TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 09-316 

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EDUCATION 

 Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and HUNGARY 

Signed at Washington March 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)—

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or authentication thereof.” 
 HUNGARY 

 Education 

 Agreement signed at Washington March 8, 2007; 

 Entered into force March 16, 2009. 

 
AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AND

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY

CONCERNING

THE HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN COMMISSION FOR EDUCATIONAL

EXCHANGE

PART I. STATUS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE HUNGARIANAMERICAN COMMISSION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of th

Republic of Hungary (hereinafter referred to as "the Parties");

Desiring to continue and expand programs to promote further mutual

understanding between the peoples of the United States of America and the

Republic of Hungary through educational and cultural contacts; and

Considering the mutual benefits derived from such programs and the desire

of the Parties to cooperate and assist further in the financing and administration o

such programs for the further strengthening of international cooperation;

Have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1

LEGAL STATUS OF THE HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN COMMISSION

FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

1) The Hungarian-American Commission for Educational Exchang

(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") shall be continued as established o

the basis of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States o

America and the Government of the Republic of Hungary for the Establishment 

the Hungarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange, signed o

December 6, 1990.

2) The Commission shall enjoy autonomy of management and administration,

subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

3) The Parties shall recognize the Commission as an organization created and

established for the implementation of programs based on the provision of

assistance and services (including, for example, the provision of financial support

to the citizens of Hungary and citizens and nationals of the United States of

America in the form of scholarships and subsidies for the reimbursement of travel

expenses, costs of tuition, accommodation and food and other forms of social and

other aid), as well as the provision of educational, research, cultural, informational

student advising, consulting and other services specified by this Agreement. Thes

programs, and the costs of the Commission's operation related to their

implementation, shall be financed from the funds provided to the Commission by

the Parties in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Commission

shall also be entitled to obtain funds from other sources.

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4) The Commission shall be entitled to carry out other activities outside the

scope of, but consistent with, this Agreement. The other activities shall be funded

from sources other than those provided by the Parties to the Commission on the

basis of this Agreement, and separate accounting records shall be kept for them.

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ARTICLE 2

ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION

In order to accomplish the objectives of this Agreement, the Commission shall

conduct the following activities:

a) On the basis of the interests and needs of both Parties, plan, adopt, and

conduct programs of the Commission described in Article 1, paragraph 3

above, by:

(1)Financing studies, research, instruction and other educational

activities

(a) of or for citizens and nationals of the United States of

America in the Republic of Hungary, and

(b)of or for citizens of the Republic of Hungary in United States

schools and institutions of higher learning;

(2) Financing visits and interchanges between the Parties of students,

trainees, research scholars, teachers, instructors, professors, artists,

and professionals; and

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(3)Financing and/or implementing other educational, research,

informational, student advising, consulting, and other activities.

(4)Developing for approval by the Parties a draft Commission

application for the next fiscal year's funding (proposing the requested

total amount of the financial contribution of the Parties), and a

comprehensive proposal of the Commission's activities that shall be

carried out on the basis of this Agreement in the next fiscal year,

detailing particularly the extent, amount, types and focuses of

purpose, if any, of the financial support which shall be granted. For

the purposes of this Agreement, a fiscal year shall be defmed as

October 1 of one calendar year through September 30 of the followin

calendar year for the United States of America, and a calendar year

for the Republic of Hungary.

b) Prepare each fiscal year an announcement of application instructions for

a national public competition in the Republic of Hungary, setting forth

the details of the financial support offer for the appropriate fiscal year,

including information on procedures for the distribution and submission

to the Commission of applications for participating in the program and

for granting the financial support; and assess these applications and sele

applicants who will be proposed to participate in the Commission's

program and to receive the financial support.

c) Submit to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board of the

United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the "Fulbright

Foreign Scholarship Board"), appointed by the President of the United

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States of America and with its seat in the United States of America, for

selection, students, trainees, academic scholars, research scholars,

teachers, instructors, artists and professionals who are proposed by the

Commission and who represent a wide range of fields of study, who are

citizens residing in the Republic of Hungary, or citizens or nationals of

the United States of America, for participation in such programs, as well

as proposals by the Commission for participation in such programs of

institutions with a seat in the Republic of Hungary or in the United State

of America.

d) Recommend to the competent organizations in the Republic of Hungary

candidates who are citizens or nationals of the United States of America

for studies, research, instruction, and other educational activities in the

Republic of Hungary.

e) Recommend to the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board qualifications

for the selection of participants who shall receive the financial support

that the Commission may deem necessary for achieving the purposes of

this Agreement.

f) Authorize the disbursement of funds and the making of grants, including

payment for transportation, accommodation, food, tuition, maintenance

and other expenses incident thereto, if the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship

Board approves of the selection of individual applicants for participation

in the Commission's program and of the granting of financial support,

subject to the conditions and limitations as set forth herein.

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g) Conduct each fiscal year an audit of the accounts of the Commission,

according to the support given by each Party, the results of which shall b

submitted to the appropriate bodies of the Parties responsible for the

execution of this Agreement. if so requested by one of the Parties, the

Commission shall also permit other auditing of its accounts by

representatives of either or both Parties.

h) Prepare each fiscal year a report of its activities, the form and contents o

which shall be specified by the Parties, and submit such reports to the

appropriate bodies of the Parties responsible for execution of this

Agreement.

i) Administer or assist in extending financial support offers and other aid i

furtherance of the purposes of this Agreement, as agreed to by both

Parties; and

j) Acquire, hold and dispose of property in the name of the Commission, a

it may consider necessary or desirable, and with the full agreement of its

Board, provided, however, that adequate office facilities for the activitie

of the Commission shall be assured.

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PART IL BODIES OF THE COMMISSION

ARTICLE 3

THE BOARD OF THE COMMISSION

1) The Commission shall be governed by a ten-member Board (hereinafter

referred to as "the Board"). The Board shall consist of five citizens of the United

States of America and five citizens of the Republic of Hungary.

2) The Chairperson of the Board shall act on behalf of the Board in all matters

3) The Chief of the Diplomatic Mission of the United States of America to the

Republic of Hungary shall have the power to appoint and, consistent with

Hungarian law, remove, the American members of the Board, two of whom shall

be Officers of the United States Foreign Service in the Republic of Hungary. The

Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture shall have the power to appoint and,

consistent with Hungarian law, remove, the Hungarian members of the Board, two

of whom shall be governmental representatives of the Republic of Hungary.

4) The Board members shall be appointed for two-year terms and shall be

eligible for reappointment for an additional two years. Vacancies by reason of

resignation, expiration of service or otherwise, shall be filled in accordance with

the preceding paragraph for the balance of the term remaining.

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5) Each member of the Board shall have one vote. The decision of the Board

shall be made by a majority of the votes cast. The Chairperson shall cast a second

and deciding vote in the event of a tie vote by the Board.

6) Appointment to the Board shall not give rise to an employment relationship

with the Commission. The members of the Board shall serve without

compensation, but the Commission is authorized to defray necessary expenses

incurred by the Board in attending meetings of the Commission, which shall take

place at least once every three months, and in performing other official duties

assigned by the Commission.

7) The Board shall adopt such by-laws and appoint such committees as it

deems necessary for the conduct of its affairs.

8) The office of the Commission shall be in Budapest, Hungary. The meeting

of the Commission may be held in such other places as the Commission may from

time to time determine. Any Commission official or employee may carry out

Commission activities at such places as may be approved by the Commission.

ARTICLE 4

CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF THE COMMISSION

A Chairperson shall be elected by the Board from its own membership for a

period of service of one year, provided that the Chair shall be assumed alternately

by a citizen of the United States of America and a citizen of the Republic of

Hungary.
ARTICLE 5

TREASURER AND ALTERNATE TREASURER OF THE COMMISSION

A Treasurer and Alternate Treasurer of the Commission shall be elected

from its own membership, subject to removal by the Board. One of them shall be 

citizen of the United States of America and the other a citizen of the Republic of

Hungary. The Treasurer, and in his or her absence the Alternate Treasurer, shall

perform financial management duties as designated by the Commission Board.

