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2. The EPLO Regional Branch in Portugal shall be exempt from paying stamp duties on banking operations.

CHAPTER III

IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF REPRESENTATIVES, OFFICIALS ANDEXPERTS

Article 13

Representatives

1. The representatives of the Member States attending the meetings of the EPLO Regional Branch in

Portugal shall, while exercising their official functions and during their journey to and from the place of meeting,

enjoy the following privileges and immunities.

a) Immunity against any legal proceedings, including both civil and criminal, even after the termination of their

mission, in respect of spoken or written statements, and from all acts performed by them in their official

capacity as representatives to the EPLO Regional Branch in Portugal;

b) Inviolability of all official papers and documents, regardless of the form;

c) When required by Portuguese or European Union legislation, issuance of passport visas for the

representatives and their spouses or partners free of any cost and as fast as possible.

2. The provisions of the previous paragraph shall not affect any other immunity to which the representative

may be entitled under international law.

3. The privileges and immunities mentioned in paragraph 1 and 2 of this article may not be enjoyed by

representatives of the Portuguese Republic or Portuguese nationals.

4. The EPLO Regional Branch in Portugal shall inform the Portuguese Republic of the names of the

representatives before they enter the Portuguese territory.

Article 14

Officials

1. The officials of the EPLO Regional Branch in Portugal shall be registered by the Military of Foreign Affairs

of the Portuguese Republic

2. The officials shall be entitled to the following privileges and immunities:

a) Immunity against any legal proceedings in respect of acts performed in the course of the performance of

their functions for the EPLO Regional Branch in Portugal, including spoken or written statements,

b) Inviolability of papers and documents in whatever form and materials relating to their functions for the

EPLO Regional Branch in Portugal, including but not limited to products stored in magnetic media, as well

as regular and electronic mail and documents transmitted in electronic data;

c) When required by Portuguese or European Union legislation, issuance of passport visas for the officials

and their spouses, partners, as well as to other dependants such as ascendants or descendants in direct

line and first degree, including adoptive children in the same circumstances, free of any cost and as fast as

possible;

d) The same facilities in respect to currency exchange as the ones given to members of the diplomatic

missions;

e) Exemption from taxes on income and complementary remuneration to be paid by the EPLO Regional Branch

in Portugal; however, the Portuguese Republic shall take into consideration the value of all such remuneration

to estimate the taxation applied to income coming from other sources;

f) At the beginning of functions in Portugal, the officials shall be exempt from importation duties, VAT and

special consumer taxes, except for costs incurred with the payment of services, relative to the importation

of furniture and other personal goods they own or shall acquire within six months of changing their