Príloha
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC AND 
THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA
ON INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS 
AND GOODS BY ROAD

The Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of Georgia (hereinafter referred to as the “Contracting Parties”)
Desiring to promote, in the interest of their economic relations, the development of transportation of passengers and goods by road between both Contracting Parties

Have agreed as follows:
SCOPE
Article 1

The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the international carriage of passengers and goods by road for hire or reward or own account between the territories of the Contracting Parties and in transit through their territories. The provisions also apply to the carriage of passengers and goods between one of the Contracting Parties and a third country with vehicles registered in the other Contracting Party.

DEFINITIONS
Article 2

For the purpose of the present Agreement the term:

a)	“carrier” shall mean any natural or legal person, who is established in either of the
Contracting Party's territory and legally admitted in its country of establishment to carry out international transport of passengers and goods by road for hire or reward or on own account in accordance with the relevant national laws and regulations in force in that territory,
b)	“vehicle” shall mean a motor vehicle or a coupled combination of vehicles, of which at least the motor vehicle is registered in either Contracting Party's territory and is used exclusively for the carriage of passengers and/or goods by road,
c)	“passenger motor vehicle” shall mean any power driven vehicle with more than nine seats, including driver's seat,
d)	“regular passenger service” shall mean a service that provides for the carriage 
of passengers according to specified timetables along specified routes, in which passengers are picked up and set down at predetermined stopping points,

e)	„non-regular passenger service” shall mean a service not falling within the definition of a regular passenger service,
f)	“State territory of the Contracting Party” 
	- In relation to Georgia it means the territory defined by Georgian legislation,
including land territory, its subsoil and the air space above it, internal waters and
territorial sea, the sea bed, its sub-soil and the air space above them, in respect 
of which Georgia exercises sovereignty, as well as the contiguous zone, the exclusive
economic zone and continental shelf adjacent to its territorial sea, in respect 
of which Georgia may exercise its sovereign rights and/or jurisdiction in accordance
with the international law. 
- In relation to the Slovak Republic it means the Slovak Republic and used in a geographical sense, means the territory in which the Slovak Republic exercises its sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law.
g)	“Competent authorities” shall be:
	(i) in Georgia - The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and/or Land Transport Agency or other relevant authorities responsible for road transport;
	(ii) in the Slovak Republic - The Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic.
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
Article 3
All passenger transport operations for hire or reward by passenger motor vehicles to, from or in transit through the territories of the Contracting Parties are subject to approval procedure, except those specified in Article 6, by the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties.
Article 4

1.	Regular passenger service between the territories of the Contracting Parties or in transit through
them shall be jointly approved by the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties.
2.	Competent authority of each Contracting Party shall issue an authorization for the leg of the journey carried out in its territory.
3.	The competent authorities shall jointly determine the conditions of the authorization
namely its validity, the frequency of the transport operations, the timetables and the scale of tariffs to be applied, as well as any other detail necessary for the smooth and efficient operation of the regular passenger service.
4.	Authorization application shall be addressed to the competent authority of the Contracting Party of registration of the vehicle, which has the right to accept or refuse it. In case the application does not raise objection, this competent authority shall communicate it to the other Contracting Party.
5.	The application shall include documents containing necessary details, such as
proposed timetables, tariffs and route, period and time of the year during which the service is to be operated and the date on which the service is intended to begin. The competent authorities may require such supplementary details as they may deem appropriate.
6.	Authorizations shall be issued in the name of the carrier and they may not be transferred by the latter to third parties. 
7.	The period of validity of an authorization shall not exceed five years.

Article 5

Any non-regular service not covered by Article 6 is subject to approval procedure.
Authorization applications shall be submitted to the competent authority of the Contracting Party in whose territory the carrier is established. This competent authority shall forward these applications to the competent authority of the other Contracting Party with its recommendations. Applications will be processed within thirty (30) days. Applications shall include the name of the carrier, the validity period of the required authorization, frequencies and exact number of journeys as well as points of departure and destination. The Joint Committee established in Article 13 of this Agreement shall determine the form of the applications.

