Νόμος 3334/2005

ΝΟΜΟΣ ΥΠ' ΑΡΙΘ. 3334

Κύρωση του Πρόσθετου Πρωτοκόλλου, μετά του Πρακτικού Διόρθωσης αυτού, στη Συμφωνία μεταξύ των Κυβερνήσεων των κρατών που μετέχουν στην Οικονομική Συνεργασία του Ευξείνου Πόντου για συνεργασία στην καταπολέμηση του εγκλήματος, ιδιαίτερα των οργανωμένων μορφών του.

Ο ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΣ

Εκδίδομε τον ακόλουθο νόμο που ψήφισε η Βουλή: Άρθρο πρώτο

Κυρώνεται και έχει την ισχύ, που ορίζει το άρθρο 28 παρ. 1 του Συντάγματος, το Πρόσθετο Πρωτόκολλο, μετά του Πρακτικού Διόρθωσης αυτού, στη Συμφωνία μεταξύ των Κυβερνήσεων των κρατών που μετέχουν στην Οικονομική Συνεργασία του Ευξείνου Πόντου για συνεργασία στην καταπολέμηση του εγκλήματος, ιδιαίτερα των οργανωμένων μορφών του, που υπογράφηκε στο Κίεβο στις 15 Μαρτίου 2002, των οποίων το κείμενο σε πρωτότυπο στην αγγλική γλώσσα και σε μετάφραση στην ελληνική έχει ως εξής:

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION PARTICIPATING STATES ON COOPERATION IN COMBATING CRIME, IN PARTICULAR IN ITS ORGANIZED FORMS

PREAMBLE

The Governments of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Member States - Parties to the present Additional Protocol, hereinafter referred to as "the Parties",

According to the provisions of Articles 2, 4, 6 and 10 point of the Article 5 of the Agreement among the Governments of the Black Sea-Economic Cooperation Participating States on Cooperation in Combating Crime, in particular in its Organized Forms, signed in Kerkyra on October 2^nd 1998, hereinafter referred to as "the BSEC Agreement",

Conscious of the growing role and importance of the regional initiatives with regard to cooperation in the field of combating crime,

Reiterating their determination to achieve through joint efforts the constant improvement of the implementation of the provisions of the BSEC Agreement,

With a view to securing the due level of coordination of cooperation between the authorities of the Member States,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

Establishment of a Network of Liaison Officers

The Parties shall set up the BSEC Network of Liaison Officers on Combating Crime, hereinafter referred to as "the Network", consisting of liaison officers appointed by Member States, as their representatives.

Article 2 Objectives

The objectives of th6 Network are as follows:

1. To enhance the cooperation in die field of crime control and provide for coordination of interaction between the competent bodies of the Parties;

2. To establish an information exchange network among the Law Enforcement Bodies of the Member States to effectively fight against crimes and criminals in accordance with the BSEC Agreement.

Article 3 Tasks and Functions

The Liaison Officers of the Network have the following tasks and functions:

1. To send the requests forwarded by other Liaison Officers to their respective countries for urgent cases in one day and for the other cases in three days, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of the BSEC Agreement;

2. To send the required information to the Parties upon their requests in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the BSEC Agreement;

3. To meet periodically to consider the trends of transnational crime in the region in order to identify new forms of cooperation among the Law Enforcement Agencies of the BSEC Member States;

4. To report and propose to the respective bodies the ways of further enhancing cooperation;

5. To facilitate the exchange of legislative documents and practical experience among the Law Enforcement Agencies of the BSEC Member States in the field of combating transnational crime;

Article 4 Status of the Network within the BSEC

The Network is a cooperation group in the sphere of combating crime, established in conformity with the provisions of Article 6 of the BSEC Agreement.

Article 5

Venue of the Meetings of the Network

The Network shall hold its meetings at the BSEC Permanent International Secretar1^p±eniis«s. unless it is otherwise decided upon the initiative of the BSEC Chairman-in-Office.

Article 6 Organization and Operation

1. The Network will operate in accordance with the BSEC Charter and Rules of Procedure, as well as the provisions of the BSEC Agreement.

2. Each BSEC Member State, Party to the present Additional Protocol, shall appoint a Liaison Officer and his/her Alternate to the Network.

3. In order to appoint or to withdraw Liaison Officers to the Network, the-Parties will notify the BSEC Permanent International Secretariat in order to inform all Member States.

4. The Network shall meet periodically, at least once a year.

5. The Network will fulfill its tasks under the authority of the Working Group on Cooperation in Combating Crime, in particular in its organized forms and report to it.

Article 7 Expenses

All expenses of the Liaison Officers related to the implementation of the provisions of the present Additional Protocol will be met by the sending Party.

Article 8 National Contact Points

Parties will determine a national point of contact inside their national law enforcement authorities, preferably dealing with international cooperation (Interpol. SECI Center for Combating Trans-border Crime, etc.).

Article 9

Protection of Information and Personal Data

1. Information obtained under this Additional Protocol shall be afforded the same degree of confidentiality by the requesting authority that applies to similar information in custody.

2. Without prejudice to the relevant international commitments of me\BSEG "Mefhber' States - Parties to the BSEC Agreement and to the present Additional Protocol,-personal data, received under the present Additional Protocol will have protection at least equivalent-to-that afforded by the supplying Party.

Article 10 Observers and Guests

1. Representatives of die BSEC Observer States may attend the work of die Network, in accordance with the BSEC Charter and Rules of Procedure.

