13 MAI 2003. - Act enacting the Agreement between the Governments of the Benelux States (the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands) and the Government of the Republic of Hungary concerning the readmission of persons in irregular stay, and the Protocol of application with Annexes 1, 2 and 3, signed in Luxembourg on 23 January 2002 (1)

ALBERT II, King of the Belgians,
To all, present and to come, Hi.
The Chambers adopted and We sanction the following:
Article 1^er. This Act regulates a matter referred to in Article 77 of the Constitution.
Art. 2. The Agreement between the Governments of the Benelux States (the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands) and the Government of the Republic of Hungary on the readmission of persons in irregular residence, and the Protocol of application with the Annexes 1, 2 and 3, signed in Luxembourg on 23 January 2002, will come out their full and full effect.
Promulgation of this law, let us order that it be clothed with the seal of the State and published by the Belgian Monitor.
Given in Brussels on 13 May 2003.
ALBERT
By the King:
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
L. MICHEL
The Minister of the Interior,
A. DUQUESNE
Seal of the state seal:
Minister of Justice,
Mr. VERWILGHEN
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Notes
(1) Session 2002-2003.
Senate.
Documents.
Bill tabled on 23 January 2003, No. 2-1436/1.
Report, no. 2-1436/2.
Annales parliamentarians.
Discussion, meeting of 13 March 2003.
Voting, meeting of 13 March 2003.
Room
Documents
Project transmitted by the Senate, No. 50-2374/1.
Text adopted in plenary and subject to Royal Assent, No. 50-2374/2.
Annales parlementaire
Discussion, meeting of 3 April 2003.
Voting, meeting of 3 April 2003.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF BENELUX (BELGIC ROYAUME, LUXEMBOURG GRAND-DUCHE, COUNTRIES-BAS ROYAUME)
The Government of the Republic of Hungary, on the one hand, and the Governments of the Benelux States (Belgium, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Kingdom of the Netherlands) acting together under the provisions of the Benelux Convention of 11 April 1960, on the other hand (hereinafter referred to as "the Contracting Parties"),
Desirous to facilitate the readmission of persons who irregularly reside in the territory of the State of another Contracting Party, that is, persons who do not meet or no longer meet the conditions of entry or residence in force, as well as transit of persons to repatriate, in a spirit of cooperation and on the basis of reciprocity,
The following agreed:
Article 1^er
Definitions and scope of application
The terms of this Agreement shall be understood by
(a) "territory":
the Republic of Hungary: the territory of the Republic of Hungary;
- Benelux States: all the territories of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe;
(b) "third State": any State other than the Republic of Hungary or one of the Benelux States;
(c) "national of a third State": any person who is not a national of the Republic of Hungary or one of the Benelux States;
(d) "residence": any authorization, of any type, excluding the visa, transit visa and temporary residence permit granted for the purpose of processing an asylum application, issued by the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties and which gives the right to the person concerned to enter or stay legally in the territory of the State of the Contracting Parties.
Article 2
Readmission of nationals of Contracting Parties
(1) Each Contracting Party shall return to the territory of its State without formalities at the request of the other Contracting Party, any person who, located in the territory of the State of the requesting Contracting Party, fails to meet or no longer meets the national conditions of entry or residence in force, where it cannot be proved or validly presumed that it has the nationality of the required Contracting Party.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall also apply to any person who, after entering the territory of the requesting Contracting Party, has been deprived of the nationality of the required Contracting Party and has not obtained at least a naturalization insurance from the requesting Contracting Party.
(3) The requesting Contracting Party shall reclaim that person under the same conditions, if a subsequent verification reveals that it did not possess the nationality of the State of the Contracting Party required upon its exit from the territory of the requesting Contracting Party State. This is not the case where the obligation of readmission results from the fact that this person has lost the nationality of the required Contracting Party after its entry into the territory of the State of the requesting Contracting Party without having obtained at least a naturalization insurance from the requesting Contracting Party.
