Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 106 / 1976 Coll.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Convention on Health Cooperation between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic
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Effective from 29.04.1976
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DECLARATION
Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 25 May 1976
concerning the Convention on cooperation in the field of health between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic
On 11 September 1975, the Convention on Health Cooperation between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic was signed in Prague. Pursuant to Article 13 of the Convention, the Convention entered into force on 29 April 1976.
The Czech translation of the Convention is being announced simultaneously.
Minister:
Ing. Chupek v. r.
CONVENTION
on cooperation in the field of health between governments
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and Government of the Syrian Arab Republic
The Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, led by a desire to deepen cooperation in the field of health and to extend and consolidate friendly relations between the two countries, have agreed as follows:
Both Parties will promote the exchange of experience in health and medical sciences with a view to continuously improving the health status of the people of both countries.
The Parties shall exchange experience gained in the field of health technology. This exchange will in particular concern health methods such as prevention, hygiene, the fight against epidemics and health education.
Both Parties shall exchange publications and information, medical films, means and methods used in health education, in particular audiovisual methods.
Both Parties will promote and expand cooperation and exchange of experience between research institutes, medical faculties, medical schools, or other medical institutions.
The relevant organisations in the countries of the two Contracting Parties shall exchange programmes and documentation concerning medical congresses, conferences and meetings, in particular those of an international nature, to be held on the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, and shall invite representatives of the other Party.
The Parties shall cooperate in the field of professional training of medical personnel, in particular:
1. They will encourage the exchange of doctors, laboratory experts and other healthcare professionals to enable them to improve their knowledge or to specialise or, where appropriate, to study certain types of diseases, and to provide the necessary scholarships to implement this objective.
2. They will exchange experience, teaching tools and documentation relating to health care.
The Parties shall cooperate in the development of health in both countries by sending, at the request of the other Party, experienced experts on technical training of medical cadres, such as doctors, laboratory staff and others. On the other hand, it will facilitate the study and specialisation of designated cadres in its schools and sanitary institutions.
In order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, the competent organisations and institutions of both Contracting Parties shall regularly exchange information on the epidemiological situation.
1. Each Party shall provide medical care to students of the other Party under the same material conditions as those provided to its own students.
2. The health institutions of both Parties will receive the sick of the other Party. They shall provide medical care to the citizens of the other Party if they are affected by a sudden illness during their presence on the territory of the other Party. Details, in particular as regards the scope and conditions of such care, shall be determined by the competent ministries of the two countries on the basis of the Implementation Programme, concluded in the spirit of paragraph 4 of Article 11 of this Convention.
For the implementation of this Convention, the Contracting Parties shall negotiate two-year implementation programmes.
The expenditure incurred in implementing this Convention shall be borne by the two Contracting Parties in accordance with the following principles:
1. The exchange of medical literature, teaching and audiovisual equipment, lists of films and materials used in health education will be carried out free of charge.
2. The reimbursement of expenses incurred by sending delegations or participating in conferences, congresses and meetings shall be effected in accordance with the Implementation Programmes pursuant to Article 10 of this Convention.
3. Expenditure incurred by sending and staying doctors and other medical staff on the territory of one of the Contracting Parties shall be at the expense of the Contracting Party at whose request they have been seconded.
4. Expenditure incurred in hospitalisation and medical assistance under Article 9 of this Convention shall be provided free of charge to a certain number of patients to be provided in the Implementation Programme referred to in Articles 9 and 10. Otherwise, costs relating to hospitalisation of patients whose number exceeds the number laid down in the Implementation Programme shall be borne by the Contracting Party sending the sick. Medical assistance provided to members of the other Party in the event of a sudden illness shall be provided free of charge.
The cost adjustments foreseen in Article 11 of this Convention shall be made in accordance with the long-term trade agreement applicable between the two countries.
This Convention shall enter into force on the date of the exchange of notes on its ratification or approval and shall be valid for five years. It shall always be automatically extended for a further period of five years, unless one of the two Contracting Parties requests its termination six months before its expiry.
Dane in Prague on 11 September 1975 in two original copies in French.
For the Government
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic:
Bohuslav Chubek v. r.
For the Government
Syrian Arab Republic:
N. A. Nurallah v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 106 / 1976 Coll., on the Convention on Cooperation in Health between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 10.09.1976 |
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| Effective from | 29.04.1976 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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