Licensing import and export of military and security services

1. Each State Party shall take such legislative and other measures as may be required to make private military and security companies and their personnel import and export their services only under the respective licenses (authorizations). At that, the license (authorization) for the operations related to exporting military and security services shall be issued by the respective body of the State Party in which territory the respective entity has its permanent residence under the domestic law.

2. Each State Party, in case it allows importing military and security services shall publish in its national official sources and inform the UN Secretary General about the rules of licensing as well as provide information on changes and supplements.

3. Private military and security companies and their personnel possessing licenses (authorizations) on exporting military and/or security services issued by the competent bodies of the State Party can conclude contracts for providing such services in the territory of the other State Party only after the license (authorization) to import such services is issued to them by the competent bodies of the latter.

4. Each State Party shall take such legislative and other measures as may be necessary in order to:

- ensure the obligatory informing of a state not party to the present Convention about the issued licenses to private military and security companies and their personnel to export of military and/or security services to this state,

- make private military and security companies and their personnel which posses licenses (authorizations) to export military and/or security services issued by the competent bodies of the State Party in carrying out single acts or regular activity in the territory of any State not party to the Convention, inform the competent bodies of this foreign state about the fact and content of such acts and activities.

Дата добавления: 2015-07-11