Agreement between the European Union and the Government of Georgia on the status in Georgia of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and his/her support team
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Union, Georgia
Subjects: Caucasus countries, Georgia, agreement (EU), common foreign and security policy, diplomatic representation, the EU's international role

23.5.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 135/15

between the European Union and the Government of Georgia on the status in Georgia of the
European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and his/her support team

AGREEMENT

THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Host Party’,

on the one hand, and

THE EUROPEAN UNION, hereinafter referred to as the ‘EU’,

on the other hand,

Together hereinafter referred to as the ‘Parties’,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:

— Council Joint Action 2003/496/CFSP of 7 July 2003 concerning the appointment of the European Union Special

Representative for the South Caucasus,

— Council Joint Action 2003/872/CFSP of 8 December 2003 extending and amending the mandate of the European

Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus,

— Council Joint Action 2005/330/CFSP of 26 April 2005 amending the mandate of the European Union Special

Representative for the South Caucasus,

— Council Joint Action 2005/582/CFSP of 28 July 2005 amending and extending the mandate of the European Union

Special Representative for the South Caucasus,

— Letter of the HR/SG Javier Solana to the Prime-Minister of Georgia Zurab Noghaideli dated 6 July 2005 and his reply

of 31 August 2005,

— Council Joint Action 2006/121/CFSP of 20 February 2006 appointing the European Union Special Representative for

the South Caucasus,

HAVE AGREED ON THE FOLLOWING:

Article 1

General provisions

1.
The European Union Special Representative (EUSR) and
the members of his/her support team, including administrative
and technical personnel and local personnel, shall respect the
laws and regulations of the Host Party and shall refrain from
any action or activity incompatible with the impartial and inter-
inconsistent with the
national nature of
provisions of this Agreement.

their duties or

Article 2

Immunities and privileges of the EUSR and his/her support
team

and

technical

personnel

(including

The EUSR and the members of his/her support team other than
administrative
local
personnel) employed by the EUSR shall be granted privileges
and immunities equivalent
to those enjoyed by diplomatic
agents under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
dated 18 April 1961, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Vienna
Convention’. Such privileges and immunities shall also be
granted to the members of the family of the EUSR and the
members of the families of members of his/her support team
as referred to above.

2.
The EUSR shall regularly, and in a timely manner, inform
the Government of the Host Party of the number, names, and
nationalities of members of his/her support
including
administrative and technical personnel and local personnel,
stationed in the territory of
through the
submission of a notification list
to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Host Party.

the Host Party,

team,

Article 3

Status of the EUSR and his/her support team

The EUSR and his/her support team shall be granted a status
equivalent to that of a diplomatic mission under the Vienna
Convention.

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Article 4

Immunities and privileges of the administrative and
technical personnel

Administrative and technical personnel employed by the EUSR
shall be granted privileges and immunities equivalent to those
enjoyed by the administrative and technical personnel of a
diplomatic mission under the Vienna Convention.

Article 5

Status of the local personnel

The local personnel employed by the EUSR who are nationals
of or permanently resident in the Host Party shall be granted a
status equivalent to that enjoyed by locally employed personnel
in diplomatic missions in the Host Party in accordance with the
Vienna Convention.

Article 7

Access to borders

In the course of their duties, the EUSR and his/her support team
shall have unimpeded access to the northern, eastern and
southern borders of the Host Party.

Article 8

Entry into force and termination

1.
This Agreement shall enter into force upon written noti-
fication by the Parties that the internal requirements for its
entry into force have been complied with.

2.
This Agreement may be amended on the basis of mutual
written agreement between the Parties. Such amendments shall
enter into force as laid down in paragraph 1.

Article 6

Security

the Host Party,

The Government of

1.
through its own
capabilities, shall assume full responsibility for the security of
the personnel of the support team and to that end shall take all
necessary measures, in consultation with the EUSR or his/her
designated representative, for the protection, safety and security
of the support team, also including, free of charge, activities
relating to the emergency evacuation of the support team by
all necessary means.

This Agreement shall

3.
departure of the EUSR and his/her support team.

remain in force until

the final

This Agreement may be denounced by written notification
4.
to the other Party. Denunciation shall take effect 60 days after
the other Party's receipt of the notification of denunciation.

Neither

the termination nor the denunciation of

5.
this
Agreement shall affect any rights or obligations arising from
the execution of
this Agreement before its termination or
denunciation.

2.
The authorities of the Host Party shall be responsible for
ensuring at all times the personal, transport and lodging security
of the support team when it is working outside of Tbilisi.

3.
This security shall, where agreed with the EUSR or his/her
designated representative and required by the prevailing security
situation, include the provision of a sufficient number of armed
and appropriately
accompanying the
equipped personnel
inter alia during rotary wing
support team on its movements,
transport.

Done at Brussels, on

in English.

For the Government
of Georgia

For the European Union