S.I. No. 116/1991 - The Fourth Acp-Eec Convention of Lomé (Privileges and Immunities) Order, 1991.

1. The Commission Delegate and staff appointed to the delegations, with the exception of locally recruited staff, shall be exempted from any direct taxes in the ACP State where they are in post.

2. Article 309(

g

) shall also apply to the staff referred to in paragraph 1.

Chapter 6

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Article 11

The privileges, immunities and facilities provided for in this Protocol shall be accorded to those concerned solely in the interests of the proper execution of their official duties.

Each institution or body referred to in this Protocol shall be required to waive immunity wherever it considers that the waiver of such immunity is not contrary to its own interest.

Article 12

Article 352 of the Convention shall apply to disputes relating to this Protocol.

The Council of ACP Ministers and the European Investment Bank may be party to proceedings during an arbitration procedure.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 30th day of April, 1991.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 42A (inserted by

section 1

of the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Act, 1976

(No. 2 of 1976)) of the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967

(No. 8 of 1967), that the Government may by order make provision to enable international organisations, communities, or bodies, their institutions or organs and their property, and persons to have and enjoy in the State any inviolability, exemptions, facilities, immunities, privileges or rights provided for in relation to them by an international agreement to which the State is or intends to become a party

AND WHEREAS the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé, with the Protocols annexed thereto, done at Lomé on the 15th day of December, 1989, is such an agreement

Now, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 42A, hereby order as follows