The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

and

the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic,

(hereinafter referred to as "the Contracting Parties")

Desiring to extend and intensify the economic relations between

them particularly with respect to investments by the investors of one Contracting Party in

the territory of the other Contracting Party,

Recognizing that agreement upon the treatment to be accorded to such investments will

stimulate the flow of capital and technology and the economic development of the

Contracting Parties and that fair and equitable treatment is desirable,

Taking note of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe,

signed on August, 1st 1975 in Helsinki,

Have agreed as follows: