21. člen

(1)Ta protokol začne veljati na dan prejema zadnje diplomatske note, s katero se pogodbenika medsebojno obvestita, da sta izpolnila notranjepravne pogoje, predvidene za začetek veljavnosti tega protokola. Protokol se začasno uporablja od dneva podpisa.

(2)Ta protokol se sklene za nedoločen čas. Vsak pogodbenik lahko protokol kadarkoli pisno odpove po diplomatski poti. Odpoved začne veljati tri mesece od dneva, ko je drugi pogodbenik prejel obvestilo o odpovedi.

(3)Ta protokol preneha veljati hkrati s sporazumom. Sestavljeno v Rovinju dne 18. junija 2004 v dveh izvirnikih v slovenskem, hrvaškem in angleškem jeziku, vsa besedila so enako verodostojna. Ob razlikah v razlagi protokola prevlada angleško besedilo. Za Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve Republike Slovenije, Policijo Darko Anželj l. r. Za ministrstvo za notranje zadeve Republike Hrvaške, Ravnateljstvo policije Ivica Franić l. r. The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, the Police, and the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, the General Police Directorate (hereinafter referred to as "the Contracting Parties"), have agreed, on the basis of Articles 10 and 22 of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Croatia on cross-border police cooperation, signed on 6 November 2002 in Zagreb (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement"), to conclude a Protocol between the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, the Police, and the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, the General Police Directorate, on mixed patrolling along the state border of the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter referred to as the Protocol). The Protocol shall govern the details and uniform standards of mixed patrolling on the Slovenian and Croatian state territories. The aim of mixed patrolling shall be: – to strengthen security at the common state border; – to prevent illegal migration; – to prevent cross-border crime; – to prevent other dangers to public safety; – to improve the quality of security conditions assessment; – to strengthen police cooperation at the common state border. Mixed patrols shall: – protect the common state border in the area they are responsible for; – apprehend perpetrators of misdemeanours and criminal offences, especially those related to the state border; – exchange experience and findings on security conditions at the common state border.

(1)Mixed patrols shall operate along the common state border in the distance of up to ten kilometres from the border line towards the interior of the state territory of the Contracting Parties.

(2)Mixed patrolling may be carried out outside the area specified in the preceding paragraph if so required in order to carry out a task effectively.

(1)In carrying out the tasks as part of mixed patrols the officers of the other Contracting Party shall be empowered to, in accordance with the national legislation of the Contracting Party on the state territory of which the tasks are carried out, establish the identity of persons and stop the persons who attempted to evade police control.

(2)The exercise of all further police powers shall be under the competence of police officers of the Contracting Party on the state territory of which the tasks are carried out. Police officers of the other Contracting Party shall provide them with assistance.

(3)In performing official acts the national legislation of the Contracting Party on the state territory of which police officers are operating shall apply.

(4)Besides, during mixed patrolling on the state territory of the other Contracting Party, police officers shall be empowered to: – wear a uniform, carry a personal short-barrel service weapon, a truncheon, handcuffs and other restraining means, unless the police authority of the other Contracting Party does not permit this in a specific case or if it imposes additional conditions for the use of these means; – use their service weapon in the event of self-defence; – enter the state territory of the other Contracting Party without a travel document and stay along the common state border for as long as it is necessary to carry out the tasks, provided they carry a valid service identity card; – as an exception, to cross the state border outside border crossings or at border crossings outside working hours if this is absolutely necessary for the performance of mixed patrolling in a particular case; – use technical devices necessary for the performance of mixed patrolling on the state territory of the other Contracting Party.

(5)When crossing the state border police officers in mixed patrols must follow also the provisions of the Protocol between the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, the Police, and the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, the General Police Directorate, on crossing the state territory of the other Contracting Party with the aim of taking action on one's own state territory. The performance of mixed patrolling shall be agreed by the State Border and Aliens Section of the Uniformed Police Directorate of the General Police Directorate of the Police of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia and the Border Administration of the General Police Directorate at the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, who shall inform the competent police directorates thereof.

