A. TITEL

Notawisseling tussen de Nederlandse Regering en de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland houdende een verdrag inzake voorrechten en immuniteiten te verlenen aan verbindingsambtenaren en andere personeelsleden die vanwege de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk bij de Europol Drugs Eenheid te 's-Gravenhage worden tewerkgesteld;

Londen, 30 november 1994/27 januari 1995

B. TEKST

Nr. I

ROYAL NETHERLANDS EMBASSY

38 HYDE PARK GATE

LONDON SW7 5DP

No PA-78441

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and with reference to the Ministerial Agreement establishing the Europol Drugs Unit, adopted by the TREVI Ministers during their meeting in Copenhagen on 1 and 2 June 1993, and to the decision of the European Council of 29 October 1993 that Europol should have its seat in The Hague, and pending the establishment of Europol by treaty, has the honour to propose the following on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

1. Liaison officers and other members of staff who are employed at the Europol Drugs Unit in The Hague on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland under the afore mentioned Ministerial Agreement and who settle in the Netherlands for that reason, and members of their family who form part of their household and who do not possess Dutch nationality, shall enjoy the privileges and immunities in and vis-à-vis the Kingdom of the Netherlands that accrue to members of the administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions established in the Netherlands under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961, except that the immunities shall not extend to damage caused by a vehicle or other means of transport belonging to or driven by them, nor to traffic offences and that the immunity from criminal jurisdiction shall not extend to acts performed outside the course of their duties.

2. The obligations of Sending States and their personnel that apply under the Vienna Convention to members of the administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions established in the Netherlands shall apply to the persons referred to at 1.

3. The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall, upon request, supply the persons referred to at 1 with an identity card showing their status.

The Embassy proposes that this note and the affirmative note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together shall constitute an agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which shall enter into force on the fifteenth day after the date of receipt of the affirmative note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and which shall remain in force for one year while, in case at the end of this term a treaty concerning the establishment of Europol is not in force, a further exchange of notes to prolong the agreement may be concluded.

The Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the assurance of his highest consideration.

London, 30 November 1994

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office

King Charles Street

London SW1A 2AH

Nr. II

Note No: FCO/WED/1/95

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office present their compliments to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has the honour to confirm receipt of the Embassy's note PA-78941 which reads as follows:

(Zoals in Nr. I)

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has the honour to inform the Embassy that the above proposals are acceptable to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and therefore to agree that the note of the Embassy and this affirmative note constitute an Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which shall enter into force on the fifteenth day after the date of receipt by the Embassy of this note and which shall remain in force for one year while, in case at the end of this term a treaty concerning the establishment of Europol is not in force, a further exchange of notes to prolong the Agreement may be concluded.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

27 January 1995

Royal Netherlands Embassy

38 Hyde Park Gate

London SW7 5DP

D. PARLEMENT

Het in de nota's vervatte verdrag behoefde ingevolge artikel 7, onderdeel c, van de Rijkswet goedkeuring en bekendmaking verdragen niet de goedkeuring der Staten-Generaal alvorens in werking te kunnen treden.

G. INWERKINGTREDING

De bepalingen van het in de nota's vervatte verdrag zijn ingevolge het gestelde in de voorlaatste alinea van nota nr I en in de laatste alinea van nota nr II op 16 februari 1995 in werking getreden.

Wat het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden betreft, geldt het verdrag alleen voor Nederland.

J. GEGEVENS

De Engelse en de Franse tekst van het op 18 april 1961 tot stand gekomen Verdrag van Wenen inzake diplomatiek verkeer, naar welk Verdrag onder meer in punt 1 van de onderhavige nota's wordt verwezen, zijn geplaatst in Trb. 1962, 101 en de vertaling is geplaatst inTrb. 1962, 159; zie ook, laatstelijk, Trb. 1994, 212.

In overeenstemming met artikel 19, tweede lid, van de Rijkswet goedkeuring en bekendmaking verdragen heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken bepaald dat het verdrag in Nederland zal zijn bekendgemaakt op de dag na de datum van uitgifte van dit Tractatenblad.

Uitgegeven de tweede maart 1995

De Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken,

H. A. F. M. O. VAN MIERLO

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