In cases that are
skattebrotts cases under the agreement, the law, however,
apply as from its entry into force.
Annex
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF SWEDEN AND THE GOVERNMENT
OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER (SAINT KITTS) AND NEVIS FOR THE EXCHANGE
OF INFORMATION RELATING TO TAX MATTERS
The Government of Sweden and the Government of Saint
Christopher (Saint Kitts) and Nevis, desiring to conclude an
Agreement for the exchange of information relating to tax
matters, have agreed as follows:
Article 1
Object and scope of the Agreement
1. The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall
provide assistance through exchange of information that is
foreseeably relevant to the administration and enforcement of
the domestic laws of the Contracting Parties concerning taxes
covered by this Agreement. Such information shall include
information that is foreseeably relevant to the determination,
assessment and collection of such taxes, the recovery and
enforcement of tax claims, or the investigation or prosecution
of tax matters. Information shall be exchanged in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement and shall be treated as
confidential in the manner provided in Article 8. The rights
and safeguards secured to persons by the laws or administrative
practice of the requested Party remain applicable to the extent
that they do not unduly prevent or delay effective exchange of
information.
2. This Agreement shall not affect the application in the
Contracting Parties of the rules on mutual legal assistance in
criminal matters.
Article 2
Jurisdiction
A requested Party is not obligated to provide information which
is neither held by its authorities nor in the possession or
control of persons who are within its territorial jurisdiction.
Article 3
Taxes covered
1. The taxes which are the subject of this Agreement are taxes
of every kind and description imposed in the Contracting
Parties.
2. This Agreement shall also apply to any identical or
substantially similar taxes imposed after the date of signature
of the Agreement in addition to or in place of the existing
taxes. The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties
shall notify each other of any substantial changes to the
taxation and related information gathering measures covered by
the Agreement.
Article 4
Definition
1. For the purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise
defined:
(a)) the term "Saint Kitts and Nevis" means the twin island
The Federation of Saint Kitts (St. Christopher) and Nevis and, when
used in a geographical sense, means the territories of Saint
Kitts and Nevis;
(b)) the term "Sweden" means the Kingdom of Sweden and, when used
in a geographical sense, includes the national territory, the
territorial sea of Sweden as well as other maritime areas over
which Sweden in accordance with international law exercises
sovereign rights or jurisdiction;
(c)) the term "Contracting Party" means Sweden or Saint Kitts and
Nevis as the context requires;
d) the term "competent authority" means:
(i) in Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Financial Secretary or the
Financial Secretary due's authorised representative;
(ii) in Sweden, the Minister of Finance, his authorised
representative or the authority which is designated as a
competent authority for the purposes of this Agreement;
e) the term "person" includes an individual, a company and any
other body of persons;
f) the term "company" means any body corporate or any entity
that is treated as a body corporate for tax purposes;
g) the term "publicly traded company" means any company whose
principal class of shares is listed on a recognised stock
Exchange provided its listed shares can be readily purchased or
sold by the public. Shares can be purchased or sold "by the
public "if the purchase or sale of shares is not implicitly or
explicitly restricted to a limited group of investors;
h) the term "principal class of shares" means the class or
classes of shares representing a majority of the voting power
and value of the company;
in) the term "recognised stock exchange" means any stock
Exchange agreed upon by the competent authorities of the
Contracting Parties;
j) the term "collective investment fund or scheme" means any
pooled investment vehicle, irrespective of legal form. The term
"public collective investment fund or scheme" means any
collective investment fund or scheme provided the units, shares
or other interests in the fund or scheme can be readily
purchased, sold or redeemed by the public. Units, shares or
other interests in the fund or scheme can be readily purchased,
sold or redeemed "by the public" if the purchase, sale or
redemption is not implicitly or explicitly restricted to a
limited group of investors;
k) the term "tax" means any tax to which the Agreement applies;
l) the term "applicant Party" means the Contracting Party
requesting information;
m) the term "requested Party" means the Contracting Party
requested to provide information;
n) the term "information gathering measures" means laws and
administrative or judicial procedures that enable a Contracting
Party to obtain and provide the requested information;
o) the term "information" means any fact, statement or record
in any form whatever.
