[0.741.511.514]

Agreement of 25 October 2006

In the form of an exchange of notes between the Swiss Federal Council and the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein concerning the participation of Liechtenstein in the management and operation of the Swiss automated registers in the field of Road traffic

Entered into force on 1 ^Er November 2006

(State on 20 February 2007)

Translation ¹

Federal Department	Bern, 25 October 2006
Foreign Affairs
	Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein
	Bern

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs has the honour to inform the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein of the receipt of its note of 25 October 2006, the statement of which reads as follows:

" The Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein has the honour to submit to the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs the following case:

In view of Art. 99, para. 10, of the Liechtenstein Law on Road Traffic, which provides that the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein may enter into agreements with Switzerland concerning the management and operation of the automated Swiss registers Comparable to those of s. 99 B To D Of the said Act or which have as their object types of vehicles and tachograph cards, and as the Swiss Federal Council may, under Art. 56 and 106, para. 5, art. 104 A , para. 7, art. 104 B , para. 7, art. 104 C , para. 7, and art. 104 D , para. 7 of the Swiss Federal Law on Road Traffic ² Authorise the authorities of the Principality of Liechtenstein to participate in the management and operation of the registers referred to in Art. 104 A To D , the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein proposes to the Swiss Federal Council to conclude, with a view to continuing and deepening their collaboration on this matter, the following agreement on the participation of Liechtenstein in management And the operation of the Swiss automated registers in the field of road traffic:

1.

Liechtenstein and Switzerland shall cooperate in the field of registers provided for in their respective laws on road traffic. The collaboration includes the following records:

-

Drivers and their vehicles registers

-

Records of administrative measures

-

Registry of Driver Permissions

-

Vehicle Type Register

-

Register of tachograph cards.

2.

For the purposes of the following provisions, Liechtenstein shall be integrated into the management and operation of the automated Swiss registers in the field of road traffic.

3.

The applicable Swiss legislation-subject to the regulations set out below-at the time of entry into force of this Agreement is set out in the Annex to that Agreement. Its additions or modifications shall be communicated in writing, in due course, by the Federal Roads Office to the Control of Motor Vehicles and confirmed by the Motor Vehicle Control Board once they have been adopted, by mutual agreement, in the Annex.

4.

The Liechtenstein authorities, including the police of the Principality and the criminal authorities, have the same rights and obligations as the analogous Swiss authorities and vice versa. The same applies to the Swiss federal authorities in relation to Liechtenstein than to the cantonal authorities and vice versa.

5.

The application of this Agreement shall be the responsibility of the Control of Motor Vehicles in Liechtenstein and the Federal Office of Roads in Switzerland.

6.

Subject to provisions contrary to this Agreement, the cooperation resulting from this Agreement shall be governed by the respective data protection provisions of the two countries.

7.

The data provided under this Agreement may be transmitted to third States with the prior written agreement of the State which has delivered them.

8.

Data processing in other systems must be explicitly approved.

9.

Subject to express approval, data submitted by the Liechtenstein authorities may be transmitted by the competent Swiss authorities for statistical and research purposes.

If the Swiss Federal Council approves the above, this note and the Swiss response form an agreement between the two Governments, which will enter into force 1 ^Er November 2006.

Each Contracting Party may, in writing, denounce this Agreement at any time by observing one year's notice.

The Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein takes this opportunity to renew to the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs the assurance of its high regard."

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs has the honour to inform the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein that the Federal Council has approved the above and that the Embassy's note and the Department's response form an agreement between the Two Governments, which will enter into force on 1 ^Er November 2006.

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs takes the opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein the assurance of its high regard.

---

RO 2007 433