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February 18, 1969

Note: The Agreement entered into Force May 2, 1969.

Reference: This Agreement is also published in VIII DFA TS No. 1, p. 94.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and the GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY, hereinafter refer­red to as the Contracting Parties, in the firm desire to intensify their friendly relations and to develop further their cooperation in the fields of science and technology have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE I

The Contracting Parties shall cooperate in the development of the economics of their countries and to this end shall reciprocally extend within the limits of their laws and of their resources the assistance and facilities necessary and possible in the scientific and technical fields.

On the basis and within the framework of the present Agreement the Contracting Parties shall formulate Agreements on each and every project of cooperation.

ARTICLE II

For the purpose of implementing the aims of the present Agreement the Contracting Parties shall particularly facilitate:

a. the exchange of scientific, technical and health personnel;
b. the exchange of scientific and technical information;
c. consultations among experts;
d. the granting of scholarships in Universities and scientific Institutes and of specialization scholarships in industrial enterprises;
e. on-the-spot visits, surveys and pilot projects of economic and social nature relating to the development of either of the two countries, by representatives or experts of firms, and/or institutes of the other Contracting Party.

ARTICLE III

1. Scientific, technical and health personnel and experts made available by the Government of the Republic of Italy within the framework of projects of technical assistance in conformity with paragraphs (a) and (e) of Article 2 shall be allowed to import luggage, personal and household effects, including professional equipment and apparatus; one motorcar or motorcycle; one refrigerator or one home freezer; one radio or radiogramophone, or a tape-recorder; minor electrical appliances; one washing machine and/or cen­trifuge; one air-conditioner per person without a special import license and free from import duties, taxes and other levies, provided that all such articles shall be re-exported.

2. Scientific, technical and health personnel and experts made available by the Government of the Republic of Italy within the framework of projects of technical assistance in conformity with paragraphs (a) and (e) of Article 2 shall be exempted from payment of Philippine taxes and other legal duties on the salaries and allowances that are paid to them during their assignment to the project to an amount exclusively representing their income from services for the project as circumscribed in Article I, and exclusive of income derived from other sources in the Philippines.

ARTICLE IV

The Contracting Parties shall consult each other through their respective diplomatic representatives in order to facilitate the implementation of the program of cooperation in the scientific and technical fields contemplated in the present Agreement.

ARTICLE V

The present Agreement shall take effect as soon as both Contracting Par­ties shall have notified each other that the pertinent legal procedures for the conclusion and effectivity of the Agreement have been complied with.

The present Agreement shall remain in force up to six months from the date on which one of the Parties shall have given notice of termination.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Agreement and have hereunto affixed their seals.

DONE in Manila on the 18th of February 1969, in two originals, in the English and Italian languages, both texts being authentic.