Artikel VI

1. The Government of Guyana for the purpose of executing the activities for the Tropenbos research programme in Guyana, shall exempt foreign personnel and their dependants from all resident and local personal taxes and levies, including taxes on the person such as departure and travel voucher taxes and travel taxes and taxes imposed on personal income, whether such income arises outside of Guyana, or from allowances paid to them by the Government of Guyana as provided within this Agreement or any other subsidiary arrangement.
2. The Government of Guyana shall exempt from import duties, customs tariffs and all other duties, taxes, charges or levies on motor vehicles, technical and professional equipment, products, materials, supplies and other goods imported into Guyana for projects associated with the Tropenbos programme activities in Guyana.
The exemption set out above shall apply also to foreign personnel and their dependants with respect to new or used personal and domestic effects (including household electrical appliances) imported into Guyana within six (6) months of arrival in Guyana.
In the event of fire or theft, or the termination of the useful life of such effects, this privilege may be re-exercised at any time during the assignment period upon verification of such occurrence by an appropriate authority.
The sale or disposal of the above items shall be subject to the regulations of the Government of Guyana in force governing the sale or disposal of such items.
3. Each member of the foreign personnel employed for the purpose of executing the Tropenbos programme activities in Guyana may import or export, free of any import duties, customs tariffs, sales and purchase tax and any other duties, taxes or charges, one (1) motor vehicle for personal use within six (6) months of the arrival in Guyana of the personnel. This privilege may also be exercised every three years from the date when it is first granted. However, in the event of fire, theft, accident, or act of God, causing major damage to the motor vehicle, this privilege may be re-exercised at any time during the assignment period and upon verification of such occurrences by an appropriate authority. The sale or disposal of such a motor vehicle shall be subject to the regulations of the Government of Guyana in force governing the sale or disposal of such motor vehicles.
4. The Government of Guyana shall grant to the foreign personnel employed for the purpose of executing the Tropenbos research programme in Guyana, facilities for the opening and maintenance of external accounts in any commercial bank in Guyana, and the balance on such an account shall be freely transferable.
5. The Government of Guyana shall exempt each member of the foreign personnel or their dependants from national service obligations.
6. All personnel connected with Tropenbos programme activities shall enjoy full academic freedom in respect of the subject of their professional activities in the programme.
7. Each member of the foreign personnel and their family shall be subject to the local immigration laws and regulations.
8. Each member of the foreign personnel and their family shall be subject to the local laws and regulations.
9. The Government of Guyana shall in a timely manner provide without cost:
a) all permits, licenses and other documents, necessary to enable all personnel employed in the execution of the Tropenbos research programme to carry out their respective functions. The foregoing does not include licences, permits and any other documentation required by personnel for their use of personal articles;
b) all necessary visas for the foreign personnel and their dependants involved in the Tropenbos programme activities and all import or export permits, as the case may be for their personal effects and for supplies, goods, materials, professional and technical equipment required for the execution of projects;
c) published and unclassified reports, records, statistics and other information relating to projects and likely to assist the personnel in carrying out their duties.