Tractatenblad 1999, 60

A. TITEL

Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Internationale Organisatie voor Atoomenergie houdende een verdrag inzake een „Technical Committee Meeting on PSA Applications" te Nederland van 21–25 juni 1999;

Wenen, 17 december 1998/15 februari 1999

B. TEKST

Nr. I

J4-TC-1103

17 December, 1998

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency (the Agency) is planning to hold a“Technical Committee Meeting on PSA Applications", from 21 to 25 June 1999. The purpose of the meeting is to compile information regarding the status of development, in the Member States, of the different tools based on probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) and how these tools are used to support safety and operational decisions at the nuclear power plants and, based on this, to provide advise to the IAEA on which are the PSA applications that have the largest impact on NPP safety and thus, on how to focus future efforts in this field. About 30 persons from 20 countries are expected to attend.

I have the honour to enquire whether the Government of the Netherlands would wish to host the meeting in question, and if so, whether your Government would agree to make the following arrangements:

1. The Government of the Netherlands will accord to the Agency, its property, funds and assets and, to the officials of the Agency and participants officially designated to attend the meeting in their official capacities, the privileges and immunities contained in the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Atomic Energy Agency which was accepted by the Government on 29 August 1963.

2. The Government will accord to officials and participants mentioned above every facility necessary for the performance of their function in connection with the meeting, including entering, remaining in and leaving the Netherlands. The Government will issue any necessary visas as expeditiously as possible and, where the legislation of the Netherlands permits, free of charge.

The Government, however, reserves the right to deny, irrespective of nationality, visas to individual participants for national security reasons. Annex A contains the list of Member States to be invited to participate.

The Agency will inform the Government promptly of all persons officially designated to attend the meeting. The Agency will also advise such persons to apply for visas, if necessary, in good time before the opening date of the meeting, and the Host Government is expected to issue such visas promptly so as to allow participants to attend the meeting.

3. The Government will facilitate customs formalities for those persons on entering and leaving the Netherlands.

4. The Government will make available to the Agency, without charge, and for the entire duration of the meeting, premises and facilities adequate and appropriate for the meeting, as listed in Annex B.

5. The Government will exercise reasonable care to ensure security on the premises in which the meeting takes place and to ensure the safety of the officials of the Agency and participants while on the premises of the meeting. The Government will take whatever steps may be reasonable in the circumstances to ensure such security and safety, including such supervision of the premises as may be warranted.

Should your Government wish to host the meeting in question, I would be grateful if you would inform me in writing of your Government's agreement on the above enumerated points by 29 January 1998 so as to enable the Secretariat to proceed with timely arrangements.

Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

A. CARNINO

A. Carnino Director

Division of Nuclear Installation Safety

FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL

Enclosure

H.E. Mr. Hans Förster

The Resident Representative

of the Netherlands to the IAEA

Opernring 3–5

A-1010 Vienna

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Annex A

LIST OF MEMBER STATES TO BE INVITED

Technical Committee Meeting on “PSA Applications" The Netherlands 21 to 25 June 1999

J4-TC-1103

MEMBER STATES:
Argentina	Germany	Russian Federation
Austria	Hungary	Slovak Republic
Australia	India	Slovenia
Belgium	Japan	South Africa
Brazil	Korea, Republic of	Spain
Bulgaria	Lithuania	Sweden
Canada	Mexico	Switzerland
China, People's Rep. of	The Netherlands	Ukraine
Czech Republic	Norway	United Kingdom
Finland	Pakistan	USA
France	Romania

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

EC

INPO

OECD/NEA

WANO

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Annex B

Technical Committee Meeting on “PSA applications" The Netherlands 21 to 25 June 1999

J4-TC-1103

TO BE PROVIDED BY THE HOST GOVERNMENT FREE OF CHARGE:

1. Premises which shall be at the exclusive disposal of the Agency from the Sunday before the meeting starts until the last day of the meeting, inclusive.

Meeting room (accommodation for 30 persons)

Two additional smaller rooms (accommodation for 12 persons each)

2. Equipment

One photocopying machine (rapid and easy to operate)

One slide projector (5 cm x 5 cm)

One Pentium PC with Windows 95 and Office 95 or 97 and one printer

One screen

One overhead projector

Three flipcharts and/or white boards (one for each meeting room)

One blackboard near the registration desk

A4 paper, overheads, pens for overheads, pens for white boards/flipcharts

Decorations and signs as necessary

3. Personnel

From Sunday before the meeting starts until the last day of the meeting inclusive:

One secretary/conference clerk fluent in English to assist the scientific secretary. Staff needed to prepare, install and operate the technical facilities and equipment mentioned in paragraph 2.

In addition to the above specific tasks, all servicing staff must be prepared to perform other duties in connection with the preparation and running of the meeting, and in particular to provide assistance in compiling and distribution of documents whenever necessary.

NOTE: Unless otherwise agreed, furnishing of the premises and installation of the facilities and equipment must be completed not later than Sunday before the meeting starts.

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Nr. II

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS TO THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS IN VIENNA

Vienna, 15 February 1999

Dear Mrs. Carnino,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 17 December 1998, which reads as follows:

(Zoals in Nr. I)

I have the honour to inform you that my Government is prepared to host the meeting in question. My Government considers your letter and this reply as an agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the International Atomic Energy Agency, which shall enter into force on the date of receipt of this reply and shall remain in force for the duration of the meeting and for such additional period as is necessary for its winding up, the total duration of this agreement, however, not to exceed one year.

Please accept the assurances of my highest consideration.

(sd.) HANS FÖRSTER

Hans Förster Ambassador,

Resident Representative of the Netherlands to the IAEA

Enclosure

Mrs. A. Carnino - Director

Division of Nuclear Installation Safety

International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna International Centre Vienna

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D. PARLEMENT

Het in de brieven vervatte verdrag behoeft ingevolge artikel 7, letter 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 brieven vervatte verdrag zijn ingevolge het in de voorlaatste alinea van brief Nr. II gestelde op 17 februari 1999 in werking getreden.

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

J. GEGEVENS

Van het op 26 oktober 1956 te New York tot stand gekomen Statuut van de Internationale Organisatie voor Atoomernergie (IAEA) zijn tekst en vertaling geplaatst in Trb. 1957, 50; zie ook, laatstelijk, Trb. 1990, 51.

Van de op 1 juli 1959 te Wenen tot stand gekomen Overeenkomst inzake de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de Internationale Organisatie voor Atoomenergie, naar welke Overeenkomst in de brieven wordt verwezen, is de tekst geplaatst in Trb. 1965, 49; zie ook, laatstelijk, Trb. 1998, 228.

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

Uitgegeven de negende april 1999

De Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken,

J. J. VAN AARTSEN