Article 3
Readmission of third State nationals
(1) Each Contracting Party shall return to the territory of its State at the request of the other Contracting Party and without formalities, nationals of a third State and stateless persons (hereinafter referred to as: third-country nationals) who do not meet or respond to the national conditions of entry and stay in the territory of the requesting Contracting Party, where it may be proved or validly presumed that these nationals of a Contracting State
(2) Each Contracting Party shall, at the request of the other Contracting Party, grant to the nationals of a third State that reside irregularly in the territory of the State of the requesting Contracting Party and have a valid residence permit issued by the competent authorities of the requested Contracting Party.
(3) The Contracting Parties shall, as a matter of priority, endeavour to direct the nationals referred to in subsection (1) to their country of origin.
(4) The readmission requirement referred to in subsection (1) above shall not apply to a third-country national:
(a) who, upon entry into the territory of the requesting Contracting Party State, was in possession of a valid visa, issued by the competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party or who, after its entry, was granted such a visa or residence permit by the competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party;
(b) whose readmission has not been requested by the competent authorities of the requesting Contracting Party within a period of twelve (12) months from the irregular entry or who has left, for one (1) year, the territory of the requested Contracting Party State;
(c) against which expulsion or deportation measures have been taken by the required Contracting Party, provided that it may be proved that it has left the territory of the required Contracting Party to a third State;
(d) to which the requesting Contracting Party recognized refugee status under the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967 or submitted such a request that has not yet been decided by the requesting Contracting Party.
(5) The provisions of paragraph 1^er( ) above shall not apply where the requesting Contracting Party applies a visa-free entry regime in respect of the third State of which the data subject is a national.
(6) Each Contracting Party shall, after notice, reclaim nationals of a third State whose readmission is requested by the requesting Contracting Party in the shortest time after their irregular entry into the territory of its State if such nationals have a valid visa of the requested Contracting Party or a valid residence permit issued by the requested Contracting Party.
(7) If both Contracting Parties have granted a visa or residence permit, the obligation to readmission is the obligation of which the visa or residence permit expires last.
(8) The provisions of subsections (6) and (7) above shall not apply to the issuance of a transit visa.
(9) Provided that the requested Contracting Party requests the request within thirty (30) days from the readmission, the requesting Contracting Party shall, under the same conditions, grant to persons, including a subsequent verification by the requested Contracting Party, that they do not meet, at the time of their departure from the territory of the requesting Contracting Party, the conditions of the readmission obligation set out in paragraphs (1), (2), (6) and (7) above.
Article 4
Evidence and presumption of nationality
(1) The nationality of a person to be repatriated under the provisions of paragraph (1^er) of Article 2 of this Agreement may be proved by one of the following documents:
(a) by the Hungarian Contracting Party:
- a passport or travel document with photograph (leave-pass) taking place during validity;
- a valid identity document;
- a certificate of nationality established on a date not earlier than one (1) year;
(b) from the Benelux Contracting Parties:
- a passport or travel document with photograph (leave-pass) taking place during validity;
- a valid identity document;
- a military identity document or other identity document of the personnel of the armed forces with a photograph of the holder, valid;
- a document as described above, whose validity period is expired on the date of receipt of the application for readmission;
(2) Nationality may be validly presumed under the following elements:
(a) by the Hungarian Contracting Party:
- a valid provisional identity document;
- a document as described in paragraph 1 (a)^er) above, whose validity is expired;
- documents certifying the person's belonging to the staff of the Hungarian armed forces or Hungarian law enforcement agencies;
- any document issued by the authorities to establish the nationality of the person concerned;
- photocopies of the documents described above;
- an official record of hearing the person concerned or witnesses in good faith;
(b) from the Benelux Contracting Parties:
- an official document other than the documents described in paragraph 1 (b)^er), above allowing the identity of the person concerned (a driver's license or other);
- a document certifying consular registration, a certificate of nationality or a certificate of civil status;
- a record of hearing witnesses in good faith, prepared by the competent authorities of the requesting Contracting Party;
- other documents to establish the identity of the data subject;
- photocopies of the documents described above;
- the report of the person concerned, duly prepared by the competent authorities of the requesting Contracting Party;
- the language in which the person concerned expresses himself.
