Treaty (14 December 1966)

December 14, 1966

EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONSTITUTING AN AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE

PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM

OF NORWAY FOR THE RECIPROCAL ABOLITION OF

TEMPORARY VISITOR VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR

NATIONALS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES

Agreement effected by exchange of notes,

Signed at Manila 14 December 1966;

Entered into force 1 January 1967.

EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONSTITUTING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY FOR THE

RECIPROCAL ABOLITION OF TEMPORARY VISITOR VISA

REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONALS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES

I

No. 28405

Manila, December 14, 1966

Sir:

I have the honor to refer to discussions between representatives of our two

Governments concerning your proposal for the abolition of non-immigrant visa

requirements for nationals of our two countries and to confirm the following

understandings reached between our Governments on this subject as follows:

1. Norwegian subjects holding valid Norwegian passports shall be free to enter the

Philippines as tourists or for business purposes at any authorized bordercrossing

place and stay there up to 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

Norway as tourists or for business purposes at any authorized border-crossing place

and stay there up to a maximum period of three (3) months without the necessity of

obtaining a visa. This period of three (3) months shall be calculated 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 these States from a non-

Nordic State shall be included in the above period of three (3) months.

3. It is understood that the foregoing waiver of visa requirements does not exempt

the Norwegian subjects and citizens of the Philippines coming to the Philippines andto Norway, respectively, from the necessity of complying with the laws and

regulations in force in the respective countries concerning the taking of employment

or exercise of any profession, paid or unpaid, without having obtained a labour

permit.

4. Either country reserves the right to refuse entry or stay in each other's territory to

nationals of the other who may be deemed undesirable.

5. Either Government may temporarily suspend the foregoing Arrangement, in

whole or in part, for reasons of public order. Such suspension shall be immediately

notified to the other Government through diplomatic channels.

6. This Agreement may be denounced by either Government by notification in

writing to the Other, the denunciation to take effect three (3) months after the receipt

of such notification.

7. This Agreement shall enter into force on January 1, 1967.

If these understandings are acceptable to your Government, I have the honor to

propose that this Note and your reply concurring therein shall constitute an

Agreement between our two Governments.

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

NARCISO

RAMOS

Secretary of

Foreign Affairs

The Honorable Hans Henrichsen

Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Norway

Manila

II

ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY

Manila, December 14, 1966

Excellency:

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of Your Excellency's Note of December

14, 1966 reading as follows:

[See note I]

I have the honour to confirm to Your Excellency that the Norwegian Government accepts the proposal contained in Your Excellency's Note and agrees that the said Note and this reply shall be regarded as constituting an Agreement between our two Governments in this matter. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.HANS HOEGH HENRICHSEN Charge d'Affaires a.i. His Excellency Monsieur Narciso Ramos Secretary of Foreign Affairs Manila