Art. IV Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden met betrekking tot Aruba en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika inzake douanevoorinspectie

The Government of Aruba shall: Permit Preclearance Officers to carry out preclearance of passengers, crew, baggage, aircraft and aircraft stores on eligible flights and to determine procedures for carrying out inspections and utilization of their resources. Provide and maintain the facilities as set forth in the Annex to this Agreement. Permit the installation and operation of such communications and inspection aids and equipment as the U.S. inspection agencies determine they require, including radiological and nucleair detection devices. The implementing authorities shall establish mutually acceptable protocols for resolution in the event of a positive alarm during radiological/nuclear screening of aircraft, passengers, crew and/or their goods. The Government of the United States will assist the implementing authorities of Aruba in establishing protocols to secure and dispose of any illicit and/or illicitly trafficked radiological/nuclear materials detected. Enable Preclearance Officers to search any and all persons, baggage, aircraft and aircraft stores subject to preclearance in accordance with this Agreement. Such search may be conducted for: merchandise or other articles, including monetary instruments, falsely declared or not declared; merchandise or other articles the entry of which into the United States is prohibited or restricted, including controlled substances; documents relevant to an individual's immigration status which are fraudulent or misused. Permit Preclearance Officers to search any person entering or with direct nexus to the Preclearance Area, and any article or conveyance operating in or with a direct nexus to the Preclearance Area. Authorize the Aruban law enforcement officers, upon request of a United States inspection agency, to seize and confiscate articles or merchandise and/or arrest the bearer of such articles or merchandise (and any alleged accomplices), if such articles or merchandise are falsely declared or not declared at the time of preclearance and if possession or exportation of such articles or merchandise is prohibited under the laws of Aruba. Permit Preclearance Officer(s) to seize and forfeit articles or merchandise of which the importation into the United States is a violation of U.S. law, including articles or merchandise falsely declared or not declared. Provide, upon request of a United States inspection agency, appropriate law enforcement assistance to prevent such person from boarding the aircraft when a passenger or aircraft crew member on a precleared flight is refuses passage onwards because of refusal to answer questions of a Preclearance Officer relavant to his immigration status or refusal to cooperate or submit to search or is found or deemed by a Preclearance Officer to be inadmissible to the United States; Upon request of a United States inspection agency, provide appropriate medical assistance and, where necessary, access to medical isolation facilities for persons subject to preclearance who are suspected of having an infectious disease proscribed under United States public health laws and regulations.

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