PERMANENT REPRESENTATION OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS TO NATO
Brussels, 12 July 2013
Dear Secretary General,
I have the honour to refer to the Agreement on the Status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, National Representatives
and International Staff, signed at Ottawa on 20 September 1951, to the Agreement between the Parties of the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the status of
their forces, signed in London on 19 June 1951, to the Exchange of Letters between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation of 17 December 2003, and to the decision by NATO to establish the NATO Communications and Information
Organisation (NCI Organisation) and the NATO Communications and Information Agency
(NCI Agency) as the legal successor Agency of ALTBMD, NACMA, NCSA and NC3A as of 1
July 2012.
I have the honour to confirm that all agreements and arrangements which applied to
the former NC3O (NC3A/NCSA) on Dutch territory will continue to apply in the same
manner with regard to the NCI Organisation and the NCI Agency. In addition, the following
provisions shall apply with regard to the protection of the premises, personnel and
property of the NCI Agency:
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1. Only NCI Agency personnel shall be allowed to carry or use arms (and other related
items) for the protection of the NCI Agency premises, personnel and property.
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2. The General Manager shall notify the Netherlands Government of the name and identity
of NCI Agency personnel that is entitled to carry arms on the premises of the NCI
Agency, as well as the name, type, calibre and serial number of the arm or arms at
his or her disposition.
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3. For the purpose of this Exchange of Letters, “the premises of NCI Agency” means buildings,
parts of buildings and areas, including installations and facilities made available
to, maintained, occupied or used by the Agency in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in
connection with its functions and purposes.
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4. The Kingdom of the Netherlands shall take all effective and adequate measures to ensure
the security and protection of the NCI Agency and to ensure that the tranquillity
of the NCI Agency is not disturbed by the intrusion of persons or groups from outside
the premises of the NCI Agency or by disturbances in their immediate vicinity, and
shall provide to the NCI Agency the appropriate protection as may be required.
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5. The authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and of the NCI Agency will coordinate
on the activities mentioned above.
If this proposal is acceptable to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, I propose
that this Letter and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s affirmative reply to
it shall together constitute an Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and
the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. This Agreement shall enter into force on the
date of receipt of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s reply to the Permanent
Representative of the Netherlands.
Please accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Sincerely,
ERICA SCHOUTEN
Chargé d’Affaires a.i.
H.E. Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Secretary General
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels
