12. člen

(1)Protokol se ratificira ali odobri. Po prejemu zadnjega uradnega obvestila, da so končani notranjepravni postopki, potrebni za začetek njegove veljavnosti, slovenska pogodbenica o tem uradno obvesti Skupni odbor za ponovni sprejem iz 18. člena sporazuma.

(2)Protokol začne veljati, ko Skupni odbor za ponovni sprejem potrdi prejem uradnega obvestila, o čemer slovenska pogodbenica nemudoma uradno obvesti srbsko pogodbenico.

(3)Protokol preneha veljati isti dan kot sporazum. Sestavljeno v Ljubljani dne 8. 6. 2009 v dveh izvirnikih v slovenskem, srbskem in angleškem jeziku, pri čemer so vsa besedila enako verodostojna. Pri različni razlagi prevlada angleško besedilo. Za Vlado Republike Slovenije Katarina Kresal l.r. Za Vlado Republike Srbije Ivica Dačić l.r. Pursuant to Article 19 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Serbia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of Republic of Serbia (hereinafter referred to as the Contracting Parties) have agreed the following, for the purpose of its implementation:

(1)For the purposes of the implementation of the Agreement, in addition to the documents referred to in Annex 1 of the Agreement, the nationality of a person shall be proved by means of the following valid public documents: a) for the Republic of Slovenia: – citizenship certificate of the Republic of Slovenia together with the valid driver licence issued by the competent authority of the Republic of Slovenia; b) for the Republic of Serbia: – citizenship certificate of the Republic of Serbia, not older then six months, together with the valid driver licence issued by the competent authority of the Republic of Serbia;

(2)In the aforementioned cases listed in Paragraph

(1)of this Article the accelerated procedure shall apply.

(1)For the purposes of the implementation of the Agreement, in addition to the documents referred to in Annex 2 of the Agreement, the nationality of a person shall also be assumed through the comparison of fingerprints entered in the official records/data bases of the other Contracting Party.

(2)Nationality shall be considered as established, in the case listed in the Paragraph

(1)of this Article, if the requested Contracting Party confirms it.

(1)An application for readmission of a national of a Contracting Party, a third-country national or a stateless person having resided on the territory of the Contracting Party shall be made in accordance with Article 7 of the Agreement on the prescribed form from Annex 6 of the Agreement, which shall also indicate the border crossing point at which the person is to be returned and readmitted and date and time of the return.

(2)The person indicated in the readmission application/announcement shall not be returned until the requested Contracting Party is in agreement. Transit procedure must be carried out in the manner provided for in Article 14 of the Agreement. In addition to what is required therein, if the person requires medical care, the application shall also contain information with the description of the person's state of health, with photocopies of medical documentation and information regarding requirements for special medical or other care, supervision or ambulance transport.

(1)The competent authority of the requested Contracting Party shall inform the competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party of all facts regarding any incident occurring during transit.

(2)The requested Contracting Party shall provide the same protection and assistance to police officers of the requesting Contracting Party in the performance of their tasks under this Protocol as are enjoyed by its police officers performing similar tasks.

(1)Transit of persons under official escort shall be conducted pursuant to the regulations in force in the requested Contracting Party across whose territory transit is conducted.

(2)If transit is conducted under police escort, the escorting police officers of the requesting Contracting Party shall carry out their tasks in civilian clothes, unarmed and provided with a transit authorisation.

(3)In air transit, the requested Contracting Party may, if necessary, take over responsibility for supervision and boarding of the person, in agreement with the escorting personnel.

(4)Supervision and boarding of unescorted persons in air transit shall be provided by police officers of the requested Contracting Party, subject to prior written authorisation by the requested Contracting Party.

(5)If transit referred to in the Paragraph

(4)of this Article cannot be conducted within the envisaged time frame, the requested Contracting Party shall inform the requesting Contracting Party in writing without undue delay. The Requesting Contracting Party must respond in writing within 24 hours and propose further procedure. Police officers of the requesting Contracting Party who perform their tasks under this Protocol on the territory of the country of transit must be able to prove, if requested by an authorised official, their identity and that they are acting in an official capacity, as well as carry a transit authorisation that has been issued by the requested Contracting Party. If a police officer of the requesting Contracting Party suffers damage during the performance of his/her tasks under this Protocol, the requesting Contracting Party is responsible for paying the compensation due, without seeking redress from the requested Contracting Party.

(1)The implementation of this Protocol as well as the sending and processing of transit applications shall be within the competence of: a) for the Republic of Slovenia: Ministry of the Interior General Police Directorate Uniformed Police Directorate Border Police Division Address: Štefanova ulica 2, SI-1501 Ljubljana Telephone: +386 1 428 4322 Fax: +386 1 428 4779 e-mail: smp@policija.si b) for the Republic of Serbia: Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia Administrative Affairs Directorate Travel Documents Department Section for the Implementation of the Readmission Agreement Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 2 11070 Belgrade Republic of Serbia Telephone: 00381 11 3008 170 Fax: 00381 11 3008 203 e-mail: readmision@mup.gov.rs

(2)The competent authorities shall keep each other informed of all data required for mutual communication.

(3)Announcements and readmission or transit applications as well as responses shall be sent by the competent authorities in writing by fax, regular post or e-mail. Return, readmission and transit of persons shall be conducted at the following border crossing points: a) in the Republic of Slovenia: International Border Crossing Point Obrežje, International Border Crossing Point Gruškovje, Border Crossing Point for International Air Traffic Ljubljana – Brnik at the Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and International Railway Border Crossing Point Dobova; b) in the Republic of Serbia: Border Crossing Point for International Air Traffic – BCP Surčin – Belgrade – at the “Nikola Tesla” Airport, Border Crossing Point for International Traffic on the land border – Batrovci, Border Crossing Point for International Traffic on the land border – Horgoš, and the Border Crossing Point for International Railway Traffic – Šid.

(1)In implementing this Protocol, each Contracting Party shall use the official language of its country, unless agreed otherwise on a case-by-case basis.

(2)The Contracting Parties may amend this Protocol by mutual agreement.

(1)This Protocol shall be subject to ratification or approval. Following the receipt of the last notification of the completion of internal legal procedures required for its entry into force, the Slovenian contracting Party shall notify the Readmission Committee referred to in Article 18 of the Agreement.

(2)The Protocol shall enter into force when the Readmission Committee acknowledges the receipt of the notification, and the Slovenian Contracting Party shall immediately inform the Serbian Contracting Party thereof.

(3)The Protocol shall cease to have effect on the same day as the Agreement. Done at Ljubljana on 8. 6. 2009 in two original copies in the Slovenian, Serbian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In the case of divergence in the interpretation, the English text shall prevail. For the Government of the Republic of Slovenia Katarina Kresal (s) For the Government of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dačić (s)