2. As regards the application of this Agreement at any time by
a Contracting Party, any term not defined therein shall, unless
the context otherwise requires, have the meaning that it has at
that time under the law of that Party, any meaning under the
applicable tax laws of that Party prevailing over a meaning
given to the term under other laws of that Party.
Article 5
Exchange of information upon request
1. The competent authority of the requested Party shall provide
upon request information for the purposes referred to in
Article 1. Such information shall be exchanged without regard
to whether the conduct being investigated would constitute a
crime under the laws of the requested Party if such conduct
occurred in the requested Party.
2. If the information in the possession of the competent
authority of the requested Party is not sufficient to enable it
to comply with the request for information, that Party shall
use all relevant information gathering measures to provide the
applicant Party with the information requested, notwithstanding
that the requested Party may not need such information for its
own tax purposes.
3. If specifically requested by the competent authority of an
applicant Party, the competent authority of the requested Party
shall provide information under this Article, to the extent
allowable under its domestic laws, in the form of deposit
of witnesses and authenticated copies of the original records.
4. Each Contracting Party shall ensure that its competent
authorities for the purposes specified in Article 1 of the
Agreement, have the authority to obtain and provide upon
request:
a) information held by banks, other financial institutions, and
any person acting in an agency or fiduciary capacity including
nominees and trustees;
b) information regarding the ownership of companies,
partnerships, trusts, foundations, "Prison" and other
persons, including, within the constraints of Article 2,
ownership information on all such persons in an ownership
chain; in the case of trusts, information on settlors, trustees
and beneficiaries; and in the case of foundations, information
on founders, members of the foundation council and
beneficiaries. Further, this Agreement does not create an
obligation on the Contracting Parties to obtain or provide
ownership information with respect to publicly traded companies
or public collective investment funds or schemes unless such
information can be obtained without giving rise to
disproportionate difficulties.
5. The competent authority of the applicant Party shall provide
the following information to the competent authority of the
requested Party when making a request for information under the
Agreement to demonstrate the foreseeable relevance of the
information to the request:
(a)) the identity of the person under examination or
investigation;
(b)) (a) statement of the information sought including its nature
and the form in which the applicant Party wishes to receive the
information from the requested Party;
(c)) the tax purpose for which the information is sought;
d) grounds for believing that the information requested is held
in the requested Party or is in the possession or control of a
person within the jurisdiction of the requested Party;
e) to the extent known, the name and address of any person
believed to be in possession of the requested information;
f) a statement that the request is in conformity with the law
and administrative practices of the applicant Party, that if
the requested information was within the jurisdiction of the
applicant Party then the competent authority of the applicant
Party would be able to obtain the information under the laws of
the applicant Party or in the normal course of administrative
practice and that it is in conformity with this Agreement;
g) a statement that the applicant Party has pursued all means
available in its own territory to obtain the information,
except those that would give rise to disproportionate
difficulties.
6. The competent authority of the requested Party shall forward
the requested information as promptly as possible to the
applicant Party. To ensure a prompt response, the competent
authority of the requested Party shall:
(a)) Confirm receipt of a request in writing to the competent
authority of the applicant Party and shall notify the competent
authority of the applicant Party of deficiencies in the
request, if any, within 60 days of the receipt of the request.
b) If the competent authority of the requested Party has been
Unable to obtain and provide the information within 90 days of
receipt of the request, including if it encounters obstacles in
playing circket the information or it refuses to furnish the
information, it shall immediately inform the applicant Party,
explaining the reason for its inability, the nature of the
obstacles or the reasons for its refusal.
Article 6
Tax examination abroad
1. A Contracting Party may allow representatives of the
competent authority of the other Contracting Party to enter the
territory of the first-mentioned Party to interview individuals
and examine records with the written consent of the person's
concerned. The competent authority of the second-mentioned
Party shall notify the competent authority of the first-
mentioned Party of the time and place of the meeting with the
individuals concerned.
2. At the request of the competent authority of one Contracting
Party, the competent authority of the other Contracting Party
may allow representatives of the competent authority of the
the first-mentioned Party to be present at the appropriate part of
a tax examination in the second-mentioned Party.
