Riigikogu — Euroopa Nõukogu privileegide ja immuniteetide üldkokkuleppe kolmas protokoll — RT II, 1998, 49, 100

Kokkuleppe ratifitseerimise seadus Mitteametlik tõlge ELS nr 28 Koostatud 6. märtsil 1959. a Strasbourg'is Käesolevale protokollile allakirjutanud riigid, olles Euroopa Nõukogu liikmed, Euroopa Nõukogu privileegide ja immuniteetide üldkokkuleppele allakirjutanud riigid või nimetatud üldkokkuleppe pooled ning samal ajal Etniliste Pagulaste ja Ülerahvastatusega Tegeleva Euroopa Nõukogu Ümberasustamisfondi liikmed; pidades silmas eespool nimetatud fondi kokkuleppe artiklite I ja IX (g) sätteid; pidades silmas Euroopa Nõukogu statuudi artiklit 40; soovides määratleda ümberasustamisfondi omandi, varade ja tehingute õiguslikku režiimi ning selle organite ja ametnike õiguslikku staatust; võttes arvesse vajadust hõlbustada fondi põhikirjaliste eesmärkide realiseerimist fondi tehinguid mõjutava otsese või kaudse maksustamise suurima võimaliku vähendamisega, kuna neid kannavad lõpuks fondi tagatud laenusaajad; soovides täiendada Euroopa Nõukogu privileegide ja immuniteetide üldkokkulepet ümberasustamisfondiga, leppisid kokku alljärgnevas: I osa KOKKULEPPE, STAATUSE JA KOMPETENTSI ARTIKLID Artikkel 1 Euroopa Nõukogu ümberasustamisfondi kokkuleppe artiklid, mis on Ministrite Komitee resolutsiooniga (56) 9 heaks kiidetud või eelmainitud komitee või kokkuleppe artiklis IX (h) sätestatud piirides tegutseva juhatuse parandatud, on käesoleva protokolli lahutamatuks osaks. Euroopa Nõukogu ümberasustamisfond on juriidiline isik ja tal on õigus: (i) sõlmida lepinguid; (ii) omandada ja käsutada kinnis- ja vallasvara; (iii) algatada juriidilisi menetlusi; (iv) teostada oma põhikirjaliste eesmärkidega seotud mis tahes tehinguid. Ümberasustamisfondi tehingud ja toimingud sooritatakse ja lepingud sõlmitakse lähtuvalt käesolevast protokollist, fondi kokkuleppe artiklitest ja kokkuleppe kohaselt väljaantud eeskirjadest. Fondi nõusolekul võib üksikjuhtudel rakendada siseriiklikke õigusakte, kui need ei kitsenda käesolevat protokolli ega kokkuleppe artikleid. II OSA KOHTUD, OMAND, VARAD JA TEHINGUD Artikkel 2 Fondi liikme või riigi, kelle territooriumil laenu- või garantiileping sõlmiti, pädev kohus võib menetleda hagisid, milles fond on kostjaks. Siiski: (i) ei tohi nimetatud kohtutele esitada hagisid fondi vastu fondi liige või tema esindajad või liikmelt nõudeõiguse saanud isikud, või fond liikme või eespool nimetatud isikute vastu; (ii) fondi ja selle liikme või selle liikme heakskiidetud muu laenajaga sõlmitud laenu- või garantiilepingust tulenevad lahkarvamused tuleb lahendada arbitraaži teel vastavalt nimetatud lepingus sätestatud korrale. Fondi allakirjutatud laenu- või garantiilepingust tulenevad lahkarvamused tuleb lahendada arbitraaži teel vastavalt fondi kokkuleppe artikli X lõikele I(d) koostatud laenueeskirjadele. Artikkel 3 Enne lõplikku kohtuotsust ei tohi fondi omandit ja vara konfiskeerida, arestida ega võõrandada. Artikli 2 lõigu 3 kohase arbitraažiotsuse täideviimine võõrandamise teel tuleb fondi liikme territooriumil ellu viia liikmesriigi õigusstruktuuride kaudu ja pärast otsuse tunnustamist kõnealuses riigis tavakohaste protseduuridega. Tunnustamiseks pole vaja kontrollida muud, kui kohtuotsuse autentust, selle vastavust fondi laenueeskirjades esitatud reeglitele pädevuse ja menetluse osas ja et see ei ole vastuolus asjassepuutuvas riigis vastu võetud lõpliku kohtuotsusega. Iga protokollile allakirjutanu peab ratifitseerimisdokumendi deponeerimisel teatama Euroopa Nõukogu peasekretäri kaudu teistele allakirjutanutele, milline ametiasutus on seaduste kohaselt pädev seda formaalsust täitma. Artikkel 4 Fondi omandit ja vara, olenemata selle asukohast ja valdajast, ei tohi ilma fondi loata läbi otsida, rekvireerida, konfiskeerida, eksproprieerida ega arestida mis tahes muu täidesaatva või õigusliku tegevusega. Fondi töös kasutatavad kinnistud koos hoonetega ja fondi arhiivid on puutumatud. Artikkel 5 Fond võib oma põhikirjaliste eesmärkide saavutamiseks: (a) omada mis tahes valuutat ja arveldada selles; (b) oma raha pankade kaudu vabalt üle kanda nii riigisiseselt kui ka ühest riigist teise ja konverteerida oma käsutuses olevat mis tahes valuutat muuks valuutaks. Käesoleva artikli kohaste õiguste kasutamisel peab fond arvestama liikme valitsuse esitatud vastuväidetega. Artikkel 