TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13080 

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VISAS 

 Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and GREECE 

Effected by Exchange of Notes 

Dated at Athens December 28, 1999 and 

January 24, 2000 

 

 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

 evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
 GREECE 

 Visas 

Agreement effected by exchange of notes 

Dated at Athens December 28, 1999 

 and January 24, 2000; 

Entered into force January 24, 2000. 
EMBASSY OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No. 434/CONS/99

The Embassy of the United States of America presents its

compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic and

has the honor to refer to the Hellenic Republic's long-standing policy of allowing

Americans who enter Greece without visas to remain in the

Hellenic Republic for 90 days. The Embassy has the further honor to

propose that this policy be formalized in an agreement between the United States of

America and the Hellenic Republic in which the Hellenic Republic agrees to allow

United States citizens who enter the Hellenic Republic

without visas to remain in the Hellenic Republic for 90 days, regardless of time spent

elsewhere, for so long as the Hellenic Republic remains a participant in the United

States Visa Waiver Pilot Program and citizens of

the Hellenic Republic travelling to the Unites States are accorded reciprocal

privileges.

The United States will consider this agreement by the Hellenic

Republic in deciding whether to admit the Hellenic Republic to the Visa

Waiver Pilot Program. In the event that circumstances arise affecting

either party's legal capacity to implement this agreement, the parties shall

consult to resolve the issue consistent with the purposes of this agreement.

If the Government of the Hellenic Republic agrees with the above,

the Embassy has the honor to propose that this note and your Ministry's

note in reply, constitute an agreement between our two Governments

which will enter into force on the date of your reply.
The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of this

opportunity to renew to the ministry of foreign affairs of the Hellenic

republic the assurances of Its highest consideration.

Embassy of the United States of America

Athens, December 28, 1999
HELLENIC REPUBLIC

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

C4 Department for

Justice, Home Affairs &

Schengen

F. 2220.1/3/AS 3886

NOTE VERBALE

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the

Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to refer to the

latter's Verbal Note No 434/CONS/99 dated December 28, 1999, which reads

as follows :

"The Embassy of the United States of America presents its

compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic and

has the honor to refer to the Hellenic Republic's long - standing policy of

allowing Americans who enter Greece without visas to remain in the Hellenic

Republic for 90 days. The Embassy has the further honor to propose that this

policy be formalized in an agreement between the United States of America

and the Hellenic Republic in which the Hellenic Republic agrees to allow

United States citizens who enter the Hellenic Republic without visas to remain

in the Hellenic Republic for 90 days, regardless of time spent elsewhere, for

so long as the Hellenic Republic remains a participant in the United States

Visa Waiver Pilot Program and citizens of the Hellenic Republic traveling to

the United States are accorded reciprocal privileges.

The United States will consider this agreement by the Hellenic Republic

in deciding whether to admit the Hellenic Republic to the Visa Waiver Pilot

Program. In the event that circumstances arise affecting either party's legal

capacity to implement this agreement, the parties shall consult to resolve the

issue consistent with the purposes of this agreement.

If the Government of the Hellenic Republic agrees with the above, the

Embassy has the honor to propose that this note and your Ministry's note in

reply, consitute an agreement between our two Governments which will enter

into force on the date of your reply.
The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of this

opportunity to renew to the ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic

the assurances of its highest consideration."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to communicate to the

esteemed Embassy that it fully agrees with the contents of the

aforementioned Note.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs avails itself of this opportunity to renew

to the Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its high

consideration.

Athens, 24 January 2000

To : Embassy of the

United States of America

In town