Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 169 / 1960 Coll.

Q: Is Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 169 / 1960 Coll. still valid?

Yes, Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 169 / 1960 Coll. is still valid and effective.

Ordinance on the Agreement concerning the International Direct Collective Carriage of Goods by Rail-Water (MŽVS)

Valid Effective from 02.08.1960

169

DECLARATION

Minister for Foreign Affairs

of 27 October 1960

concerning the Agreement concerning the international direct combined carriage of goods by rail-water (MŽVS)

On 14 December 1959, the Agreement on the International Direct Collective Carriage of Goods by Rail-Water (MŽVS) was signed in Sofia between the Governments of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Czechoslovak Republic, the People's Republic of Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, the People's Republic of Poland, the People's Republic of Romania and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Pursuant to Article 8, the Agreement entered into force on 2 August 1960.

The Czech version of the Agreement is hereby published at the same time.

David v. r.

AGREEMENT

concerning the international direct combined transport of goods by rail-water (MŽVS)

Governments of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the People's Republic of Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, the People's Republic of Poland, the People's Republic of Romania, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Czechoslovak Republic

conclude, in order to further consolidate and develop economic cooperation and the most efficient use of rail and river transport (Danube), the following Agreement:

International direct combined transport of goods by rail is hereby established on the railways of the Contracting Parties and on the Danube River within the territory of these countries.

Transport conditions in the international direct combined transport of goods by rail and resulting rights, obligations, responsibilities and interrelations between railways, Danube ports and navigation undertakings, on the one hand, and shippers and recipients of goods, on the other hand, as well as tariff issues and interrelations between railways, Danube ports and navigation undertakings shall be regulated in the Transport Conditions and the Service Regulations agreed between the Transport Ministries and the Foreign Trade Ministries of the Contracting Parties.

Transport (import, additional charges and other expenses) in the international direct combined transport of goods by rail - water shall be paid according to the delivery conditions agreed between the parties' external trade organisations.

The accounts between the railways, the Danube ports and the navigational undertakings of the Contracting Parties, linked to the carriage of goods in the international direct combined transport of goods by the Railway - Water, shall be made in accordance with the applicable payment agreements between the Contracting Parties, in the manner set out in the Staff Regulations agreed by the Transport Ministries of the Contracting Parties.

The arrangements for preparing and holding conferences related to the implementation of this Agreement, as well as the arrangements for carrying out checks on compliance with the conditions of carriage of goods referred to in the Conditions of Carriage and the Services Regulations in the international direct combined carriage of goods by rail, shall be laid down by the Standing Commission on Economic and Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Transport in the Agreement with the Secretariat of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance.

The agreement shall be concluded for an unlimited period. Each Contracting Party may at any time waive participation in the Agreement if the Secretariat of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance so informs the Contracting Parties.

The waiver notification shall take effect six months after it has been received by the Secretariat of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance.

Countries not participating in this Agreement may accede to it by submitting to the Secretariat of the Council mutual economic assistance the instrument of access. Access shall take effect with the consent of all Contracting Parties.

This Agreement may be amended or supplemented at any time with the consent of all Contracting Parties.

Proposals for amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be notified by the interested party or parties to the Secretariat of the Council of mutual economic assistance. The Contracting Parties are to examine these proposals as quickly as possible and report their views to the Secretariat of the Council of Economic Assistance.

If there is a conflict, proposals for amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be discussed at the Conference of representatives of the Parties.

Amendments and additions to this Agreement shall become effective as provided for in Article 8 of this Agreement.

This Agreement shall be approved in accordance with the laws of each Contracting Party. The instruments of approval of the Agreement shall be transmitted to the Secretariat of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, which is the depositary of the Agreement.

This Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date on which the last instrument of approval of this Agreement has been deposited, as notified by the Secretariat of the Council of mutual economic assistance by the Contracting Parties.

This Agreement shall be drawn up in the Russian language in one copy to be submitted to the Secretariat of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. The Secretariat of the Mutual Economic Assistance Council shall circulate certified copies of the Agreement to all Contracting Parties.

This Agreement has been signed by the authorised representatives of the Contracting Parties to this Agreement.

In Sofia on 14 December 1959.