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enjoy 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; 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 an expert, or in respect of a traffic offence involving such a vehicle and committed by him;

b) Inviolability for all official papers and documents that are related to the official activities of EUTELSAT;

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

d) Exemption from immigration restrictions and alien registration.

2 — The Parties to the Protocol shall not be obliged to accord to their nationals or permanent residents the privileges and immunities referred to in subparagraphs c) and d) of paragraph 1.

Article 12

Arbitrators and other persons participating in arbitration proceedings

Whenever a dispute is submitted to arbitration in accordance with article xx of the Convention, the appropriate privileges and immunities for arbitrators and other persons participating in arbitration proceedings shall be established in a special agreement between the parties to the arbitration and the Party in whose territory the proceedings are to take place.

Article 13 .

Notification of staff members and experts

The director general shall inform a Party to the Protocol whenever a staff member or expert takes up or relinquishes his duties in the territory of that Party. Furthermore, the director general shall regularly notify all Parties to the Convention of the names and nationalities of the staff members to whom the provisions of article 9 of this Protocol apply.

Article 14 Waiver

1 — The privileges and immunities provided for in this Protocol are not granted for the personal benefit of individuals but for the efficient performance of their official functions.

2 — If privileges and immunities are likely to impede the course of justice, and in all cases they may be waived without prejudice to the purposes for which they have been accorded, the authorities listed below have the right and duty to waive such privileges and immunities:

a) The Parties to the Protocol in respect of their representatives and representatives of their signatories;

b) The Assembly of Parties of EUTELSAT, convened, if necessary in extraordinary meeting, in respect of EUTELSAT;

c) The Board of Signatories of EUTELSAT in respect of the director general;

d) The director general in respect of staff members and experts.

Article 15

Entry, stay and departure • .

The Parties to the Protocol shall take all appropriate measures to facilitate entry, stay and departure of representatives, staff members and experts.

Article 16 Observance of laws and regulations

EUTELSAT and all persons enjoying privileges and immunities under this Protocol shall respect the laws and regulations of the Parties to the Protocol concerned and cooperate at all times with the competent authorities of those Parties in order to ensure the observance of their laws and regulations and to prevent any abuse of the privileges and immunities provided for in this Protocol.

Article 17 . Security

•Each Party to the Protocol reserves the right to take all measures it considers necessary in the interest of its security.

Article 18 Settlement of disputes

Any dispute between EUTELSAT and a Party to the Protocol or between two or more such Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this.Protocol that is not settled by negotiation shall, at the request of any party to the dispute, be submitted to arbitration in accordance with article xx and annex B of the Convention.

Article 19 Arbitration clause in written contracts

When concluding written contracts, other than those concluded in accordance with the staff regulations or those in which the director general has expressly waived the immunity of EUTELSAT from jurisdiction, EUTELSAT shall provide for arbitration. The arbitration clause shall provide a means of establishing the law and procedure applicable, the composition of the tribunal, the procedure for the appointment of the arbitrators and the seat of the tribunal. The execution of the arbitration award shall be governed by the rules in force in the State in whose territory the award is to be executed.