Art. 9 Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie inzake de Eenheid in Bilthoven van het Regionaal Bureau voor Europa van de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie

1. With respect to section 19 of the Convention, the following shall also apply: the immunity referred to in paragraph (a) thereof shall apply, even after staff members have left the service of the Unit. This immunity shall not apply in case of a motor-traffic offence committed by a staff member nor in the case of a civil action by a third party for damage arising from an accident caused by a motor vehicle belonging to or driven by him or her; staff members shall enjoy inviolability of all their official papers and documents; staff members who are non-residents shall, in accordance with the regulations in force, have relief from duties and taxes (except payments for services) in respect of import of their furniture and personal effects, including motor vehicles, at the time of first taking up their post in the Netherlands and the right on the termination of their function in the Netherlands to export with relief from duties and taxes their furniture and personal effects, subject, in both cases, to the conditions agreed with the Government and the regulations in force applicable to international organizations situated within the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; The Director and his Deputy shall, together with members of the family forming part of his or her household, not being servants, enjoy the privileges and immunities to which a head of a diplomatic mission in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is entitled, unless he or she is either a Netherlands national or a permanent resident of the Netherlands; Staff members of rank P.5 and above shall enjoy the same privileges and immunities as those accorded to diplomatic agents of comparable rank of diplomatic missions established in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, unless he or she is either a Netherlands national or a permanent resident in the Netherlands; The members of the family referred to in sub-paragraph d of this Article shall not, when they practise a professional or commercial activity for personal profit, enjoy immunity from administrative and civil jurisdiction in respect of acts performed in the course of or in connection with such activities. However, the immunity with regard to the execution of the judgment shall stand unless waived in accordance with section 22 of the Convention; With regard to activities referred to in sub-paragraph f of this Article, the persons concerned shall neither enjoy any fiscal privilege nor exemption from the Netherlands social security provisions; Except insofar as additional immunities may be granted by the Netherlands Government, the Director who is a Netherlands national or permanently resident in the Netherlands, shall enjoy only immunity from jurisdiction and inviolability in respect of official acts performed in the exercise of his or her functions for the Unit. 2. In the event that the Unit operates a system for the payment of pensions and annuities to its former staff members and their dependants, the exemption from Dutch income tax for salaries and emoluments paid by the Unit shall not apply to such pensions and annuities.

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