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The Nuclear Safety Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (hereinafter referred to as SNSA) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management of the Republic of Austria (hereinafter referred to as BMLFUW), (hereinafter referred to as the "Contracting Parties"),
    Recognising the special relationship between the Contracting Parties and their mutual commitment to achieve an increase of the high level of emergency preparedness in both countries,
    Having a mutual interest in a continuing exchange of data from the Aerosol Measuring Systems required or recommended by their authorities for the regulation of the Early Warning Systems and Emergency Notification,
    Noting the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Austria on Early Exchange of Information in the Event of a Radiological Emergency and on Questions of Mutual Interest in the Field of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection signed in Ljubljana on 19 April 1996, (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"), and
    Having regard the Commission Recommendation (2000/473/Euratom) on the application of Article 36 of the Euratom Treaty concerning the monitoring of the levels of radioactivity in the environment for the purpose of assessing the exposure of the population as a whole of 8 June 2000
    Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

Purpose and Subject

This Arrangement is intended to set out the terms and conditions for the
    1.1. transfer of measuring data of the devices of the Aerosol Measuring System (hereinafter referred to as AMS), owned by the Republic of Slovenia and located in Ljubljana and at Krško/NPP from SNSA to BMLFUW;
    1.2. maintenance work for the above mentioned AMS devices that will be performed by the manufacturer Bitt technology-A GmbH, A-2104 Spillern, based on a separate contract between BMLFUW and Bitt technology-A GmbH.

Article 2

AMS data exchange

2.1 The Contracting Parties agree to extend the existing on-line and real-time exchange of AMS measuring data between Slovenia and Austria to the data of the AMS devices in Ljubljana and at Krško/NPP.
    2.2 To avoid any delayed data exchange the Contracting Parties agree on exchanging data "as measured" as soon as they arrive in the respective AMS data centre. Therefore, the transmitting Party does not apply on-line quality assurance to incoming data from measuring sites before the data are transferred to the receiving Party. This can lead to unusual values caused by malfunction of measuring equipment, transmission lines, etc.
    2.3 Consequently, the transmitting Party does not warrant the suitability of any information for any particular use or application. The application or use of such data exchanged or transferred between the Contracting Parties under this Arrangement shall be the responsibility of the receiving Party.

Article 3

Confidentiality

3.1. Information received by each Contracting Party to this Arrangement may not be disseminated freely without prior permission of the other Contracting Party unless otherwise indicated by the transmitting Party.
    3.2. The Contracting Parties agree to use the received data only for internal purposes and consider all data received under this Arrangement as strictly confidential. For this reason the Contracting Parties will omit all official actions based on these data without consultations with the contact point of the other Contracting Party.
    3.3 Nevertheless, each Contracting Party is authorised to use these data as additional input data for national radiological or meteorological crisis management systems (e.g. the RODOS system).

Article 4

Technical realisation of data exchange

4.1 The data exchange will be carried out between the AMS centralised Personal Computers, situated in Ljubljana (SNSA) and in Vienna (Austrian Radiation Warning Centre), either by dialled telephone lines, ISDN lines or via secure internet connection.
    4.2 In the near future data shall be exchanged in the "AMS format" created by Bitt technology-A GmbH.
    4.3 The Contracting Parties shall take measures for data transmission in the EURDEP format on bilateral or multilateral level (with other countries possessing AMS monitors) and in co-operation with the European Commission.
    4.4 The Contracting Parties agree to establish a working group for designing a detailed realisation concept for this data exchange taking into account the specific requirements of each Contracting Party (e.g. access restrictions due to security requirements).