ARTICLE 6

HONORARY CO-CHAIRPERSONS OF THE COMMISSION

The Chief of the Diplomatic Mission of the United States of America to the

Republic of Hungary and a representative of the Republic of Hungary at the

ministerial level shall be Honorary Co-Chairpersons of the Commission, entitled t

participate in Board meetings as non-voting members.

ARTICLE 7

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMISSION

The Board shall employ an Executive Director (hereinafter referred to as th

"Director") and a Deputy Director, both of whom shall be Commission employees

The Director shall oversee the administrative work of the Commission, and such

other administrative and clerical staff as may be necessary, pay the salaries and

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wages thereof, and incur other administrative expenses as may be necessary from

funds made available under this Agreement. The Deputy Director shall perform

the duties of the Director in the Director's absence.

PART III. OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES

ARTICLE 8

FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS

1) The Parties shall agree to make annual allocations of funds or contributions

in-kind to the Commission for the purposes of this Agreement each fiscal year.

The amount of such annual allocations shall be subject to the funds available to

both Parties in accordance with their respective national laws and regulations.

The Parties agree on the need for parity in their respective financial and in-kind

contributions to the Commission, with both sides committed to providing

substantial sharing of costs under this Agreement.

2) In the budgeting and accounting of funds of the United States of America,

and in the financial and program reporting to the United States of America, the

Commission shall follow the Department of State's Manual for Binational

Commissions and Foundations. All commitments, obligations, and expenditures

authorized by the Commission shall be made in accordance with the annual

funding application of the Commission, as approved by the Parties.

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3) In the budgeting and accounting of the funds of the Republic of Hungary,

and in the financial and program reporting to the Republic of Hungary, the

Commission shall follow the regulations of the Republic of Hungary.

4) The Republic of Hungary alone shall provide office space with public acce

at a suitable downtown location in Budapest for the Commission offices, and it

shall also pay for these offices' utilities and operation; these expenses shall be

included in the total amount of the financial allocation of the Republic of Hungary

as determined under paragraph 1) of this Article.

5) The Republic of Hungary shall provide the Commission with financial

allocations in the form of a subsidy from the state budget of the Republic of

Hungary. The Commission shall account for the allocation of the Republic of

Hungary in accordance with the legal regulations of the Republic of Hungary.

ARTICLE 9

FACILITATING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

1) The Parties shall make every effort to facilitate the programs of mutual

exchange of persons approved by the Commission on the basis of this Agreement

and to resolve problems that may arise in the operations thereof.

2) American and Hungarian scholarship recipients of the Commission

approved by both the Commission and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board,

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shall not require work permits for employment in order to participate in their

Fulbright grant programs, as determined in the certificates of participation issued

by the Commission.

PART IV. GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 10

BODIES OF THE PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTION OF THE

AGREEMENT

The bodies of the Parties responsible for the execution of this Agreement are:

a) for the United States of America, the Department of State; and

b) for the Republic of Hungary, the Ministry of Education and Culture.

ARTICLE 11

OPERATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE PARTIES

This Agreement and activities arising from it shall be performed in

accordance with the laws and regulations of both Parties.

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ARTICLE 12

VALIDITY OF THE AGREEMENT

1) This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which the Parties shall

have notified each other, in writing, of the completion of all internal legal

requirements necessary for entry into force. This Agreement may be amended by

written agreement.

2) This Agreement shall remain in force until terminated, in writing, by either

Party, in which case the Agreement shall expire on the thirtieth day of the first

calendar year following the date of delivery of the written termination notice to th

other Party. Termination of this Agreement shall not affect programs previously

initiated on the basis of this Agreement.

3) In the event of termination, any unliquidated funds and property of the

Commission shall be used for similar purposes, as agreed by the Parties.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by their

respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.

