Art. 15 Gastlandverdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Raad van Europa betreffende de zetel van het register van schade veroorzaakt door de agressie van de Russische Federatie tegen Oekraïne — Privileges, immunities and facilities of members of the Board

1. Members of the Board, together with family members forming part of the household of a member of the Board who will stay in the host State for a consecutive period of six months or longer in accordance with Article 14, paragraph 1 of this Agreement, and who are not nationals or permanent residents of the host State, shall enjoy the privileges, immunities, exemptions and facilities accorded to diplomatic agents in accordance with the Vienna Convention. Such privileges, immunities, exemptions and facilities, inter alia, include: personal inviolability, including immunity from personal arrest or detention or any other restriction of their liberty and from seizure of their personal baggage; immunity from criminal, civil and administrative jurisdiction; inviolability of all papers and documents in whatever form and materials; immunity from national service obligations; exemption from immigration restrictions and alien registration; exemption from taxation on remunerations, emoluments and allowances paid to them by the Register; the same privileges in respect of currency and exchange facilities as are accorded to heads of diplomatic missions; the same immunities and facilities in respect of their personal baggage as are accorded to heads of diplomatic missions; the right to import free of duty their furniture and effects at the time of first taking up their post in the host State, and to re-export the same free of duty to their country of domicile; however no exemption shall be accorded in respect of taxes and duties which represent charges for specific services. for the purpose of their communications with the Register, the right to receive and send papers in whatever form; and the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as are accorded to heads of diplomatic missions under the Vienna Convention. 2. The Members of the Board shall continue to be accorded immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words which were spoken or written and all acts which were performed by them in their official capacity even after they have ceased to perform their functions for the Register. 3. The host State shall not be obliged to exempt from income tax pensions or annuities paid to former Members of the Board, and the members of their family forming part of the household. 4. Persons referred to in this Article who are nationals or permanent residents of the host State shall enjoy within the host State only the following privileges, immunities and facilities: personal inviolability, including immunity from personal arrest or detention or any other restriction of their liberty; immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity, which immunity shall continue to be accorded even after they have ceased to perform their functions for the Register; inviolability of all official papers and documents in whatever form and materials; exemption from taxation on remunerations, emoluments and allowances paid to them in respect of their work for the Register; for the purpose of their communications with the Register the right to receive and send papers in whatever form; and the right to import free of duties and taxes, except payments for services, their furniture and effects at the time of first taking up their post in the host State. 5. Persons referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article shall not be subjected by the host State to any measure which may affect the free and independent performance of their functions for the Register.

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