6 Fondi omandi ja varade suhtes ei kehti mingid piirangud, eeskirjad ja moratooriumid. Neid ei kontrollita. Artikkel 7 Ümberasustamisfond ja selle varad, sissetulekud ja muu omand on vabastatud kõigist otsestest maksudest. Fondi liikme territooriumil on ümberasustamisfond vabastatud kõigist maksudest, mis tulenevad fondi laenutehingutest ja -toimingutest. Selle vabastamise eesmärk on suunata neid tulusid vastavalt põhikirja sätetele pagulaste vajadusteks ja ülerahvastusest tekkivate probleemide lahendamiseks või fondi antavatesse või garanteeritavatesse laenudesse. Fondi ei vabastata mingitest kommunaalteenuste tariifidest, maksudest või lõivudest. Võimalusel peavad liikmesriikide valitsused korraldama: (a) fondi väljaantud võlakirjade intressidest või sõlmitud laenulepingutest tuleneva sissetuleku vabastamise maksudest; (b) vallas- või kinnisvara eest makstava hinna või osutatud teenuste osaks oleva aktsiisimaksu vähendamise või tagastamise, seda juhtudel, kui fond teeb põhikirjalistel eesmärkidel suuri oste või talle osutatakse teenuseid, mille hind sellist aktsiisimaksu sisaldab. Olenemata valdajast ei võeta fondi väljaantud või garanteeritud väärtpaberitelt või võlakirjadelt (või nende dividendidelt või intressidelt) maksu: (a) ainuüksi sellepärast, et sellise väärtpaberi või võlakirja on välja andnud või garanteerinud fond; või (b) kui ainus õiguslik alus sellise maksu kehtestamiseks on väärtpaberi või võlakirja väljaandmise, garanteerimise, maksekorralduse tegemise või maksmise koht või valuuta või fondi peakorteri või mõne kontori või äritegevuse asukoht. Artikkel 8 Oma tööks vajalike esemete osas vabastatakse fond kõigist tollilõivudest, impordi- ja ekspordikeeldudest ja piirangutest juhul, kui selline keeld või piirang ei ole kehtestatud avaliku korra, julgeoleku või tervisega seotud põhjustel. Vabastuse alusel imporditud esemeid ei tohi riigis, kuhu nad on imporditud, mingil viisil võõrandada, välja arvatud selle riigi valitsuse heakskiidetud tingimustel. III osa ORGANID Artikkel 9 Fondi kokkuleppe artiklis VIII nimetatud organeid tuleb nende ametialases suhtlemises liikmesriigi territooriumil kohelda vähemalt sama soodsalt kui muid diplomaatilisi esindusi. Fondi organite ametlikku kirjavahetust ja muid ametlikke sidevahendeid ei tsenseerita. Artikkel 10 Juhatuse, haldusnõukogu ja audiitornõukogu liikmeid ei saa ilma nende organite nõusolekuta võtta vastutusele nende ametikohustustes ja volituste piires öeldud või kirjutatud sõnade ja kõigi nende tegude osas. See immuniteet laieneb ka töövälisele ajale. Peale selle tuleb fondi organite erinevate riikide esindajatele, kes on sama auastmega, võimaldada ühesugused soodustused immigratsioonipiirangute, välismaalaste registreerimisnõuete, rahavahetuse ja reisivõimaluste osas. Neile makstav välisteenistustasu on maksuvaba. Artikkel 11 Artiklis 10 nimetatud isikutele tagatakse privileegid ja immuniteedid mitte nende omakasu eesmärgil, vaid selleks, et kindlustada nende ülesannete sõltumatu täitmine. Järelikult on liikmesriigil mitte ainult õigus, vaid ka kohustus loobuda oma esindajate immuniteedist juhtumil, kui liikme arvates immuniteet takistaks õigusemõistmist ja kui sellest saab loobuda kahjustamata selle andmise otstarvet. Artikkel 12 (a) Esindaja ei tohi taotleda artiklites 10 ja 11 nimetatud õigusi selles riigis, kelle esindaja ta on või on olnud. (b) Artikleid 10, 11 ja 12 (a) kohaldatakse võrdselt delegatsioonide esindajate asetäitjate, nõustajate, tehniliste ekspertide ja sekretäride suhtes. IV osa AMETNIKUD Artikkel 13 Fondi juhatajale ja ametnikele laienevad Euroopa Nõukogu privileegide ja immuniteetide üldkokkuleppe artiklis 18 nimetatud privileegid ja immuniteedid. Ametnike kategooriad, kelle suhtes eespool mainitud artikli sätteid kohaldatakse, täpsustab juhataja. Juhataja ja eelmises lõigus viidatud ametnike kohta saadab nõukogu peasekretär Euroopa Nõukogu privileegide ja immuniteetide üldkokkuleppe artiklis 17 nimetatud kirjalikke teateid. Juhul kui peasekretär leiab, et immuniteet takistab õigusemõistmist ja sellest võib loobuda, kahjustamata fondi rahuldavat tööd, on tal õigus ja kohustus pärast juhatajaga konsulteerimist ametnik immuniteedist ilma jätta. Kui asi puudutab juhatajat, on immuniteedi äravõtmise otsustamisõigus juhatusel. V osa KOKKULEPPE RAKENDAMINE Artikkel 14 Fondi