DONE at Washington, in duplicate, this %,k\-- 

day of March, 2007, in

the English and Hungarian languages, both texts being equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY:

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EGYEZMENY

AZ AMERIKA" EGYESULT ALLAMOK KORMANYA

ES

A MAGYAR KOZTARSASAG KORMANYA KOZOTT

A MAGYAR-AMERIKAI OKTATASI CSEREPROGRAM BIZOTTSAG

LETREHOZASAROL

L RESZ: A MAGYAR-AMERIKAI OKTATASI CSEREPROGRAM

BIZOTTSAG JOGALLASA ES TEVE10ENYSEGI KORE

Az Amerikai EgycsOlt Allamok Kormanya es a Magyar KOztarsastig Kormitnya (a

tovibbiakban "a Felek") folytatni es bOvfteni kfvfmjak az Amerikai EgyesUlt Allamok es a

Magyar KliztarsasAg nepei kOzOtt az oktatasi es kultunilis kapcsolatokon keresztal letrejtiv6

tovibbi kolcsonas megertest titmogat6 programokat; .

figyelembe veve a fent emlftett programokbOl szarmazd kOlcsanOs el6nyeket, valamint a

Feleknek azt a szandekat, hogy a nemzetkOzi egytittmakOdes tovabbi eretsftese erdekeben

egyilttm0kOdjenek, es tovitbbi segftsdget nyttjtsanak egymasnak a fent emlftett programok

finanszfroz.asa es adminisztraci6ja tcri1leten,

az alibbiakban allapodtak meg:

1. clkk

A Magyar-Amerikai Oktatisi Csereprogram Bizottsig jogillisa

1) A Magyar-Amerikai Oktatdsi Csereprogram Bizottsdg (a tovãbbiakban: Bizottsitg) a

Magyar KOztarsasig kormánya as az Amerikai EgyesUlt Allamok kormanya kOzOtt a MagyarAmerikai Oktatasi Csereprogram Bizottsag letrehoz.isardl 1990. december 6-in alairt

megillapodis alapjin m6kOdOtt. Jelen Egyezmeny a megallapodist valtja fel.

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2) lelen Egyezmeny rendelkezeseinek figyelembevetele mellett a Bizottsig vezetesi

adtninisztraciös autonomist elvez.

3) A Felek olyan szervezetkent ismerik el a Bizottsagot, amely a segitsegnAtison es a

szolgiltatisokon alapul6 programok megvalOsftasa erdekeben alakult meg, es Ott !etre

(peldaul penzilgyi tatnogatas nytijtasa magyar allampolgarok, valamint az Amerikai Egyesftlt

Allamok allampolgarai reszere äsztändijak formajaban, tovabba utazasi kOltsegterites,

tandijak fmanszirozasa, szillfis es ellitas biztosItasa, valamint szocialis es egyeb

segitsegnyiljas). A fentieken till oktatasi, kutatasi, kulturalis, informaciOs, szaktanicsadasi es

mss szolgiltatist nytijt. Ezek a programok, valamint a Bizottsag mdkadesenek - a fentiek

megvalOsitisaval kapcsolatos - kältsegeit a Felek a jelen Egyezmeny rendelkezesel szerint a

Bizottsig reszere biztositott penzasszegekbOl finanszfrozzak. A Bizottsig jogosult arra, hogy

mss forrisokb61 is penzOsszegelchez jusson.

4) A Bizottsig jogosult a jelen Egyeznidny alkalmazdsi kdren k(villi, de azzal Osszbangban

lev6 egyeb tevekenysegek folytatásdra. Az egydb tevekenysegeket nem azokb6I a forrasokbOl

kell finanszirozni, amelyeket a jelen Egyezmeny alapjan a Felek biztositanak a Bizottsag

reszere, es IctilOn szamviteli nyilvantartist kell vezetni azok vonatkozasaban.