(3) Where nationality is presumed in accordance with Article 2 of this Agreement, but the documents described in subsection (2) above are not available, nationality may be established with the assistance of the competent consular officer of the requested Party. The competent consular officer shall proceed to the hearing of the person concerned as soon as possible and no later than seven (7) days.
Article 5
Transit for readmission
(1) Without prejudice to Article 11 of this Agreement, Contracting Parties shall permit the transit by air or transit by air or land of third State nationals, if another Contracting Party so requests, and the transit of such persons by other transit States and their admission to the State of destination shall be guaranteed.
(2) In the event of transit by air alone, the issuance of a transit visa by the required Contracting Party is not necessary.
(3) The requesting Contracting Party is responsible for the continuation of the travel of the remote person to the destination State. The requesting Contracting Party shall reallow the person to depart if for any reason the removal measure cannot be performed.
(4) The transit is not requested by the Contracting Parties or may be refused if one can assume:
(a) that the transit of the person concerned constitutes a danger to public order, public safety, public hygiene or international relations of the required Contracting Party, or
(b) that in the State of destination or any transit States, the person concerned may be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or death penalty, or to be persecuted because of his or her affiliation with a race, religion, nationality, specified social group or political opinion, or
(c) that, in the country of the required Contracting Party, in the State of destination or in one of the transit States, the risk of criminal prosecution or execution of a criminal judgment, except for the unlawful passage of the border.
(5) The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to limit transit operations, as described in paragraph (1) above, to nationals of third States that may not be directly transferred to their State of origin.
Article 6
Introduction of readmission application
(1) Any request for readmission shall be made in writing and shall include:
(a) the personal data of the data subject (name, first name, if any prior names, surnames and pseudonyms, borrowing names, date and place of birth, sex and last place of residence);
(b) a photocopy of the passport or travel document taking place and/or any other documentary evidence allowing the establishment or presumption of the nationality of the person concerned;
(c) two identity photographs.
(2) The requesting Contracting Party may submit to the requested Contracting Party any other information relevant to the readmission procedure.
Article 7
Time limits
(1) The requested Contracting Party shall promptly respond to requests for readmission, but the maximum period shall be five (5) working days.
(2) After the period set out in subsection (1) above, the required Contracting Party shall
(a) without delay, to the extent of its possibilities, persons affected by Article 2 of this Agreement;
(b) without delay and, at the latest, within thirty (30) days, the persons concerned by Article 3 of this Agreement.
(3) At the request of the requesting Contracting Party, the time limits set out in subsection (2) above may be exceptionally extended, in the event of legal or practical obstacles preventing readmission, and only until such obstacles are lifted.
Article 8
Protection of personal data
(1) To the extent that the application of this Agreement requires the communication of personal data, such data may be limited to:
(a) personal data of persons to be remitted and, where appropriate, of their close relatives (name, first name, if any previous names, nicknames and pseudonyms, borrowing names, date and place of birth, sex, current nationality and, where applicable, previous nationality);
(b) the number, duration of validity, date of issue, issuing authority, place of issue and other significant references to the passport, identity card, other identity or travel documents and passes;
(c) other data necessary for the identification of persons to be remitted (the last place of residence in the territory of the requested Contracting Party State, the language(s) in which (in which) they express themselves);
(d) the proposed place and date for readmission, the route to be taken;
(e) residence permits or visas established by one of the Contracting Parties.
(2) The Contracting Parties undertake to achieve a level of protection of personal data in accordance with the respective national law of each Party and the Convention entered into in Strasbourg on 28 January 1981 on the protection of persons with regard to the automated processing of personal data.
(3) For the Benelux States, a level of protection that corresponds to that established by Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data is applied.
(4) Personal data may only be communicated to the competent authorities for the execution of this Agreement. They may not be transmitted to other authorities without the prior written permission of the Contracting Party that provided them.