Article 6

1.	"Occasional services" mean services which do not correspond to the definition of regular passenger service. They are subject to authorization except in the following cases:
a)	closed-door tours, i.e. services whereby the same passenger motor vehicle is used to carry the same group of passengers throughout the journey and to take them out of the territory of the host Contracting Party; the place of departure being in the territory of the Contracting Party in which the carrier is established,
b)	services which make the outward journey laden and the return journey unladen; the place of departure being in the territory of the Contracting Party in which the carrier is established, 
c)	services in which the outward journey is made unladen and all the passengers are picked up in the same place, provided that one (or more) of the following requirements are met:
-	the passengers have been constituted as a group under a contract of carriage signed before their arrival in the territory of the other Contracting Party, where the group is picked up and carried outside that territory;
-	passengers who have been previously brought into the territory of the other Contracting Party by the same carrier in accordance with paragraph 1 b), where they are subsequently picked up and taken to the territory of the Contracting Party where the vehicle is registered; and
-	passengers who have been invited to travel into the territory of the other Contracting Party; the cost of transport being borne by the person issuing the invitation; such passengers must form a homogenous group, that has not been formed solely with a view to undertaking that specific journey and that is brought into the territory of the Contracting Party in which the carrier is established,
d)	transit operations through the territories of the Contracting Parties in conjunction with occasional services that are exempted from authorization;
e)	unladen passenger motor vehicle to be used exclusively for the replacement of a damaged or broken down passenger motor vehicle, while performing an international service covered by this Agreement. 
2.	In the cases covered by paragraphs 1 a) to e) the driver must keep a duly completed
waybill in his vehicle, containing the passenger list, and duly stamped and signed by the carrier during the transport services covered by the above-mentioned paragraphs, as agreed upon by the Joint Committee, if so required by the competent authorities pursuant to national laws and regulations.
3.	Unladen entries covered by paragraph 1 c) must also carry on board the document
justifying the service in each case the contract of carriage, waybill for the laden outward journey, previous unladen return journey or invitation document.

GOODS TRANSPORT
Article 7

1.	Apart from the exception referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, the transport of goods for hire or reward or on own account performed under the provisions of this Agreement by a carrier established in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, by means of a motor vehicle registered in the same Contracting Party, is subject to a permit issued by the competent authority of the other Contracting Party.
2.	The competent authorities of both Contracting Parties may agree to exchange exact quantity of permits annually that will be valid from the 1st of January of the present year up to the 31st of January of the following year. Permit may be used by one vehicle at a time for one roundtrip. Permit gives right to perform transport between the territories of the Contracting Parties, in transit through their territories or from the territory of either Contracting Party to/from the third country.
3.	The following transports are exempted from permit:

a)	transport of goods by motor vehicles whose Total Permissible Laden Weight,
including trailers, does not exceed 6 tons, or whose permitted payload, including
trailers, does not exceed 3,5 tons,
b)	transport of goods to or from airports, in cases where air services are diverted,
c)	transport of vehicles which are damaged or have broken down and the transport of
breakdown repairing vehicles,
d)	unladen run by a goods vehicle sent to replace a vehicle which has broken down in
another country and also the return run, after repair, of the vehicle that had broken
down,
e)	transport of spare parts and provisions for ocean-going ships and aircraft,
f)	transport of medical supplies and equipment needed for emergencies, particularly in
response to natural disasters,
g)	transport of works and objects for fairs and exhibitions,
h)	transport for non commercial purpose of material, accessories and animals to or
from theatrical, musical, film, sportive, circus performances or fairs, as well as
transport of material intended for radio recordings or for film or television
production,
i)	transport of mail as public service,
j)	funeral transport,
k)	first unladen journey of newly purchased (new or second-hand) vehicle.
4.	Permits shall be issued by the competent authority of the Contracting Party where the vehicle is registered, within the limits of the quota fixed annually by common agreement between the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties. Upon request of either Contracting Party, on the basis of agreement between the Contracting Parties, it is possible to exchange additional quantity of quota permits.

GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 8

1.	A carrier established in the territory of the Contracting Party shall not undertake transports between two points in the territory of the other Contracting Party, unless a special permit for that purpose is granted by the competent authority of this other Contracting Party.
2.	The Joint Committee shall, when it is deemed appropriate, establish the possibility of issuing such special permits, and the conditions that applicants must fulfil.
Article 9

1.	Insofar as vehicle weight and dimensions are concerned, each Contracting Party undertakes not to impose on vehicles registered in the territory of the other Contracting Party's terms that are more restrictive then those imposed on vehicles registered in its own territory.
2.	The weight and dimensions of a vehicle must be in accordance with the official registration of the vehicle.
3.	Carriers of both Contracting Parties have to comply with the national laws and regulations of the other Contracting Party concerning the weight and dimensions of the vehicles on entering the territory of that Contracting Party.
4.	A special permit shall be required if the weight and/or dimensions of a vehicle registered in either Contracting Party’s territory exceed the permissible maximum weight and/or the dimensions in force in the territory of the other Contracting Party. The carrier must apply for such permit from the competent authority of that Contracting Party before entering its territory.
5.	Transport of dangerous goods on the territory of the Contracting Parties shall be conducted in accordance with the European Agreement (ADR) Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road of 30 September 1957.
6.	If the carriage of dangerous goods according to European Agreement (ADR) referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article or by the national laws and regulations of the Contracting Parties requires a special permit the carrier must receive such permit from the competent authority of the other Contracting Party before entering in its territory.
7.	If the special permits referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article require a vehicle driving on determined route, the transport must be performed on this route.

Article 10

1.	Carriers of the Contracting Parties performing carriage of passengers and goods under the terms of this Agreement shall be on the principle of reciprocity exempt from taxes, charges and other fees related to the ownership and running of the vehicle as well as from fees for transit of the vehicle on the roads of the other Contracting Party.
2.	Exemption under the paragraph 1 of this Article shall not relate to the fees levied on the principle of non-discrimination for the use of roads, motorways, bridges and tunnels which are subject to payments.

Article 11

Carriers and their vehicle crews have a duty, when operating in the territory of other Contracting Party, to comply with the national laws and regulations in force in that Contracting Party.

Article 12

If carrier of one Contracting Party infringes any provision of this Agreement in the territory of the other Contracting Party, the competent authority of the Contracting Party in whose territory the infringement occurred, without prejudice to any procedures in force on its own territory, shall notify the other Contracting Party about infringement who will take such steps as are provided for by its national laws and regulations. The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall exchange information on the sanctions imposed.
Article 13

1.	Contracting Parties shall appoint its competent authorities responsible for implementing the provisions of this Agreement within its territory and shall notify each other about it.
2.	A joint Committee is hereby established for implementing the provisions of this Agreement.
3.	The Joint Committee shall meet on request of either Contracting Party and shall comprise representatives of the competent authorities of both Contracting Parties.

Article 14 

Any dispute regarding the application or interpretation of this Agreement shall be resolved between the Contracting Parties by means of consultations and/or negotiations.

Article 15

The present Agreement may be modified and amended with the mutual agreement by the Contracting Parties. Modifications and amendments shall be made in writing. Modifications and amendments are integral part of the present Agreement and shall enter into force in accordance with the same rule as the Agreement.

Article 16

1.	This Agreement shall enter into force on the sixtieth day of the receipt of the last written
notification by which the Contracting Parties shall notify each other of their compliance with the conditions necessary for the entry into force of this Agreement.
2.	The present Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period. It may be terminated in writing by each Contracting Party. In this case, the present Agreement will expire six months after the delivery of such notice for termination to the other Contracting Party.

In witness thereof, the undersigned being duly authorized, have signed the present Agreement.

Done at 	       on 	                    in two originals, each in Slovak, Georgian and English languages, all the texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergences 
of interpretation of provisions of the present Agreement, the English text shall prevail.

For the Government of the Slovak Republic          	For the Government of Georgia