2. cikk

A Bizottsig tevikeaysegi Wire

A jelen Egyezmenyben kittizOtt oak elerese erdekeben a Bizottsag a kOvetkez6

tevekenysegeket vegzi:

a) Mindket fel erdekei, es szüksegletcl alapja.n megtervezi, elfogadja ás lefolytatja a Bizottsig

az 1. cikk 3. bekezdesiben leirt programjait az alibbiak szerint:

(1) Tanulmanyl, valamint kutatasi, tanitesi es egyeb oktatasi tevekenysegek

finanszfrozasa

(a) az Amerikai Egyesiilt Allamok allampolgarai reszere a Magyar

KOztdrsasägban,

(b) a Magyar KOztarsasig allampolgarai reszere az Amerikai Egyesillt At lamok

iskolaiban es fels6oktatisi intezmenyeiben;

(2) A Felek közOtti hallgat6i, gyakornoki, lcutatO äsztändgas, tanari, oktat6i,

professzori, rwaveszi es szakertOi latogatasok es csereprogramok finanszfrozisa; es

(3) Egyeb oktatisi, kutatiisi, infonnaci6s, tanulmanyi szaktanicsadasi, konzulticiOs es

mss tevekenysegek finanszfrozasa ds/vagy megvalOsitasa;

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(4) Minden evben a Bizottsig a k6vetkez6 kältsegvetesi evre sz616 titmogatisi

kerelmet nytljt be a Feleknek (a Felek penzilgyi hozzijirulignak teljes Osszegere vonatkoz6

javaslattal egytitt), amely megfele16 reszletessdggel tartalmazza a kOvetkez6 pdnztlgyi evre

sz616 tevekenysegeket, a penztIgyi tamogatis merteket, Osszeget, tipusait, celjait az eves

ternogatilsi keret felhaszndlitsitval. Jelcn Egyezmeny alapjan a Bizottsig a javaslatot oly

mOdon kisziti el, hogy a jelen Egyezmenyben a penztigyi ev az EgyesUlt Allamok

vonatkozisAban a naptiri ev olct6ber 1-t61 a kOvetkez6 naptari ev szeptember 30-ig tart; a

Magyar K6ztarsasag esetdben megeg5iezik a naptAri evvel.

b) Minden penzilgyi evben elkeszfti a Magyar K6ztdrsasagban lefolytatand6 országos

pidriztatitssal kapcsolatos nyilvanos felhfvast, k6z1i az adott penzUgyi evre sz616 penzügyi

tamogattisi ajanlat rdszleteit, beledrtve a programban val6 reszvetelre es a penzOgyi tamogates

megszerzesdre vonatkoz6 pilyezati anyagok szdtosztask; bonyolitja a Bizottsighoz benytljtott

pitlyazatokat; drtdkeli a benytijtott palyazatokat es kivdlasztja azokat a jelentkezaket, akiket a

Bizottsig programjaban va16 reszvetelre es anyagi temogatasra javasol.

0) J6vahagyis cdljab61 benrijtja az Amerikai Egyestilt Allamok elnOke Altai kinevezett es az

Amerikai EgyesUlt Allamokban mOk6d6, az Amerikai Egyestilt Allamok .1. William Fulbright

KUlfbldi Oszt6nclij Taniesithoz (a tovabbiakban „Fulbright Kiilfaldi OsztOndij Tanks") a

Bizottsag javaslatit azon hallgatOkra, gyakornokokra, kutat6 OsztOndijasokra, tanarokra,

oktatOlcra, professzorokra, mfiveszekre es mis szakertOlcre vonatkozOan, akik a Magyar

KOztarsasigban :Mandel lakhellyel rendelkez6 allampolgarok, vagy az Amerikai Egyesalt

Allamok allampolgarai, hogy reszt vegyenek a Magyar KOztarsasagban vagy az Amerikai

EgyesUlt Allamokban szekhellyel rendelkez6 inteztmenyek ilyen jellegu programjaiban.

d) Szemdlyi javaslatokat tesz az illetekes magyar szervezeteknek az Amerikai Egyestilt

Allamok olyan fillampolgeraira, akik a Magyar KOztarsasãgban tanulasi, kutatisi, tanfteisi es

egyeb oktatisi tevekenysiget folytathatnak.

