Commencement: 

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
(RATIFICATION) ACT
NO. 16 OF 1993

Arrangement of Sections

1. Ratification
2. Commencement
Schedule

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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

Assent: 21/06/93
Commencement: 12/07/93

AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (RATIFICATION) ACT
NO. 16 OF 1993

An Act to provide for the ratification of the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation made between the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu and the Government of the People’s Republic of China signed on the 25th day of September, 1992.

BE IT ENACTED by the President and Parliament as follows: -

RATIFICATION

1.	(1)	The Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation made between the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu and the Government of the People’s Republic of China signed on the 25th day of September, 1992 which is set out in the schedule hereto is hereby ratified.

(2)	The Agreement referred to in subsection (1) shall be binding on the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu in accordance with the terms thereof.

COMMENCEMENT

2.	This Act shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

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SCHEDULE

AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu and the Government of the People’s Republic of China, with a view to further developing the friendly relations and the economic and technical cooperation between the two countries, have agreed as follows:

Article I

In accordance with the needs of the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu, the Government of the People’s Republic of China shall provide the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu with an interest-free loan of RMB 20,000,000 yuan (Reminbi Yuan Twenty Million Only) in five years from October 1, 1992 to September 30, 1997.

Article II

The above-mentioned loan shall be used for the cooperative project(s) discussed and agreed upon between the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu and the Government of the People’s Republic of China.  Specific items shall be discussed and agreed upon separately between the two governments.

Article III

The above-mentioned loan shall be repaid in instalments by the Government of Vanuatu with Vanuatu’s exports or in convertible currencies as to be discussed and agreed upon between the two governments within a period of ten years from October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2012.  The annual repayment shall be one tenth of the total amount of the loan.

Article IV

Detailed accounting and disbursement procedures in connection with the implementation of this Agreement shall be concluded separately between the Department of Finance of the Government of Vanuatu and the Bank of China.

Article V

This Agreement shall enter into force after going through necessary legal procedures by the two signatory parties duly notifying each other, and shall remain in force until the fulfilment by the two parties of all their obligations stipulated hereinabove.

Done in duplicate in Port Vila on September 25, 1992 in the English and Chinese languages, each side keeping one original and both texts being equally authentic.

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For the Government of					For the Government of the
the Republic of Vanuatu					People’s Republic of China

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