The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on cooperation on development of Moscow-Minsk-Warsaw-Berlin Highway on the site of Brest-Minsk-Moscow
of February 27, 1996
The government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties
being guided by the Treaty of friendship, neighborliness and cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus of February 21, 1995 and the Protocol following the results of meetings of the President of the Russian Federation B. N. Yeltsin and the President of the Republic of Belarus A. G. Lukashenko in Minsk on February 21-22, 1995,
understanding the high importance of cooperation in development of Moscow-Minsk-Warsaw-Berlin Highway on the site of Brest-Minsk-Moscow for improvement of transport bonds between the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and the international transit message,
considering that development of Brest-Minsk-Moscow Highway has long-term character,
agreed as follows:
The purpose of this agreement is ensuring interaction of the Parties in development of Moscow-Minsk-Warsaw-Berlin Highway on the site of Brest-Minsk-Moscow.
Brest-Minsk-Moscow Highway (further the imenuyetsyaavtomobilny road) includes the complex of engineering constructions providing movement of vehicles, access roads, boundary transitions, Items of road service and technical means for movement safety.
Development of the highway includes its content, repair, reconstruction and construction.
In this agreement are understood as competent authorities:
from the Russian Federation - the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation;
from the Republic of Belarus - the Ministry of Architecture of the Republic of Belarus.
Competent authorities of the Parties perform coordination of the works provided by this agreement.
The parties will provide cooperation in carrying out researches on the following directions:
technological level and operational condition of the highway;
project development on development of the highway;
conditions for participation of business entities irrespective of patterns of ownership and subordination in development and operation of the highway;
environment protection;
organizational, legal, economic and social aspects.
Expenses on carrying out researches are incurred by each Party within the programs.
Tenders for carrying out researches are performed according to the rules approved by competent authorities of the Parties.
The parties exchange results of the executed researches and through competent authorities according to the legislation of the states provide access each other to results of researches.
The parties communicate, belonging to content, repair, reconstruction and construction of the highway and the existing road including data on technological level and transport and operational condition and perspective of its development, including data on the transport flows, features of content of the road applied in road economy the technologies planned and the investments aimed at the development of this highway, environmental issues.
The main technical regulations determining parameters of the highway and engineering constructions, permissible loads on vehicle axis, dimensions and mass of vehicles, and also safety issues of movement of environmental protection will be considered according to the legislation of both states, and also provisions of agreements within the Economic Commission for Europe of the UN.
The parties will take measures to implementation in first-priority procedure and complete amount of complex of the organizational and technical actions directed to increase in traffic safety on the highway.
The priority of carrying out roadwork on the highway is determined by competent authorities of the Parties. Financing of works on content, repair, reconstruction and construction of the highway is performed by each of the Parties in the territory of the state. The parties promote investment attraction of business entities irrespective of patterns of ownership, and also foreign investors for development of the highway.
Competent authorities of the Parties will in addition consider the possibility of creation of joint joint-stock companies for performance of works on construction, reconstruction and repair of the highway, and also on development of roadside service.
The parties provide equal participation of the Russian and Belarusian contract organizations in the biddings on performance of works on development of the highway in the territories of both states.
The parties render mutual assistance in the omission of road transport on highways from the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation through Grodno both further on Brest-Minsk-Moscow Highway and in the opposite direction, and also from St. Petersburg through Pskov and further on the territory of the Republic of Belarus to exit to Brest-Minsk-Moscow Highway and in the opposite direction.
For assistance to accomplishment of this agreement and the solution of the arising operational issues competent authorities of the Parties create the Mixed commission. Meetings of the Mixed commission are held serially in the territories of both states.
The matters of argument able to arise in connection with interpretation or application of this agreement, are solved by negotiations and consultations.
This agreement does not affect the rights and obligations of the Parties following from other international treaties which participants they are.
This agreement becomes effective from the date of its signing and keeps the action before accomplishment by the Parties of the obligations provided in it.
It is made in Moscow on February 27, 1996 in duplicate in Russian and in Belarusian.
For the Government of the Russian Federation |
For the Government of the Republic of Belarus |
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