AGREEMENT OF THE CIS

of November 3, 2017

About exchange of information within the Commonwealth of Independent States in the field of fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism, and also their financing

 The governments of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States which further are referred to as with the Parties

understanding danger which is born by acts of terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism, and also their financing,

being guided by the conventional principles and rules of international law, documents accepted within the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Independent States, by the provisions of the legislation of the states of the Parties concerning fight against different manifestations of terrorism and extremism, and also their financing

based on the Agreement on cooperation of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States in fight against terrorism of June 4, 1999, the Agreement of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States on counteraction of legalization (washing) of the criminal income and to financing of terrorism of October 5, 2007, and also other international treaties in the field of fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism,

in view of the Concept of state cooperation – members of the Commonwealth of Independent States in fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism of August 26, 2005,

expressing desire and further to strengthen interstate cooperation on exchange of information in the field of fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism, and also their financing,

wishing to render each other perhaps broader assistance and to increase efficiency of cooperation in this area,

 agreed as follows:

Article 1

For the purposes of this agreement the used terms mean the following:

"information" – data (messages, data), irrespective of form of their provision, about persons, the organizations, objects, the facts, events, the phenomena and processes in the field of fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism, and also their financing;

"information system" – organizationally the arranged set of the means realizing certain technological actions by means of the information processes intended for the solution of specific functional objectives;

"competent authorities" – the bodies of the State Parties of this agreement responsible for implementation of this agreement;

"bodies of the CIS" – the bodies created according to the procedure, provided by the Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States of January 22, 1993 and other documents of the Commonwealth of Independent States to which competence questions of fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism, and also their financing are carried;

"legal regime of information systems" – normative statutory rules determining the status, subject domain, procedure for forming, functioning and operation of information systems, and also procedure for the address with information containing in information systems, the property right to information, information category on the access level to it and procedure for information security;

"the owner of information and information systems" – the competent authority or body of the CIS realizing powers of ownership, use, the order of information and information systems including to set legal regime of information systems, in the amount provided by the legislation of the State Parties of this agreement (the international treaties accepted within the Commonwealth of Independent States);

"the owner of information and information systems" – the competent authority or body of the CIS realizing powers of ownership, use, the order of information and information systems in the amount established by the owner;

"user" – the competent authority or body of the CIS addressing the owner or the owner of information and information systems for receipt of information services necessary for it;

"exchange of information" – transfer and (or) receipt of information by competent authorities and (or) bodies of the CIS, and also rendering information services by them, including with use of information systems;

"interstate information system" – the system involved in interstate information exchanges belonging to bodies of the CIS, competent authorities as joint property, joint tenancy or joint (general) use.

In this agreement terms concerning transfer, uses and protection of the classified information are used in the value determined by the Agreement on protection of the classified information within the Commonwealth of Independent States of October 25, 2013.

Article 2

Subject of this agreement is ensuring exchange of information within the Commonwealth of Independent States in the field of fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism, and also their financing.

Article 3

Each Party performs the obligations within this agreement according to the principles of sovereign equality, non-interference to internal affairs of other states and the legislation of the states.

Nothing in this agreement gives the Parties the right to have jurisdiction and to perform functions which enter only competence of other Party.

Article 4

Shall provide the parties:

exchange of information on a grant basis according to the procedure, established by this agreement;

accomplishment of legal regime of information systems, including interstate;

protection of the classified information used in the course of exchange of information, according to the procedure, stipulated by the legislation the states of the Parties, the Agreement on mutual ensuring safety of interstate secrets from January 22, 1993, the Agreement on protection of the classified information within the Commonwealth of Independent States of October 25, 2013, the Rules of the address with the classified information in bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States approved by the Decision of Council of heads of states of the Commonwealth of Independent States of October 25, 2013, and other international treaties on mutual protection of such data signed by the Parties.

Transfer of the classified information within this agreement is performed according to the legislation of the states of the Parties in each case, proceeding from own interests.

Article 5

The parties determine the list of the competent authorities responsible for exchange of information within this agreement. Information on competent authorities goes to depositary in case of delivery for storage of the notification on accomplishment of the interstate procedures necessary for the introduction of this agreement in force. Each of the Parties within a month in writing notifies depositary on change of the list of competent authorities.

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