Common use of Entry and stay Clause in Contracts

Entry and stay. 1. The Republic of Austria shall take all necessary measures to facilitate, irrespective of nationality, the entry into, and stay in, the Republic of Austria of the persons listed below, shall allow them to leave the Republic of Austria without interference and shall ensure that they can travel unimpeded to or from the locality of the seat of the backup site, affording them any necessary protection when so travelling: (a) the members of the Management Board and of the Advisory Groups; (b) the Executive Director and the Staff; (c) the members of the family forming part of the household of the Executive Director and the Staff; (d) any experts invited by the Agency. 2. Visas which may be required by persons referred to in paragraph (1) shall be granted free of charge and as promptly as possible. 3. The Executive Director, the Staff as well as members of their families forming part of their household shall be exempt from immigration restrictions and from registration formalities. 4. The Agency shall communicate to the Austrian authorities a list of the Staff of the Agency and shall continually update such list. 5. The Republic of Austria shall issue, at their request, to the Staff of the Agency deployed or to be deployed to the back-up site in Sankt Johann im Pongau in accordance with the Austrian law an identity card bearing the photograph of the holder. Members of the families forming part of the household of the Staff deployed will be issued, at their request, with such an identity card upon arrival in Austria. This card shall serve to identify the holder vis-à-vis the Austrian authorities and entitles him or her to reside in Austria. 6. The Republic of Austria shall be entitled to require reasonable evidence to establish that persons claiming the rights granted by Article 11 subparagraph (b) of the Protocol and by this Article fall within the categories described in these provisions. 7. The provisions of paragraphs 3, 5 and 6 above shall be without prejudice to any rights under Directive 2004/38/EC on the rights of citizens of the European Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States of the European Union.