liikmesriikide valitsused kohustuvad endale taotlema selliseid volitusi, mis on vajalikud, et täita seoses ümberasustamisfondi kokkuleppega võetud kohustusi. Selliseid volitusi tuleb taotleda piisavalt vara, et olla võimeline täitma mis tahes tehingut laenajana või garandina kooskõlas ümberasustamisfondi kokkuleppe artikli VI lõikega 3. Artikkel 15 Fond võib iga liikmesriigiga sõlmida erikokkuleppeid käesoleva protokolli sätete kohaldamise üksikasjade osas, täiendades mainitud sätteid või piirates artikli 13 sätteid. Ta võib samuti sõlmida kokkuleppeid mis tahes riigiga, kes ei ole fondi liige, kohandades käesoleva protokolli rakendamissätteid selle riigi suhtes. VI osa LÕPPSÄTTED Artikkel 16 Käesolev protokoll kuulub ratifitseerimisele ja ratifitseerimisdokumendid deponeeritakse Euroopa Nõukogu peasekretäri juurde. Protokoll jõustub niipea, kui kolm allakirjutanut, kes esindavad vähemalt üht kolmandikku fondi osakapitalist, deponeerivad oma ratifitseerimisdokumendid. Järgmiste fondi liikmete suhtes jõustub see nende ratifitseerimisdokumentide deponeerimisel. Eelmise lõiguga arvestamata rakendavad allakirjutanud riigid protokolli esialgu 1. septembrist 1958. a või hiljemalt allakirjutamise päevast. Seda seetõttu, et mitte edasi lükata fondi tegutsemist, ja ulatuses, mida võimaldavad nende põhiseadused. Artikkel 17 Valitsus, kes saab ümberasustamisfondi liikmeks pärast käesoleva protokolli allakirjutamist, võib sellega ühineda, deponeerides ühinemisdokumendi Euroopa Nõukogu peasekretäri juurde. Ühinemine jõustub deponeerimise kuupäeval, kui see toimub pärast protokolli jõustumist, ja protokolli jõustumise kuupäeval, kui ühinemine toimub enne seda. Enne protokolli jõustumist ühinemisdokumendi deponeerinud valitsus rakendab seda esialgselt ulatuses, mida võimaldab tema põhiseadus. Ülaltoodu kinnituseks kirjutasid täievolilised esindajad käesolevale protokollile alla. Koostatud 6. märtsil 1959. aastal Strasbourg'is inglise ja prantsuse keeles, kusjuures mõlemad tekstid on võrdselt autentsed, ühes eksemplaris, mis deponeeritakse Euroopa Nõukogu arhiivi. Peasekretär edastab tõestatud koopiad igale allakirjutanud või ühinenud riigile. ETS No. 28 Third Protocol to the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe The Governments signatory hereto, being Members of the Council of Europe, signatories of the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe or Parties to the said Agreement and, at the same time, Members of the Council of Europe Resettlement Fund for National Refugees and Over-population; Having regard to the provisions of Articles I and IX (g) of the Articles of Agreement of the aforesaid Fund; Having regard to Article 40 of the Statute of the Council of Europe; Desirous of defining the legal regime of the property, assets and operations of the Resettlement Fund, and the legal status of its organs and officials; Considering that it is necessary to facilitate the realisation of the statutory purposes of the Fund by the most generous possible reduction in direct or indirect taxation affecting the operations of the Fund and borne ultimately by the beneficiaries of loans granted by the Fund; Desirous of supplementing, in respect of the Resettlement Fund, the provisions of the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe, Have agreed as follows: Part I ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, PERSONALITY, CAPACITY Article 1 The Articles of Agreement of the Council of Europe Resettlement Fund, as approved by the Committee of Ministers in Resolution (56) 9, or as amended by the aforesaid Committee, or by the Governing Body acting within the limits laid down in Article IX (h) of the said Articles of Agreement, shall be an integral part of the present Protocol. The Council of Europe Resettlement Fund shall possess juridical personality and, in particular, the capacity: (i) to contract; (ii) to acquire and dispose of immovable and movable property; (iii) to institute legal proceedings; (iv) to carry out any transaction related to its statutory purposes. The operations, acts and contracts of the Resettlement Fund shall be governed by this Protocol, by the Articles of Agreement of the Fund and by regulations issued in pursuance of the said Articles of Agreement. In addition, a national law may be applied in a particular case, provided that the