Art. 1 Verdrag inzake de zetel van het Permanente Hof van Arbitrage

1. “1899 Convention” shall mean the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, concluded at The Hague on 29 July, 1899, and “1907 Convention” shall mean the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, concluded at The Hague on 18 October, 1907; 2. “PCA” shall mean the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; 3. “Government” shall mean the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; 4. “Appropriate Authorities” shall mean such State, municipal or other authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as may be appropriate in the context of the relevant provisions of this Agreement and in accordance with the laws and customs applicable in the Kingdom of the Netherlands; 5. “Parties” shall mean the PCA and the Kingdom of the Netherlands; 6. “Headquarters” shall mean the area and any building, including conference facilities, parts of buildings, land or facilities ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used by the PCA on a permanent basis or from time to time, to carry out official functions; 7. “PCA Proceedings” shall mean dispute resolution administered by or under the auspices of the PCA, whether or not pursuant to the 1899 Convention, the 1907 Convention, or any of the PCA's optional rules of procedure, in which at least one party is a State, a State-controlled entity, or an intergovernmental organization; 8. “PCA Adjudicator” shall mean an arbitrator, mediator, conciliator, or member of a commission of inquiry taking part in a hearing, meeting or other activity in relation to PCA Proceedings; 9. “Participant in Proceedings” shall mean a witness, expert, counsel, party, agent or other party representative, taking part in a hearing, meeting or other activity in relation to PCA Proceedings; 10. “PCA Meeting” shall mean any meeting of any of the organs or subsidiary organs of the PCA, or any internal conference or other gathering convened by the PCA or under its sponsorship; 11. “Secretary-General” shall mean the head of the International Bureau of the PCA as set out in Article VIII of the Rules of Procedure of the Administrative Council and Article I of the Rules Concerning the Organization and Internal Working of the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, or in his absence the First Secretary as established in Article IV of the aforementioned rules; 12. “Officials of the PCA” shall mean the Secretary-General and all members of the staff of the PCA; 13. “Property” shall mean all property, assets and funds, belonging to the PCA or held or administered by the PCA in furtherance of its functions , including any funds held on deposit for the benefit of PCA Proceedings and any Provident Fund to be established by or conducted under the authority of the PCA, and all income of the PCA; 14. “Archives of the PCA” shall mean all records, correspondence, documents, manuscripts, computer and media data, photographs, films, video and sound recordings belonging to or held by the PCA or any of its staff members in an official function, or in the possession of any PCA Adjudicator or Participant in Proceedings, and any other material which the Secretary-General and the Government may agree shall form part of the archives of the PCA; 15. “The Vienna Convention” shall mean the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961.

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