Art. 8 Gastlandverdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Sint Maarten, en de Verenigde Naties inzake de vestiging van een kantoor van het United Nations Office for Project Services in Sint Maarten — Law and authority on the premises

1. The premises of the Office shall be under the control and authority of the Office, as provided for in this Agreement. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the General Convention, the laws and regulations of the Host Country, and, where applicable, the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall apply on the premises. 3. The Office shall apply United Nations rules and regulations as are necessary for the carrying out of its functions. No laws or regulations of the Host Country and, where applicable, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which are inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the United Nations under this paragraph shall, to the extent of such inconsistency, be applicable on the premises. 4. Any dispute between the Office and the Host Country as to whether a rule or regulation of the United Nations comes within the ambit of this Article or as to whether a law or regulation of the Host Country or, where applicable, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is inconsistent with a rule or regulation of the United Nations under this Article shall promptly be settled by the procedure under Article 33 of this Agreement. Pending such settlement, the rule or regulation that is the subject of the dispute shall apply and the law or regulation of the Host Country shall be inapplicable on the premises to the extent that the Office claims it to be inconsistent with the rule or regulation in question.

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