0) Min6sftdsi szempontokat javasol a Fulbright KUlfaldi OsztOndij Tanacsnak azon resztvevók

kivalasztasara vonatkoz6an, akik a jelen Egyezmenyben foglalt celok elerese erdekeben

rdszesOlnek a Bizottsãg &kat sztlksdgesnek tartott penztigyi tamogatasban.

f) Engeddlyezi pdnzaszegek foly6s1tasat es 8sztOndfjak adomlnyozasát, beleertve a

kOzlekedes, szallas, etkezes, tandij, megelhetesi es egydb idevonatkoz6 k61tsegek kifizetdsdt,

amennyiben a Fulbright Killfdldi Osztandij Tanics jOvahagyja a Bizottsig egyeni je101tekre

vonatkoz6 dOnteset a programban val6 reszvetelre, valamint pinzftgyi tamogatis nyiljtasat, a

jelen okiratban foglalt feltdteleknek es korlatozisoknak mcgfelel6en.

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g) Elvegezteti a Bizottsag penztigyi jelenteseinek eves kenyvvizsgilatat mindket Fel reszere —

az adott szerzed6 fel Altai nyajtott tamogatasra vonatIcozOan-, amelyet be kell nyikftaxti a Felek

jelen Egyezmeny vegrehajtasaert feleles illetekes testilleteihez; ha valamelyik Fel keri, a

Bizottsag engedelyezheti kimutatasainak egyab känyvvizsgálatit, amelyet az egyik vagy

mindket Fel megbizottjai vegeznek cl.

h) Eves jelenteseket keszft tevekenysegeirOl— az adott szerzed6 fel altal nylijtott tamogatasra

vonatkozean-, melyek fortnijat is tartalmat a Felek hatarozzik meg, es e jelentéseket

benyajtja a Felek jelen Egyezmeny vegrehajtasitert feleles illetdkes tcstületeihez.

i) Jelen Egyezmeny celjainak el6mozclitása erdekeben penzUgyi egyeb tarnogatasok es

segftsegek bevonasat kezdemenyezi es bonyolitja.

j) Amennyiben azt sztlksegesnek vagy kivinatosnak tartja, sajat neveben — a Tanks teljes

Ord egyetertesevel vagyontirgyalcat szerez, birtokol es azokrol rendellcezik; mindazonaltal

agy, hogy a Bizottsag tevekenysigeihez szilkseges megfele16 irodai letesitmenyek biztositva

legyenek.

RESZ: A BIZOTTSAG TESTULETEI

3. eikk

A Bizottsig iranylt6 szerve

1)A Bizattsagot egy tiz-taga Tanks hanyitja (a tovibbiakban: Tanics). A Tanks a Magyar

KOztarsaség Ot allampolgarabel es az Amerikai Egyestlit Allamok of illampolgiribOl

2) A Tanks elneke minden Ugyben eljarhat a Bizottsag neveben.

3) A magyar Oktatasi es Kulturalis Miniszterium jogosult a Tanacs magyar tagjait kije101ni es

a magyar jogszabalyokkal Osszhangban elmozditani, akik kOztil ketten a Magyar KOztirsasig

kormanyzati kepvisel6i. Az Amerikai Egyestilt Allamok a Magyar Kortarsasagba delegilt

diplomaciai misszidjanak vezet6je jogosult kinevezni es a magyar jogszabilyokkal

tssszhangban elmozditani a Tanks amerikai tagjait. Az amerikai tagok kOztil ketten az

Egyestllt Allamok Magyar KOztarsasigba delegalt missziOjanak tisztvisel6i.

4) A Tanks tagjait keteves idOszakra kell kinevezni es tovabbi ket Cvre Cijra kinevezhet6k.

Lemondas vagy a szolgilati ide lejarta miatt vagy mas okokbel bekevetkezett

megUresedeseket a fenti bekezdesnek megfeleleen kell betelteni az idOszak fennmarade

reszeben.

5) A Tanks minden tagjinak egy szavazata van. A Tanks a leadott szavazatok tobbsege

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alapjin hatiroz. A Taniesban bekOvetkez6 szavazategyenlasig eseten az elnOk masodik,

d6nt6 szavazatot ad le.

6) A Tanksba torten kinevezes a Bizottsaggal nem ldtesit munkaviszonyt. A Tanks tagjai

ellenszolgiltatis nelkill teljesitenek szolgilatot, de igenyt tarthatnak a legalabb hiromhavonta

egyszer Osszehivott Tanicsi tileseken vale) reszvdtellel es a Bizottsdg dltal meghatfirozott

egydb hivatalos feladatok ellatásaval Osszeitiggesben felmerUlt sztlkseges kOltsegeik

megterftesere.

