STATE OR IN THAT OF AN ACP STATE .
ARTICLE 2
THE COMMUNITY AND THE ACP STATES SHALL BE SEVERALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENDITURE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS AT THE MEETINGS OF THE CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY .
THEY SHALL LIKEWISE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENDITURE OF THE PERSONNEL REQUIRED FOR SUCH MEETINGS AND FOR POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHARGES .
EXPENDITURE IN CONNECTION WITH INTERPRETING AT MEETINGS , TRANSLATION AND REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS , AND THE ORGANIZATION OF MEETINGS ( PREMISES , EQUIPMENT , MESSENGERS , ETC . ) SHALL BE BORNE BY THE COMMUNITY OR BY THE ACP STATES , ACCORDING TO WHETHER THE MEETINGS TAKE PLACE IN THE TERRITORY OF A MEMBER STATE OR IN THAT OF AN ACP STATE .
ARTICLE 3
THE ARBITRATORS APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 81 OF THE CONVENTION SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A REFUND OF THEIR TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENDITURE . THE LATTER SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS .
ONE HALF OF TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY THE ARBITRATORS SHALL BE BORNE BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER HALF BY THE ACP STATES .
EXPENDITURE RELATING TO ANY REGISTRY SET UP BY THE ARBITRATORS , TO PREPARATORY INQUIRIES INTO DISPUTES , AND TO THE ORGANIZATION OF HEARINGS ( PREMISES , PERSONNEL , INTERPRETING , ETC . ) SHALL BE BORNE BY THE COMMUNITY .
EXPENDITURE RELATING TO SPECIAL INQUIRIES SHALL BE SETTLED TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER COSTS AND THE PARTIES SHALL DEPOSIT ADVANCES AS DETERMINED BY AN ORDER OF THE ARBITRATORS .
PROTOCOL N 5
ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES ,
DESIRING , BY THE CONCLUSION OF A PROTOCOL ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES , TO FACILITATE THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF THE CONVENTION , THE PREPARATION OF ITS WORK AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED FOR ITS APPLICATION ;
WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO SPECIFY THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE CLAIMED BY PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN WORK RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION AND TO THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTED WITH SUCH WORK , WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROTOCOL ON THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , SIGNED AT BRUSSELS ON 8 APRIL 1965 ;
WHEREAS IT IS ALSO NECESSARY TO LAY DOWN THE TREATMENT TO BE ACCORDED TO THE PROPERTY , FUNDS AND ASSETS OF THE COUNCIL OF ACP MINISTERS AND ITS STAFF ;
WHEREAS THE PROTOCOL CONCERNING THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN FOR THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONVENTION , SIGNED THIS DAY BY THE ACP STATES , HAS ESTABLISHED AS A CO-ORDINATING BODY FOR THE ACP STATES A COUNCIL OF ACP MINISTERS , COMPOSED OF THE ACP STATES' MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SET UP BY THE CONVENTION , ASSISTED BY A COMMITTEE OF ACP AMBASSADORS COMPOSED OF THE ACP STATES' MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS SET UP BY THE SAID CONVENTION ; WHEREAS THAT COUNCIL AND THAT COMMITTEE ARE TO BE ASSISTED BY