The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: For the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the European Council agreement on the Council of Europe information office in Riga (Republic of Latvia) status article 1. 23 October 2001 in Strasbourg signed by the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the European Council agreement on the Council of Europe information office in Riga (Republic of Latvia) status (hereinafter referred to as the Treaty) this law is adopted and approved. 2. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. To put the contract in law Latvian and English. 3. article. The agreement shall enter into force for the period specified in article 10 and in order, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the newspaper "journal". The Parliament adopted the law of 11 April. State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga in 2002 on April 24, the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the European Council agreement on the Council of Europe information office in Riga (Republic of Latvia) status by the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the European Council, referring to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe resolution (99) 9 on the Council of Europe Information Office (UK OFFICE), which will replace the current Council of Europe's information and documentation centres, taking into account that the Republic of Latvia is a 1949 2 September in Paris signed a general agreement on the privileges and immunities of the Council of the party considering the need to conclude a Treaty to resolve some of the issues related to the Council of Europe information office in Riga (Republic of Latvia), have agreed as follows: article 1 the purposes of this agreement, the following terms are used: a) "UK OFFICE" means the Council of Europe information office in Riga; (b)) "the Government" means the Government of the Republic of Latvia; (c)) "officials of the UK OFFICE" means the entire UK OFFICE staff employed under the staff of the Council of Europe's rules and procedures, with the exception of staff recruited locally. 2. the article UK OFFICE is a legal person. It has the capacity to contract, to acquire and dispose of property. UK OFFICE of the European Council and it is financed from the budget of the Council of Europe. The European Council confirms the UK OFFICE in Riga. He chaired the UK OFFICE. The Council of Europe shall inform the Governments of the following approved person. Article 3 of contributes to the UK OFFICE of Government in action, free of charge, providing it with space. All other expenses shall be borne by the Council of Europe. The Government ensures that the UK OFFICE is equipped with all the necessary utilities and that such services are delivered in a timely manner. as to article 4 of the Council of Europe, the UK OFFICE of the institution subject to the 1949 Paris September 2 signed the General Agreement on privileges and immunities of the Council. Article 5 UK OFFICE premises are inviolable. UK OFFICE property, funds and assets, wherever they are in possession of and cannot be searched, audited, seized, expropriated or otherwise interfered with by Executive, administrative, judicial and legislative actions. UK OFFICE of archives and all documents belonging to it or in its possession, shall be inviolable. Funds, assets, income and other property are exempt from UK OFFICE: a) all direct taxes, provided that no UK OFFICE requesting exemption from payment for public utility services provided; (b) customs duties) restrictions and prohibitions in relation to goods imported or exported for its official use, UK OFFICE, provided that the goods imported under these exemptions are not sold in the Republic of Latvia in accordance with the rules approved by the Government; (c) payments) customs import and export restrictions and prohibitions concerning your publications. Article 6 UK OFFICE in respect of its official communications enjoy at least as favourable conditions as those that apply to any Government, diplomatic missions, for mail, kablogramm, telefotogrāfij, telephone, Telegraph, telex and other telecommunications services, tariffs and fees, as well as the tariffs set for the transmission of information to the press and radio. The Government supports the UK OFFICE of communications and official correspondence, including all electronic means (it's e-mail, internet link ...), and not subject to means of communication and correspondence to any censorship. Such immunity shall, without prejudice to this list, refer to the publications, photographs, slides, films and sound recordings. Article 7 UK OFFICE officials enjoy the following privileges and immunities: (a) a) immunity for proceedings relating to words spoken or written and all acts taken as officers; (b) exemption from taxes) in relation to the Council of Europe paid wages and income. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the Government of the Republic of Latvia, the UK OFFICE of the names of the officials covered by the General Agreement on privileges and immunities of the Council referred to in article 18 privileges and immunities. For UK OFFICE officials of immunity is appropriate for the 1949 Paris September 2 signed the General Agreement on privileges and immunities of the Council of article 19. 8. Article contracted personnel on-site operation of the UK OFFICE enjoy immunity in respect of proceedings relating to words spoken or written and all acts taken as officers. Article 9 UK OFFICE benefits from all sources, facilities and documentation located in the Council of Europe information and documentation in the possession of the Office; These values remain the property of the Council of Europe. Article 10 this Agreement shall apply provisionally from the date of its signature and shall enter into force on the day of the Council of Europe has received the Government's statement on internal procedures required to bring the Treaty into force. This contract is in force in the Republic of Latvia of UK OFFICE. The contract is drawn up in four copies. Two copies of this agreement and the Latvian two copies in the English language, both texts being equally authentic. Strasbourg, 2001, signed on 23 October for the Government of the Republic of Latvia to the Council of Europe on behalf of Georgs Andrejevs Walter Schwimmer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of LATVIA to the Council of Europe Council of Europe Secretary General Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Council of Europe concerning the status of the Council of Europe Information Office in Riga (Republic of Latvia)

The Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Council of Europe, With reference to Resolution (99) 9 of the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe on the creation of the Council of Europe Information Office to succeed the present Information and Documentation Centre on the Council of Europe, Taking into considerations that the Republic of Latvia is a contracting party to the General Agreement on Privileges and of the Council of Immunit to Europe in Paris, concluded on 2 September 1949, Considering that it is not an agreement the cessary conclud it is settle certain issues linked with the establishment of the Council of Europe Information Office in Riga (Republic of Latvia), have agreed as follows: article 1 For the purpose of this agreement the following shall apply: (a) in the definition "IOC") means the Council of Europe Information Office in Riga; (b)) "the Government" means the Government of the Republic of Latvia; (c)) "officials of the IOC" means all the members of the IOC MC staff employed under the staff regulations and rules of the Council of Europe with the exception of staff recruited locally. Article 2 the IOC juridical personality of the who. It shall have the capacity to conclud a contracts, to acquir and dispos of movable goods. The IOC is on the of the Council of Europe and is financed from the Council of Europe budget. The Council of Europe to appoint the Head of the IOC in Riga. He will lead the IOC. The Council of Europe shall inform the Government of this appointment. Article 3 the Government shall contribute to the activities of the IOC by providing adequat premise free of rent. Council of Europe will cover all other charges. The Government shall ensur that the IOC is at all times supplied with the public services and that cessary such services are supplied on equitable terms. Article 4 As a Council of Europe institution, the IOC MC shall benefit from the provision of the General Agreement on Privileges and of the Council of Immunit to Europe, concluded in Paris on 2 September 1949 article 5 the premise of the IOC MC shall be inviolabl. The IOC property, funds and assets, wheresoever located and by whomsoever held, shall be from search, requisition, immun confiscation, expropriation or any other form of interference whethers by Executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action. The archives of the IOC and all documents belonging to it or held by it shall be inviolabl. Funds, assets, income and other property shall be exempted from the IOC: (a) any form of direct tax), on condition that the IOC will not claim exemption from payment for local public services; (b) customs duties, prohibition) and restriction on articles imported or exported by the IOC for its official use, provided that articles will not be imported under such exemption sold in Latvia, except under conditions approved by the Government; (c) customs duties, prohibition) and restriction on imports and exports in respect of its publications. Article 6 the IOC MC shall enjoy, for its official communications, treatment at least as favourabl as that accorded to the diplomatic mission of any Government, in respect of the allocation to tariff and charges on mail, cablegram, telephotos, telephone, telegraph, telex and other communications, as well as rates for information to the press and radio. The Government shall secure the inviolability of the official communications of the IOC and of all electronic communications including correspondenc (i.e. any other. Email, web site) shall not apply and any censorship to its communications and correspondenc. Such inviolability without limitations by reason of this enumeration shall extend their publications, photographs, slides, films and sound recordings. Article 7 the IOC officials shall enjoy the following privileges and to: (a) immunity from immunit) legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity; (b) exemption from taxation) on the salar and emolument paid to them by the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall communicate to the Government of the Republic of Latvia the names of the officials of the IOC to which the privilege and provided for in the article to the immunit 18 of the General Agreement on Privileges and the of the Council of Immunit Europe shall apply. As far as the waiver of the immunity of the IOC official's is concerned, article 19 of the General Agreement on Privileges and the of the Council of Immunit Europe shall apply. Article 8 Personnel recruited locally to perform services for the IOC MC shall enjoy immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and any act performed by them in their official capacity. Article 9 the IOC will benefit from all the resources, equipment and documentation previously held at the disposal of the Information and Documentation Office of the Council of Europe; These assets will remain the property of the Council of Europe. Article 10 this Agreement shall be implemented on a temporary basis from the date of its signing and shall enter into force on the date on which the Council of Europe is notified by the Government of the completion of the internal procedures not cessary for it entry into force. This agreement shall remain in force for the duration of the presence of the IOC in the Republic of Latvia. This agreement is done in four COPA. Two cops to of this agreement in Latvian and in English, the two cops both texts being of equal authenticity, Signed in Strasbourg on 23 October 2001.

For the Government of the Republic of Latvia For the Council of Europe Walter Schwimmer Georgs Andrejevs Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to the Council of Europe General Secretary of the Council of Europe