Article 38
1. The Parties undertake to authorise in freely convertible currency any payments on the current account of the balance of payments between residents of the Community and of the Republic of Tajikistan connected with the movement of goods, services or persons made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. 2. With regard to transactions on the capital account of the balance of payments, from entry into force of this Agreement, the free movement of capital shall be ensured for the purposes of direct investments made in companies formed in accordance with the laws of the host country, investments made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II, and the liquidation or repatriation of these investments and of any profit stemming therefrom. 3. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 or to paragraph 5, as from the entry into force of this Agreement, no new foreign exchange restrictions shall be introduced on the movement of capital and current payments connected therewith between residents of the Community and Tajikistan and nor shall the existing arrangements be made more restrictive. 4. The Parties shall consult each other with a view to facilitating the movement of forms of capital other than those referred to in paragraph 2 between the Community and the Republic of Tajikistan in order to promote the objectives of this Agreement. 5. With reference to the provisions of this Article, until full convertibility of the Tajik currency within the meaning of Article VIII of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is introduced, the Republic of Tajikistan may in exceptional circumstances apply exchange restrictions connected with the granting or taking-up of short- and medium-term financial credits to the extent that such restrictions are imposed on Tajikistan for the granting of such credits and are permitted according to the Republic of Tajikistan’s status under the IMF. The Republic of Tajikistan shall apply these restrictions in a non-discriminatory manner. They shall be applied in such a manner as to cause the least possible disruption to this Agreement. the Republic of Tajikistan shall inform the Cooperation Council promptly of the introduction of such measures and of any changes therein. 6. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 2, where, in exceptional circumstances, movements of capital between the Community and the Republic of Tajikistan cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties for the operation of exchange-rate policy or monetary policy in the Community or Tajikistan, the Community and the Republic of Tajikistan respectively may take safeguard measures with regard to movements of capital between the Community and the Republic of Tajikistan for a period not exceeding six months, if such measures are strictly necessary.