Art. IV Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Sint Maarten, en de Internationale Bank voor Wederopbouw en Ontwikkeling en de Internationale Financieringsmaatschappij inzake de vestiging en het functioneren van een kantoor op Sint Maarten — Certain Immunities of the World Bank Group Organizations and the Office and its Staff

Section 1. The World Bank Group Organizations shall use their best efforts to ensure that the privileges, immunities, exemptions and facilities conferred by this Agreement are not abused and for this purpose shall establish such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient. The Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations shall co-operate at all times with the Host State to facilitate the proper administration of justice, and secure the observance of police regulations and the laws in Sint Maarten. Should the Host State consider that an abuse has occurred, consultations shall be held between the Host State and the World Bank Group Organizations to determine whether any such abuse has occurred. Section 2. The Host State shall accord to the World Bank Group Organizations and the Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations, regardless of nationality or residence, consistent with the privileges, immunities and exemptions provided for in the Legal Instruments Establishing the Organizations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies, the following privileges and immunities: The property and assets of the World Bank Group Organizations, wherever located, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation or any other form of seizure by executive or legislative action; The archives of the World Bank Group Organizations shall be inviolable, wherever they may be; The Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations shall be immune from all forms of legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity; The World Bank Group Organizations’ internal employment regime, including employment rules, policies and procedures shall govern exclusively in all matters relating to employment relations concerning the Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations in Sint Maarten; The Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations serving with the Office in Sint Maarten, their Immediate Family and relatives dependent on them shall be allowed entry into Sint Maarten with assistance from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to obtain any visas that may be required; The Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations, their Immediate Family and relatives dependent on them shall have the same privileges with respect to exchange facilities as are available to members of the diplomatic corps serving in Sint Maarten; The Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations serving with the Office shall be immune from the seizure of their personal baggage and immune from the inspection of their official baggage; The Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations serving with the Office in Sint Maarten, their Immediate Family and relatives dependent on them shall have access to the same repatriation facilities in times of international crises as are made available to members of the diplomatic corps serving in Sint Maarten; The Government of Sint Maarten shall consider favorably applications by Immediate Family and relatives dependent on Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations serving with the Office to take employment in Sint Maarten in accordance with prevailing rules and regulations; and The Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations serving with the Office in Sint-Maarten shall have the right to import, free of duty, their furniture and effects at the time of first taking up their post in Sint Maarten. Section 3. The Government of Sint Maarten shall provide identification cards to Staff of the World Bank Group Organizations serving with the Office in Sint Maarten as and when they become available to certify that they are entitled to the privileges, immunities, and exemptions provided for in the Agreement.

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