12 DE JANEIRO DE 1995

156-(131)

2 — Whenever EUTELSAT makes major purchases of goods or services lhat are necessary for the performance of its official activities and whose price includes taxes or duties, the Party to the Protocol concerned shall take the measures necessary for the remittance or reimbursement of those taxes or duties.

3 — Within the scope of its official activities, EUTELSAT shall be exempt from customs duties and taxes on the EUTELSAT space segment and on equipment imported or exported in connection with the launching of satellites for use in the EUTELSAT space segment.

4 — Goods acquired by or on behalf of EUTELSAT within the scope of its official activities shall be exempt from all prohibitions and restrictions on import or export.

5 — No exemption shall be accorded in respect of taxes and duties which represent charges for specific services rendered.

6 — No exemption shall be accorded in respect of goods acquired by, or services provided to, EUTELSAT for the personal benefit of staff members.

7 — Goods exempted under this article shall not be transferred, hired out or lent, permanently or temporarily, or sold, except in accordance with conditions laid down by the Party to the Protocol that granted the exemption. However, this prohibition shall not apply to the transfer of goods between different establishments of EUTELSAT.

8 — Payments from EUTELSAT to signatories pursuant to the Operating Agreement shall be exempt from national taxes by any Party to the Protocol, other than the Party that has designated(the Signatory concerned.

Article 5 Funds, currency and securities

EUTELSAT may receive and hold any kind of funds, currency or securities and dispose of them freely in connection with any of its official activities. It may hold accounts in any currency to the extent required for the performance of its official activities.

Article 6 Official communications and publications

1 — With regard to its official communications and the distribution of all its documents, EUTELSAT shall enjoy in the territory of each Party to the Protocol treatment not less favourable than that generally accorded to equivalent intergovernmental 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 agreements to which that Party to the Protocol is a party.

2 — With regard to its official communications, EUTELSAT may employ all appropriate means of communication, including messages in code or cypher. Parties to the Protocol shall not impose any restriction on the official communications of EUTELSAT or on the circulation of its official publications. No censorship shall be applied to such communications and publications.

3 — Establishment and use by EUTELSAT of a radio station in the territory of any Party to the Protocol shall be permitted and shall be in accordance with the legislation in force in the territory concerned.

Article 7 Representatives of Parties

1 — Representatives of Parties to the Convention shall enjoy, while performing their official functions and in the course of their journeys to and from the place of performance of those functions, the following privileges and immunities:

a) Immunity from arrest or detention, and from seizure of their personal luggage, except in the case of a grave crime or when found committing, attempting to commit or just having committed a criminal offence;

b) Immunity from jurisdiction even after the termination of their mission; in respect of acts, including words spoken or written, done by them in the performance of their official functions; however, this immunity shall not apply 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 a representative, or in respect of a traffic offence involving such a vehicle and committed by him;

c) Inviolability for all official papers and documents ' that are' related to the official activities of

EUTELSAT;

d) Exemption from immigration restrictions and alien registration;

e) The same treatment in the matter of currency and exchange control as is accorded to representatives of foreign governments on temporary official mission;

f) The same treatment in the matter of customs as regards their personal luggage as is accorded to representatives of foreign governments on temporary official mission.

2 — The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply in relations between a Party to the Protocol and its representatives. Further, the provisions of subparagraphs a), d), e) and f) of paragraph 1 shall not apply in relations between a Party to the Protocol and its nationals or permanent residents.

Article 8 Representatives of signatories

' 1 — Representatives of signatories shall enjoy, while performing their official functions in relation to the work of EUTELSAT and in the course of their journeys to and from their place of work, the following privileges, exemptions and immunities:

a) Immunity from jurisdiction, even after the termination of their mission, in respect of acts, including words spoken or written, done by them in the performance of their official functions; how-. ever, this immunity shall not apply 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 a representative, or in respect of a traffic offence involving such a vehicle and committed by him;