Cambodia - EC Cooperation Agreement (1997)
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Article 18. Territorial Application

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territory of Cambodia.

Article 19. Non-execution of the Agreement

If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to fulfil an obligation under this Agreement, it may take appropriate measures. Before so doing, except in cases of special urgency, it shall supply the Joint Committee with all relevant information required for a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties.

In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which least disturb the functioning of this Agreement. These measures shall be notified immediately to the Joint Committee and shall be the subject of consultations within the Joint Committee if the other Party so requests.

Article 20. Annexes

Annexes I and II to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof.

Article 21. Entry Into Force and Renewal

1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.

2. This Agreement is concluded for a period of five years. It shall be renewed automatically from year to year unless one of the Parties denounces it six months before its expiry date.

Article 22. Authentic Texts

This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Khmer languages, each text being equally authentic.

Conclusion

Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1997.

For the European Community

For the Kingdom of Cambodia

Attachments

(a) The Parties agree, for the purposes of the interpretation and practical application of this Agreement, that the term cases of special urgency in Article 19 of the Agreement means a case of the material breach of the Agreement by one of the Parties. A material breach of the Agreement consists in:

Repudiation of the Agreement not sanctioned by the general rules of international law,

Violation of essential elements of the Agreement set out in Article 1.

(b) The Parties agree that the appropriate measures referred to in Article 19 are measures taken in accordance with international law. If a Party takes a measure in a case of special urgency as provided for under Article 19, the other Party may avail itself of the procedure relating to settlement of disputes.

The Parties agree for the purposes of the Agreement that intellectual, industrial and commercial property includes in particular protection of copyright and related rights, patents, industrial designs, software, brands and trademarks, topographies of integrated circuits, geographical indications, as well as protection against unfair competition and the protection of undisclosed information.

Joint Declaration on the readmission of citizens

The European Community recalls the importance that its Member States attach to the establishment of effective cooperation with third countries in order to facilitate the readmission by the latter of its nationals unlawfully residing on the territory of a Member State.

The Kingdom of Cambodia undertakes to finalise readmission agreements with those Member States of the European Union which request it.

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