Principles of Cooperation. Subject to the laws of each signatory, the following cooperative principles are to be used as a guide by the signatories in civil emergency matters that may affect more than one signatory: (1) The authorities of each signatory may seek the advice, cooperation or assistance of any other signatory in any civil emergency matter. (2) Nothing in the arrangement shall derogate from the applicable laws within the jurisdiction of any signatory. However, the authorities of any signatory may request from the authorities of any other signatory appropriate alleviation of such laws if their normal application might lead to delay or difficulty in the rapid execution of necessary civil emergency measures. (3) Each signatory will use its best ef- forts to facilitate the movement of evacuees, refugees, civil emergency personnel, equip- ment or other resources into or across its territory or to a designated staging area when it is agreed that such movement or staging will facilitate civil emergency oper- ations by the affected or participating signatories. (4) In times of emergency, each signatory will use its best efforts to ensure that the citizens or residents of any other signatory present in its territory are provided emer- gency health services and emergency social services in a manner no less favorable than those provided to its own citizens. (5) Each signatory will use discretionary power as far as possible to avoid levy of any tax, tariff, business license or user fees on the services, equipment and supplies of any other signatory that is engaged in civil emergency activities in the territory of an- other signatory and will use its best efforts to encourage local governments or other ju- risdictions within its territory to do likewise. (6) When civil emergency personnel, con- tracted firms or personnel, vehicles, equip- ment or other services from any signatory are made available to or are employed to as- sist any other signatory, all providing signatories will use best efforts to ensure that charges, levies or costs for such use or assistance will not exceed those paid for similar use of such resources within their own territory. (7) The signatories will exchange contact lists, warning and notification plans and se- lected emergency plans and will call to the attention of their respective local govern- ments and other jurisdictional authorities in areas adjacent to intersignatory boundaries the desirability of compatibility of civil emergency plans and the exchange of contact lists, warning and notification plans and se- lected emergency plans. (8) The authority of any signatory con-
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Samples: Emergency Mutual Assistance Agreements, Emergency Mutual Assistance Agreements, Emergency Mutual Assistance Agreements
