ROYAL NETHERLANDS EMBASSY
38 HYDE PARK GATE
LONDON SW7 5DP
No PA-78441
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents its compliments to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland 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 Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Government of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the assurance of his highest consideration.
London, 30 November 1994
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH
