Notawisseling tussen de Nederlandse en de Zweedse Regering houdende een verdrag inzake voorrechten en immuniteiten te verlenen aan verbindingsambtenaren en andere personeelsleden die vanwege de Zweedse Regering bij de Europol Drugs Eenheid te 's-Gravenhage worden tewerkgesteld

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I

ROYAL NETHERLANDS EMBASSY

Götgatan 16a

104 65 Stockholm

The Royal Netherlands Embassy presents its compliments to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and with reference to the Joint Action of 10 March 1995 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 Netherlands.

1

Liaison officers and other members of staff who are employed at the Europol Drugs Unit in The Hague on behalf of the Kingdom of Sweden under the aforementioned Joint Action 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 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 for Foreign Affairs together shall constitute an agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Sweden, which shall enter into force on the fifteenth day after the date of receipt of the affirmative note of the Ministry for 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 Royal Netherlands Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs the assurances of its highest consideration.

Stockholm, 12 April 1995

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs

of the Kingdom of Sweden

Stockholm

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II

MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Royal Netherlands Embassy and has the honour to confirm receipt of the Embassy's note of 12 April 1995 which reads as follows:

(Zoals in Nr. I)

The Ministry has the honour to inform the Embassy that the above proposals are acceptable to the Kingdom of Sweden and that the note of the Embassy and this affirmative note constitute an Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Sweden 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.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Royal Netherlands Embassy the assurances of its highest consideration.

Stockholm, 28 August 1995

The Royal Netherlands Embassy

Stockholm