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Article 50 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 50 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Exemption from customs duties and inspection 1.The receiving State shall, in accordance with such laws and regulations as it may adopt, permitentry of and grant exemption from all customs duties, taxes, and related charges other than charges for storage, cartage and similar services, on: (a) articles for the […]

Article 49 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 49 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Exemption from taxation 1.Consular officers and consular employees and members of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from all dues and taxes, personal or real, national, regional or municipal, except: (a) indirect taxes of a kind which are normally incorporated in the price of […]

Article 48 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 48 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Social security exemption 1.Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this article, members of the consular post with respect to services rendered by them for the sending State, and members of their families forming part of their households, shall be exempt from social security provisions which may […]

Article 47 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 47 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Exemption from work permits 1.Members of the consular post shall, with respect to services rendered for the sending State, be exempt from any obligations in regard to work permits imposed by the laws and regulations of the receiving State concerning the employment of foreign labour. 2.Members of the […]

Article 46 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 46 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Exemption from registration of aliens and residence permits 1.Consular officers and consular employees and members of their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from all obligations under the laws and regulations of the receiving State in regard to the registration of aliens and residence permits. […]

Article 45 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 45 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Waiver of privileges and immunities 1.The sending State may waive, with regard to a member of the consular post, any of the privileges and immunities provided for in articles 41, 43 and 44. 2.The waiver shall in all cases be express, except as provided in paragraph 3 of […]

Article 44 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 44 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Liability to give evidence 1.Members of a consular post may be called upon to attend as witnesses in the course of judicial or administrative proceedings. A consular employee or a member of the service staff shall not, except in the cases mentioned in paragraph 3 of this article, […]

Article 43 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 43 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Immunity from jurisdiction 1.Consular officers and consular employees shall not be amenable to the jurisdiction of the judicial or administrative authorities of the receiving State in respect of acts performed in the exercise of consular functions. 2.The provisions of paragraph 1 of this article shall not, however, apply […]

Article 42 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963

Article 42 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Notification of arrest, detention or prosecution In the event of the arrest or detention, pending trial, of a member of the consular staff, or of criminal proceedings being instituted against him, the receiving State shall promptly notify the head of the consular post. Should the latter be himself […]