(5) At the time of reporting, the issuing Contracting Party shall indicate, in accordance with its national law, the deadline for data destruction.
(6) The Contracting Parties shall maintain a register that shall provide information on the names of organizations and persons transmitting and receiving personal data, as well as on the date of transmission, receipt, modification and deletion of such data.
Article 9
Fees
(1) The transport costs, up to the border of the requested Contracting Party State, of persons who are re-admissed in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of this Agreement and, where applicable, the costs resulting from the return journey provided for in Article 2 (3) and Article 3, paragraph (9) of this Agreement shall be borne by the requesting Contracting Party.
(2) All transit or transit costs under escort of third-country nationals and any costs resulting from their return journey, if any, shall be borne by the requesting Contracting Party in accordance with Article 5 of this Agreement.
Article 10
Committee of Experts
(1) The Contracting Parties shall assist in the application and interpretation of this Agreement. To this end, the ministries of Contracting Parties defined in Article 12 of this Agreement shall establish a Committee of Experts to:
(a) monitor the implementation of this Agreement;
(b) to propose solutions to problems related to the application of this Agreement;
(c) to formulate proposals to amend and supplement this Agreement;
(d) develop and recommend appropriate measures to combat illegal immigration.
(2) The measures proposed by the Committee are subject to approval by the Contracting Parties.
(3) The Committee consists of a representative for the Republic of Hungary and three representatives for the Benelux States. Contracting Parties may designate alternate members. Experts may be involved in the consultations.
(4) The Committee shall meet in the event of an alternative necessity in the territory of the States of the Contracting Parties. The Presidency shall be carried out by the host Contracting Party. Each Contracting Party may take the initiative of convening the Committee.
Article 11
Reports of the Agreement with Other International Treaties
This Agreement shall not affect the rights recognized to nationals of Contracting Parties, the provisions of the international treaties in force between the Republic of Hungary and the Benelux States or the other obligations of the Contracting Parties arising from other international treaties, including:
(a) - the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967;
- the Rome Convention of 4 November 1950 on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;
- international mutual legal assistance conventions relating to extradition and transit;
- international conventions relating to the readmission of foreign nationals;
(b) Community law, for Contracting Parties Member States of the European Union, including
- the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 relating to the phasing out of common border controls and the Schengen Agreement of 19 June 1990;
- the provisions of the Dublin Convention of 15 June 1990 relating to the determination of the State responsible for the examination of an application for asylum submitted in one of the Member States of the European Union.
Article 12
Application Protocol
The Contracting Parties shall empower their competent ministries to stop in a Protocol the procedure to be followed in the application of this Agreement.
Article 13
Depositary of the Agreement
The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium is depositary of this Agreement.
Article 14
Territorial application
With regard to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the application of this Agreement may be extended to the Netherlands Antilles and to Aruba by a notification to the Belgian Contracting Party, depositary of this Agreement, which shall inform the other Contracting Parties.
Article 15
Settlement of disputes
Any dispute relating to the interpretation and application of this Agreement shall be settled by negotiation by the Committee under Article 10 of this Agreement. If the agreement is not reached, the dispute will be resolved through diplomatic channels.
Article 16
Entry into force
(1) This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date of receipt of the notification by diplomatic means by which the last of the Contracting Parties has served on the Belgian Contracting Party the fulfilment of the internal legal formalities required for its entry into force.
(2) The Belgian Contracting Party shall inform each Contracting Party of the notifications referred to in paragraph (1) above and the date of entry into force of this Agreement.
Article 17
Duration, suspension, denunciation
(1) This Agreement shall be concluded for an indefinite period.
(2) Contracting Parties may suspend the application of this Agreement on an interim basis, in whole or in part, for reasons that protect the security of the State, public order or public health. The introduction of such a measure, with the indication of the reasons and the entry into force, and the lifting of the suspension shall be communicated without delay to the depositary through diplomatic channels. The suspension shall not apply to the readmission of the nationals of the Contracting Parties. With regard to the protection of personal data transmitted prior to the introduction of the suspension, the provisions of Article 8 continue to apply.