3. If the request referred to in paragraph 2 is acceded to, the
competent authority of the Contracting Party conducting the
examination shall, as soon as possible, notify the competent
authority of the other Party about the time and place of the
examination, the authority or official designated to carry out
the examination and the procedures and conditions required by
the first-mentioned Party for the conduct of the examination.
All decisions with respect to the conduct of the tax
examination shall be made by the Party conducting the
examination.
Article 7
Possibility of declining a request
1. The requested Party shall not be required to obtain or
provide information that the applicant Party would not be able
to obtain under its own laws for purposes of the administration
or enforcement of its own tax laws. The competent authority of
the requested Party may decline to assist where the request is
not made in conformity with this Agreement.
2. The provisions of this Agreement shall not impose on a
Contracting Party the obligation to supply information which
would disclose any trade, business, industrial, commercial or
professional secret or trade process. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, information of the type referred to in Article 5,
paragraph 4 shall not be treated as such a secret or trade
process merely because it meets the criteria in that paragraph.
3. The provisions of this Agreement shall not impose on a
Contracting Party the obligation to obtain or provide
information, which would reveal confidential communications
between a client and an attorney, solicitor or other admitted
legal representative where such communications are:
(a) produced for the purposes of seeking or providing legal
advice; or
(b) produced for the purposes of use in existing or
contemplated legal proceedings.
4. The requested Party may decline a request for information if
the disclosure of the information would be contrary to public
policy (ordre public).
5. A request for information shall not be refused on the ground
that the tax claim giving rise to the request is disputed.
6. The requested Party may decline a request for information if
the information is requested by the applicant Party to
administer or enforce a provision of the tax law of the
applicant Party, or any requirement connected therewith, which
discriminates against a national of the requested Party as
compared with a national of the applicant Party in the same
circumstances.
Article 8
Confidentiality
Any information received by a Contracting Party under this
Agreement shall be treated as confidential in the same manner
as information obtained under the domestic laws of that Party
and may be disclosed only to persons or authorities (including
courts and administrative bodies) in the jurisdiction of the
Contracting Party concerned with the assessment or collection
of, the enforcement or prosecution in respect of, or the
determination of appeals in relation to, the taxes covered by
This Agreement. Such persons or authorities shall use such
information only for such purposes. They may disclose the
information in public court proceedings or in judicial
decisions. The information may not be disclosed to any other
person or entity or authority or any other jurisdiction without
the express written consent of the competent authority of the
requested Party.
Article 9
Costs
Incidence of costs incurred in providing assistance shall be
agreed by the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties.
Article 10
Implementation legislation
The Contracting Parties shall enact any legislation necessary
to comply with, and give effect to, the terms of the Agreement.
Article 11
Mutual agreement procedure
1. Where difficulties or doubts arise between the Contracting
Parties regarding the implementation or interpretation of the
Agreement, the competent authorities shall endeavour to resolve
the matter by mutual agreement.
2. In addition to the agreements referred to in paragraph 1,
the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties may
mutually agree on the procedures to be used under Articles 5
and 6.
3. The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties may
communicate with each other directly for purposes of reaching
agreement under this Article.
Article 12
Entry into force
1. Each of the Contracting Parties shall notify the other in
writing of the completion of the procedures required by its law
for the entry into force of this Agreement.
2. The Agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day
After the receipt of the later of these notifications and shall
thereupon have effect
(a) for criminal tax matters, from the date of entry into
force;
(b) for all other matters covered in Article 1, for taxable
period beginning on or after the date on which the Agreement
enters into force, or where there is no taxable period, for all
charges to tax arising on or after the date on which the
Agreement enters into force.
Article 13
Termination
1. This Agreement shall remain in force until terminated by a
Contracting Party. Either Contracting Party may terminate the
The agreement, through diplomatic channels, by giving written
"notice of termination to the other Contracting Party. In such
case, the Agreement shall cease to have effect on the first day
of the month following the end of the period of six months
After the date of receipt of notice of termination by the other
Contracting Party.
2. In the event of termination, both Contracting Parties shall
remain bound by the provisions of Article 8 with respect to any
information obtained under the Agreement.
In witness whereof the undersigned being duly authorised
thereto have signed the Agreement.
