Spain

[NL/ES] Agreement on Cultural and Scientific Co-operation between Spain and the Netherlands

IRIS 1995-1:1/51

Esther M. Harlow

Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrücken/Brussels

The Kingdom of Spain and the Netherlands reached an agreement on 27 February 1978 concerning cultural and scientific co-operation.

The aim of the agreement, which came into force on 6 March 1979, is to promote joint co-operation on education, science and culture. Article 13 provides that the contracting countries must foster direct co-operation in the areas of radio, television and the press. According to Article 14, this also applies in particular to cinematographic co-productions and the exchange of artistic, documentary and scientific films and other audiovisual media productions that will further the purposes of the agreement.

According to Article 24, the implementation of the agreement requires a regular exchange of views and information between the representatives of Spain and the Netherlands in the form of biennial meetings.