Hong Kong Regulations

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES) ORDER - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE

[section 3]

PROVISIONS OF OFFICE AGREEMENT HAVING THE FORCE OF LAW IN HONG KONG

3. The European Communities-the European Coal and Steel Community, the
European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community-shall each have
legal personality in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China.

Accordingly, the European Communities shall have the capacity to conclude
contracts, to acquire and dispose of immovable and movable property as
necessary for the effective fulfillment of their duties, in accordance with
the procedural and administrative requirements imposed by the law of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and by
any other law of the People's Republic of China, and to conduct legal
proceedings, and shall be represented for that purpose by the Commission.

4. The Office, its Head and members accredited by the Commission of the
European Communities who are nationals of the member states of the
European Communities but not in their capacity as the permanent residents of
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as well as the members of their
families forming part of their respective households, shall enjoy consular
privileges and immunities as correspond to those enjoyed by consular posts,
Heads and members of consular posts in accordance with the provisions of the
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 24 April 1963.

They will, consistent with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the other national
laws of China applicable in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in
accordance with the Basic Law, enjoy such rights and consular privileges and
immunities as are necessary for the effective fulfillment of their duties.

5. The laissez-passer issued by the European Communities to officials and
other servants of its institutions shall be recognized as a valid travel
document.