TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS PUBLICATION: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS PUBLICATION: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS PUBLICATION (INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS) ORDER

under s. 2

G.N. 58/1987
74/1994
45/1995
19/1996 105/1996

1.    Citation

    This Order may be cited as the Treaties and Conventions Publication (International Agreements) Order.

2.    Agreements entered into by Malawi and other Governments

G.N. 58/1987

    The Agreements set out in th e Schedule, being agreements entered into by the Government and other Governments, are hereby published pursuant to section 2 of the Act.

G.N. 58/1987

para. 2

SCHEDULE

MALAWI/ISRAEL

Visa Abolition Agreement

(Date entered into force: 7th November,1984)

ARTICLE 1

    For the purposes of this Agreement—

    “passport” means a regular national passport.

ARTICLE 2

    Nationals of Malawi, holders of valid national passport, shall be exempt from the obligation of obtaining visas for a stay in Israel not exceeding three months.

ARTICLE 3

    Israel nationals, holders of valid national passports, shall be exempt from the obligation of obtaining visitors’ visas for a stay in Malawi not exceeding three months.

ARTICLE 4

    Nationals of Malawi and Israel, who wish to stay in Israel or Malawi, respectively, for a period exceeding three months, shall obtain the necessary authorization from the competent authorities of the country concerned.

ARTICLE 5

    Subject to the foregoing provisions, persons benefiting under this Agreement shall, while in Malawi or Israel, comply with the laws and regulations applicable to foreigners in respect of entry and residence, temporary or permanent, and shall not take up any employment, whether paid or unpaid, nor practise for personal profit any professional or commercial activity unless proper authority has been given by the respective Government.

ARTICLE 6

    The Governments of Malawi and Israel reserve the right to refuse admission to persons not possessing a valid national passport or lacking adequate means of subsistence or otherwise ineligible under the general policy of the respective Governments relating to the entry of aliens.

ARTICLE 7

    Each of the two Contracting parties undertakes to read-mit without formality, into its territory, any of its nationals.

ARTICLE 8

    The Government of Israel and the Government of Malawi each reserves the right temporarily to suspend the application of this Agreement, except Article 7 thereof, for reasons of public order or national security, by giving the other Government immediate notice through diplomatic channels.

ARTICLE 9

    This Agreement shall be subject to termination by either Government upon six months notice given in writing to the other Government.

G.N.58/1987

MALAWI/ZIMBABWE TRADE AGREEMENT

(PARA. 2)

(Date entered into force: 1st October,1986)

    The Government of the Republic of Malawi and the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe (hereinafter referred to as the “Contracting Parties”):

    DESIROUS of promoting friendly relations and of development and facilitating trade and economic relations on the basis of equality and mutual advantage between their two countries;

    CONVINCED that cooperation in trade is essential for achieving maximum development in their respective countries;

    BEING Parties to the Treaty for the Establishment of the Preferential Trade Area for the Eastern and Southern African States done at Lusaka on 21st December, 1981,

    HAVE AGREED as follows—

ARTICLE 1

    1. The Contracting Parties shall grant each other the most favoured nation treatment in all matters relating to goods originating in and supplied directly from the territory of the other party. In particular, the most favoured nation treatment shall apply with respect to—

    (a)    customs duties and all other duties and taxes connected with the exportation and importation of goods;

    (b)    regulations and formalities;

    (c)    the issuance of export and import licences; and

    (d)    payment permits.

    2. The provisions of clause (1) of this Article shall, however, not apply to advantages, concessions and exemptions which—

    (a)    either Contracting Party has granted or may grant to neighbouring countries in order to facilitate frontier traffic; and

    (b)    either Contracting Party has granted or may grant under a trade agreement or arrangement or to fellow member countries of a Customs Union, Free Trade Area, Monetary Zone or Economic Community already established or which may be established.

ARTICLE 2

    1. The Contracting Parties shall make efforts to increase the volume of trade between them and, in accordance with the laws and regulations in force in their respective countries, grant each other within a reasonable time all requisite permits for the importation and exportation between their respective countries of commodities or goods specified in Annexes A and B.

    2. The said Annexes “A” and “B” are, however, not exhaustive or limitative of the commodities or goods which may be exchanged by way of trade between the Contracting Parties, and may be updated from time to time.

    3. The said Annexes “A” and “B” shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

ARTICLE 3

    1. The Contracting Parties reserve the right to subject the importation of any commodities or goods to the submission of…