Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 24 / 1965 Coll.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Agreement establishing an Organisation for Cooperation in the Rolling Bearing Industry
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Effective from 02.12.1964
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DECLARATION
Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 20 February 1965
on the Agreement establishing an Organisation for Cooperation in the Rolling Bearing Industry
On 25 April 1964, representatives of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the People's Republic of Hungary, the German Democratic Republic and the Polish People's Republic were signed in Moscow by the Agreement establishing an Organisation for Cooperation in the Rolling Bearing Industry; within the meaning of Article II of the Agreement, it shall form part of the Statute of this Organisation.
The agreement was approved by the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on 9 September 1964.
Pursuant to Article XI thereof, the Agreement for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic entered into force on 2 December 1964.
The Czech translation of the Agreement and the Statute is announced simultaneously.
David v. r.
AGREEMENT
establishing an Organisation for Cooperation in the Rolling Bearing Industry
Governments
- the People's Republic of Bulgaria,
- the People's Republic of Hungary,
- the German Democratic Republic,
- the People's Republic of Poland, and
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
managing the principles of international socialist division of labour; and
Desiring to ensure that the rolling bearing industry develops as quickly as possible, to increase its technical level and to cover more fully the need for rolling bearings in their states,
bearing in mind that close cooperation on the basis of equality, mutual advantages and mutual assistance will lead to further development of rolling bearing industry,
have decided to conclude the following Agreement:
For further cooperation in rolling bearing industry, the Contracting Parties shall establish an Organisation for Cooperation in rolling bearing industry (hereinafter referred to as "OSPVL ') based in Warsaw, the People's Republic of Poland.
The Organisation for Cooperation in the Rolling Bearing Industry shall develop its activities under this Agreement and under the Statute of the OSPFL, which is part of the Agreement.
The Organisation for Cooperation in the Rolling Bearing Industry will develop measures to cover the needs of rolling Bearing in an appropriate range by increasing the growth rate of rolling bearing production and introducing modern technology and production organisation, and by using the production capacities of rolling Bearing Industry rationally. To this end, the scope of OSPVL shall be as follows:
1. develop proposals to specialise in the production of rolling bearings and measures to implement such proposals;
2. harmonises the annual production plans for rolling bearings, taking into account the needs of States and valid long-term trade contracts;
3. Draws proposals and measures to meet the requirements of rolling bearings in the Contracting Parties by their own production, taking into account exports of rolling bearings to and from States not participating in the Agreement;
4. harmonises, with the participation of foreign trade, the nomenclature, the volume and the time limits for the mutual supply of rolling bearings and their components for the subsequent inclusion of agreed reciprocal supplies in trade contracts;
5. develop measures to organise the production of rolling bearings which are not produced or produced in insufficient quantities in the Contracting Parties;
6. organise mutual operational assistance in the supply of components and the supply of rolling bearings from storage;
7. coordinate research and development work related to the production and use of rolling bearings;
8. Draws typical technological processes, unified fits and unified internal structures of rolling bearings;
9. Organises in the manner established by the Member States, in particular by consulting and familiarising experts with production, more operational exchange of technical documentation, scientific and technical results and progressive experience in the production and use of rolling bearings;
10. examines the fundamental issues of the rolling bearing economy, draws up measures to improve it with regard to the world level and organises the exchange of technical and economic information;
11. harmonises the forward-looking production plans in the rolling bearing nomenclature as recommended by the RVHP authorities for coordinating the forward-looking plans for the development of the national economies of the Member States of the Council of mutual economic assistance;
12. draws up proposals for the development of rolling bearing industry and proposals for the reconstruction and construction of new rolling bearings, as appropriate;
13. prepares proposals for the construction of joint ventures for the production of rolling bearings and auxiliary enterprises for the industry;
14. Establishes the need for technological equipment, apparatus and main and auxiliary materials for rolling bearing industry and makes recommendations on this issue;
15. harmonises opinions on issues related to the purchase and use of licences for rolling bearings industry;
16. draws up proposals for the creation of joint construction offices, laboratories and institutes;
17. Draws recommendations for the typing and normalisation of rolling bearings as well as the unification of technical conditions of material acceptance and rolling bearings.
