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This Agreement shall regulate matters relating to or arising out of the establishment and the proper functioning of the Court in the host State. It shall, inter alia, provide for the long-term stability and independence of the Court and facilitate its smooth and efficient functioning, including, in particular, its needs with regard to all persons required by the Court to be present at its seat and with regard to the transfer of information, potential evidence and evidence into and out of the host State. This Agreement shall also regulate matters relating to or arising out of the establishment and proper functioning of the Secretariat in the host State, and its provisions shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Secretariat. This Agreement shall, as appropriate, regulate matters relating to the Assembly, including its Bureau and subsidiary bodies.