REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE
Dimitrij Rupel l. r.
DRŽAVE IZRAEL
Shimon Peres l. r.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL (hereinafter referred to as the »Contracting Parties«),
GUIDED by the desire to develop fruitful cooperation between their respective countries in the fields of health and medicine,
HAVE CONCLUDED the following Agreement:
Article 1
The Contracting Parties shall encourage cooperation in the fields of health and medicine, on the basis of equality, reciprocity and mutual benefit. The specific areas of cooperation shall be mutually determined, taking into account the interests.
Article 2
The Contracting parties shall use their best endeavours to facilitate:
– exchange of information in health fields of mutual interest;
– exchange of specialist for the purpose of study and consultations, as determined in the Programme of Cooperation referred to in Article 5 of this Agreement;
– direct contacts between institutions and organizations in their respective countries;
– exchange of information on new equipment, pharmaceutical products and technological developments related to medicine and public health;
and
– such other forms of cooperation in the fields of medicine and public health, as may be mutually agreed upon.
Article 3
The Contracting Parties shall exchange information on congresses and symposia with international participation, dealing with problems of health and medicine, which will take place in their respective countries and, at the request of one Contracting party, the other Contracting Party shall send the respective materials issued on the occasion of such activities.
Article 4
The respective bodies of the Contracting shall exchange lists of medical literature and films on health care as well as any other written, visual or audio-visual informative materials in the fields of health.
Article 5
The Contracting Parties entrust the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia and the Ministry of Health of the State of Israel with the implementation of this Agreement.
To implement this Agreement, the Ministries will sign Programmes of Cooperation in which, among other things, financial provisions shall be determined.
Article 6
Questions arising in the course of the implementation of the Agreement shall be resolved by consultations between the Contracting Parties. Amendments to the Agreement shall be effected with consent of the Contracting Parties, and shall enter into force in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of this Agreement.
Article 7
The present Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the second of the diplomatic Notes by which the Contracting Parties notify each other of the endorsement of this Agreement in conformity with the legislative procedures valid in each country.
The Agreement shall be concluded for a period of five (5) years and its validity will be automatically prolonged for consecutive term of five (5) years each, unless one of the Contracting Parties notifies the other in writing, through the diplomatic channels, at least six (6) moths before the expiry of the respective period, of its intention to terminate the Agreement.
Done at Ljubljana on the 21st day of August, 2002, which corresponds to the 13 day of Elul 5762, in two original copies, in the Slovene, Hebrew and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In cases of divergence of interpretation, the English text shall prevail.
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