1. OSPVL's work shall be managed by the Administration, which shall consist of Permanent Representatives of all Contracting Parties, one per State.
2. The management shall establish its rules of procedure.
3. The administration shall meet as necessary, but at least every six months, at a place designated by the Administration.
4. The management of the OSPIL shall discuss the issues which fall within its competence under Article III of this Agreement and shall be decided upon in decisions or recommendations. Decisions and recommendations shall be made by the Administration only with the agreement of all Contracting Parties.
5. The meetings of the Administration shall be chaired by the representatives of the States in the order of the names of the States according to the Russian alphabet for a period of one year.
6. The management shall establish annual and prospective plans for its work and shall continuously verify the progress of the work.
7. The administration may amend the status of OSPFL in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
1. The management shall act on paragraphs 1-10 of Article III of the decisions and on points 11-17 of that Article of the recommendations.
2. Decisions shall become valid if the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties do not submit objections through their representatives in OSPIL within 30 days of the date of signature of the report on the meetings of the Administration.
3. Recommendations shall be made by the Contracting Parties on the basis of decisions of the competent authorities of their States.
The Contracting Parties shall notify the Head of Secretariat, through representatives in the Assembly, within 60 days of the date of signature of the Protocol, of the outcome of the consultation of the recommendations by the competent authorities of their States.
The Head of the Secretariat shall immediately inform all representatives of the Board.
1. The Permanent Working Authority of the OSPIL shall be the Secretariat of the Administration.
2. The Secretariat shall consist of the Head of the Secretariat, its Deputy, the necessary number of experts and technical and auxiliary staff who are citizens of the Contracting Parties.
3. The rights, obligations, conditions of employment, organisational breakdown and systemisation of the Secretariat's staff shall be governed by the rules laid down by the Administration.
4. The Head of the Secretariat, its Deputy and the experts shall be appointed and dismissed by the Administration.
5. The Secretariat shall have its seat in Warsaw, the People's Republic of Poland.
The Contracting Parties agree to provide the Government of the People's Republic of Poland with the appropriate rooms and facilities.
1. The Contracting Parties shall bear equal share of the costs associated with the activities of OSPVL.
2. The activities of the OSPVL and its Secretariat shall be financed under the budget drawn up for a period of one year; the following cost items shall be based in particular on:
(a) the administrative costs, including the staff costs of the Secretariat, and the costs of the services provided by the OSPIL and the reimbursement of the work carried out by other organisations for OSPIL;
(b) amortization depreciation for the provision of rooms and their equipment by the People's Republic of Poland.
3. The costs of the stay of participants in meetings and meetings held under the OSPIL shall be borne by the State sending its representatives to such meetings and meetings. The costs of providing rooms and technical means for such meetings and meetings shall be borne by the State in whose territory such meetings and consultations shall take place.
4. The budget shall be established and the report on the use of the funds shall be approved by the Administration. In order to verify the financial activity of the Secretariat of the OSPIL Administration, the Administration shall establish a review committee, the composition of which shall be laid down in the OSPIL Statute.
5. Contributions to the financing of the activities of the OSPVL Administration and its Secretariat shall be of the nature of non-commercial payments and shall be paid by the Contracting Parties half-yearly on the basis of the payment agreements in force between the Contracting Parties.
6. The rules governing the financial activities of the OSPIL and the activities of the Review Committee shall be laid down in a separate document.
OSPVL shall enjoy the rights of a legal person.
The official languages of the OSPFL are the languages of the Contracting Parties. The working language of OSPVL is Russian.
This Agreement requires approval by the governments of all Contracting Parties. The Agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the date of the submission of the last instrument of approval to the depositary, which shall be notified by the depositary to all Contracting Parties.
This Agreement shall be deposited with the Government of the People's Republic of Poland, which is the depositary of this Agreement.
The Agreement shall be concluded for an unlimited period.
The Agreement may be amended only with the agreement of all Contracting Parties.