(1)As a rule, mixed patrolling shall be coordinated by for the Republic of Slovenia: – Police Directorate Murska Sobota with Police Directorate Međimurje; – Police Directorate Maribor with Police Directorates Međimurje, Varaždin and Krapina-Zagorje; – Police Directorate Celje with Police Directorate Krapina-Zagorje; – Police Directorate Krško with Police Directorates Krapina-Zagorje and Zagreb; – Police Directorate Novo mesto with Police Directorates Zagreb, Karlovac and Primorsko-Goranska; – Police Directorate Ljubljana with Police Directorate Primorsko-Goranska; – Police Directorate Postojna with Police Directorate Primorsko-Goranska and – Police Directorate Koper with Police Directorate Istra for the Republic of Croatia: – Police Directorate Međimurje with Police Directorates Murska Sobota and Maribor; – Police Directorate Varaždin with Police Directorate Maribor; – Police Directorate Krapina-Zagorje with Police Directorates Maribor, Celje and Krško; – Police Directorate Zagreb with Police Directorates Krško and Novo mesto; – Police Directorate Karlovac with Police Directorate Novo mesto; – Police Directorate Primorsko-Goranska with Police Directorates Novo mesto, Ljubljana and Postojna; – Police Directorate Istra with Police Directorate Koper.

(2)The authorities specified in Article 6 of this Protocol shall coordinate mixed patrolling for the area of more than one police directorates.

(1)Mixed patrolling may be carried out on foot or in police vehicles.

(2)Patrols may contain police officers – service dog handlers and mounted police.

(1)The personnel composition of mixed patrols shall depend on the underlying tactics in each specific case, while the conditions for safeguarding police procedures must be ensured.

(2)As a rule, a mixed patrol shall consist of two home police officers and one visiting officer.

(3)In selecting police officers for mixed patrolling, the knowledge of the language of the other Contracting Party must be taken into account. Police officers taking part in mixed patrolling on the state territory of the other Contracting Party shall be referred to work in accordance with their national legislation.

(1)Mixed patrolling shall be ordered by a work order by the competent police authority of the Contracting Party on the state territory of which patrolling is taking place. The work order shall be filled in a uniform bilingual Slovene-Croatian form. The police officer of the other Contracting Party shall be given a copy of the work order.

(2)Any departure, in place or time, from the work order may be decided on by the patrol leader. The actual situation must be entered in the report on the work of the mixed patrol.

(1)As a rule, the briefing of mixed patrols shall be performed by a representative of the management of the police station in the area of which mixed patrolling is carried out.

(2)The management of police stations may agree another location for the briefing.

(3)As a rule, the crossing of the state border when going to work on the state territory of the other Contracting Party is done at an officially designated border crossing during working hours. The leader of a mixed patrol shall be a police officer of the police station in the area of which mixed patrolling is carried out who shall be responsible for professional and efficient preparation, lawful execution and reporting. Police vehicles for mixed patrolling shall be provided by the police station in the area of which patrolling is carried out. In mixed patrolling on the state territory of the other Contracting Party, police officers may use their service means of communication to communicate with their police station of origin.

(1)During mixed patrolling, officers shall wear uniforms. If so agreed by the management of the competent police stations, patrolling may be carried out in civilian clothes.

(2)In addition to the equipment specified in this Protocol, mixed patrols shall use also other equipment unless this is contrary to national legislation of the Contracting Party at the state territory of which mixed patrolling is performed.

(1)Police officers of mixed patrols carry out the first urgent police measures, while further action shall be taken by the police station with territorial competence of the Contracting Party on the territory of which mixed patrolling is carried out.

(2)The handing and taking over of persons, objects and evidence shall be carried out by the cooperating police units, with regard to the already concluded international agreements and national legislation.

(3)Complaints about police procedures during mixed patrolling shall be dealt with by the Contracting Party on the state territory of which patrolling was carried out. All participants of a patrol shall be bound to give statements concerning the complaint procedure. In the case of an illness or injury during mixed patrolling the police officer shall be taken to the nearest health institution.

(1)Police officers need to be specially professionally trained for work in mixed patrols.

(2)The training programme shall be prepared and coordinated by the authorities specified in Article 6 of this Protocol. The training shall be carried out by the competent police directorates. As a rule the evaluation shall take place: – monthly at the level of cooperating police stations; – three-monthly at the level of competent police directorates; – annually at the level of authorities specified under Article 6 of this Protocol. 1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the day of the receipt of the last diplomatic note by which the Contracting Parties have notified each other that they have fulfilled the conditions stipulated by their internal legislation for the entering into force of this Protocol. The Protocol shall be provisionally applied from the day of signature. 2. This Protocol shall be concluded for an indefinite period. Each Contracting Party may at any time denounce the Protocol in writing through diplomatic channels. The denunciation shall take effect three months from the day the other Contracting Party has received the denunciation notice. 3. Termination of the Agreement automatically entails termination of this Protocol. Done in Rovinj on 18th June 2004 in two originals in the Slovene, Croatian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of divergences in the interpretation of the Protocol, the English text shall prevail. For the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, The Police Darko Anželj, (s) For the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, the General Police Directorate Ivica Franić, (s)