TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 02-523 

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SPACE COOPERATION 

Customs Procedures 

 Agreements Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and the RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

Extending the Agreement of 

December 16, 1994 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at 

Moscow August 24, 2001 and May 23, 2002 

 and 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at 

Moscow December 14 and 26, 2007 and 

January 25, 2008 

 and 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at 

Moscow August 25, 2011 and October 4, 2012 

 
 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.” 
 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

 Space Cooperation: Customs Procedures 

 Agreements extending the agreement of 

 December 16, 1994. 

 Effected by exchange of notes at 

 Moscow August 24, 2001 and 

 and May 23, 2002; 

 Entered into force May 23, 2002; 

 With effect from August 26, 2001. 

 And effected by exchange of notes at 

 Moscow December 14 and 26, 2007 and 

 January 25, 2008; 

 Entered into force December 27, 2007. 

 And effected by exchange of notes at 

 Moscow August 25, 2011 and 

 October 4, 2012; 

 Entered into force October 4, 2012; 

 With effect from August 27, 2011. 

 

NOTE: This is unofficial translation provided by the Russian Federation. When the official translation becomes available, it will be added to this publication.














MFA No. 2011 - 111

The Embassy of the United States of America presents its

compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation,

and refers to the Agreement between the United States of America and the

Russian Federation Concerning the Procedure for the Customs

Documentation and Duty-Free Entry of Goods Transported within the

Framework of U.S.- Russian Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of

Space for Peaceful Purposes, signed at Moscow December 16, 1994, as

extended (hereinafter the "Agreement").

In accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement, the Embassy, on

behalf of the government of the United States of America, proposes that the

Agreement be extended for an additional five-year period, from August 27,

2011, through August 26, 2016. The Embassy further proposes that this

note and the Ministry's affirmative reply shall constitute an agreement to

extend the Agreement, which shall enter into force on the date of the

Ministry's note, with effect from August 27, 2011.
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The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of the

opportunity to extend to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian

Federation the renewed assurances of its highest consideration.

Embassy of the United States of America

Moscow, August 25, 2011.
Unofficial translation

No. 12303/dnv

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation presents its compliments to the Embassy of the

United States of America in the Russian Federation and has the honor to confirm receipt of the

Embassy's note, MFA 2011-111 of August 25, 2011, which reads:

"The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of the Russian Federation, and refers to the Agreement between the United States of America

and the Russian Federation Concerning the Procedure for the Customs Documentation and Duty-Free

Entry of Goods Transported within the Framework of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in the Exploration and

Use of Space for Peaceful Purposes, signed at Moscow December 16, 1994, as extended (hereinafter the

"Agreement").

In accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement, the Embassy, on behalf of the government of the United

States of America, proposes that the Agreement be extended for an additional five-year period, from

August 27, 2011, through August 26, 2016. The Embassy further proposes that this note and the

Ministry's affirmative reply shall constitute an agreement to extend the Agreement, which shall enter

into force on the date of the Ministry's note, with effect from August 27, 2011.

The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of the opportunity to extend to the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation the renewed assurances of its highest consideration."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has the honor to inform you of the agreement

of the Government of the Russian Federation to consider that the above note of the Embassy of the

United States of America and the current note shall constitute an agreement to extend the term of the

Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United

States of America Concerning the Procedure for Customs Documentation and Duty-Free Entry of Goods

Transported within the Framework of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Space for

Peaceful Purposes, from December 16, 1994, which shall enter into force on the date of this note.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation avails itself of the opportunity to extend to the

Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its highest consideration.

Moscow, October 4, 2012

NOTE: This is unofficial translation provided by the Russian Federation. When the official translation becomes available, it will be added to this publication.