(3) Each Contracting Party may denounce this Agreement by diplomatic means, in writing, by a notification addressed to the depositary of this Agreement. The depositary of this Agreement shall inform the other Contracting Parties of the denunciation by diplomatic means. This Agreement shall lose its effect on the first day of the second month following the day on which the depositary has received the diplomatic denunciation note.
In faith, the representatives of the Contracting Parties, duly authorized to do so, have affixed their signatures to the bottom of this Agreement.
Done in Luxembourg on 23 January 2002 in an original copy in Hungarian, French and Dutch each of the three texts being equally authentic.
The original copy of this Agreement shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, depositary of this Agreement. The depositary shall distribute certified copies in accordance with other Contracting Parties.

PROTOCOL FOR THE APPROACH OF THE CORD ON THE GOVERNMENT OF HUNGARY REPUBLIC AND GOVERNMENTS OF BENELUX (BELGIC ROYAL, LUXEMBOURG GRAND-DUCHE, LE ROYAUME DES PAYS-BAS)
The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Hungary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, under Article 12 of the Agreement of 23 January 2002 between the Government of the Republic of Hungary and the Governments of the States of the Benelux (the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Article 1^er
Entrance and irregular stay
The irregular entry and stay within the meaning of Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement shall be recognized by the Contracting Parties on the basis of their respective national legislation.
Article 2
Readmission procedure
(1) Applications for the readmission of nationals are made when the identity and nationality of the person to be remitted are proven or validly presumed in accordance with Article 4 of the Agreement.
(2) Requests for readmission of third-country nationals shall be made when the residence of such persons in the territory of the requested Contracting Party may be proved, whereas the persons in question have a visa or residence permit issued by the competent authorities of the requested Contracting Party, or validly be presumed under the following documents, including:
- a report on the person ' s statement to be submitted to the authorities of the requesting Contracting Party, or
- documents giving access, in the territory of the State of the required Contracting Party, to public or private services (health insurance cards, documents giving entitlement to social benefits, invoices for benefits used), or
- documents indicating that the person to be remitted used the services of a travel office or carrier of the required Contracting Party;
- travel tickets.
(3) The competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party shall apply for readmission relating to a person in irregular residence to the competent authority of the required Contracting Party, as referred to in Article 6 of this Protocol. The application form is set out in Appendix 1 to this Protocol (Readmission Request).
(4) In addition to the data provided for in Article 6 of the Agreement, the application for readmission contains all the information necessary to perform the readmission.
(5) Within the time limits set out in paragraph (1) of Article 7 of the Agreement, the competent authority of the required Contracting Party shall respond to the competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party that it re-acclaims the person in question.
(6) The competent authority of the requested Contracting Party shall, within the time limits set out in subsection (2) or even in paragraph (3) of Article 7 of the Agreement, grant the person whose readmission has been accepted.
(7) Readmission of persons shall be effected at the border posts designated in Article 5 of this Protocol.
(8) In the cases provided for in Article 2, subsection (3) and Article 3, paragraph (9) of the Agreement, applications for readmission shall be made through the form annexed to this Protocol.
(9) The negative response to a request for readmission must be substantiated by the competent authority of the required Contracting Party and must arrive within the time limits provided for in paragraph (1) of Article 7 of the Agreement to the competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party.
Article 3
Travel title
(1) The competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party shall transmit to the diplomatic or consular representation of the requested Contracting Party the positive response to its request for readmission, with a view to establishing, where appropriate, the travel title necessary for the return and readmission of persons under Article 2 of the Agreement. The travel permit application is made using the form annexed to this Protocol (Request to Pass).
(2) It is for the competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party to establish, where necessary, the travel title necessary for the readmission of persons to be remitted under Article 3 of the Agreement.
