Agreement on the general principles for the creation of interstate research and production associations in the Collective Security Treaty Organization for the production of military products

The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (hereinafter - the CSTO, the Organization), hereinafter referred to as the Parties,

Guided by the desire to improve the military-technical and military-economic cooperation of the member states of the Organization,

Recognizing the need to create conditions for joint support for the development and integration of the defense industry enterprises of the Organization's member states,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms mean:

"products for military purposes" - armament, military equipment, documentation, works, services, results of intellectual activity, including exclusive rights to them (intellectual property), and information in the military-technical field, as well as any other products attributable to national legislation, regulatory legal acts of the Parties to the military products;

"intergovernmental research and production associations (joint ventures) for the production of military products" (hereinafter referred to as "Associations") are enterprises (organizations) of the Organization's member states that have united their scientific, technical, production, intellectual and investment potentials for development, production, repair, modernization and recycling of weapons products.

Article 2

Associations are established on the basis of bilateral or multilateral treaties between the Parties concerned.

Article 3

The issues of economic activities of the created Associations are determined by the constituent documents in accordance with the national legislation of the Party of the registration of the Association.

Article 4

The association carries out foreign trade activities with the Parties in respect of the military products that it produces .

The right to carry out foreign trade activities is provided in accordance with the national legislation of the Party, where the Union is registered as a legal entity.

Article 5

The supply of defense products to the member states of the Organization is carried out on the basis of the Agreement on the Basic Principles of Military-Technical Cooperation between the States Parties to the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, 1992, signed on June 20, 2000.

On issues of unconditional compliance with the provisions of the said Agreement and control over the targeted use of military equipment that is supplied by the Union to the member states of the Organization, the Union interacts with the authorized bodies of the Parties on military-technical cooperation.

Article 6

The supply of defense products to third parties is carried out by the Union in accordance with the national legislation of the Party, where it is registered as a legal entity.

Article 7

The goods transported by enterprises of the Association, as well as goods for the production of products that originate from the customs territory of one Party and imported into the customs territory of the other Party intended for that Party, are exempt from import customs duties.

The basis for such exemption is the list of military products and goods for the manufacture of military products agreed upon by the authorized bodies for military-technical cooperation of the Parties or the conclusion of this authority of the Party of import that imported MPPs and / or goods intended for the manufacture of military products are imported in accordance with this Agreement.

Article 8

The activities of enterprises belonging to the Union are subject to taxation in accordance with the national legislation of the Party, where they are registered as a legal entity.

Article 9

The creation of Associations does not interfere with the preservation and development of cooperative relations of the enterprises included in the Association with enterprises of states that are not parties to this Agreement, which are carried out under the terms of the relevant international treaties.

Article 10

Entry into the Union does not exclude the rights of enterprises to foreign trade activities in accordance with national legislation, unless otherwise specified in the constituent documents of the Union.

Article 11

Protection of information obtained in the course of the activities of the Association and constituting state secrets (state secrets) is carried out in accordance with the Agreement on the mutual security of secret information in the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization of June 18, 2004 and the national legislation of the Parties.

Article 12

The Parties shall ensure the protection of the results of intellectual activity used and obtained in the course of the activities of the Unions, in accordance with the Agreement on the Mutual Protection of Rights to the Results of Intellectual Activity Received and Used in the Course of Military-Economic Cooperation in the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization of October 6, 2007 and international treaties to which the parties are parties, and the national legislation of the parties.

Article 13

Disputes and disagreements regarding the interpretation and application of the provisions of this Agreement shall be resolved through consultations and negotiations between the Parties concerned.

Article 14

By agreement of the Parties, amendments and additions may be made to this Agreement, which are an integral part of it, which are drawn up by the relevant protocol and enter into force in the manner provided for in Article 15 of this Agreement.

Article 15

This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of deposit with the depositary of the fourth written notice of the implementation by the Signatories of the internal procedures required for its entry into force.

For the Parties that have completed the necessary domestic procedures later, this Agreement enters into force from the date of the delivery of the relevant documents to the depositary.

Article 16

This Agreement is valid for the duration of the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, 1992, unless the Parties agree otherwise.

Each Party may withdraw from this Agreement by sending a written notice to the depositary no later than six months before the date of withdrawal, settling the financial and other obligations that arose during the term of this Agreement

Done in the city of Moscow on December 10, 2010 in one authentic copy in Russian. The original copy is kept in the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which will send each Party that has signed this Agreement its certified copy.