Other States may accede to the following: This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the agreement of all Contracting Parties.
Each Contracting Party may terminate this Agreement by informing the other Contracting Parties through the Depositary of this Agreement by the end of February of each year. The termination of the Agreement shall take effect from 1 January next year. The termination of the Agreement shall not exempt the Contracting Party to the commitments entered into under the Agreement.
The Agreement was drawn up in one copy in Russian. The depositary shall send certified copies of the Agreement to all Contracting Parties.
This Agreement has been signed by representatives of the Contracting Parties authorised to do so.
Written in Moscow on 25 April 1964.
From the power of attorney
Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
S. Todorov v. r.
From the power of attorney
Governments of the German Democratic Republic
B. Leuschner v. r.
From the power of attorney
Government of the People's Republic of Hungary
A. Apro v. r.
From the power of attorney
Government of the People's Republic of Poland
P. Jaroszewicz v. r.
From the power of attorney
Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
O. Šimonek v. r.
STATUT
Organisation for cooperation in rolling bearing industry
I.
General provisions
1. The tasks of the Organisation for Cooperation in the rolling bearing industry are laid down in the Agreement on the Establishment of the OSPIL, signed on 25 April 1964.
2. OSPVL shall perform its tasks through its bodies, which are the OSPPVL Administration and the OSPPVL Secretariat.
3. In order to ensure the performance of its tasks, OSPIL shall be entitled to:
require, within the limits of its competence, the necessary materials from the authorities of the Contracting Parties through Permanent Representatives in the OSPIL;
convene, as appropriate and in accordance with the OSPIL Work Plan, expert meetings of the Parties to discuss the various issues.
4. OSPIL shall enjoy the rights of a legal person and shall be entitled to acquire property rights and to assume the obligations necessary to fulfil the tasks within its competence.
II.
Jurisdiction of the OSPVL administration
1. The Administration manages the work of OSPVL.
2. The management shall establish annual and forward-looking plans for its activities and shall continuously verify the progress of the work.
3. The management shall act on decisions to ensure that the tasks referred to in points 1-10 of Article III of the Agreement are carried out.
4. The Administration shall make recommendations to ensure that the tasks referred to in points 11-17 of Article III of the Agreement are carried out.
5. The management shall establish the OSPIL budget and approve the report of the OSPPVL Secretariat on the implementation of the budget and the Commission's revision reports on the examination of the financial activity of the OSPPVL Secretariat.
6. The Administration shall appoint and remove the Head of the OSPFL Secretariat, its Deputy, the experts and the Chief Accountant.
7. The management shall determine the staffing status of the Secretariat and the allocation of functions among the experts of the Parties.
8. The Administration shall establish guidelines for the activities of the OSPIL Secretariat.
9. The Administration shall establish the organisational breakdown and systemisation of the OSPFL Secretariat.
10. The Administration shall amend the status of the OSPVL as laid down in the Agreement.
III.
Composition of the OSPVL administration and manner of its action
1. The management of the OSPFL shall consist of permanent representatives of the Contracting Parties, one per State.
If the Permanent Representative of a Contracting Party is unable to participate in the work of the OSPVL Administration, that Party shall appoint an alternate of its Permanent Representative.
2. The meetings of the Administration shall be chaired by the representatives of the States in the order of the names of the States according to the Russian alphabet for a period of one year. The first year shall be the President of the representative of the State in whose territory the OSPIL is based. The President of the OSPVL Administration shall direct the meetings of the Administration, organise, through the Secretariat, the activities of the OSPVL in the period between meetings and monitor the preparation of questions for the meetings of the Administration and the implementation of decisions adopted by the Administration. The Chair shall act at the same time as a representative of the Contracting Party at the meetings of the OSPVL Administration.
3. The administration shall meet as planned or as necessary, but in particular every six months, in a place designated by the Administration. The meetings of the OSPVL Administration may also be convened at the request of one or more Permanent Representatives or at the request of the Head of the OSPVL Secretariat.
4. The date and provisional agenda of the next meeting of the OSPVL Administration shall be determined by the Administration at each meeting.
