AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. DONE IN MANILA, MAY 30, 1969.

Note: The Agreement provisionally entered into force, May 30, 1969.

Reference: This Agreement is also published in VIII DFA TS No. 1, p. 64.

CONSIDERING their common interest in the promotion and develop­ment of their science and technology,

BELIEVING that mutual cooperation in the field of technical and scien­tific activities will greatly enhance the welfare of their state and peoples, and

RECOGNIZING the immeasurable benefits to be derived by both states from closer technical and scientific cooperation,

REFERRING to the BASIC AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the government of the Republic of Indonesia signed on the 30th day of May 1969, the Contracting Parties have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE I

The Contracting Parties shall endeavor to cooperate and support each other, within the limits of their capabilities, on technical and scientific prob­lems in fields that may mutually be agreed upon. Such technical and scientific cooperation shall be on a basis of equal partnership and mutual benefit

ARTICLE II

In order to implement the objectives referred to in Article I above, the following activities shall be undertaken;

a. exchange of technicians, experts, advisers and visitors;

b. mutual assistance for the purpose of assessing the scope of work for projects envisioned in the development plans for both countries;

c. exchange of technical and scientific information and other related facilities;

d. mutual consultations regarding technical, organizational and managerial problems;

e. exchange of scholars and fellows;

f. practical training in industrial and technical institutions and enter­prises, including research establishments involved in the peaceful uses of atomic energy;

g. basic, applied and adaptive research, particularly in rice production and animal breeding;

h. other forms of technical and scientific cooperation agreed upon by both parties.

ARTICLE III

The implementations of the activities set forth in the preceding Article shall be carried out through contracts or through separate agreements con­cluded between appropriate Philippine and Indonesian organizations in the public as well as in the private sector. Such separate agreements shall specify the nature and extent of the rights and obligations of the parties to such agreements.

ARTICLE IV

The payment of expenses incurred in carrying out the technical and scientific cooperation activities provided in this Agreement shall be established in each individual case through contracts and agreements as mentioned in Article III.

ARTICLE V

In accordance with their existing laws and regulations, both Governments shall grant to the citizens of either contracting country sent to the other pur­suant to this Agreement, all assistance necessary to facilitate their work and assure the successful performance of their task.

ARTICLE VI

The provisions of this agreement shall also apply to all persons, who, upon the effectivity of this agreement, are already in the territories of the Contracting Parties for any of the purposes mentioned in Article II of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

For the purpose of evaluating the implementation of this agreement, the Contracting Parties shall undertake periodic assessment of the progress of the implementation of this agreement, and shall undertake such measures as to maximize the benefits that may be derived therefrom.

ARTICLE VIII

This Agreement shall be effective for a period of one year and shall be automatically extended from year to year unless either of the Contracting Parties shall have given written notice of its intention to terminate this Agreement three months before the expiration date.

After the expiration of this Agreement, any project arranged to be undertaken under the agreement shall be carried to its completion, subject to the same terms and conditions of this Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

The present Agreement shall take force and effect provisionally on the date of the signing of this Agreement. It will definitely come into force after an exchange of notes to that effect between both Governments of the Contracting Parties, and shall remain in force for a period of one year following the exchange of notes,

DONE and signed in Manila on the 30th of May 1969, in two original copies in the English language, both texts being equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE	FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF
PHILIPPINES:	INDONESIA:
(Sgd.) ROMAN A. CRUZ, JR.	(Sgd.) MOHAMMAD SISMAN
Undersecretary of Finance and	Secretary General for Trade and
Chairman, Philippine Panel to the	Chairman, Indonesian Panel to the
RP-RI Joint Commission on	RI-RP Joint Commission on
Economic Matters	Economics Matters