Title: wetten.nl - Regeling - Briefwisseling houdende een verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Voedsel- en Landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties (FAO) inzake de 99ste zitting van het Uitvoerend Comité van de Europese Commissie voor de beheersing van mond- en klauwzeer, te 's-Gravenhage, Nederland, op 8 en 9 april 2020 - BWBV0006859

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{"title": "wetten.nl - Regeling - Briefwisseling houdende een verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Voedsel- en Landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties (FAO) inzake de 99ste zitting van het Uitvoerend Comit\u00e9 van de Europese Commissie voor de beheersing van mond- en klauwzeer, te 's-Gravenhage, Nederland, op 8 en 9 april 2020 - BWBV0006859", "content": "Briefwisseling houdende een verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Voedsel-\n                           en Landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties (FAO) inzake de 99ste zitting van het\n                           Uitvoerend Comit\u00e9 van de Europese Commissie voor de beheersing van mond- en klauwzeer,\n                           te 's-Gravenhage, Nederland, op 8 en 9 april 2020\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 03-02-2021]\n\nFOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS\n\nRome, 2 December 2019\n\nAGA-807(Agm)\n\nExcellency,\n\nI have the honour to refer to the communication of 31 October 2019 from Dr Hendrik-Jan\n                                       Roest, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality,\n                                       conveying your Government\u2019s willingness to provide host facilities for the 99th Session\n                                       of the Executive Committee of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth\n                                       Disease (EuFMD). It is proposed to hold the Session in The Hague from 8 to 9 April\n                                       2020.\n\nI very much appreciate the generous offer made by your Government.\n\nThe Session is being convened under the provisions of Article X of the EuFMD Constitution.\n                                       The Chairperson (Ireland) and all the Members of the Executive Committee, who are\n                                       nationals of the following FAO Member Nations, will be invited: Hungary, France, Netherlands,\n                                       North Macedonia, Estonia, Greece, Spain and Turkey. An invitation to attend in an\n                                       observer capacity will also be sent to: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety\n                                       of the European Commission (DG SANTE), the National Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth\n                                       Disease in Italy (IZSLER), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development\n                                       (OECD), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Reference Laboratory\n                                       for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (WRLFMD).\n\nThe total number of participants is expected to be between 10 and 15.\n\nThe Session will be conducted in English.\n\nIn order to ensure the smooth functioning of the Session, I should appreciate it if\n                                       your Government would undertake to apply the following provisions:\n\n1. The Government will exercise all reasonable care to ensure security on the premises\n                                             in which the Session takes place and to ensure the safety of the officials of FAO\n                                             and participants concerned while on such premises. The Government will take whatever\n                                             steps may be reasonably required in the circumstances to ensure such security and\n                                             such safety, including such supervision of the premises as may be warranted.\n\n2. The Government recognizes that the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of 21 November\n                                                1947 (hereinafter referred to as \u201cthe Convention\u201d) will be applicable to the Session.\n                                             Accordingly, representatives of Governments and officials of FAO performing official\n                                             functions in connection with the Session will enjoy the privileges and immunities\n                                             provided by Articles V and VI of the Convention. FAO declares that participants from organizations are experts on mission within\n                                             the meaning of Annex II and VII to the Convention, and consequently it is agreed that\n                                             they will enjoy the privileges and immunities provided by those Annexes.\n\n3. Without prejudice to the provisions of the Convention, all persons performing functions\n                                             in connection with the Session shall enjoy immunity from legal process in respect\n                                             of words spoken or written in connection with their functions during the Session.\n\n4. Grant visas and all necessary facilities to delegates, observers and consultants attending\n                                             the Session, provided that the general conditions governing the granting of visas\n                                             are fulfilled.\n\n5. The Government will deal with any action, claim, or other demand against FAO or its\n                                             personnel arising out of:\n\ni) injury to person or damage to property in the premises provided for the Session;\n\nii) injury to person or damage to property incurred in using the transportation provided\n                                                   by the Government for the Session;\n\nii) the employment by the Government of temporary personnel for the Government.