This Agreement sets out the general principles for the cooperation and mutual support of the parties in their participation in the Kosovo Force (KFOR).

1. Taking into account the national restrictions of each State, cooperation in the framework of KFOR's commitment includes in particular the following areas:

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Monitoring, safety and protection tasks;

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Logistical support;

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The conduct, operation and security of the camps and various infrastructures;

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Commitment-based training.

2. Collaboration meets the principles of profitability, opportunity, economy and transparency.

3. The details of the collaboration, in particular the personnel, logistical, technical and financial responsibilities and procedures, may be set out in separate technical conventions as required.

1. The contingents of the parties are each led by an officer of their nationality ("National Quota Commander", abbreviated NCC). The structure, organization, administration and logistics of national contingents are the responsibility and competence of each party.

2. In case of need, members of a national contingent may be assigned to the appropriate commander of the other contingent for cooperation in the direction of a "Operational Control" (OPCON).

3. Jointly operated camps may be conducted by the parties on the basis of a principle of equal rotation. The corresponding camp order shall be established, modified or repealed by the commands of the parties responsible for the conduct.

Unless otherwise agreed, members of the national contingents shall be subject to the national disciplinary and criminal jurisdiction. Maintenance of discipline is a national responsibility.

1. In case of need, the parties can support each other in the field of commitment-based training, both within and outside the KFOR engagement sector.

2. If the commitment instruction takes place in Austria or Switzerland,

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The Convention of 19 June 1995 between the States Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participating in the Partnership for Peace on the Status of their Forces and the Additional Protocol of 19 June 1995 to the Convention between the States parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participating in the Partnership for Peace on the status of their forces are applicable;

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The general protection of personnel, equipment and ammunition as well as the external protection of the buildings allocated shall be the responsibility of the host State. The staff of the accredited State shall have no police powers and shall not be allowed to organise armed guards outside the buildings allocated to it;

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The internal protection of these buildings and the safe storage of equipment and ammunition is the responsibility of each party. In this respect, the accredited State works in cooperation with the authorities of the host State;

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Weapons and ammunition may be introduced and used in the receiving State only for the purposes provided for in this Convention;

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In incidents and accidents that are the subject of a military investigation, the investigating party ensures that the other party is sufficiently involved in the investigation in a timely manner;

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The receiving State shall ensure the medical care of the staff of the accredited State in the event of illness or injury in accordance with the directives in force for the latter. The related costs shall be borne by the accredited State.

1. Each party shall bear the possible costs for the instruction and commitment of its staff and for its equipment.

2. In the event of need, the financial aspects of the provision of benefits in the context of the application of this Agreement shall be fixed in technical conventions in accordance with Art. 2, para. 3.

The Parties shall protect classified material or information exchanged or made available in the context of the application of this Agreement in accordance with the legislation to which they respond. They shall not publish and transmit to third parties any information or materials of this kind without the prior written consent of the party providing the loan, unless the aforementioned legislation makes the transmission indispensable. Classified information is exchanged only if a standard of protection at least comparable to that of the transmitting organ is guaranteed to the recipient.

The differences between the Parties concerning the interpretation and application of this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by consensus between the Parties.

With the entry into force of this Agreement, the Agreement of 5 June 2002 between the Head of the Federal Department of Defence, the Protection of Population and Sport and the Minister for Defence of the Republic of Austria concerning cooperation Between the two countries as part of their participation in Kosovo Force (KFOR) ¹ Is repealed.

2. With the entry into force of this Agreement, the Agreement of 15 September 2000 between the Head of the Federal Department of Defence, the Protection of Population and Sport and the Minister for Defence of the Republic of Austria concerning AUCON/SWISSCOY joint statement ² Is repealed.

1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month after signature and shall be concluded for an indefinite period.

2 This Agreement may be amended by mutual agreement of the Parties. All amendments must be made in writing.

3. This Agreement may be terminated in writing by each party for a period of three months.

4. This Agreement shall automatically lapse if one of the two parties terminates its participation in the commitment of KFOR.

The financial consequences arising out of the termination of this Agreement shall be settled by mutual agreement between the two Parties. The present contractual provisions concerning the financial aspects shall apply until the end of this procedure.

Signed at Innsbruck on 11 October 2006 in two originals in the German language.