7) A Tanks olyan rendelkezdseket fogad el es bizottsagokat hoz letre, melyeket Ugyeinek

vitelehez szilksegesnek tart.

8) A Bizottsig irodaja Budapesten (Magyarorszag) van. A Tanks Oldseit a Bizottsag Altai

meghatarozott id6ben, esetenkent helyeken is meg lehet tartani. A Bizottsig barmely

tisztsegviselOje vagy alkalmazottja a Bizottsag Altai jOvithagyott helyeken folytathatja a

bizottsagi tevekenysdgeket.

4. cikk

A Tamics elnOke

A Tanks sajit tagjai kOztll je101 elnokot egyeves id6tartamra, azzal, bogy az elnoki teendOket

a Magyar KOztirsasag allampolgitm es az Amerikai EgyesUlt Allamok allampolgara felvdltva

letja el.

5. cikk

A BizottsAg penzUgyi megbizoftja (penztdrosa) es helyeftese

A Tanks sajit tagjai kOztil penztigyi es helyettes penzUgyi vezet6t valaszt, akiket a Tanks

What vissza tisztsdgUkböl. EgyikUk a Magyar KOztfirsasag allatnpolgara, masik pedig az

Amerikai Egyesillt Allamok allampolgdra. A pdnztlgyi vezet6 — tivollete eseten pedig a

helyettes penzilgyi vezet6 — ellatja a Bizottsig Tandesa altal meghatarozott penzilgyi

vczetesi/feltlgyeleti feladatokat.

6. cikk

A Tantics tiszteletbeli tarselniikei

A Magyar KOztarsasag miniszteri szintti kdpviselOje es az Amerikai EgyesUlt Allamoknak a

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Magyar KOztarsasegba delegelt diplomaciai missziOjanak vezetaje lesz a Tanacs tiszeletbell

tarselniike, akik nem szavaz6 tagkint jogosultak reszt venni a Tanks Lilesein.

7. dick

A Bizottsig iigyvezetii igazgatOja

A Tanics Ugyvezet6 igazgatet (a tovabbiakban „igazgat6") es igazgat6helyettest nevez ki,

akik a Bizottsag alkalmazottjai. Az igazgat6 feltigyeli a Bizottsag adminisztraci6s munkijit,

valamint a sztlkseges adminisztrativ es hivatali fillományt, foly6sitja fizetdsiiket es beriiket, es

a jelen Egyezmeny alapjan rendelkezdsre bocsatott penzOsszegekb61 fedezi a szilkseges egyeb

adminisztzativ kiadásokat. Az igazgat6 tgvolldtdben az igazgat6helyettes laqa el az igazgate

feladatait.

III. RESZ — A FELEK KOTELEUTTSÈGEI

8. cikk

PenzUgyi kOtelezeftsegek

1) A Felek megallapodnak, hogy minden pdnztlgyi dvben eves penzjuttatisokat vagy

tertniszetbeni juttatisokat biztositanak a BiZottsig reszere a jelen Egyezmeny

megvalOsitisanak odljaira. Az eves juttatisok Osszege a ket Fél vonatkozO nemzeti

jogszabalyai es szabilyozasai szerint rendelkezesre ill6 pertz6ssz,egekt6l ftIgg. A Felek

meggllapodnak abban, hogy szilicseges az egyenlOseg biztositesa a Bizottsig reszere juttatott

penzilgyi Es termeszetbeni hozzajkirulisok teren, es mindkat fel kätelezettsdget villa' arra,

hogy biztosftja a jelen Egyezmdny alapjin felmer1116 kOltsegek alapvet6 megosztisit.

2) Az Egyestilt Allamok dital biztositott penzOsszegek tervezdse es elszimolasa, valamint az

Egyesillt Allamokhoz benyiljtott programjelentds sorb a Bizottsagnak kOvetnie kell az

Egyestilt Allamok Killilgyminiszteriumanak Bilaterilis Bizottságokra es Alapftvdnyokra

vonatkoz6 KezikOnyvet. Minden a Bizottsig Altai engedelyezett kOtelezettsegvallalis es

kifizetes az elfogadott eves kOltsegvetessel osszhangban tOrtenik.

