Nationals of each Party holding a diplomatic passport, official passport or valid national service passport issued in the last 10 (ten) years and whose validity extends at least 6 (six) months Beyond the desired date of departure from the territory of the other Party, who are members of a diplomatic mission, a consular post or a permanent mission of their respective Parties to an organization with which a headquarters agreement has Concluded, may enter or remain in the territory of the other Party for the duration of the Their duties without a visa. The Accredited Party shall, in advance, notify the Credential Party of the position and function of the above-mentioned persons through diplomatic channels.

2. Members of the family of persons specified in subs. 1 benefit from the same facilities, provided that they are nationals of the accrediting Party and holders of a diplomatic passport, official passport or valid national service passport, that they have a common household They and the accrediting Party acknowledge the status of family members entitled to stay with the persons referred to in subs. 1.

Nationals of each Party holding a diplomatic passport, official passport or valid national service passport issued in the last 10 (ten) years and whose validity extends at least 6 (six) months Beyond the desired date of departure from the territory of the other Party, which are not covered by s. 1 of the art. 1, do not require a visa to enter the territory of the other Party, stay there up to 90 (nonante) days in 180 (one hundred and eighty) days or leave, to the extent that they do not engage in an independent gainful occupation, or Employee.

2. The length of stay in the territory of other Schengen member states is within the 90 (nonante) days specified in par. 1 of this article.

Nationals of each Party shall be obliged to comply with the legal requirements concerning entry and residence, as well as the national legislation in force in the territory of the other Party during their stay.

The competent authorities of each Party shall reserve the right to refuse entry or residence in the territory of their respective States to nationals of the other Party referred to in Art. 1 and 2 of this Agreement for reasons of national security, public order, public health or other serious reasons.

The competent authorities of each Party shall transmit to each other, through diplomatic channels, specimens of their passports within thirty (thirty) days of the signing of this Agreement.

2. In the event of a change made by one of the Parties in the issued passports, that Party shall transmit to the other Party the new specimens, together with all relevant information relating to their use, at least 30 (thirty) days before their Release.

1. The competent authorities of the Parties shall consult each other on the difficulties which may arise from the application or interpretation of this Agreement.

2. The Parties shall settle by diplomatic means any dispute arising out of the application or interpretation of this Agreement.

Any modification agreed upon between the two Parties shall be notified by diplomatic means. The amendments shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the second notification by which the Parties inform each other of the completion of the internal procedures required for that purpose.

This Agreement shall not affect the obligations of the Parties arising from the international conventions to which they are parties, in particular the Vienna Convention of 18 April 1961 on Diplomatic Relations ¹ And the Vienna Convention of 24 April 1963 on Consular Relations ² .

This Agreement shall be concluded for an indefinite period. It shall enter into force 30 (thirty) days after the date of receipt of the last written notification by which the Parties shall inform themselves of the completion of the internal procedures required for that purpose.

Each Party reserves the right to suspend the application of all or part of the provisions of this Agreement for reasons of national security, public order, public health or other serious reasons. Such a decision shall be notified, by diplomatic means, to the other Party at least 48 (48) hours before taking effect. The Party which has suspended the application of this Agreement shall immediately inform the other Party as soon as the reasons for the suspension no longer exist.

Each Party may, at any time, notify the other Party, through diplomatic channels, of its decision to denounce this Agreement. The Agreement shall end 30 days after receipt of the notification by the other Party.

Done at Vientiane, on 14 January 2015, in two copies, in English, in the Lao language and in English, the three texts being equally authentic. In the event of a discrepancy of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.