Done at Paris, this 24th day of March 2010, in duplicate in the
English language.
For the Government of Sweden
Per Holmström
For the Government of Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) and Nevis
James E. Williams
(Translation)
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT AND SAINT CHRISTOPHER (SAINT
KITTS) AND NEVIS GOVERNMENT, CONCERNING THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION IN
TAX MATTERS
The Swedish Government and Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) and Nevis
Government, desiring to conclude an agreement for the exchange of information
in tax matters, have agreed as follows:
Article 1
Purpose of the agreement and scope
1. the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties to
assist each other with assistance through exchange of information
likely to be relevant for the administration and
enforcement of the Contracting Parties ' internal
legislation on taxes covered by this agreement.
Such information includes information that can be assumed to be
relevant for the determination, assessment and collection of such
taxes, for the collection and other enforcement measures
with regard to tax assets or for the investigation or prosecution of
tax matters. The information shall be exchanged in accordance with
the provisions of this agreement and are to be kept secret in ways that
set out in article 8. The rights of persons
According to the legislation of the requested Contracting Party or administrative
practice will remain applicable to the extent they do not
unduly prevent or delay an effective exchange of
information.
2. This agreement shall not affect the application in the
Contracting Parties of the provisions on mutual legal
assistance in criminal matters.
Article 2
Jurisdiction
The requested Party is not required to provide information
neither held by its authorities or held or
controlled by persons under its jurisdiction.
Article 3
Taxes covered
1. The taxes covered by this agreement are taxes of every
kind and nature to be charged in the Contracting Parties.
2. This agreement shall also apply to taxes for the same or
mainly similar kind after the signing of the agreement is
out in addition to or in place of the currently outgoing
the taxes. The competent authorities of the Contracting
the Parties shall notify each other of the essential changes that
made on the tax legislation and the measures to
obtain information of the kind covered by the agreement.
Article 4
Definitions
1. Unless otherwise stated, are for the purposes of this agreement
the following expression below the specified importance:
a) "Saint Kitts and Nevis" refers to the twin Islands Saint Kitts (St.
Christopher) and Nevis federation and, when the term is used in
geographic significance, Saint Kitts and Nevis territories,
(b)) "Sweden" means the Kingdom of Sweden and the includes, when
the term is used in the geographical sense, the territory of Sweden,
Sweden's territorial waters and other maritime areas over which the
Sweden, in accordance with international law, exercises
sovereign rights or jurisdiction;
(c)) "Contracting Party" means Sweden or Saint Kitts and
Nevis depending on the context,
d) "competent authority" means
1) in Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Minister of finance or his authorised
authorised representative,
2) in Sweden, the Minister of finance or his authorised representative
or authority to whom contracted to be competent
authority for the purposes of this agreement,
e) "person" includes natural persons, companies and other
personal association,
f) "company" means any legal person or any other that at
taxation is treated as a legal person,
g) "company whose shares are the object of general circulation" refers to
a company whose principal class of shares is listed on a recognised
Stock Exchange provided its listed shares freely
can be purchased or sold by the public. Shares can be bought or
sold "by the public" about the purchase or sale of shares not
implicitly or explicitly restricted to a limited
circle of investors,
h) "principal class of shares" means the shares that
represents the majority of the votes in, and the value of the company,
I) "recognised stock exchange" means such stock as the competent
the authorities of the Contracting Parties have agreed,
j) "collective investment fund or collective
investment schemes "refer to all undertakings for collective
investment regardless of legal form. "The Crowd collective
Investment Fund or public collective investment scheme "
means any collective investment fund or collective
investment schemes whose shares, shares, or other rights
free can be purchased, sold or redeemed by the general public. Shares,
shares or other rights in the Fund or the system can
free be purchased, sold or redeemed "by the public" for the purchase,
sale or redemption do not implicitly or explicitly
restricted to a limited circle of investors,
k) "tax" means any tax covered by this agreement,
l) "requesting party" means the contracting party requesting
information,
m) "requested Party" means the Contracting Party that has
been requested to provide information,
n) "measures with a view to obtaining information" refers to legislation
and administrative measures or judicial measures which
allows a Contracting Party to obtain and provide
requested information,
o) "information" means any fact task, message,
Act or other documentation in any form.