Fund expressly agrees thereto and that such law does not derogate from this Protocol nor from the said Articles of Agreement. Part II COURTS, PROPERTY, ASSETS, OPERATIONS Article 2 Any competent court of a Member of the Fund or of a State in whose territory the Fund has contracted or guaranteed a loan may hear suits in which the Fund is a defendant. Nevertheless: (i) No action shall be brought in such courts, either against the Fund by a Member or persons acting for or deriving claims from a Member, or by the Fund against a Member of the persons aforesaid; (ii) Differences arising out of any loan or guarantee contract concluded by the Fund with a Member or with any other borrower approved by that Member shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with procedure laid down in the said contract. Differences arising out of any loan or guarantee contract signed by the Fund shall be settled by arbitration procedure under arrangements specified in the Loan Regulations drawn up in pursuance of Article X, Section I(d), of the Articles of Agreement of the Fund. Article 3 The property and assets of the Fund, wheresoever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from all forms of seizure, attachment or execution before the delivery against the Fund of an enforceable judgement which can no longer be disputed by common remedies at law. Enforcement of awards by execution, where such awards result from arbitration in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 2 shall, in the territory of Members of the Fund, take place through the legal channels prescribed in each such Member State and after endorsement with the executory formula customary in the State in whose territory the award is to be executed; for the purpose of such endorsement, no check shall be required other than verification that the award is authentic, that it conforms to the rules concerning competence and procedure set forth in the Loan Regulations of the Fund and that it does not conflict with a final judgement passed in the country concerned. Each signatory shall, on deposit of its instrument of ratification, notify the other signatories through the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe what authority is competent under its laws to discharge this formality. Article 4 The property and assets of the Fund, wheresoever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation or any other form of distraint by executive or legislative action. The buildings and premises used for the operations of the Fund, and also its archives, shall be inviolable. Article 5 To the extent necessary to the achievement of its statutory purposes the Fund may: (a) hold currency of any kind and operate accounts in any currency; (b) freely transfer its funds through banking channels from one country to another or within any country and convert any currency held by it into any other currency. In exercising its rights under this Article, the Fund shall pay due regard to any representations made to it by the Government of any Member. Article 6 The property and assets of the Fund shall be free from restrictions, regulations, controls and moratoria of any nature. Article 7 The Resettlement Fund and its assets, income and other property shall be exempt from all direct taxes. The Resettlement Fund shall be exempt from all taxes in the territory of Members of the Fund in respect of transactions and operations relating to loans contracted by the Fund with a view to applying their proceeds, in accordance with its purpose, to the needs of refugees and surplus population or relating to loans granted or guaranteed by the Fund in accordance with its statutory provisions. The Fund shall not be granted exemption from any rates, taxes or dues which are merely charges for public utility services. Member Governments shall, whenever possible, make appropriate arrangements for: (a) exemption from taxes on income derived from interest on bonds issued or loans contracted by the Fund; (b) the remission or return of excise duties and taxes which form part of the price to be paid for movable or immovable property or of the payment for services rendered, when the Fund, for official purposes, is making substantial purchases or procuring services the total cost of which includes such excise duties and taxes. No tax of any kind