Agreement on the status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, national representatives and international staff:Article 13

Agreement on the status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, national representatives and international staff

Article 13

Geldend

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1.

Any representative of a Member State to the Council or any of its subsidiary bodies who is not covered by Article 12 shall, while present in the territory of another Member State for the discharge of his duties, enjoy the following privileges and immunities:

(a)

the same immunity from personal arrest or detention as that accorded to diplomatic personnel of comparable rank;

(b)

in respect of words spoken or written and of acts done by him in his official capacity, immunity from legal process;

(c)

inviolability for all papers and documents;

(d)

the right to use codes and to receive and send papers or correspondence by courier or in sealed bags;

(e)

the same exemption in respect of himself and his spouse from immigration restrictions, aliens registration and national service obligations as that accorded to diplomatic personnel of comparable rank;

(f)

the same facilities in respect of currency or exchange restrictions as are accorded to diplomatic personnel of comparable rank;

(g)

the same immunities and facilities in respect of his personal baggage as are accorded to diplomatic personnel of comparable rank;

(h)

the right to import free of duty his furniture and effects at the time of first arrival to take up his post in the country in question, and, on the termination of his functions in that country, to re-export such furniture and effects free of duty, subject in either case to such conditions as the Government of the country in which the right is being exercised may deem necessary;

(i)

the right to import temporarily free of duty his private motor vehicle for his own personal use and subsequently to re-export such vehicle free of duty, subject in either case to such conditions as the Government of the country concerned may deem necessary.

2.

Where the legal incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence, a period during which a representative to whom this Article applies is present in the territory of another Member State for the discharge of his duties shall not be considered as a period of residence. In particular, he shall be exempt from taxation on his official salary and emoluments during such periods of duty.

3.

In this Article ‘representative’ shall be deemed to include all representatives, advisers and technical experts of delegations. Each Member State shall communicate to the other Member States concerned, if they so request, the names of its representatives to whom this Article applies and the probable duration of their stay in the territories of such other Member States.

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