Common use of Telecommunication Clause in Contracts

Telecommunication. 1. Subject to further arrangements with the appropriate Portuguese authorities regarding locations and technical details of equipment, an Allied Headquarters may import, establish, access, operate and maintain, on either a temporary or non-temporary basis, inside or outside the premises occupied by it, such telecommunications facilities and military radio stations as may be required for its operational functions, military training and exercises, emergencies or for morale and welfare purposes. 2. The Portuguese Republic shall remain responsible and liable for spectrum management. Frequencies to be used by an Allied Headquarters, together with their parameters, shall be established by an Allied Headquarters and the Portuguese authorities responsible for spectrum management in accordance with the procedures set up by the appropriate NATO authority. An Allied Headquarters and the Portuguese Republic shall take all necessary measures to avoid and eliminate harmful interference with each other’s and with civilian telecommunication services and electrical power facilities. Subject to prior coordination with the appropriate Portuguese authorities an Allied Headquarters may employ necessary security measures to protect Allied Headquarters communications in the Portuguese Republic for reasons of security and force protection. 3. Telecommunication facilities and military radio stations shall be used exclusively for official purposes in accordance with the paragraph above. 4. Applications regarding wire telephone and telegraph/data systems and circuits shall be submitted in accordance with the procedures established by the correspondent NATO authority. 5. The criteria, regulations and rates for work and services of the telecommunications operators and regulators, including frequency spectrum pricing, shall not be less favourable than those applied to the Portuguese Armed Forces. 6. In establishing and operating telecommunications facilities, an Allied Headquarters shall apply the provisions approved by the International Telecommunications Union and any other international or regional telecommunications regulations binding upon the Portuguese Republic, as well as Portuguese telecommunications laws and regulations. An Allied Headquarters shall be exempt from this provision to the extent that such exemption is granted to the Portuguese Armed Forces. 7. All Allied Headquarters shall be entitled to send and receive messages and data in cipher.

Telecommunication. 1. Subject to further arrangements with the appropriate Portuguese authorities of the Republic of Latvia regarding locations and technical details of equipment, an Allied Headquarters may import, establish, access, operate and maintain, on either a temporary or non-temporary basis, inside or outside the premises occupied by it, such telecommunications facilities and military radio stations as may be required for its operational functionsofficial activities, military training and exercises, emergencies or for morale and welfare purposes. 2. The Portuguese Republic of Latvia shall remain responsible and liable for spectrum management. Frequencies to be used by an Allied Headquarters, together with their parameters, shall be established by an Allied Headquarters and the Portuguese Latvian authorities responsible for spectrum management in accordance with the procedures set up by the appropriate NATO authority. An Allied Headquarters and the Portuguese Republic of Latvia shall take all necessary measures to avoid and eliminate harmful interference with each other’s other and with civilian telecommunication services and electrical power facilities. Subject to prior coordination with the appropriate Portuguese authorities of the Republic of Latvia an Allied Headquarters may employ necessary security measures to protect Allied Headquarters communications in the Portuguese Republic of Latvia for reasons of security and force protection. 3. Telecommunication facilities and military radio stations shall be used exclusively for official purposes in accordance with the paragraph above. 4. The Republic of Latvia shall exempt Allied Headquarters from any and all frequency spectrum pricing. 5. Applications regarding wire telephone and telegraph/data systems and circuits shall be submitted in accordance with the procedures established by the correspondent NATO authority. 56. The criteria, regulations and rates for work and services of the telecommunications operators and regulators, including frequency spectrum pricing, regulators shall not be less favourable than those applied to the Portuguese Latvian National Armed Forces. 67. In establishing and operating telecommunications facilities, an Allied Headquarters shall apply the provisions approved by the International Telecommunications Union and any other international or regional telecommunications regulations binding upon the Portuguese RepublicRepublic of Latvia, as well as Portuguese telecommunications laws and regulationsregulations of the Republic of Latvia. An Allied Headquarters shall be exempt from this provision to the extent that such exemption is granted to the Portuguese Latvian National Armed Forces. 78. All Allied Headquarters shall be entitled to send and receive messages and data in cipher.