Art. 8 Protocol inzake de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de Internationale Organisatie voor Telecommunicatiesatellieten “INTELSAT”

1. Representatives of INTELSAT Parties at meetings called by or held under the auspices of INTELSAT shall, in the exercise of their functions, and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, enjoy the following privileges and immunities: immunity from jurisdiction, even after termination of their mission, in respect of acts, including words written and spoken, done by them in the exercise of their official functions and within the limits of their duties. However, there shall be no immunity in respect of a civil ction by a third party for damage arising from an accident caused by motor vehicle or other means of transport belonging to or driven by them, or in respect of a traffic offence involving such a vehicle and committed by them; inviolability for all their official documents and papers; together with members of their families forming part of their households, the same immunity from restrictions on admission, alien registration and departure formalities as is normally accorded to staff members of intergovernmental organizations; provided that no Contracting Party shall be obliged to apply this provision to its permanent residents. 2. Representatives of Signatories at meetings called by or held under the auspices of INTELSAT shall, in the exercise of their functions, and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, enjoy the following privileges and immunities: inviolability for official documents and papers related to the performance of their functions within the scope of the activities of INTELSAT; together with members of their families forming part of their households, the same immunity from restrictions on admission, alien registration and departure formalities as is normally accorded to staff members of intergovernmental organizations; provided that no Contracting Party shall be obliged to apply this provision to its permanent residents. 3. The members of an arbitral tribunal and witnesses before that tribunal participating in arbitration proceedings in accordance with Annex C of the Agreement shall, in the exercise of their functions, and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, enjoy the privileges and immunities referred to in paragraphs 1 (a), (b) and (c). 4. No Contracting Party shall be obliged to accord to its own nationals or to its own representatives the privileges and immunities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.

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