shall be levied on any security or bond issued or guaranteed by the Fund (or any dividend or interest thereon) by whomsoever held: (a) which discriminates against such security or bond solely because it is issued or guaranteed by the Fund; or (b) if the sole legal basis for such tax is the place or currency in which the security or bond is issued, guaranteed, made payable or paid, or the location of the headquarters or of any office or place of business maintained by the Fund. Article 8 The Fund shall be exempt from all customs duties, prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of articles required for its official use, unless such prohibition or restrictions have been imposed for reasons of ordre public, safety or health. Articles imported under exemption will not be disposed of in any way in the country into which they are imported, except under conditions approved by the Government of that country. Part III ORGANS Article 9 The organs referred to in Article VIII of the Articles of Agreement of the Fund shall enjoy in the territory of each Member State, for their official communications, treatment at least as favourable as that accorded by that Member to diplomatic missions of any other Government. No censorship shall be applied to the official correspondence and other official communications of the organs of the Fund. Article 10 Members of the Governing Body, the Administrative Council and the Auditing Board shall be immune from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity and within the limit of their authority. They shall continue to enjoy such immunity after their terms of office have expired. In addition, they shall be accorded the same immunities from immigration restrictions and alien registration requirements and the same exchange and travel facilities as are accorded by Members to representatives of other Governments of the Fund having comparable rank. Sums paid to them in respect of expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties shall be exempt from taxation. Article 11 The privileges and immunities are accorded to the individuals mentioned in Article 10 not for their own personal benefit, but in order to safeguard the independent exercise of their functions. Consequently, a Member not only has the right, but is in duty bound, to waive the immunity of its representatives in any case where, in the opinion of the Member, immunity would impede the course of justice, and where it can be waived without prejudice to the purpose for which it is accorded. Article 12 (a) The provisions of Articles 10 and 11 may not be invoked by a representative against the authorities of the State of which he is or has been the representative. (b) Articles 10, 11 and 12(a) shall apply equally to deputy representatives, advisers, technical experts and secretaries of delegations. Part IV OFFICIALS Article 13 The Governor and officials of the Fund shall be accorded the privileges and immunities specified in Article 18 of the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe. The Governor will specify the categories of officials to which the provisions of the aforesaid Article shall apply. The communications specified in Article 17 of the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe shall be made by the Secretary-General of the Council in respect of the Governor and also of the officials referred to in the preceding paragraph. The Secretary-General, after consulting the Governor, shall have the right and the duty to waive the immunity of any official in any case where he considers that immunity would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudice to the satisfactory operation of the Fund. In the case of the Governor, the Governing Body of the Fund shall have the right to waive immunity. Part V APPLICATION OF THE AGREEMENT Article 14 The Governments of Member States of the Fund undertake to seek such constitutional authority as may be necessary to fulfil the statutory obligations assumed by those States vis-à-vis the Resettlement Fund. They undertake likewise to seek such authority in good time in order to be able to fulfil any undertakings into which they may have entered as borrower or guarantor, in accordance with Article VI, Section 3, of the Articles of Agreement of the Resettlement Fund. Article 15 The Fund may conclude