5. The management of the OSPIL shall make all its resolutions at its meetings. In exceptional cases, a decision may be taken by individual consent of the Permanent Representatives on the basis of a query.
6. The management of the OSPIL shall be capable of a quorum if permanent representatives or their alternates from all Contracting Parties attend its meetings.
7. Protocols for meetings of the OSPVL Administration shall be drawn up in a single copy. Protocols shall be signed by permanent representatives of the Contracting Parties or their alternates in the order of the names of the States according to the Russian alphabet. The original of the Protocol shall be deposited in the OSPIL Secretariat. The certified copies of the Protocol shall be sent to the Permanent Representatives.
IV.
Decisions and recommendations of the OSPVL administration
1. The administration shall act on decisions and recommendations only with the agreement of all Contracting Parties.
2. For points 1-10 of Article III of the Agreement, the Administration shall act on the decisions and for points 11-17 of that Article on the recommendations.
3. Decisions shall become valid if the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties do not submit objections through their representatives in OSPIL within 30 days of the date of signature of the report on the meetings of the Administration.
The Head of the Secretariat shall immediately inform all representatives in the Arbitration Board.
4. Recommendations shall be made by the Contracting Parties on the basis of decisions of the competent authorities of their States. The Contracting Parties shall notify the Head of Secretariat, through representatives in the Assembly, within 60 days of the date of signature of the Protocol, of the outcome of the consultation of the recommendations by the competent authorities of their States. The Head of the Secretariat shall immediately inform all representatives of the Board.
V.
Secretariat
1. The Secretariat shall consist of the Head of the Secretariat, its Deputy Members, the Chief Accountant, the necessary number of experts and technical and auxiliary staff who are citizens of the Contracting Parties.
2. The Head of the Secretariat shall manage his work and shall be subordinate to and respond to the OSPVL Board.
3. The Head of the Secretariat, its Deputy and the experts shall be appointed and dismissed by the Administration. Technical staff shall be appointed and removed by the Head of the Secretariat.
4. The Head of Secretariat shall represent the Administration in accordance with its instructions to the authorities and organisations of the Contracting Parties and other States.
5. In the period between meetings of the Administration, the Head of the Secretariat shall be entitled to take operational measures as decided by the Administration, its work plan and the instructions of the Chairman of the Administration.
VI.
Operation of the Secretariat
Secretariat of Administration
1. Supports the implementation of the resolution by the OSPIL Administration;
2. Organises the preparation of meetings of the OSPVL Administration;
3. Organises the preparation of OSPFL conferences and meetings;
4. Submits proposals to the OSPVL Board concerning the activities of the OSPVL;
5. Provides the preparation of materials for its meetings, as instructed by the OSPVL Administration;
6. Organises and records the implementation of the decision;
7. It shall, as a general rule, draw up and circulate a draft agenda to all Permanent Representatives together with the necessary material 20 days before the beginning of the meeting of the Administration. The draft agenda shall include issues arising from the work plan and earlier resolutions of the OSPIL Administration as well as those submitted by the Permanent Representatives of the Parties or by the Head of Secretariat;
8. In order to fulfil the tasks assigned to the Secretariat, the experts of the Secretariat shall, where necessary, familiarise themselves with the status of the rolling bearing industry of the Contracting Parties.
VII.
Financial issues
(1) The rules governing the financial activity of the OSPVL shall be laid down in a separate document issued by the Administration.
2. The financial activities of the OSPIL Secretariat shall be checked by the review committee.
VIII.
Revision Commission
1. The Revision Commission shall consist of three experts appointed by the Parties, one per Contracting Party, in the order of the names of the States according to the Russian alphabet. The members of the review committee shall be appointed for a period of three years.
2. The Revision Commission is responsible and subordinate to the OSPVL Board.
3. The rules governing the work of the review committee shall be laid down in a separate document issued by the Administration.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 24 / 1965 Coll., on the Agreement on the Establishment of the Organisation for Cooperation in the Rolling Bearing Industry |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 24.03.1965 |
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| Effective from | 02.12.1964 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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