\n\nThe Government will hold harmless FAO and its personnel in respect of any such action,\n                                             claim or demand, unless these damages were caused by gross negligence or intentionally\n                                             caused by personnel of FAO.\n\n6. Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all participants\n                                             enjoying privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the Netherlands.\n                                             They also have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Netherlands.\n\n7. Any dispute concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement, except\n                                             for a dispute subject to the appropriate provisions of the Convention or of any other\n                                             applicable agreement, will, unless the parties otherwise agree, be submitted to a\n                                             tribunal of three arbitrators, one of whom will be appointed by the Director-General\n                                             of FAO, one by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the third, who\n                                             will be the chairman, by the other two arbitrators. If either party does not appoint\n                                             an arbitrator within three months of the other party having notified the name of its\n                                             arbitrator, or if the first two arbitrators do not within three months of the appointment\n                                             or nomination of the second one of them appoint the chairman, then such arbitrator\n                                             will be nominated by the Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at\n                                             the request of either party to the dispute. Except as otherwise agreed by the parties,\n                                             the tribunal shall adopt its own rules of procedure, provide for reimbursement of\n                                             its members and the distribution of expenses between the parties, and take all decisions\n                                             by a two-thirds majority. Its decisions on all questions of procedure and substance\n                                             shall be final and, even if rendered in default of one of the parties, be binding\n                                             on both of them.\n\n8. Nominate a Liaison Officer who will be responsible for the coordination of local facilities\n                                             and arrangements for the Session.\n\nI should appreciate receiving your Government's acceptance of the above responsibilities\n                                       by email, as soon as possible (Official-Correspondence-Group@fao.org), so that invitations\n                                       and documents may be prepared and issued in good time. This letter and your reply\n                                       will constitute the Agreement covering the 99th Session of the Executive Committee\n                                       of the EuFMD.\n\nAccept, Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.\n\nRAKESH MUTHOO\n\nDirectorConference, Council and Protocol Affairs\n\nHis Excellency\n\nJohannes Petrus Hoogeveen\n\nAmbassador\n\nPermanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to FAO\n\nRome\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 03-02-2021]\n\nPERMANENT REPRESENTATION OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS TO THE UN ORGANISATIONS\n                                       FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (FAO, WFP, IFAD)\n\nRome, 3 February 2020\n\nRof-2020/008\n\nDear Mr Muthoo,\n\nI have the honor to refer to your letter with reference AGA-807(Agm) of 2 December 2019, relating to an Agreement to be concluded between the Government\n                                       of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the\n                                       United Nations (FAO) concerning the 99th Session of the Executive Committee of the European Commission for the Control of\n                                       Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD) which is scheduled to be held in The Hague, the Netherlands,\n                                       from 8 to 9 April 2020, which letter reads as follows:\n\n[Red: (Zoals in Nr. I)]\n\nI am authorized by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to state that\n                                       it agrees to the proposals formulated in your letter of 2 December 2019, regarding the organization of the Session. Furthermore, I am\n                                       authorized to state that the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands considers\n                                       your letter and this reply as together constituting an Agreement between the Kingdom\n                                       of the Netherlands and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations\n                                       (FAO) in respect of the 99th Session of the Executive Committee of the European Commission for the Control of\n                                       Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD). The Agreement shall enter into force on the date of\n                                       this reply and shall remain in force for the duration of the 99th Session and for such additional period as is necessary for its preparation and winding\n                                       up. The total duration of this Agreement, however, shall not exceed one year.\n\nPlease accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nDR HANS HOOGEVEEN\n\nAmbassadorPermanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN Organisations\n                                       for Food and Agriculture (FAO, WFP, IFAD)\n\nMr Rakesh Muthoo\n\nDirector\n\nConference, Council and Protocol Affairs Division Food and Agriculture Organization\n                                          of the United Nations\n\nVia delle Terme di Caracalla\n\n00153 Rome"}