2. Relevant international institutions or agencies may be invited to the meetings of the Network.

Article 11 Final Provisions

1. The present Additional Protocol shall be open for signature or accession by any BSEC Member State.

2. The BSEC Permanent International Secretariat shall be the Depository of diis Additional Protocol. The original of the present Additional Protocol in a single copy in the English language shall be deposited with the Permanent International Secretariat, which shall transmit a certified copy to each Party.

3. The present Additional Protocol shall enter into force on the diirtieth day following the date, on which the third document of ratification or approval is deposited with the BSEC Permanent International Secretariat.

4. For each Party, ratifying or approving the present Additional Protocol, after the deposition of the third document of ratification or approval, the present Additional Protocol shall enter into force, on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposition of the document of ratification or approval by this Party.

5. Any Party may withdraw from the present Additional Protocol by formal notification to the. BSEC Permanent International Secretariat. Withdrawal shall take effect within three months after the date on which the. withdrawal notification is received by the Permanent International Secretariat.

6. Any Party may propose amendments to the present Additional Protocol. The amendments shall be accepted upon the consent of all the Parties and shall enter into force in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of the present Article.

proces-verbal

of Rectification of the text of the additional protocol to the agreement among the governments of the black sea economic cooperation participating states on cooperation in combating crime, in particular in its organized forms, done in kiev

on 15 march 2002,

I certify,

1. That the Additional Protocol to the Agreement among the Governments of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Participating States on Cooperation in Combating Crime, in Particular in its Organized Forms, was done at Kiev on 15 March 2002 in English language;

2. That the Permanent International Secretariat of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC PERMIS), as depositary of the aforesaid Additional Protocol, has received from the Embassy of Romania in Ankara Note 1526 of 10 June 2003, drawing attention to an erroneous reference in the second paragraph of the Preamble of the original text and the certified true copies of the above Additional Protocol, to the article 5, point 10 of the Agreement among the Governments of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Participating States on Cooperation in Combating Crime, in Particular in its Organized Forms;

3. That an examination of the authentic text of the aforesaid protocol reveals that the second paragraph of the Preamble of the Additional Protocol refers to the article 5, point 10 of the Agreement among the Governments of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Participating States on Cooperation in Combating Crime, in Particular in its

Organized Forms, which does not exist and that the said second paragraph is consistent with article 10, point 5 of the same Agreement. Therefore, the BSEC PERMIS believes that there is a typographical error and the erroneous reference should be substituted;

4. That the BSEC PERMIS notified the signatory States and the contracting States to the Additional Protocol (Note BS/INFO.2003.297 of 24 June 2003), proposed correction and appointed a 90 day-period in which objections could be raised (Note BS/INFO.2003.298 of 24 June 2003). No objection has been raised in the said period;

5. That, accordingly, the text of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement among the Governments of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Participating States on Cooperation in Combating Crime, in Particular in its Organized Forms, done at Kiev on 15 March 2002, shall be deemed to be corrected as set forth in the Second paragraph of the Preamble of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement among the Governments of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Participating. States on Cooperation in Combating Crime, in Particular in its Organized Forms, done at Kiev on 15 March 2002, which appears bellow:

"According to the provisions of article 2, 4, 6, and 5 point of the article 10 of the Agreement among the Governments of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Participating States on Cooperation in Combating Crime, in Particular in its Organized Forms, signed in Kerkyra on October 2"^d 1998, hereafter referred to as "the BSEC Agreement""

Ambassadd^SfertiChechelashvili Secretary General of the BSEC PERMIS

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ΠΡΟΣΘΕΤΟ ΠΡΩΤΟΚΟΛΛΟ ΣΤΗ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΜΕΤΑΞΥ ΤΩΝ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΩΝ ΠΟΥ ΜΕΤΕΧΟΥΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΕΥΞΕΙΝΟΥ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΓΙΑ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ

ΣΤΗΝ ΚΑΤΑΠΟΛΕΜΗΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΓΚΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΔΙΑΙΤΕΡΑ ΤΩΝ ΟΡΓΑΝΩΜΕΝΩΝ ΜΟΡΦΩΝ ΤΟΥ.

ΠΡΟΟΙΜΙΟ

Οι Κυβερνήσεις των Κρατών Μελών της Οικονομικής Συνεργασίας Ευξείνου Πόντου (Ο.Σ.Ε.Π.) που είναι Συμ-βαλλόμενάΜέρη του παρόντος Πρόσθετου Πρωτοκόλλου και τα οποία εφεξής αναφέρονται ως «Συμβαλλόμενα Μέρη».

Σύμφωνα με τις διατάξεις των άρθρων 2,4,6 καθώς και της παραγράφου 10 του άρθρου 5 της Συμφωνίας μεταξύ των Κυβερνήσεων των Κρατών που μετέχουν στην Οικονομική Συνεργασία του Ευξείνου Πόντου για συνεργασία στην καταπολέμηση του εγκλήματος και ιδιαίτερα των οργανωμένων μορφών του, η οποία υπεγράφη στην Κέρκυρα στις 2 Οκτωβρίου 1998 και εφεξής αναφέρεται ως «Συμφωνία Ο.Σ.Ε.Π.».

Έχοντας επίγνωση του διαρκώς αυξανόμενου ρόλου και της σπουδαιότητας των περιφερειακών πρωτοβουλιών αναφορικά με τη συνεργασία στον τομέα της καταπολέμησης του εγκλήματος.

Επιβεβαιώνοντας την απόφασή τους να επιτύχουν μέσω κοινών προσπαθειών τη συνεχή βελτίωση της εφαρμογής των διατάξεων της Συμφωνίας Ο.Σ.Ε.Π.

Με σκοπό τη διασφάλιση του κατάλληλου επιπέδου συντονισμού της συνεργασίας μεταξύ των αρχών των Κρατών Μελών,

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