with any Member State special agreements on the detailed application of the provisions of the present Protocol, supplementing the said provisions or derogating from those of Article 13 above. It may likewise conclude agreements with any State which is not a member of the Fund, modifying the application of the provisions of the present Protocol so far as that State is concerned. Part VI FINAL CLAUSES Article 16 The present Protocol shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification deposited with the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. It shall enter into force as soon as three signatories representing at least one-third of the Fund's holdings have deposited their instruments of ratification. For the other Members of the Fund it shall enter into force on the date when their respective instruments of ratification are deposited. Nevertheless, pending the entry into force of this Protocol in accordance with the foregoing paragraph, the signatories agree, in order not to delay the satisfactory operation of the Fund, to apply the Protocol provisionally from 1st September 1958, or, at latest, from the date of signature, to the extent compatible with their constitutional rules. Article 17 Any Government which becomes a Member of the Resettlement Fund after the signature of the present Protocol may accede thereto by depositing an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. Such accession shall become effective on the date of deposit if this takes place after the Protocol has entered into force, and upon the date of such entry into force if the accession takes place prior to that date. Any Government which has deposited an instrument of accession before the entry into force of the Protocol shall immediately apply the latter provisionally, to the extent compatible with its constitutional rules. In witness whereof the undersigned plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol. Done at Strasbourg, this 6th day of March 1959, in English and in French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall remain in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary-General shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatories or States acceding. Annex Reservations and Declarations GERMANY Reservation made at the time of signature, on 18 March 1959, and confirmed at the time of deposit of the instrument of ratification, on 8 August 1963 -- Or. Engl./Fr. As regards tax exemption, the Federal Republic of Germany will be unable to grant to Resettlement Fund loans more advantageous terms than those accorded to its own loans or the loans of other international organisations. Article 7, paragraph 4, cannot therefore entail any obligation on the part of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany to make the arrangements mentioned therein. Declaration contained in a Letter from the Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany, dated 25 September 1963, registered at the Secretariat General on the same day -- Or. Fr. The Third Protocol to the General Agreement on privileges and immunities of the Council of Europe of 6 March 1959 shall also apply to the Land Berlin with effect form 8 August 1963, the date on which it entered into force for the Federal Republic of Germany. ITALY Reservation made at the time of signature, on 6 March 1959, and confirmed at the time of deposit of the instrument of ratification, on 15 March 1963 -- Or. Engl./Fr. With regard to Article 3, Italy reserves the right, in view of the general principles of its legal system, not to enforce by execution awards from the arbitration procedure mentioned in Article 2, paragraph 3, when such awards are contrary to the national "ordre public". LIECHTENSTEIN Reservations and declarations contained in the instrument of accession deposited on 11 December 1979 -- Or. Fr.; Article 7, second paragraph As regards the exemption form taxes under the terms of Article 7, second paragraph, the Principality of Liechtenstein will not be able to grant for loans contracted by the Resettlement Fund advantages exceeding those granted to its own loans according to Liechtenstein law. The second paragraph of Article 7 cannot therefore involve any undertaking by the Principality of Liechtenstein to take measures provided for in it. Article 7, fourth paragraph, letter