(2) where a Contracting Party applies this agreement at any
time is considered, except where the context does not give rise to different,
any expression that is not defined in this agreement have the meaning
that statement has at that time under the party's
legislation and the importance of the phrase under the
the applicable tax laws of that party owns preference
in front of the expression, in other
legislation in force in that party.
Article 5
Exchange of information on request
1. the competent authority of the requested Party shall on
request information for the purposes set out in article
1. Such information shall be exchanged without regard to whether the
acts under investigation would have been a
offence under the legislation of the requested Contracting Party if such
actions carried out in the requested Party.
2. where the information available to the competent
authority of the requested Party is not sufficient to
respond to a request for information, the requested Party
– Notwithstanding that the requested Party may not need
of the information for its own tax purposes — take
all relevant measures to obtain and provide the requested
the information.
3. Where the competent authority of a requesting party in particular
request, to the competent authority of the requested Party –
to the extent permitted by its internal
legislation provide information under this article in the form of
admission of the witness reports and certified copies of
original documents.
4. Each Contracting Party shall ensure that it has
power to through its appropriate authorities upon request and
for the purposes referred to in article 1 of the agreement, seek and
leave:
a) information held by banks, other financial
institutions and any other person who acts as a
representative or trustee, including agents and
Trustees,
b) information on the ownership of companies, partnerships,
trusts, foundations, "Prison" and other persons, in that
including – with the limitations imposed by article 2 –
disclosure of ownership in respect of all such persons
in an ownership chain; in the case of trusts, information on founders,
Trustees and beneficiaries; in the case of foundations,
information about founders, Board members, and
destinatärer. This agreement does not require the
Contracting Parties to obtain or provide information about
ownership of shares is subject to General
circulation or in public collective investment funds or
public collective investment schemes, unless such
information can be obtained without disproportionate
serious trouble.
5. in the case of requests for information pursuant to this agreement to the
competent authority of the requesting party to the competent
authority of the requested Party shall disclose the following information,
to indicate that the requested information is likely to be
relevant:
(a)) the identity of the person under investigation or
examination,
b) indication of the information requested, including their
closer to nature and the form in which the requesting party
want to get the information from the requested Party;
(c)) the tax purpose for which the information
in demand,
d) reasons for believing that the information requested is contained in
the requested Party or held or controlled by the person
within the jurisdiction of the requested Party;
e) as far as it is known, the name and address of the person liable
hold the information requested,
f) indicating that the request is in conformity with
legislation and administrative practices of the requesting party
and to the competent authority of the requesting party, if the
information requested existed within the jurisdiction of that Contracting Party –
would be able to obtain the information under legislation or
established administrative practices of the requesting party as well as to
the request is in conformity with this agreement;
g) information that the requesting party has taken all the
steps to obtain information at its
disposal within its own territory, but such measures
would give rise to disproportionate difficulties.
6. the competent authority of the requested Party shall, as soon as possible
possible to supply the information requested to the requesting
party. To meet an urgent response to the competent
authority of the requested party:
a) to the competent authority of the requesting party
confirm in writing the receipt of the request and within 60 days
After receipt, inform the competent authority of the
requesting party in writing of any deficiencies in the request.
b) If the competent authority of the requested Party has not
been able to obtain and provide the information requested within 90
days from receipt of the request, including whether it
is unable to provide the information or if
the competent authority refuses to provide the information, to
It shall immediately inform the requesting party and
the reasons for not been able to seek and provide
data, what are the obstacles that are present or the reasons for
its refusal.
Article 6
Abroad carried out tax investigations
1. A Contracting Party may allow representatives of the
competent authority of the other contracting party be present
in the first-mentioned party to hear private individuals and
review documents after written consent by the relevant
the persons. The competent authority of the latter
shall notify the competent authority of the first-mentioned party
of the time and place of the meeting with these people.
2. at the request of the competent authority of a Contracting
party, the competent authority of the other Contracting
party allow representatives of the competent authority of
the first party is present at the tax investigation in the
latter to the extent that this is considered appropriate.