3) A Magyar KOztarsasag alts( biztositott pinz6sszegek tervezese es elszamolasa, valamint a

Magyar KOztirsasaghoz beny6jtott programjelentes sorin a Bizottsignak ktivetnie kell a

Magyar KOztirsasag jogszabilyait.

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4) A Magyar KOzttirsasig biztosftja a Bizottsig Budapest belvirosiban, kiinnyen

megkOzelithet6 helyen törten8 clhelyezeset, es viseli az irodahelyisegek fenntartasitval

kapcsolatos ktiltsegeket; a kOltsegek reszet kepezik a Magyar Ktiztarsasag, a 8. cikk 1. pontja

szerinti hozzajdrulaskak.

5) A Magyar KOztirsasig penzUg,yi hozzijarulast biztosit a Bizottsig reszere a Magyar

Ktiztirsaság allami kaltsegvetesebOl sziarnaz6 tamogattis formajaban; a Bizottscig a Magyar

KOztarsastig jogszabilyai szerint szimol el a Magyar KOznirsasig hozzijarulisaval.

9. cikk

A program megvalOsitiainak elOmozditisa

1) A FeLek minden toltik telheta erafeszitest megtesznek annak erclekeben. hogy

megkannyitsek a jelen Egyezmeny alapjan a Bizottsag Altai jOvihagyott kalcstintis tiszttinclijas

programok megvalbsltitsat, es megoldjitk a maktidessel kapcsolatban felmertlla problemakat.

2) A Magyar-Amerikai Oktatisi Csereprogram Bizottsag magyar es amerikal

OsztOndfjasainalc, akiket a Bizottsag es a Fulbright 1Gt11f1ildi OsztOndij Tamics jOvihagyott,

nines sakseelk munkavallalasi engedelyekre ahhoz, hogy reszt vegyenek a Fulbright

OsztOndU programokban, amint az a Bizottság Altai kiallitott reszveteli igazollsokban

rOgzItesre

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A Fclek Egyezmeny vêgrehajtimalert felelfis testilletei

A jelen Egyezmeny vegrehajtisaart a kOvetkezO testilletek relelOsek:

a) az Amerikai Egyesillt Allamok reszerOl a KÜlligyminiszterium

b) a Magyar KOztirsasag reszer61 az Oktatisi es Kulturdlis Miniszterium.

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11.cikk

A Felek jogszabilyainak alkalmazisa

Jelen Egyezmény Os a bel6le fakad6 tevekenysegek vegrehajtasa a Felek jogszabilyaival

Osszhangban tdrtenik.

12.cikk

Az Egyezmeny hatglya

1)Jelcn Egyezmeny anon kesóbbi diplomaciai ertcsites kezhezvetelenek napjan lip hatalyba,

amikor a Felek irisban ertesitettek egymast a hatilybalepeshez sztikseges Osszes bels6 jogi

kavetclmeny teljesiteser6l. A jelen Egyezmeny frésbell megegyezds 6tjan mOdosithatO.

2) Jelen Egyezminy mindaddig hatdlyban marad, amig valamely fel frasban fel nem mondja,

amely esetben az Egyezmeny az frdsbeli felmondasnak a masik fel reszere tOrten6

kezbesfteset61 szamItott els6 naptari ev harmincadik napjin jar le. A jelen Egyeztneny

felmondisa nem erinti a jelen EgyezmOny alapjain el6z6leg elindftott programokat.

3) MegszCinese eseten a Bizottsag fel nem hasznalt penzOsszegeit es fennmaradO

vagyontargyait a ket Fel egyetertesevel hasonlO celolcra fordftjak.

Keszillt Washingtonban, 2007. marcius 8. napján, kit peldinyban, angol es magyar nyclven,

amelyek mindegyike egyarant hiteles.

Az Amerikai Egyesillt Allamok Kormimya A Magyar Köztdrsasig Kormdnya

neveben neveben"

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