Article 4
Transit for readmission
(1) The request for the transit of a third-country national, in the cases provided for in Article 5 of the Agreement, shall be addressed by the competent authority of the requesting Contracting Party to the competent authority of the required Contracting Party, as referred to in Article 6 of this Protocol. The application and response form is set out in Appendix 2 to this Protocol (Transit Request).
(2) In addition to the data provided for in Article 6 of the Agreement, the application contains:
- the declaration that the conditions as defined in Article 5, subsection (1) of the Agreement are fulfilled and that no grounds of refusal, as provided for in Article 5, subsection (4) of the Agreement is known,
- the place and time of arrival in the territory of the requested Contracting Party State,
- the place and time of departure of the territory of the State of the Contracting Party required for the State of destination,
- the proposed date and border post for readmission, and
- where applicable, essential information relating to the person subject to transit in the event that the person is insured by the competent authority of the required Contracting Party.
(3) The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall consult directly to define the date and nature of the transit.
(4) In the event of an air transit, the person to be reconfirmed and, where appropriate, his escort shall not leave the transit room of the required Contracting Party airport.
(5) The requesting Contracting Party shall, in addition to the declaration of admission of the State of destination, guarantee the validity of all documents and travel documents, travel tickets and other authorizations necessary for the voyage to the State of destination and, where appropriate, transit through other transit States.
(6) If, in the absence of the necessary conditions, the request is rejected by the requested Contracting Party, the requested Contracting Party shall communicate to the requesting Contracting Party the reasons for its refusal.
(7) If subsequently to the required Contracting Party's agreement, the facts or circumstances should not permit transit, the agreement shall be cancelled by the required Contracting Party. The decision to cancel the agreement must be motivated.
(8) In the event that, for any reason, the transit of the person to be reappointed should fail, the requesting Contracting Party is required to reclaim the person in question. The application is made in accordance with Annex 2 to this Protocol.
(9) The transit of third-country nationals by the territory of the required Contracting Party shall take place at border crossings specified in Article 5 of this Protocol.
Article 5
Border posts
Readmissions and transits take place at the following border posts:
1. For the Hungarian Contracting Party:
- for air navigation: Budapest, Ferihegy International Airport
- for land traffic: Hegyeshalom
2. For the Benelux Contracting Party:
(a) For Belgium:
- for air navigation : Brussels National Airport
- for terrestrial traffic: to determine cases in case by the Foreign Office
(b) For Luxembourg:
- for air navigation: Luxembourg-Findel Airport
- for land traffic: border crossing of Wasserbilligbrück (roadway)
(c) For the Netherlands:
- for air navigation: Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam
- for ground traffic: to be determined by the Dublin Office.
Article 6
Competent authorities
(1) (a) For the Hungarian Contracting Party, the submission and acceptance of applications relating to the readmission of nationals and nationals of third States are within the competence of the following authority:
National Border Guard Command
Police and Contraventions Branch
(Hatarörség Orszagos Parancsnoksag
Idegenrendészeti és Szababysértési Föosztaly)
Mailing address: H-1525 Budapest, Pf: 47.