b As regards the remission or return, under the terms of Article 7, fourth paragraph, letter b, of indirect taxes which form part of the price to be paid for movable or immovable property or for the payment for services rendered, the Principality of Liechtenstein will not be able to grant to the Fund, in respect of its acquisition of merchandise or of services in Liechtenstein and intended for use on the territory of Liechtenstein, advantages exceeding those granted for its own acquisitions of merchandise or services according to Liechtenstein law. Article 7, fourth paragraph, letter b, cannot therefore involve any undertaking by the Principality of Liechtenstein to take the measures provided for in that clause for the merchandise or services acquired by the Fund and used on the territory of Liechtenstein. Declaration On 29 March 1923, the Principality of Liechtenstein concluded a customs treaty with the Swiss Confederation. Under this treaty, the Principality of Liechtenstein and Switzerland make up a common customs area with the effect that Swiss legislation concerning imports and exports, customs duties, import taxes, stamp duties and tax on turn-over also applies in the Principality of Liechtenstein. NETHERLANDS Reservations contained in a letter from the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands, dated 8 August 1978, handed to the Secretary General at the time of deposit of the instrument of accession, on the same day -- Or. Engl. 1. In the Kingdom of the Netherlands immunity form jurisdiction shall not apply in the case of a motor traffic offence committed by a privileged person or in the case of damage caused by a motor vehicle belonging to or driven by such a person. 2. The Kingdom of the Netherlands reserves the right to take into account the salaries and emoluments exempted under Article 13 of the Third Protocol in conjunction with Article 18 of the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe, Paris, 2 September 1949, when assessing the tax to be applied to income from other sources. It is understood that the exemption mentioned in Article 13 of the Third Protocol in conjunction with Article 18 of the General Agreement does not apply to pensions paid to former employees of the Fund. Declaration contained in the instrument of accession, deposited on 8 August 1978 -- Or. Engl. The Protocol will apply to the Kingdom in Europe. SPAIN Reservation contained in the instrument of accession, deposited on 16 December 1996 -- Or. Span./Engl. With regard to the fourth paragraph, sub-paragraph a, of Article 7 of the Protocol, the Government of the Kingdom of Spain makes a reservation according to which the ratification does not oblige Spain to grant exemption form taxes on income derived form interest on bonds issued or loans contracted by the Fund. SWEDEN Reservation contained in the instrument of accession, deposited on 18 September 1992 -- Or. Engl. Sweden makes the reservation that it shall not be bound by Article 3, paragraph 2, which provides for the enforcement of awards by execution resulting from arbitration in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 2. SWITZERLAND Reservations made at the time of deposit of the instrument of accession, on 13 December 1973 -- Or. Fr. Article 7, second paragraph: As regards the exemption form taxes, the Swiss Confederation will not be able to grant for loans contracted by the Resettlement Fund advantages exceeding those accorded to its own loans. The second paragraph of Article 7 cannot therefore involve any undertaking by the Swiss Confederation to take the measures provided for in it. Article 7, fourth paragraph, letter b: As regards the remission or return of indirect taxes which form part of the price to be paid for movable or immovable property or of the payment for services rendered, the Swiss Confederation will not be able to grant to the Fund, in respect of its acquisitions of merchandise or of services in Switzerland and intended for use on Swiss territory, advantages exceeding those granted for its own acquisitions of merchandise or services. Article 7, fourth paragraph, letter b cannot therefore involve any undertaking by the Swiss Confederation to take the measures provided for in that clause for the merchandise or services acquired by the Fund and used on Swiss territory.