Artikel VIII

1. The Government of the Kingdom and the Government of the Netherlands Antilles shall apply to the United Nations and its organs, including the Special Fund, its property, funds and assets, and to its officials, the provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.
2. The Government of the Kingdom and the Government of the Netherlands Antilles shall apply to each Specialized Agency acting as an Executing Agency, its property, funds and assets and to its officials, the provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies including any Annex to the Convention applicable to such Specialized Agency. In case the International Atomic Energy Agency acts as an Executing Agency, the Government of the Kingdom and the Government of the Netherlands Antilles shall apply to its property, funds and assets and to its officials and experts, the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
3. In appropriate cases where required by the nature of the project, the Government of the Netherlands Antilles and the Special Fund may agree that immunities similar to those specified in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies shall be granted for the territory of the Netherlands Antilles by the Government of the Netherlands Antilles to a firm or organization, and to the personnel of any firm or organization, which may be retained by either the Special Fund or an Executing Agency to execute or to assist in the execution of a project. Such immunities shall be specified in the Plan of Operation relating to the project concerned.
4. The Government of the Netherlands Antilles shall take any measures which may be necessary to exempt the Special Fund and any Executing Agency and their officials and other persons performing services on their behalf from regulations or other legal provisions which may interfere with operations under this Agreement, and shall grant them such other facilities as may be necessary for the speedy and efficient execution of projects. It shall, in particular, grant them the following rights and facilities:
(a) the prompt issuance without cost of necessary visas, licences or permits;
(b) access to the site of work and all necessary rights of way;
(c) free movement, whether within or to or from the Netherlands Antilles, to the extent necessary for proper execution of the project;
(d) the most favourable legal rate of exchange;
(e) any permits necessary for the importation of equipment, materials and supplies in connexion with this Agreement arid for their subsequent exportation; and
(f) any permits necessary for importation of property belonging to and intended for the personal use or consumption officials of the Special Fund or of an Executing Agency, or other persons performing services on their behalf, and or the subsequent exportation of such property.
5. In cases where a Plan of Operation so provides the Government of the Netherlands Antilles shall either exempt from or bear the cost of any taxes, duties, fees or levies which may be imposed on any firm or organization which may be retained by an Executing Agency or by the Special Fund and the personnel of any firm or organization in respect of:
(a) the salaries or wages earned by such personnel in the execution of the project;
(b) any equipment, materials and supplies brought into the Netherlands Antilles in connexion with this Agreement or which, after having been brought into the country, may be subsequently withdrawn therefrom; and
(c) any property brought by the firm or organization or its personnel for their personal use or consumption or which, after having been brought into the country, may subsequently be withdrawn therefrom upon departure of such personnel.
6. The Government of the Netherlands Antilles shall be responsible for dealing with any claims which may be brought by third parties against the Special Fund or an Executing Agency, against the personnel of either, or against other persons performing services on behalf of either under this Agreement, and shall hold the Special Fund, the Executing Agency concerned and the above-mentioned persons harmless in case of any claims or liabilities resulting from operations under this Agreement, except where it is agreed by the Parties hereto and the Executing Agency that such claims or liabilities arise from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such persons.