Telephone and fax: (0036-1)45-67-195
(b) For the Hungarian Contracting Party, the submission and acceptance of requests for the transit of third-country nationals to third-party States are within the competence of the following authority:
Ministry of the Interior
Office of Immigration and Nationality
Mailing address: H-1117 Budapest, Budafoki ut 60
Telephone: (0036.1) 463.91.50; 463.91.54
Fax: (0036.1) 463.91.53; 463.91.51
(2) For the Benelux Contracting Party, the competent authorities are:
(a) For Belgium:
- for the sending of requests to the competent authorities of the Hungarian Competent Party, the receipt of the replies to the requests, the obtaining from the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary of the necessary travel documents, as well as the sending of information relating to the execution of the readmission of the persons concerned:
Ministry of the Interior
Direction générale de l'Office des Etrangers
WTC II
Warm Antwerp, 59b
B-1000 Brussels
Telephone: (0032.2) 206.15.83; 206.16.06 (return cell)
Fax: (0032.2) 206.14.05
- for the receipt of requests from the competent authorities of the Hungarian Contracting Party, the response to requests, as well as the receipt of information relating to the execution of the readmission away from the persons concerned:
Ministry of the Interior
Direction générale de l'Office des Etrangers
WTC II
Warm Antwerp, 59b
B-1000 Brussels
Telephone: (0032.2) 206.15.94; 206.15.92;
(0032.2) 206.15.51; 206.15.91 Bureau C
Fax: (0032.2) 206.14.07; 206.14.08; 206.14.09
(b) For Luxembourg:
Ministry of Justice
Foreign Service
16, boulevard Royal
L-2934 Luxembourg
Telephone: (00352) 478.45.12; 478.45.46
Fax: (00352) 227.661
(c) For the Netherlands:
Ministry of Justice
IND Immigration and Naturalization Service Office Dublin
Postal box 449
NL-6900 K Zevenaar
Telephone: (0031.31) 636.87.24
Fax: (0031.31) 636.86.49
Article 7
Costs
(1) The counter-value of all costs incurred by the application of Article 9 of the Agreement shall be transferred to EUR (Euro) by the requesting Contracting Party, in accordance with its domestic budgetary legislation, within thirty (30) days from receipt of the invoice, to the other Contracting Party.
(2) The Contracting Parties shall proceed in such a way that the escorted transits shall be carried out in adequate and satisfactory security in the most rational and economical manner.
Article 8
Working languages
Unless otherwise agreed, the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall use the English or French languages in their contacts when applying the Agreement and this Protocol.
Article 9
Expert Committees
Within thirty (30) days after the entry into force of the Agreement, the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall communicate to each other the composition of their delegations to the Committee of Experts under Article 10 of the Agreement.
Article 10
Final provisions
(1) By mutual agreement, the competent ministries of Contracting Parties may supplement or amend the content of this Protocol.
(2) This Protocol will enter into force on the day the Agreement comes into force. It will end when the Agreement ceases its effects.
Done in Luxembourg on 23 January 2002 in an original copy in Hungarian, French and Dutch languages, the three texts being equally authentic.
The original copy of this Protocol shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, depositary of the Agreement. The depositary shall distribute certified copies in accordance with other Contracting Parties.

Annex 1
(Article 2 of the Protocol)
REQUEST FOR READMISSION
Case, number
Date of application: year: month: day: time:
Claiming authority: . . . . . .
Telephone: . . . . . . Fax: . . . . . .
Competent authority required: . . . . .
Telephone: . . . . . . Fax: . . . . . .
We request you to re-acclaim the following person with respect to whom the readmission obligation is established or presumed in accordance with section (2) (3) [develop what is not appropriate] of the Readmission Agreement.
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Annex 2
(Article 4 of the Protocol)
REQUEST FOR TRANSIT
Case, number
Date of application: year: month: day: time:
Claiming authority: . . . . . .
Telephone: . . . . . . Fax: . . . . . .
Competent authority required: . . . . .
Telephone: . . . . . . Fax: . . . . . .
We ask you to allow, in accordance with Article 5 of the Readmission Agreement, the transit of the person designated below, whose admission to the State of destination is guaranteed.
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Annex 3
(Article 3 of the Protocol)
REQUEST TO LEAVE PASSER
Case, number
Claiming authority: . . . . . .
Telephone: . . . . . . Fax: . . . . . .
Diplomatic/consular representation required: . . . . . .
Telephone: . . . . . . Fax: . . . . . .
We have the honour to ask you to establish, in accordance with Article 3, paragraph (1^er) of the Protocol for the Implementation of the Readmission Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Hungary and the Governments of the Benelux States, the travel title (transfer) necessary for the return and readmission of the person under item under Article 2 of the Readmission Agreement.
We join in the annex:
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AGREEMENT TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE BENELUX (BELGIUM ROYAUME, LUXEMBOURG GRAND-DUCHE, THE COUNTRIES ROYAUME) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HUNGARY REPUBLIC RELATING TO THE READMISSION OF PERSONS IN THE IRREGULAR, AND
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