Contract
59 (1977) Nr. 2
TRAC T A TENBLAD
VAN HET
K O N I N K R I J K D E R N E D E R L A N D E N
JAARGANG 2005 Nr. 185
A. TITEL
Overeenkomst tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Europese Octrooiorganisatie betreffende het onderdeel van het Europees Octrooibureau in ’s-Gravenhage;
Mu¨nchen, 19 oktober 1977
B. TEKST
De Nederlandse, Engelse en Franse tekst van de Overeenkomst zijn geplaatst in Trb. 1978, 16.
Op 6 april 2005 zijn nota’s gewisseld tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Europese Octrooiorganisatie inzake de tewerkstelling van gezinsleden. De tekst van de nota’s luidt als volgt:
Nr. I
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
The Hague, 6 April 2005
DJZ/VE-317/05
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents its compliments to the European Patent Organisation (hereinaf- ter: the Organisation) and, with reference to the discussions between the Ministry and the Organisation has the honour to propose the following:
1. The following persons shall be authorised to engage in gainful employment in the Netherlands:
a) the spouse of an employee of the Office or a registered partner of an employee of the Office;
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b) children under the age of 18 of an employee of the Office;
c) children between 18 and 27 years of age of an employee, provided that they formed part of his or her household prior to their first entry into the Netherlands and still form part of this household, and that they are:
(i) unmarried,
(ii) financially dependent on the employee concerned, and
(iii) receiving an education in the Netherlands.
2. The authorisation as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be applicable for the duration of the term of office of the employee concerned.
3. In case of the insolvency of a person as referred to in Article 1 who is aged under 18, with respect to a claim arising out of gainful employ- ment of that person, the immunity of the employee concerned shall be waived for the purpose of settlement of the claim, in accordance with Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Protocol on privileges and immunities of the European Patent Organisation. Moreover, Article 3 of the Agree- ment between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Patent Organisation concerning the Branch of the European Patent Office at The Hague, concluded at München on 19 October 1977 shall be appli- cable.
4. Employment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be in accordance with Dutch legislation, including fiscal and social security legislation, unless any other applicable international legal instrument provides otherwise.
If this proposal is acceptable to the Organisation, the Ministry pro- poses that this Note and the Organisation’s affirmative reply to it shall together constitute an Agreement between the Kingdom of the Nether- lands and the European Patent Organisation, which shall be provision- ally applied from the date of the Organisation’s reply and which shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the notification of the Organi- sation, stating that the requirements for the entry into force of the Agree- ment have been fulfilled. The Agreement shall remain in force until the day of the entry into force of a future Agreement containing an amend- ment of the Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Patent Organisation concerning the Branch of the European Patent Office at The Hague, concluded at München on 19 October 1977.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the European Patent Organi- sation the assurances of its highest consideration.
European Patent Organisation
European Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xx. XX
Xxx Xxxxx, 6 April 2005
The European Patent Organisation presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has the honour to acknowledge receipt of the Ministry’s Note DJZ/VE- 317/05 of 6 April 2005, which reads as follows:
(Zoals in Nr. I)
In reply, the European Patent Organisation has the honour to inform the Ministry that the proposal is acceptable to the European Patent Organistation, which therefore agrees that the Ministry’s Note and this reply shall constitute an Agreement between the European Patent Or- ganisation and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the notification of the Organisation, stat- ing that the requirements for the entry into force of the Agreement have been fulfilled. The Agreement shall remain in force until the day of the entry into force of a future Agreement containing an amendment of the Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Patent Organisation concerning the Branch of the European Patent Of- fice at The Hague, concluded at München on 19 October 1977.
The Euopean Patent Organisation avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Nether- lands the assurances of its highest consideration.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
D. PARLEMENT
Zie Trb. 1978, 16.
Het in de nota’s vervatte verdrag behoeft ingevolge artikel 7, onder- deel a, van de Rijkswet goedkeuring en bekendmaking verdragen juncto artikel 3 van de Wet van 24 december 1947 (Stb. H 452) houdende goed- keuring van het Verdrag nopens de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de Verenigde Naties niet de goedkeuring van de Staten-Generaal.
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F. VOORLOPIGE TOEPASSING
Het in de nota’s vervatte verdrag werd ingevolge het gestelde in de op één na laatste alinea van beide nota’s vanaf 6 april 2005 voorlopig toe- gepast.
Wat het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden betreft, gold de voorlopige toe- passing alleen voor Nederland.
G. INWERKINGTREDING
Zie Trb. 1978, 16.
De bepalingen van het in de nota’s vervatte verdrag zijn ingevolge het gestelde in de op één na laatste alinea van beide nota’s in werking getre- den op 16 juni 2005.
Wat het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden betreft, geldt het in de nota’s ver- vatte verdrag alleen voor Nederland.
J. VERWIJZINGEN
Titel : Verdrag inzake de verlening van Europese octrooien (Europees Octrooiverdrag);
Mu¨nchen, 5 oktober 1973
Laatste Trb. : Trb. 1995, 198
Titel : Verdrag nopens de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de Verenigde Naties;
Londen, 13 februari 0000
Xxxxx : Trb. 1948, 224 (Engels en Frans en vertaling) Laatste Trb. : Trb. 1994, 210
In overeenstemming met artikel 19, tweede lid, van de Rijkswet goed- keuring en bekendmaking verdragen heeft de Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken bepaald dat het Verdrag zal zijn bekendgemaakt in Nederland op de dag na de datum van uitgifte van dit Tractatenblad.
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