„Димитрие Чуповски“ бр.13, 1000 Скопје +38923244000 ic@mchamber.mk
„Димитрие Чуповски“ бр.13, 1000 Скопје +38923244000 ic@mchamber.mk
21.02.2023
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AGREEMENT
ON INTERCONNECTION OF SCHEMES FOR ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION
OF THE CITIZENS OF THE WESTERN BALKANS We, the Western Balkan Participants, referred to collectively as “the
Contracting Parties* and individually as “Contracting Party”} CONVINCED of the necessity of mutual cooperation in the field of digitalization
of public administration and provision of eGovemment services, agreed by all Contracting Parties m the respective Western Balkans’ memorandums, in order to improve the efficiency of public administration for the benefit of the citizens of the Contracting Parties, RESPECTING the signed international agreements, especially in the field of
providing trust services and electronic identification. HAVING REGARD TO the objectives of the Operi'BaSkan initiative,
BEARING IN MIND the Joint Declaration signed m Novi Sad on October 10,
2019, which is based on the objective of implementing the four key freedoms of the EU single market in the Western Balkans, . * • RECOGNIZING the Joint Declaration .of the Prime Minister of the Republic of
Albania, the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia and the President- of the Republic of Serbia adopted at the Western Balkans Summit held in Ohrid on November 10, 2019, ACKNOWLEDGING the Joint Declaration of the Prime Minister of Albania, the
Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia and the President of the Republic of Serbia adopted at die Western Balkans Summit in Tirana on 21 December 2019, EMPHASIZING the common intention, interest and basis for enhancing
cooperation and partnership, INVITING the other Western Balkan participants to join this agreement in the
spirit of inclusiveness, regional cooperation and with a view to improving the lives of all within region, Have agreed as follows:
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PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT
Article 1 The purpose of this Agreement is for the Contracting Parties to provide access to their own eGovemment services to the citizens of other Contracting Parties, using the authentication schemes for electronic identification of the Contracting Party to which the citizen who uses eGovemment services belongs.
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DEFINITIONS
Article 2 For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meaning:
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Parties and who request the electronic services of another Contracting Party, in accordance with the relevant standards for the federation of electronic identities,
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SUBJECT OF THE AGREEMENT
Article 3 The Contracting Parties shall cooperate in achieving the goal set out in Article 1 of this Agreement, and in particular they shall:
The schemes referred to in this Agreement, provided by issuers of schemes referred to hereof and registered in appropriate registers, shall be mutually recognized, appropriate registers being the following:
The exchange of data necessary for the practical application of the mutually recognized electronic identification schemes stipulated in this Article is performed in accordance with the interoperability standards for data exchange.
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OPEN BALKAN ID NUMBER
Article 4 Citizens can obtain Open Balkan ID number on their national eGovemment Portal or their National Portal for electronic identification.
A prerequisite for obtaining Open Balkan ID number is for a citizen to have an electronic identity issued under registered scheme of electronic identification in his/her country.
Open Balkan ID number represents an additional attribute to already existing electronic identity of a citizen giving him/her possibility to exercise rights within the scope of the Open Balkan initiative, in accordance with the pertinent agreements and other documents that are in force between the Contracting Parties, as weli as in accordance with normative acts and the practice of each of the Contracting Parties.
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COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION
Article 5 The Contracting Parties shall establish and maintain coordination and
communication between the competent authorities for legal and technical implementation of
this Agreement The Contracting Parties shall notify each other through appropriate channels of the competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and shall exchange information on contact points, no later than 30 days from the date of the signing of this Agreement
Representatives of the authorities referred to in paragraph I of this Article shall hold regular meetings, at least once in a period of 3 (three) months, and report the results of those meetings to the Contracting Parties. The first meeting will be held within 30 (thirty) days horn the entry into force of this Agreement.
In addition to communication at the meetings referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, the exchange of infbmtation relevant to the implementation of this Agreement shall be in writing, in electronic or paper form.
The Contracting Parties shall notify each other in writing of any changes relevant to the implementation of this Agreement, no later than 30 (thirty) days from the date of the occurrence of these changes.
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EXCHANGE AND PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DATA
Article 6
The Contracting Parties agree that classified information, as defined by each Contracting Parties legislation, if exchanged in the framework of the cooperation provided for in this Agreement, shall be kept as foreign classified information and that such information shall retain the classification levels it has been assigned in the other Contracting Party.
The appropriate Table of equivalence of classification levels envisaged by the domestic legislation of the Contracting Parties should be agreed and exchanged no later than 90 (ninety) days from the entry into force of this Agreement.
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PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
Article 7 Processing of personal data between the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant national legislation and international agreements, and following the principles stipulated in Regulation (EU) 2016(679 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Article 8 Technical description of the Open Balkan ID number and processes will be defined in additional Protocols to this Agreement.
Article 9
Any dispute arising from the inteipreialion or application of this Agreement shall be settled through negotiations.
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