Administratief Akkoord tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Republiek Indonesië inzake het project "Aceh and Nias Sea Defense, Flood Protection, Refuges and Early Warning Systems Consultancy"

Administrative Arrangement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia concerning the project entitled ‘‘Aceh and Nias Sea Defense, Flood Protection, Refuges and Early Warning Systems Consultancy’’

The Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation, being the competent Netherlands Authority for the purpose of this Administrative Arrangement, hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Netherlands Party’’, represented in this matter by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, Dr. N. van Dam, and the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Executing Agency for Aceh and Nias represented in this matter by Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, being the competent Indonesian Authority for the purpose of this Administrative Arrangement, hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Indonesian Party’’,

Having decided to cooperate in the development of an Aceh and Nias Sea Defence, Flood Protection, Refuges and Early Warning Strategy,

Having regard to the provisions of Article 3 of the Agreement concerning Technical Cooperation between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia signed at The Hague on April 3, 1964, hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Agreement’’,

Have agreed as follows:

Article

I

The Project

Article

II

The Netherlands Contribution

Article

III

The Indonesian Contribution

The Indonesian Party shall make the following contribution to the Project:

  •  Provision of all permits and licenses necessary for the work;

  •  Base mapping at scale 1:2000 for each of the priority areas;

  •  Office location. However, the provision and maintenance of a working office is the responsibility of the Consultant;

  •  Tax exemption for goods and services procured under the contract.

Article

IV

The Executive Authorities

Article

V

Delegation

Each of the Executive Authorities, mentioned in Article IV, shall be entitled to delegate under its own responsibility, partly or entirely, its duties in connection with the Project to a third party. In doing so, the Executive Authorities shall inform each other in writing of the names of the persons or institutions delegated and of the extent of the delegation.

Article

VI

The Consultant

The Netherlands Consultant shall be responsible to the Netherlands Executive Authority for the correct implementation of the Netherlands contribution.

The Consultant shall act in close consultation with the Indonesian Executive Authority and respect the operational instructions given by the said Authority to the Indonesian personnel. The Indonesian Executive Authority shall provide the Consultant with any information that may be considered necessary for the execution of the Project and arrange meetings with local government and other authorities as necessary during the course of the Consultant’s work.

Article

VII

The Working Document

Article

VIII

Status of Netherlands Staff

The Netherlands staff to this Project shall enjoy the privileges mentioned in Article 4 of the Agreement.

Article

IX

Status of the Netherlands Equipment and Materials

The provisions of Article 5 of the Agreement are applicable to the importation and exportation of the Netherlands equipment and materials for the Project.

Upon completion of the project the ownership of the equipment and materials of the project shall be transferred to the Government of Indonesia unless otherwise agreed between the Executive Authorities.

Article

X

Reporting

The Netherlands Consultant shall submit to both Executive Authorities quarterly reports in English on the progress made on the execution of the Project. On the termination of the Project the Consultant shall submit to all parties involved a final report in English on all aspects of the work executed in connection with the Project.

Article

XI

Evaluation

Article

XII

Settlement of Disputes

Any dispute arising out of the interpretation or implementation of this Administrative Arrangement which cannot be settled by consultations between the two Parties shall be referred to the respective Governments.

Article

XIII

Entry into Force and Duration

This Administrative Arrangement shall be provisionally applied from the date of signature.

This Administrative Arrangement shall enter into force with retroactive effect to 1 March 2006 after both Parties have informed each other in writing that the procedures constitutionally required therefor in their respective countries have been complied with.

This Administrative Arrangement shall expire either at the end of the period stated in Article I, paragraph 3, of this Arrangement or on the date on which the Project has been completed in conformity with the provisions of this Arrangement and of the Working Document, whichever date is the later.

DONE at Jakarta on the 13th day of March 2006, in two originals in the English language.

For the Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation,

N. VAN DAM

Ambassador

The Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Executing Agency for Aceh and Nias,

KUNTORO MANGKUSUBROTO

Director