Protocol on the implementation on readmission and transit of persons

11.10.2023

Protocol

Between The Government of The Republic of Uzbekistan and The Government of The Czech Republic

[Registered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the State Register under the number № 4528-CZ-2023-H]

The Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Czech Republic, hereinafter jointly referred to as “the Parties” and separately as “the Party”,

expressing the common desire to deal with issues related to the implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Czech Republic on Readmission and Transit of Persons, hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”, in accordance with Article 15 of the Agreement,

have agreed as follows:

Article 1

Readmission application

1. A readmission application in accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement shall be submitted on a form, the specimen of which forms Annex 1 to this Protocol.

2. The readmission application and the reply thereto shall be submitted primarily by fax.

3. If an interview in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 4 of the Agreement is needed, the request for the interview shall be entered in Section F of a readmission application.

4. The application shall be supplemented by copies of documents by which the nationality of the State of the Requested Party pursuant to Article 6 of the Agreement or the existence of the grounds for the readmission of the third-country nationals or stateless persons pursuant to Article 7 of the Agreement is proved.

5. The Parties shall, no later than 30 days after the entry into force of the Agreement and this Protocol, exchange specimens of documents listed in the Annex 1 to the Agreement, as well as a specimen of a travel document issued in accordance with Article 3 (3) of the Agreement.

The Parties shall inform each other without undue delay, if there are any modifications in the documents mentioned in this paragraph and shall provide new specimens of documents.

Article 2

Escorted transfer

If the transfer of the person to be readmitted is escorted, a written record of the transfer shall be produced in two copies on a form, the specimen of which forms Annex 2 to this Protocol.

Article 3

Transit application

1. A transit application in accordance with Article 12 of the Agreement shall be submitted on a form, the specimen of which forms Annex 3 to this Protocol.

2. The transit application and the reply thereto shall be submitted primarily by fax.

Article 4

Competent Authorities

1. The authorities of the Parties competent to the implementation of the Agreement and this Protocol shall be the following:

on the Uzbek side:

the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

on the Czech side:

Police of the Czech Republic

Directorate of the Foreign Police Service.

2. The Parties shall exchange official addresses, e-mail adresses, telephone numbers and fax numbers of the competent authorities stipulated in paragraph 1 of this Article after entry into force of this Protocol.

Each Party shall, without undue delay, notify the other Party of any changes of contact details and provide the other Party with new contact details.

Article 5

Border crossing points

1. For the implementation of the Agreement and this Protocol the following border crossing points shall be used:

for the Republic of Uzbekistan:

Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport;

for the Czech Republic:

the Prague Václav Havel Airport.

2. Each Party shall, without undue delay, notify the other Party of any changes in the list of border crossing points mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article.

3. If the transport of the person subject to readmission or transit cannot take place by air, the competent authorities of the Parties shall agree upon a border crossing point on the border of the State of the Requested Party to be used, in the individual transfer case.

Article 6

Reimbursement of Costs

1. The Requesting Party shall reimburse the Requested State for all costs incurred pursuant to Article 13 of the Agreement by means of a bank transfer to an account held by the Requested Party no later than 30 calendar days after the receipt of the invoice. The above costs concern the following:

1) transportation;

2) board;

3) accommodation;

4) urgent medical care;

5) service of an interpreter if needed;

6) other fundamental expenses agreed upon in advance by the competent authorities of the Parties.

2) The amount of costs to be reimbursed in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article shall be guided by the legislation of the State of the Requested Party and shall be determined on the basis of documents proving real costs.

3) Transportation costs shall mean costs incurred by the use of a service motor vehicle or the public transportation; costs for using the taxi are excluded. Other fundamental expenses shall include only reasonable costs guided by the principle of maximum efficiency.

4) The Requested Party shall invoice the reimbursement of costs in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article for the past calendar month.

5) The invoice for the reimbursement of costs shall be supplemented by documents proving the real costs.

6) The provision of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply also to the members of escort of persons.

Article 7

Languages

When implementing the Agreement and this Protocol, the competent authorities of the Parties shall communicate in English or Russian.

Article 8

Dispute Settlement

Any disputes concerning the interpretation or implementation of the provisions of this Protocol shall be resolved by means of negotiations and consultations between the Parties.

Article 9

Amendments and Supplements

This Protocol may be amended and supplemented by mutual consent of the Parties; amendments and supplements shall form an integral part of this Protocol and shall be drawn up in the form of separate protocols.

Article 10

Final provisions

1. This Protocol shall enter into force together with the Agreement.

2. The Protocol shall terminate simultaneously when the Agreement has been terminated.

Done at Prague on the “11” of October, 2023, in duplicate in the Uzbek, Czech, Russian and English languages, each of these texts being equally authentic. In case of differences in interpretation of the provisions of this Protocol, the Russian text shall prevail.

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