Article 5

Maintenance

5.1 The maintenance regarding the AMS devices located in Ljubljana and at Krško/NPP will be performed by Bitt technology-A GmbH, Wiener Strasse 70, A-2104 Spillern, phone: +43 2266 80216, fax: +43 2266 8021612, e-mail: service@bitt.at.
    5.2 To facilitate the maintenance work, Bitt technology-A GmbH shall upgrade the above-mentioned AMS devices to a technical status equal with the Austrian devices. This upgrade consists of software upgrades to reduce false alarms from the devices, optimised mounting of PIPS detectors in order to reduce noise pulses, exchange of outdated hardware components (monitor, PC mouse) and implementation of a UPS device at the Ljubljana AMS device.
    5.3 The maintenance work consists of the activities within the scope of services, which is subject to the above-mentioned separate contract concluded between BMLFUW and Bitt technology-A GmbH regarding the AMS devices and AMS data centrals in Austria.
    5.4. The maintenance work according to this Arrangement comprises the AMS devices, the Slovenian AMS data centre and additionally data transmission equipment, UPS devices and air conditioning systems at the AMS containers and includes:
    – Quarterly preventive maintenance,
    – Troubleshooting and repair in cases of malfunctions,
    – A reaction time of 72 hours (during weekdays) after incoming fault message from SNSA,
    – Maintenance reports as well as a report concerning the above mentioned upgrade work (in the English language) within two weeks after finishing maintenance or repairing work.
    5.5 SNSA ensures that maintenance personnel gain access to the areas of AMS devices and AMS data central observing security regulations in force.
    5.6 The working group established pursuant to Article 4 above will work out a concept for a remote communication access to the AMS devices which can be used by the maintenance personnel in order to fasten and improve the maintenance work.

Article 6

Funding

6.1 Each Contracting Party’s activities shall be subject to the availability of appropriated funds, personnel and other resources. This includes in particular all respective costs for necessary technical data transmission equipment (modems, routers, hubs, additional firewall systems, etc.) and for telephone/internet connection arising in the own sphere of each Contracting Party.
    6.2 Expenses for service, repairs and maintenance of the AMS devices in the scope of Article 5 of this Arrangement will be fully covered by BMLFUW (for the equipment as well as for the one-time upgrade).

Article 7

Contact points

Contact points in terms of this Arrangement are:
    – in Slovenia:
    for organisational and technical purposes:
    Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration (SNSA)
    Železna cesta 16, P.O.Box 5759
    SI-1001 Ljubljana
    Tel: + 386 1 472 11 00, Fax: + 386 1 472 11 99
    e-mail: snsa@gov.si
    Out of office hours consultations can take place with the personnel of Division of radiation safety and materials over the mobile phone (tel. +386 41 982 713, officer on duty for radiation monitoring).
    – in Austria:
    for organisational purposes:
    Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW),
    Div. V/7 – Radiation protection, Radetzkystrasse 2, A-1031 Wien
    Tel. +431 71100 4194, Fax +431 7122331,
    e-mail: strahlenschutz@bmlfuw.gv.at
    for technical purposes:
    Austrian Federal Radiation Early Warning Centre, which can be reached during working days from 8 to 16 o'clock,
    Tel. +431-5269654, Fax +431-5261563, e-mail: bstrwz@vienna.at
    Out of office hours consultations can take place with the personnel of Radiation protection division over the mobile phone (tel. +43664-8195411, Mr. Hohenberg, or +43664-5166124, Mr. Haider).

Article 8

Settlement of Disputes

Co-operation under this Arrangement shall be governed by the laws and regulations of the respective countries. The Contracting Parties should strive to resolve by mutual agreement any disputes that arise out of the interpretation or application of this Arrangement.

Article 9

Entry into Force, Duration and Termination of the Arrangement

9.1. This Arrangement shall enter into force on the date upon which the Austrian side receives the written notification from Slovenian side that the constitutional requirements for its entry into force have been fulfilled. It shall remain in force for two (2) years and will be extended automatically for an additional two-year period provided that the period of this Arrangement shall in no event extend beyond the period during which the Agreement is in force. Either Contracting Party may terminate this Arrangement after providing the other Contracting Party with a written notice three months prior its expiry.
    9.2 This Arrangement may be amended at any time by agreement between the Contracting Parties.
     
    DONE at Vienna, on July 7th 2005, in duplicate in the English language.