A national correspondent, a representative of an entity as referred to in Article 26 of the Eurojust Decision, a representative of a third State or of an entity as referred to in Article 27, paragraph 3, of the Eurojust Decision, who has been invited by Eurojust on official business, shall enjoy within and with respect to the Kingdom of the Netherlands the following privileges and immunities as far as may be deemed necessary for the effective performance of his functions and during his travel in connection with service on such missions, committees or subsidiary bodies, and during attendance at such meetings:
immunity from legal process of any kind in respect of words spoken or written, and of acts performed by him in the exercise of his official functions, such immunity to continue notwithstanding that the person concerned is no longer employed for missions, serving on committees of, or acting as consultant for Eurojust, or is no longer present at the Headquarters or attending meetings convened by Eurojust;
inviolability for all his official papers, documents and other official materials;
the same immunities and facilities with respect to his personal luggage as those accorded to members, having comparable rank, of the staff of diplomatic missions established in the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
the same privileges with respect to currency and exchange restrictions as those accorded to representatives of foreign States on temporary official missions;
the same protection and repatriation facilities as those accorded in time of international crisis to members, having comparable rank, of the staff of diplomatic missions established in the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
the right, for the purpose of all communications with Eurojust, to use codes and to dispatch or receive papers, correspondence or other official material by courier or in sealed bags; and
if necessary, exemption from alien restrictions and alien registrations.
De tekst van een interpretatieve verklaring is opgenomen in Trb. 2023/80.
Artikel 16
National Correspondents and Representatives of Third States and Other Entities
Onderdeel van Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en Eurojust· Internationaal publiekrecht
Deze tekst geldt sinds 1 april 2006