A. TITEL

Briefwisseling houdende een verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Internationale Organisatie voor Atoomenergie (IAEA) betreffende de regionale workshop inzake geavanceerde methoden voor de veiligheidsbeoordeling en optimalisatie van onderhoud aan kerncentrales, 2–5 oktober 2006 te Petten;

Wenen, 21 juni 2006

B. TEKST

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INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

Vienna, 1 June 2006

Subject: Request to the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Host a Joint IAEA/EC Regional Workshop on Advanced Methods for Safety Assessment and Optimization of NPP Maintenance, Petten, the Netherlands, 2–5 October 2006

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to the above mentioned meeting which is being organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in cooperation with the Institute for Energy of the European Commission Joint Research Centre, concerning the organization of a Regional Workshop on Advanced Methods for Safety Assessment and Optimization of NPP Maintenance, which will be undertaken within the framework of the IAEA technical cooperation project RER/9/083 Strengthening Safety Assessment Capabilities and Risk-informed Decision-Making. Informal agreement about the IAEA’s and EC’s respective contributions has already been reached with EC (see attached agreement as well as the meeting information*.

As the meeting will be held on the territory of the Netherlands, I hereby would like to request your Government’s consent for EC and the IAEA to hold this meeting in Petten. This consent will not imply any financial commitments for the Government of the Netherlands, but I would request you to confirm your Government’s agreement with the following arrangements which are customary for all the IAEA’s meetings:

1. The Government of the Netherlands will accord to the Agency, its property, funds and assets, and to the officials of the Agency and the participants officially designated to attend the meeting in their official capacities, and to members of the immediate families of such persons, 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 in the meeting.

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 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.

I am sending a copy of this letter to Ms. V. Ranguelova, Institute for Energy, JRC, who has been designated a liaison person for this meeting.

I express to you the Agency’s deep appreciation for your Government’s cooperation.

Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

ANA MARÍA CETTO

Deputy Director General

Head of the Department of Technical

Cooperation

for DIRECTOR GENERAL

His Excellency

Mr. Justus Jonathan De Visser

Resident Representative of the Netherlands to the IAEA Permanent Mission of the Netherlands Opernring 5

P.O. Box 190

1010 Vienna

Annex A

Technical Cooperation Project:

RER/9/083 – Strengthening Safety Assessment Capabilities and Risk-informed Decision-Making

Joint IAEA/EC Regional Workshop on Advanced Methods for Safety Assessment and Optimization of NPP Maintenance

Petten, the Netherlands, 2-5 October 2006

List of member states to be invited

Armenia

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Hungary

Lithuania

Slovakia

the Netherlands

Romania

Russian Federation

Ukraine

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Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

to the United Nations Organizations in Vienna

Vienna, 21 June 2006

Ref. RER/9/083

Re. ‘‘Joint IAEA/EC Regional Workshop on Advanced Methods for Safety Assessment and Optimization of NPP Maintenance’’ Petten, Netherlands, 2–5 October 2006

Madam,

I have the honour to refer to your letter reference RER/9/083 of 1 June 2006, relating to an agreement to be concluded between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concerning the Joint IAEA/EC Regional Workshop on Advanced Methods for Safety Assessment and Optimization of NPP Maintenance, which is scheduled to be held in Petten, the Netherlands, from 2 to 5 October 2006, which reads as follows:

(zoals in Brief Nr. I)

I am authorized by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to state that it agrees to the proposals regarding the organization of the Workshop and to state that the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands considers your letter and my reply as together constituting an Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the IAEA in respect of the Regional Workshop on Advanced Methods for Safety Assessment and Optimization of NPP Maintenance, which shall enter into force on the date of this reply and shall remain in force for the duration of the Workshop and for such additional period as is necessary for its preparation and winding up, the total duration of this Agreement, however, not to exceed one year.

Please accept, Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration.

JUSTUS J. DE VISSER

Ambassador

Resident Representative

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ms. Ana María Cetto Deputy Director General Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation Vienna International Centre

D. PARLEMENT

Het in de brieven vervatte verdrag behoeft ingevolge artikel 7, onderdeel c, van de Rijkswet goedkeuring en bekendmaking verdragen niet de goedkeuring van de Staten-Generaal.

G. INWERKINGTREDING

De bepalingen van het in de brieven vervatte verdrag zijn ingevolge het gestelde in de één na laatste alinea brief Nr. II in werking getreden op 21 juni 2006.

Het in de brieven vervatte verdrag zal ingevolge dezelfde alinea niet langer dan één jaar van kracht zijn.

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

Uitgegeven de elfde augustus 2006

De Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken,

B. R. BOT

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De overeenkomst tussen de EG en de IAEA ligt ter inzage bij de Afdeling Verdragen van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken.

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