A. TITEL

Overeenkomst tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Islamitische Republiek Pakistan inzake technische samenwerking, met brieven;

Islamabad, 1 juni 1988

B. TEKST

De tekst van de Overeenkomst en brieven is geplaatst in Trb. 1988, 128.

C. VERTALING

Zie Trb. 1988, 128.

D. PARLEMENT

Zie Trb. 1989, 46 en, laatstelijk, Trb. 1997, 104.

Bij brieven van 23 september 1997 zijn de in rubriek J van Trb. 1996, 337 afgedrukte administratieve akkoorden d.d. 6 maart 1995 en 10 oktober 1996 en het in rubriek J van Trb. 1997, 104 afgedrukte administratief akkoord d.d. 23 december 1996 ter kennis gebracht van de Staten-Generaal.

Het in rubriek J hieronder afgedrukte administratief akkoord behoeft ingevolge artikel 7, onderdeel b, van de Rijkswet goedkeuring en bekendmaking verdragen niet de goedkeuring der Staten-Generaal.

G. INWERKINGTREDING

Zie Trb. 1989, 46.

J. GEGEVENS

Zie Trb. 1988, 46, Trb. 1991, 194, Trb. 1994, 13 en 245, Trb. 1995, 124, Trb. 1996, 337, Trb. 1997, 104.

Ter uitvoering van artikel I van de onderhavige Overeenkomst is op 31 maart 1997 te Islamabad tussen de Nederlandse en de Pakistaanse bevoegde autoriteiten een administratief akkoord tot stand gekomen inzake het project „Balochistan Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Phase II". De tekst van het akkoord luidt als volgt:

Administrative Arrangement

The Netherlands Minister for Development Co-operation, being the competent Netherlands Authority for the purpose of this Administrative Arrangement, hereinafter referred to as “the Netherlands Party" represented in this matter by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands at Islamabad,

and

the Pakistan Economic Affairs Division, being the competent Pakistan Authority for the purpose of this Administrative Arrangement, hereinafter referred to as “the Pakistan Party".

Having decided to co-operate in the field of “Water Supply and Sanitation";

Having regard to the provision of Article I of the Agreement on Technical Co-operation between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, signed at Islamabad on June 1, 1988, hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement".

Have entered into the following Administrative Arrangement:

Article I The Project

1. The two Parties shall jointly execute a project to be known as “Balochistan Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Phase II" hereinafter referred to as “the Project".

2. The aim of the Project is to improve the living conditions of the rural population of Balochistan through the construction of adequate and durable water supply and sanitation facilities.

The aim of the Project will be achieved through the following specific objectives:

– institutional strengthening of the Water and Sanitation Section of the Local Government of Balochistan;

– improvement of the participation of the local communities, including women;

– involvement of the private sector as a potential channel for the construction of facilities;

– installation of about 2,250 handpumps and 9,000 latrines under the responsibility of the Local Governement and Rural Development Department (LGRDD);

– installation of 15,000 latrines under the “rural township" programme.

3 The aforesaid co-operation between the two Parties is planned to last three years.

Article II The Netherlands Contribution

1. The Netherlands Party shall make the following contribution to the Project:

– provision of investments;

– provision of training;

– provision of consultancies;

– payment of monitoring and evaluation unit staff.

2. The value of the Netherlands contribution is estimated at NLG. 7,745,460,-.

Article III The Pakistan Contribution

1. The Pakistan Party shall provide the Project with counterpart staff and with the payment of investments.

2. The value of the Pakistan contribution is estimated at PRS 73,000,000.-.

Article IV The Executive Authorities

1. The Netherlands Party shall appoint the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Pakistan as the Netherlands Executive Authority in charge of the Project.

2. The Pakistan Party shall appoint the Water and Sanitation Section, headed by the Director General/Project Director of the Local Government and Rural Development Department as the Pakistan Executive Authority in charge of the implementation of the Project.

3. The above-mentioned Netherlands Executive Authority shall be represented in Pakistan, as far as the day to day operations under the Project are concerned, by the team-leader appointed by the Netherlands party.

Article V Delegation

Each of the Executive Authorities, mentioned in Article IV, shall be entitled to delegate under its own responsibility, partly or entirely its duties in connection with the Project to a third party. In doing so, the Executive Authorities shall inform each other immediately in writing of the names of persons or institutions delegated and of the extent of such delegation.

Article VI The Chief Technical Advisor

The Netherlands Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) shall be responsible to the Netherlands Executive Authority for the correct implementation of the Netherlands contribution. The Chief Technical Advisor shall act in close consultation with the Pakistan Executive Authority and will respect to operational instructions given by the said Authority to the Pakistan personnel. The Pakistan Executive Authority shall provide the Chief Technical Advisor with any information that may be considered necessary for the execution of the Project.

Article VII The Plan of Operations

1. The Executive Authorities shall establish in common agreement a Plan of Operations indicated in detail:

– the contribution of either Party;

– the number and duties of the staff appointed by each Party;

– their job-descriptions;

– the duration of their assignment;

– a time-table;

– a description of the equipment and materials to be made available;

– the monitoring of progress and the reporting.

2. The Plan of Operations shall form an integral part of this Administrative Arrangement.

3. The Plan of Operations may be amended in common agreement between the Executive Authorities.

Article VIII Reporting

The Netherlands Chief Technical Advisor, together with the counterpart, appointed by the Pakistan Executive Authority, shall submit six-monthly reports in the English language on the progress made in the execution of the Project to both Executive Authorities.

At the termination of the Project the team-leader shall submit a final report in the English language on all aspects of the work done in connection with the Project to all parties involved.

Article IX Status of the Expatriate Staff

The expatriate staff supllied by the Netherlands Party shall enjoy the privileges and immunities as described in Articles II and III of the Agreement.

Article X Status of the Netherlands equipment and materials

1. In conformity with the provisions of Article V of the Agreement the Governement of Pakistan will exempt from all import duties and other charges the equipment (including motor vehicles) and other supplies provided by the Netherlands Government in connection with the Project.

2. The ownership of all equipment and materials (including motor vehicles) supplied by the Netherlands party, will be transferred to the Pakistan Party at the time the co-operation between the two Parties on the Project will be terminated, unless both Parties decide to given another destination to the equipment and materials.

Article XI Review and Evaluation

The Executive Authorities shall evaluate the project in the second half of 1999.

Article XII Settlement of disputes

Any dispute concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Administrative Arrangement which cannot be settled in consultation between both Parties shall be referred to the respective Governments and settled in a way to be decided upon by the latter.

Article XIII Entry into force and duration

This Administrative Arrangement shall enter into force, with retroactive effect to 1 July 1996, on the day of signature by both Parties and shall expire at the end of the period mentioned in Article I, paragraph 3, of this Arrangement or on the date on which the Project has been completed in conformity with the provisions of this Arrangement and of the Plan of Operations, whichever date is the later.

DONE at Islamabad on the 31st day of March, 1997, in two originals in the English language.

For the Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation

(sd.) ALF DUYVEMAN

Alf Duyveman

Ambassador

The Pakistan Authority

(sd.) JAVED BURKI

Javed Burki

Secretary

Economic Affairs Division

Het akkoord is ingevolge zijn artikel XIII op 31 maart 1997 in werking getreden, met terugwerkende kracht tot 1 juli 1996.

Uitgegeven de negentiende december 1997

De Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken,

H. A. F. M. O. VAN MIERLO

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