n official exchange programmes organised by twin cities.
Article 7
Length of procedures for processing visa applications
1. Diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Russian Federation and of the Swiss Confederation shall take a decision on the request to issue a visa within 5 working days of the date of the receipt of the application and documents required for issuing the visa.
2. The period of time for taking a decision on a visa application may be extended up to 30 calendar days in individual cases, notably when further scrutiny of the application is needed.
3. The period of time for taking a decision on a visa application may be reduced to 3 working days or less in urgent cases.
Article 8
Departure in case of lost or stolen documents
Citizens of the Russian Federation and of the Swiss Confederation who have lost their identity documents, or from whom these documents have been stolen while staying in the territory of the Swiss Confederation or of the Russian Federation, may leave that territory on the grounds of valid identity documents entitling to cross the border issued by diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Russian Federation or of the Swiss Confederation without any visa or other authorization.
Article 9
Extension of visa in exceptional circumstances
The citizens of the Russian Federation and of the Swiss Confederation who do not have the possibility to leave the territory of the Swiss Confederation or of the Russian Federation by the time stated in their visas for reasons of force majeure shall have the term of their visas extended free of charge in accordance with the legislation applied by the receiving State for the period required for their return to the State of their residence.
Article 10
Diplomatic passports
1. Citizens of the Russian Federation and of the Swiss Confederation, holders of valid diplomatic passports can enter, leave and transit through the territory of the Swiss Confederation or of the Russian Federation without visas.
2. Citizens mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article may stay in the territory of the Swiss Confederation or of the Russian Federation for a period not exceeding 90 days per period of 180 days.
3. After the date of full application of the Schengen acquis by the Swiss Confederation, citizens mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article may stay in the territory of the Swiss Confederation or of another Schengen Member State, on the one hand, or of the Russian Federation on the other hand, for a period not exceeding 90 days per period of 180 days.
Article 11
Exchange of document samples
1. The Parties shall exchange through diplomatic channels, not later than 30 days from the date of signing the present Agreement, the samples of passports and documents mentioned in the present Agreement.
2. The Parties shall inform each other of the introduction of new passports or documents, and shall transmit through diplomatic channels the samples of new or modified passports or documents at least 30 days prior to their introduction or entry into force of any modification.
Article 12
Meetings of experts
The Parties shall when necessary at the request of one of the Parties, organize meetings of experts on the application of the present Agreement.
Article 13
Personal data protection
In so far as personal data are necessary in order to implement the present Agreement, the data shall be processed and protected in accordance with the national legislation of the Russian Federation and of the Swiss Confederation on
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