Za Vlado Republike Slovenije Vinko Gorenak l. r.
Za Vlado Romunije Mircea Muresan l. r.
The Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of Romania, hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Parties,
With a desire to facilitate, in the spirit of good co-operation and on the mutual basis, the readmission of persons who illegally entered and/or are illegally staying on the territories of their respective states
have agreed as follows:
I. READMISSION OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
Article 1
(1) Each Contracting Party shall, upon request of the other Contracting Party and without any special formalities, readmit to the territory of its state any person, who ilegally entered and/or is illegally staying on the territory of the state of the requesting Contracting Party, if it is ascertained or validly presumed, that such person has the citizenship of the state of the requested Contracting Party.
(2) The citizenship may be ascertained on the basis of a valid certificate of citizenship, a passport or an identity card.
(3) The citizenship may be validly presumed on the basis of the documents listed in paragraph (2) even if they have expired and other data and documents (driving license, student card, military ID card etc.). In the case of validly presumed citizenship the latter shall be ascertained in collaboration with the nearest diplomatic mission or consular post of the state of the requested Contracting Party.
(4) The requesting Contracting Party shall, under the same conditions, readmit a person again, if it has been ascertained through further verifications that the person has not the citizenship of the state of the requested Contracting Party.
II. READMISSION OF CITIZENS OF THIRD STATES AND STATELESS PERSONS
Article 2
(1) Each Contracting Party shall readmit to the territory of its state, upon request of the other Contracting Party and without any special formalities, a citizen of a third state or a stateless person who illegally entered and/or is illegally staying on the territory of the state of the requesting Contracting Party, if it has been ascertained that such person entered the territory of the state of the requesting Contracting Party directly from the territory of the state of the requested Contracting Party.
(2) Each Contracting Party shall, upon request of the other Contracting Party and without any special formalities, readmit a citizen of a third state or a stateless person who illegally entered and/or is illegally staying on the territory of the state of the requesting Contracting Party, if such person has a valid visa, except from unused transit visa, or a valid residence permit, as defined by the national legislation and issued by the requested Contracting Party.
Article 3
The obligation of readmission as stipulated in Article 2, shall not apply in the case of:
a) citizens of third states, that have a common state border with the state of the requesting Contracting Party;
b) citizens of third states or stateless persons who obtained, after they left the territory of the state of the requested Contracting Party or after they entered the territory of the state of the requesting Contracting Party, a visa or a residence permit from the latter;
c) citizens of third states or stateless persons who have resided in the territory of the state of the requesting Contracting Party for the last three months;
d) citizens of third states or stateless persons who were recognized by the requesting Contracting Party either the status of refugee on the basis of the provisions of the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of July 28, 1951 and the provisions of the New York Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees of January 31, 1967, or the status of stateless person on the basis of the New York Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of September 28, 1954;
e) citizens of third states or stateless persons who applied for asylum, pending definitive decisions by competent authorities;
f) citizens of third states or stateless persons, actually returned by the requested Contracting Party to their state of origin or to any other third state.
Article 4
The requesting Contracting Party agrees to accept back to the territory of its state those citizens of third states or stateless persons for whom it would be ascertained, after adequate verification carried out by the requested Contracting Party, that they do not comply with the clauses under Articles 2 and 3 of the present Agreement at the time of their departure from the territory of the state of the requesting Contracting Party.
III. READMISSION PROCEDURE
Article 5
(1) The requested Contracting Party is obliged to answer the request for readmission in writing without delay, and in any case within a maximum of fifteen days. Any refusal of the readmission shall be founded.
(2) Upon request by the requesting Contracting Party, the requested Contracting Party shall, within 15 days at the latest, issue the travel documents required for the repatriation of the person to be readmitted, according to the provisions of article 1, paragraph (1). The requested Contracting Party shall readmit the citizens of its state immediately after issuing such documents.
(3) The requested Contracting Party shall, within one month at the latest, readmit a citizen of a third state or stateless person whose readmission was confirmed. This period may be extended upon founded request by the any of the Contracting Party.
Article 6
The requested Contracting Party shall issue a confirmation of readmission to the requesting Contracting Party, including the identity data of the person whose readmission was requested, and if the readmission will be carried out without an escort, the requested Contracting Party should be informed in writing.
