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Dorvik-Yingdala Treaty of Cooperation, Friendship, and Free Trade Agreement
This treaty was drafted in February 4750 by the 
姬恩黨 (Jien Faction) 🌄.
Status: ratification[?]
Description[?]
| This agreement is signed between the countries Yingdala and Dorvik and must be ratified by their respective Legislative branch. Section 1: Judicial Article 1- Agreement of Reciprocal Extradition The signatory countries will form a Joint Commission on Transnational Justice and Extradition, with 5 members from each state a piece and with the mandate to handle, review and decide the requests for extradition between the two parties. Article 2 – Visas The signatories will commit to making it easier for their respective citizens to apply for and receive visas. Article 3 – Discrimination Prevention Clause The signatory countries shall not discriminate against the citizens of the other country signatory for ethnic, religious or political reasons or any other issue of a personal or public nature. - The registration requirement on these personal matters is eliminated for the citizens of the other country. - If there is one already registered, it will be removed from the database at the request of the person concerned. - This point will be independent of the national legislation, with the except for the citizens of the another signatory country in question. Article 4 – Labor and Rights The signatory countries pledge to maintain the rights of workers as established underneath this agreement - Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining - The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - The elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour Section 2 Cooperation in Science and Education Article 1 – Dorvik will commit to providing grants for university students exchanges of the Yingdala, promoting Masters, doctorates, internships, practical experiences and training within universities, laboratories and domestic institutes (and vice-versa) Article 2 - The country will commit to promoting science and research, through the Terran Society for the promotion of science (national agency of science and technology), affiliating and sponsoring local research centers of both Yingdala and Dorvik, generating projects in common, exchanges of bibliographic-didactic material and research works between both. Section 3: Economic Agreements Article 1 - The Governments of Yingdala and Dorvik will cooperate for productive and social investment. Article 2 -The credits will be executed under the coordination of development and domestic investment institutions of Yingdala (and Dorvik) and will require that Dorvik (and Yingdala) open an account in such institutions and comply with the minimum requirements. - The aid international agreements will be carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the body that it designates. - The Government of the Yingdala will commit not to seize, freeze, confiscate or close accounts of the Government of Dorvik and vice-versa. Article 3 - Yingdala is obligated to inform the Government of Dorvik about the account of individuals, organisations or companies from this country in domestic banks. This information will be automatic and will not require further paperwork (and vice versa). Article 4 - Both countries agree not to expropriate, close, liquidate transnational companies (based in the other signatory country) for a minimum of 10 years since the original investment, or expansion about 15% and to avoid these practices with these companies. Article 5 - For the resolution of any disputes between companies and the host countries, the signatory nations accept to recognise to the investors the right: - to demand and carry out friendly consultations between the parties. - to apply to the judiciary of the host nations if the friendly consultations failed. - to submit to international arbitration the dispute after 18 months from the beginning of the dispute process. About the international arbitration the signatory countries accept to satisfy the claiming investors bringing the issue to face an Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), an international public law trade arbitration court in front of which the investors will be able to bring to trial the dispute. The Parties shall agree to choice jointly a judge to conduct the trial and are free to choice their legal representatives (one for each party) . The ISDS will be governed by the International Public Law and the International Trade Law. The host countries undertake to consider binding the judgements given by the arbitration. Section 4 – Bilateral Trade Agreements Article 1 - Yingdala and Dorvik both guarantee the free movement (including the exemption from taxes, duty and fees) of all goods and services not outlawed by law in either party and not vital to the national security interests of either party Section 5 – Economic Development Article 1 - Dorvish companies (including the government of Dorvik) will have exclusive drilling and extraction rights in Yingdala's offshore oil and gas deposits currently discovered. Article 2 - Dorvik shall commit to assisting Yingdala develop its energy sector, including but not limited to, nuclear and green energy. |
Articles[?]
The treaty consists of the following articles.
Ratifiers[?]
The treaty has been formally ratified by the following nations.
| Nation | Date |
| Republik Dorvik (Dorvik) | September 4752 |
Pending Ratifications
Compliance[?]
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