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Overeenkomst tussen de Regeringen van de Benelux-Staten en de Regering van de Republiek Zuid-Afrika inzake de afschaffing van de visumplicht voor houders van diplomatieke, officiële en/of dienstpaspoorten BWBV0006128 verdrag geldend 2014-08-01 https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBV0006128 Overeenkomst tussen de Regeringen van de Benelux-Staten en de Regering van de Republiek Zuid-Afrika inzake de afschaffing van de visumplicht voor houders van diplomatieke, officiële en/of dienstpaspoorten

Overeenkomst tussen de Regeringen van de Benelux-Staten en de Regering van de Republiek Zuid-Afrika inzake de afschaffing van de visumplicht voor houders van diplomatieke, officiële en/of dienstpaspoorten

Artikel 1

In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:

“Benelux States” shall mean the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands; “Benelux territory” shall mean the joint territories in Europe of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Artikel 2

The Competent Authorities responsible for the implementation of this Agreement shall be:

a) a) for the Government of the Republic of South Africa, the Department of Home Affairs; and b) b) for the Governments of the Benelux States: for the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration and for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Artikel 3

1. Nationals of the Republic of South Africa who are holders of valid national diplomatic, official and/or service passports may enter the Benelux States territory without a visa and stay in the territory for a period not exceeding three (3) months.

2. Nationals of the Benelux States who are holders of valid national diplomatic, official and/or service passports may enter the territory of the Republic of South Africa without a visa and stay for a period not exceeding three (3) months.

Artikel 4

1. Nationals of the State of one Party assigned to Diplomatic or Consular missions or missions to international organizations located in the State of the other Party bearing valid national diplomatic, official and/or service passports and their spouse or legal partner and under aged children bearing national valid diplomatic, official and/or service passports may enter, depart and stay in the territory of the receiving Party without visas for the duration of their accreditation.

2. The Parties shall notify each other of the arrival of the said officials and the officials shall comply with the accreditation regulations of the other Party.

Artikel 5

Notwithstanding Articles 3 and 4 each Government reserves the right to refuse to admit to its territory any person regarded as being undesirable or whose presence in the country is regarded as prejudicial to law and order or national security.

Artikel 6

Except as herein provided this Agreement shall not affect the laws and regulations in force in the Benelux States and the Republic of South Africa governing entry, length of stay, residence and expulsion and any form of occupation of foreigners.

Artikel 7

Each Party undertakes to readmit to its territory, at any time and without formalities, persons who entered the said territory under a valid national diplomatic, official and/or service passport issued by the Authorities of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands or the Republic of South Africa.

Artikel 8

The Parties shall transmit through diplomatic channels specimens of their new or modified national diplomatic, official and/or service passports, and also the particulars concerning the use of these passports, as far as possible, sixty (60) days before their date of introduction.

Artikel 9

Any dispute between the Parties arising from the application or interpretation of this Agreement shall be settled amicably through consultation or negotiations between the Parties.

Artikel 10

This Agreement may be amended at any time by mutual consent of the Parties through an Exchange of Notes between the Parties through the diplomatic channel.

Artikel 11

The Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Belgium (“The Belgian Government”) shall act as depositary to this Agreement. The depositary shall issue each Party with a certified copy of the original.

Artikel 12

1. This Agreement shall enter into force for one (1) year on the first day of the second month from the date of the last notification confirming that all constitutional and legal requirements for its entry into force have been fulfilled. This Agreement shall be considered as extended for an unlimited period, unless it is denounced by any Party thirty (30) days prior to the expiry of this period.

2. On the expiry of the first period of one year any Party may denounce this Agreement subject to thirty (30) days previous notice to the Belgian Government.

3. The denunciation by any Party shall cause this Agreement to terminate.

4. The Belgian Government shall inform the other Parties of the receipt of any notification referred to in this Article, as well as of receipt of the communication referred to in this Article.

Artikel 13

The application of this Agreement may be suspended by any Party. Suspension shall be notified immediately to the Belgian Government through the diplomatic channel. The Belgian Government shall inform the other Parties of the receipt of such notification. The same procedure shall be adopted when the suspension is lifted.

Artikel 14

As regards the Kingdom of the Netherlands the application of this Agreement may be extended to Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba).