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February 07, 1968

Agreement effected by exchange of notes,

Signed at Manila 7 February 1968;

Entered into force 1 May 1968.

I

FINNISH EMBASSY

Manila, February 1, 1968

Excellency:

I have the honor to refer to the proposal of my Government for an Agreement with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines on the abolition of non-immigrant visa requirements and to suggest the following provisions:

1. Citizens of Finland holding valid Finnish passports shall be free to enter the Philippines as tourists or for business purposes at any authorized port of entry and stay in the country for a maximum period of fifty-nine (59) days without the necessity of obtaining a visa.

2. Citizens of the Philippines holding valid Philippine passports shall be free to enter Finland as tourists or for business purposes at any authorized port of entry and stay in the country for a maximum period of three (3) months without the necessity of obtaining a visa. This period shall be determined from the date of entry into any Nordic State being a Party to the Convention of July 12, 1957 on the waiver of passport control at the Inter-Nordic frontiers. Any sojourn in any of these States during the six months preceding the entry into any of said States from a non-Nordic State shall be included in the period of three (3) months.

3. The foregoing waiver of visa requirements does not exempt Finnish citizens entering the Philippines and Philippine citizens entering Finland from the necessity of complying with the laws and regulations of the host country concerning the taking of employment or the exercise of any profession, with or without compensation.

4. Each Party reserves the right to refuse entry or stay in its territory to citizens of the Other who may be considered undesirable.

5. During the effectivity of the proposed Amendment, each Party may suspend it temporarily, in whole or in part, for reasons of public order, which suspension shall be notified immediately to the Other through diplomatic channels.

6. Each Party may denounce the Agreement by notifying the Other in writing. The denunciation shall take effect three (3) months after the receipt of the notification.

7. This proposed Agreement shall enter into force on May 1, 1968.

If the provisions are acceptable to Your Excellency's Government, I have the honor to propose that this note and Your Excellency's reply concurring therein shall constitute an Agreement between our two countries.

Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

(SGD.) V. J. AHOKAS
Ambassador of Finland

His Excellency
Narciso Ramos
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Manila

II

DEPARTMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS

No 4166

Manila, February 7, 1968

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note dated February 7, 1968, which reads as follows:

(See note I)

I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Philippine Government accepts the aforementioned provisions and agrees that your note and this reply constitute an agreement between our two Governments.

Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

(Sgd.) NARCISO RAMOS
Secretary of Foreign Affairs

His Excellency
V. J. Ahokas
Ambassador of Finland
Manila