TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 07-808.2 

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DEFENSE 

Assistance 

 Agreement between 

the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and the CZECH REPUBLIC 

Signed at Prague August 8, 2007 
 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 

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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 

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or authentication thereof.” 
CZECH REPUBLIC 

Defense: Assistance 

Agreement signed at Prague August 8, 2007; 

 Entered into force August 8, 2007. 
AGREEMENT

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THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AND

THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

CONCERNING

THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTERTERRORISM,

MILITARY AND STABILITY OPERATIONS

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The Department of State of the United States of America (as the "grantor") and the Ministry

of Defense of the Czech Republic (as the "recipient"), hereinafter referred to as the "Parties":

recognizing their need to cooperate in the conduct of counterterrorism operations; and

desiring to support military and stability operations;

Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE I

OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE

1.1. The objective of this Agreement is to set out terms for use of articles and services

transferred from the grantor to the recipient for purposes of counterterrorism and military and

stability operations pursuant to section 1206 of the United States National Defense Authorization

Act for Fiscal Year 2007, as amended and extended, or successor legislation.

1.2. The grantor may also make the provision of articles and services for the same purposes

furnished under other authority subject to terms for use set out in this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

OBLIGATIONS OF RECIPIENT OF ARTICLES AND SERVICES

2.1. The recipient shall not, unless the consent of the grantor has been first obtained:

2.1.1. Permit any use of the articles or services referred to in Article I by anyone not an

officer, employee or agent of the recipient;

2.1.2. Transfer, or permit any officer, employee or agent of the recipient to transfer, such

articles or services by gift, sale or otherwise; or

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2.1.3. Use, or permit the use of, such articles or services for purposes other than those for

which provided.

2.2. Articles or services referred to in Article I shall be returned to the grantor when they are no

longer needed for the purposes for which they were furnished, unless the grantor consents to

another disposition.

2.3. The recipient shall pay to the grantor the net proceeds of sale received by the recipient in

disposing of, with prior written consent of the grantor, any article referred to in Article I,

including scrap from any such article.

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2.4. The recipient shall, as the grantor may require, permit continuous observation and review

by, and furnish necessary information to, representatives of the grantor with regard to the use by

the recipient of any article or service referred to in Article I.

ARTICLE III

SECURITY

3.1. The recipient shall maintain the security of articles and services referred to in Article I.

3.2. The recipient shall provide substantially the same degree of security protection afforded by

the grantor to the articles or services referred to in Article I.

ARTICLE IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

4.1. This Agreement shall enter into force upon signature by the Parties.

4.2. This Agreement may be amended upon the written agreement of the Parties.

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THE CZECH REPUBL

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized have signed this Agreement.

Signed in Prague on August 2007, in duplicate, in the English and Czech languages, both

texts being equally authentic.

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FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF

THE UNITED STATES OF A RIC •

FOR THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF

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DOHODA

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MINISTERSTVEM ZAHRANIeNiCH VECI

SPOJENYCH STATU AMERICKYCH

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MINISTERSTVEM OBRANY CESKE REPUBLIKY

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POSKYTOVANt POMOCI V BOJI PROTI TERORISMU

A PRI VOJENSKYCH A STABILIZAeNiCH OPERACICH

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Ministerstvo zahranienich vèci Spojenjich state americkjich (jako „darce") a Ministerstvo obrany

Ceske republiky (jako „pfijemce"), dale jen „Strany",

uznavajice potfebu spoluprace pil vedeni operaci v boji proti terorismu; a

pfejice si podporovat vojenske a stabilizgni operace;

se dohodly nasledova:

t'LANEK I

1.1t'EL A ROZSAH

1.1. OC'elem teto Dohody je stanovit podminky uZivani materialu a slu2eb pfevedenjrch darcem

na plijemce pro 66ely boje proti terorismu a vojenskjfch a stabilizgnich operaci na zakladè

oddflu 1206 zakona, kterjtm se stanovi rozpoCet pro narodni obranu USA pro finan6ni rok 2007,

v platridm znèni, nebo na zakladê pravnich pfedpisii, ktere jej nahradi.

1.2. Darce ta mute poskytnout material a slu2by k danj,m 66elfim zajigténd na zaklacre jineho

opravani za podminek pro pou2iti stanovenjich v teto Dohodè.

tLANEK II

POVINNOSTI PkIJEMCE MATERIALU A SLUtEB

2.1. PNjemce bez pfedchoziho souhlasu darce:

2.1.1. nepovoli vy0iti materialu nebo slu2eb podle 'elanku 1 nikomu jindmu nd svjfm

zastupcfn, zam6stnancilm nebo zprostfedkovatehlm;

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2.1.2. neptevede nebo nedovoli svYm zastuperim, zamèstnancrim nebo

zprosttedkovatelrim *vest takovS, material nebo sluThy, at' u2 darem, prodejem

nebo jinak; nebo

2.1.3. nepou2ije nebo nedovoli pou'Ziti takoveho materialu nebo slu'Zeb pro jine Cicely, neZ"

pro kterd byly poskytnuty.

2.2. Material nebo sluThy zmin'énY v 61anku 1 budou navrâceny darci ve chvili, kdy jich nebude

&le tteba pro iréely, pro ktere byly poskytnuty, pokud (farce neda souhlas s jejich jinym

vy0itim.

2.3. Ptijemce ptevede na darce e'isty vYnos z jim uskute6n6n6ho a darcem ptedem pisemné

odsouhlaseneho prodeje materialu zmin6neho v elanku 1, vèetnè §rotu takoveho materialu.

2.4. Ptijemce na 2adost darce povoli jeho zastuperim prOband pozorovani a kontrolu

a poskytne jim pottebne informace s ohledem na vyuZiti materialu nebo slu2eb zminthVich

v elanku 1 ptijemcem.

t' IANEK III

BEZPEt'NOST

3.1. Ptijemce zajisti bezpe6nost materialu a slu2eb zminèqm v 61anku 1.

3.2. Ptijemce poskytne materialu a sluTham zminénYm v e'lanku 1 stejnS, stuperi bezpanostni

ochrany jakY jim poskytuje darce.

t'LANEK IV

ZAVÈREeNA USTANOVENI

4.1. Tato Dohoda vstoupi v platnost dnem sveho podpisu obema Stranami.

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