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II SÉRIE-A — NÚMERO 59

5 — Goods belonging to INTELSAT which have been exempted under paragraphs 2 or 3 shall not be transferred, hired out or lent, permanendy or temporarily, except in accordance with the domestic laws of the Contracting Party which granted the exemption.

Article 5

Communications

With regard to its official communications and the transfer of all its documents, INTELSAT shall enjoy in the territory of each Contracting Party treatment not less favourable than that accorded to other intergovernmental non-regional organizations in the matter of priorities, rates and taxes on mails and all forms of telecommunications, as far as may be compatible with any international conventions, regulations and arrangements to which that Contracting Party is a party. No censorship shall be applied to official communications of IOTELSAT by whatever means of communication.

Article 6 RestricUons

Within the scope of its activities authorized by the INTELSAT Agreements, the funds held by INTELSAT shall not be restricted by controls, restrictions, regulations or moratoria of any kind, provided that operations involving those funds comply with the laws of the Contracting Party.

CHAPTER H Staff members of INTELSAT

Article 7

1 — The staff members of INTELSAT shall enjoy the following privileges, exemptions and immunities:

a) Immunity from jurisdiction, even after they have left the service of INTELSAT, in respect of acts, including words written and spoken, done by them in the exercise of their official functions and within the limits of their duties. However, there shall be no immunity in respect of a civil action by a third party for damage arising from an accident caused by a motor vehicle or other means of transport belonging to or driven by them, or in respect of a traffic offence involving such a vehicle and committed by them;

b) Inviolability for official documents and papers related to the performance of their functions within the scope of the activities of INTELSAT;

c) Exemption from national service obligations;

d) Together with members of their families forming part of their households, the same immunity from restrictions on admission, alien registration and departure formalities, as well as the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis, as are normally accorded to staff members of intergovernmental organizations;

e) Exemptions from all national income tax on their salaries and emoluments paid to them by INTELSAT, excluding pensions and other similar benefits paid by

INTELSAT. The Contracting Parties reserve the right to take those salaries and emoluments into account when assessing the amount of tax to be applied to income from other sources;

f) The same treatment in the matter of currency and exchange control as is normally accorded to staff members of intergovernmental organizations;

g) The right to import free of customs duties and other customs charges (except payment for services rendered), their furniture and personal effects, including a motor vehicle, at the time of taking up their post in the territory of a Contracting Party, and the right to export them free of duty upon termination of their functions, subject to the conditions laid down by the laws of the Contracting Party concerned.

2 — Goods belonging to staff members which have been exempted under paragraph \-g) shall not be transferred, hired out or lent, permanently or temporarily, except in accordance with the domestic taws of the Contracting Party which granted the exemption.

3 — Provided that staff members are covered by the social security scheme of INTELSAT, INTELSAT and its staff members shall be exempt from all compulsory contributions to national social security schemes, subject to agreements to be concluded with Contracting Parties concerned in accordance with article 12. This exemption does not preclude any voluntary participation in a national social security scheme in accordance with the law of the Contracting Party concerned; neither does it require a Contracting Party to make payments of benefits under social security schemes to staff members who are exempt under the provisions of this paragraph.

4 — Conctracting Parties shall take all appropriate measures to facilitate entry into, stay in, or departure from their territories of staff members of INTELSAT.

5 — The Contracting Parties shall not be obliged to accord to their nationals or permanent residents the privileges, exemptions and immunities referred to in paragraphs 1 — c), d), e), f) and g) and in paragraph 3.

6 — The director general of INTELSAT shall notify the Contracting Parties concerned of the names of the staff members to whom the provisions of this article shall apply. The. director general shall also notify without delay the Contracting Party which grants the exemption provided for under paragraph 1 — d), of this article of the completion of the official functions of any staff members in the territory of that Contracting Party.

CHAPTER ITI

Representatives of INTELSAT Parties and signatories and persons participating in arbitration proceedings

Article 8

1 — Representatives of INTELSAT Parties at meetings called by or held under the auspices of INTELSAT shall, in the exercise of their functions, and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, enjoy the following privileges and immunities:

a) Immunity from jurisdiction, even after termination of their mission, in respect of acts, including