Article 7
The requesting Contracting Party shall cover the expenses of transportation of persons to be readmitted as far as to the border of the state of the requested Contracting Party. The requesting Contracting Party shall, if necessary, bear all the expenses related to the readmission of persons.
Article 8
(1) The requesting Contracting Party shall allow the person to be returned, to transport to the country of his/her destination, all his/her legally acquired property, according to the national legislation.
(2) Any of the Contracting Party shall have no obligation whatsoever to bear the costs of transporting such goods.
IV. TRANSIT IN CASE OF RETURN
Article 9
(1) Each Contracting Party shall allow the citizens of third states or stateless persons to transit the territory of its state in case of return, upon request by the other Contracting Party. The requested Contracting Party may ask a representative of the competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party to provide escort while transiting the territory of its state, provided such escort is necessary. The transit may be carried out by road, railway or air transport.
(2) The requesting Contracting Party shall take full responsibility for the continuation of the travel of such person to the country of final destination and shall readmit such person, if the measure of return cannot be carried out for any reason.
(3) The requesting Contracting Party will confirm to the requested Contracting Party, that the person for whom the transit was approved has a document for the transportation to the country of destination.
Article 10
The requesting Contracting Party shall inform the requested Contracting Party in case the returned person needs an escort. The escort shall be provided by the requesting Contracting Party bearing all necessary costs for transit to the country of final destination as well as any costs that may occur in case of return.
Article 11
The request for the transit shall be exchanged directly between the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties. The request should contain all data pertaining to the identity and nationality of the person, the date of travel, the time and place of the arrival to the transit state as well as the time and place of the departure from it to the state of destination and including all data of the officials, if they accompany such a person. The requested Contracting Party shall answer the request for transit submitted by the requesting Contracting Party within the period of forty-eight hours from the day of receipt of such request.
Article 12
The transit may be rejected if the person is threatened to be prosecuted in the country of final destination because of his/her race, religion, ethnicity or membership of a certain social group or because of his/her political opinion.
V. GENERAL CLAUSES
Article 13
The Contracting Parties shall define through the diplomatic channels:
– the state authorities responsible for dealing with applications for readmission or transit.
– international border crossings that may be used for the readmission or entrance of persons in transit;
Article 14
(1) Insofar as personal data have to be communicated in order to implement this Agreement, such information may concern only the following:
a) the particulars of the person to be readmitted or admitted in transit, and when necessary, of the members of the person’s family, such as: surname, given name, any previous name, nickname or pseudonym, alias, date and place of birth, sex, current and any previous nationality;
b) passport, travel document, laissez-passer or other identity document (number, date of issue, issuing authority, place of issue, period of validity);
c) other details needed to identify the person to be readmitted or admitted in transit;
d) itineraries, and
e) entry permits issued by one of the Contracting Parties or a third state, their descriptions
f) if necessary, the need for special assistance to elderly or sick persons should be notified.
(2) None of the Contracting Parties shall either make public confidential information about personal data of the persons who are subject to readmission or admission in transit, or transmit it to third countries without prior written permission of the other Contracting Party.
Article 15
(1) The provisions of the present Agreement shall not hinder the rights and obligations assumed by the Contracting Parties pursuant to any other international treaties to which they are parties.
Article 16
(1). The present Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period and shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the day of the receipt of the last notification by which the Contracting Parties shall inform each other on the fulfillment of the internal legal procedures required for its entry into force.
(2) On the day when this Agreement enters into force the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of Romania regarding the return – readmission of the citizens of the two countries whose entry or residence inside the territory of the other state are illegal, signed in Ljubljana on April 11th , 1995, shall terminate.
(3) Each Contracting Party may temporarily suspend the application of this Agreement, in whole or in part, with the exception of Article 2, for reasons of state security, public order or public health by notification to the other Contracting Party. The suspension shall enter into force immediately.
(4) Each Contracting Party may terminate this Agreement by notification to the other Contracting Party. The termination shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the month in which the notification was received by the other Contracting Party.
In confirmation of the above, the representatives of both Contracting Parties, duly authorized for this purpose, have signed the present Agreement.
Signed at Bucharest on the 4th day of October 2000 in two original copies each in Slovenian, Romanian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of dispute or difference in the interpretation of the present Agreement, the English text shall prevail.
On Behalf of the Government
of the Republic of Slovenia
Vinko Gorenak (s)
On Behalf of the Government
of Romania
Mircea Muresan (s)