Briefwisseling houdende een verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en het Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) inzake de mogelijkheid voor gezinsleden van functionarissen van het Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFC HQ Brunssum) om in Nederland betaald werk te verrichten

1

In the sense of the present Agreement, the term

• a)

  “JFC HQ Brunssum” shall include both Headquarters Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum and Headquarters Joint Logistics Support Group Brunssum;

• b)

  “Staff members” shall refer to personnel defined in Article 3, paragraph 1, sub paragraphs a) and b) of the Protocol on the status of international military headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Paris, 28 August 1952.

2

The following persons are “dependents of staff members” in the sense of Article 1:

• a)

  the spouse of staff members of JFC HQ Brunssum, a person with whom they live in a union treated similarly to marriage under the laws of the sending State or a person with whom they have a cohabitation agreement drawn up by a civil-law notary in so far as the legislation of the sending State allows for such agreements;

• b)

  children of staff members of JFC HQ Brunssum under the age of 18;

• c)

  children of staff members of JFC HQ Brunssum who are aged 18 or over, but not older than 27, provided that they are unmarried, financially dependent on the staff member concerned and are attending fulltime education in the Netherlands;

• d)

  children of staff members of JFC HQ Brunssum who are aged 18 or over, but not older than 23; shall also be recognized as dependents if they are not studying as long as they are unmarried and financially dependent on the staff member concerned.

1

Persons mentioned in Article 2, paragraph 2, who obtain gainful employment shall enjoy no immunity from criminal, civil or administrative jurisdiction with respect to matters arising in the course of, or in connection with, such employment. However, any measures of execution shall be taken without infringing the inviolability of their person or of their residence, if they are entitled to such inviolability.

2

In case of the insolvency of a person aged under 18, a claim arising out of a gainful employment of that person shall be settled in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to the employment of that person. Staff members of JFC HQ Brunssum shall enjoy no immunity from civil or administrative jurisdiction, nor from execution, with respect to the settlement of such claims.