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Article XII Access, transit and residence

1 — a) The appropriate authorities shall take all necessary measures to facilitate the entry into, sojourn in and transit through Macau territory of the persons listed below and their spouses and relatives dependent on them for the purposes of official business of such persons related to the Institute:

/ Members of the board; if) The director, personnel and experts of the Institute;

Hi) Fellows and trainees of the Institute;

iv) Members of the council of the University and the rector and other personnel of the University;

v) Officials of the United Nations, or of one of the specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency, having official business with the Institute;

vi) Personnel of the research and training centres and programmes and associated institucions of the University, and persons participating in the programmes of the University;

v/7) Other persons invited by the Institute on official business.

b) The Institute shall notify the appropriate authorities as far as possible in advance of the names of such persons and or their spouses and relatives dependent on them, together with other relevant data regarding them. The facilities provided for in this paragraph include granting of visas whithout charge and as promptly as possible, where required for persons referred to in this paragraph.

2 — No act performed by any person referred to in paragraph 1 in his official capacity with respect to the Institute shall constitute a reason for preventing his entry into or departure from the territory of Macau or for requiring him to leave such territory.

3 — This article shall not prevent the requirement of reasonable evidence to establish that persons claiming the treatment provided for in this article come within the classes described in paragraph 1.

Article XIII Identification

1 — The director shall send to the appropriate authorities a list of the members of the Board, personnel, experts, fellows and trainees of the Institute periodically and without delay inform the appropriate authorities of any changes or additions to the list.

2 — a) The personnel of the Institute and their spouses and relatives dependent on them shall hold a personal identity card issued by the Institute stating names, date and place of birth, nationality, number of passport, and bearing photograph and signature. The identity card shall be authenticated by the appropriate authorities.

b) The identity card shall be accepted by the appropriate authorities as evidence of appointment and also as evidence of identity for non-Macau persons.

Article XIV

Privileges and immunities of members of the board, personnel and experts

1 — Members of the board at meetings convened by the Institute shall, while exercising their functions and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, enjoy such privileges and immunities as are provided for mutatis mutandis by article iv of the Convention with respect to representatives of members, subject to the terms specified in that article.

2 — a) All personnel of the Institute, irrespective of nationality, shall be accorded the following privileges and immunities in Macau:

0 Immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity;

if) Exemption from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by the Institute;

Hi) Immunity from seizure or inspection of their official baggage.

b) In addition, non-Macau personnel shall:

i) Be immune from national service obligations;

if) Be immune, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, from immigration restrictions and alien registration;

«0 Be accorded the same privileges in respect of exchange facilities as are accorded to officials of comparable rank forming part of diplomatic missions to the Republic of Portugal;

iv) Be given, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as diplomatic envoys;

v) Have the right to import free of duty their furniture and effects in one or more separate shipments, and thereafter to import necessary additions to the same, including motor vehicles, according to the Portuguese legislation applicable to diplomatic representatives accredited in Portugal; and reasonable quantities of certain articles for personal use or consumption and not for gift or sale.

3 — In addition to the privileges and immunities specified in paragraph 2, a non-Macau director, and in his absence the official designated to act on his behalf, shall enjoy the privileges and immunities, to which a diplomatic agent is entitled.

4 — Experts at the Institute shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are provided for mutatis mutandis by article VI of the Convention with respect to experts on mission for the United Nations, subject to the terms speciffied in that article.

5 — Privileges and immunities are granted by this Agreement in the interests of the Institute and not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves. The director on behalf of the rector shall have the right and the duty to waive the immunity of any individual in any case where, in his opinion, the immunity would impede the course of justice and can waived without prejudice to the interests of the Institute. In the case of the director, the rector shall have a similar right and duty.