3. Awarded damages a request referred to in paragraph 2, the competent
authority of the contracting party carrying out the investigation
as soon as possible inform the competent authority of the other
Party of the time and place of the investigation, if the authority or
person authorized to carry out the investigation and the
the procedures and conditions under which the first-mentioned party set
for the conduct of the investigation. All decisions with regard to the
the execution of investigation shall be taken by the party that performs
the investigation.
Article 7
Opportunity to reject a request
1. The requested Party has not obligation to obtain or
provide information that the requesting party would not be able to
obtain, in accordance with its legislation for administration or
enforcement of its own tax laws. The competent
authority of the requested Party may refuse a request when
the request has not been made in accordance with this agreement.
2. the provisions of this Agreement shall not give rise to an obligation on the
a Contracting Party to provide information which would reveal
trade, business, industrial or professional secret or
commercial secret or in the course of trade, uses
procedures. Notwithstanding this, the information
referred to in article 5, paragraph 4 is not considered as such secrets
or such procedures only because they meet the
the conditions laid down in that paragraph.
3. the provisions of this Agreement shall not give rise to an obligation on the
a Contracting Party to obtain or provide information that
would reveal confidential communications between a client and his
Attorney or other legal professional, when such communications:
(a)) took place in order to apply for or provide legal advice,
or
b) took place in order to be used during or
pending legal proceedings.
4. the requested Party may refuse a request for information about
the provision of the information would be contrary to the General account
(ordre public).
5. A request for information shall not be refused on the ground that
the tax claim giving rise to the request is disputed.
6. the requested Party may refuse a request for information about
the requesting party have requested information for
Administration or enforcement of a provision of the
requesting party's tax legislation, or
coherent requirements, under the same conditions discriminate against
a national of the requested Party in relation to a
a national of the requesting party.
Article 8
Privacy
Any information received by a Contracting Party with
support of this agreement are to be kept secret in the same manner as
information collected with the assistance of the internal
the legislation of that party and may be disclosed only to persons
or authorities (including courts and
management bodies) within the jurisdiction of that Contracting Party
involved in the assessment or collection of, the enforcement
action or prosecution, or processing of the appeal,
in respect of the taxes covered by this agreement. Such
persons or authorities shall use the information
only for such purposes. They may disclose the information referred to in
public court proceedings or in judicial decisions.
This information may not be disclosed to any other person, institution
or authority, or other jurisdiction without the express
written consent of the competent authority of the
requested Party.
Article 9
Costs
The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall be
agreement on the distribution of costs incurred for assistance.
Article 10
Relating to the implementation
The Contracting Parties shall adopt such legislation as is
necessary to meet and give effect to the terms of the
the agreement.
Article 11
The procedure for the mutual
agreement
1. where difficulties or doubts arise between the
Contracting Parties with respect to the application or interpretation
of the agreement, the competent authorities find decide
by mutual agreement.
2. The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties may, in addition to
What is clear from paragraph 1 mutual agree
the procedures for the application of articles 5 and 6.
3. The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties may enter into
direct links to each other in order to meet
Agreement pursuant to this article.
Article 12
Date of entry into force
1. the Contracting Parties shall notify the
each other when the measures taken by each Contracting
party required that this agreement should enter into force.
2. the agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following that of
the last of these notifications has been received and applied
(a)) in skattebrotts cases, from the date of
entry into force,
b) in all other matters falling within the scope of article 1, for
fiscal years beginning on the date of entry into force of
the contract or later, or when any tax year does not
There is, for tax claims which arise on the date of
the entry into force of the agreement or at a later time.
Article 13
Termination
1. this agreement will remain in force until it is terminated by a
Contracting Party. Each Contracting Party may at
diplomatic channels in writing to terminate the agreement by
notification thereof to the other Contracting Party. In
the event of such termination, the agreement ceases to apply to the
first day of the month following after the end of
the six-month period following the date of
notification of termination has been received by the other
Contracting Party.
2. In the event of termination, the Contracting Parties shall be
further bound by the provisions of article 8 in respect of
information obtained under that contract.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly
authorized, have signed this agreement.
Done at Paris on March 24, 2010, in duplicate, in English
the language.
For the Swedish Government
Per Holmström
For Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) and Nevis Government
James E. Williams
