ROYAL NETHERLANDS EMBASSY
ATHENS
Note verbale
The Royal Netherlands Embassy presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Hellenic Republic and with reference to the Ministerial Agreement establishing
the Europol Drugs Unit, adopted by the TREVI Ministers during their meeting in Copenhagen
on 1 and 2 June 1993, and to the decision of the European Council of 29 October 1993
that Europol should have its seat in The Hague, and pending the establishment of Europol
by treaty, has the honour to propose the following on behalf of the Government of
the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Liaison officers and other members of staff who are employed at the Europol Drugs
Unit in The Hague on behalf of the Government of the Hellenic Republic under the afore-mentioned
Ministerial Agreement and who settle in the Netherlands for that reason, and members
of their family who form part of their household and who do not possess Dutch nationality,
shall enjoy the privileges and immunities in and vis-à-vis the Kingdom of the Netherlands
that accrue to members of the administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions
established in the Netherlands under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
of 18 April 1961, except that the immunities shall not extend to damage caused by
a vehicle or other means of transport belonging to or driven by them, nor to traffic
offences and that the immunity from criminal jurisdiction shall not extend to acts
performed outside the course of their duties.
The obligations of Sending States and their personnel that apply under the Vienna
Convention to members of the administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions
established in the Netherlands shall apply to the persons referred to at 1.
The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall, upon request, supply the persons
referred to at 1. with an identity card showing their status.
The Embassy proposes that this note and the affirmative note of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs together shall constitute an agreement between the Government of the Kingdom
of the Netherlands and the Government of the Hellenic Republic, which shall enter
into force on the fifteenth day after the date of receipt of the affirmative note
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and which shall remain in force for one year while,
in case at the end of this term a treaty concerning the establishment of Europol is
not in force, a further exchange of notes to prolong the agreement may be concluded.
The Royal Netherlands Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic the assurances of its highest consideration.
Athens, 30 November 1994
To the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Hellenic Republic
Athens
