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a). Subject to the unanimous approval by the International Commission, the International Commission shall appoint the Director of the International Tracing Service. The International Commission shall consult with the Institutional Partner referred to in Article 16 of the present Agreement before taking this decision.
b). The nomination procedure for the Director of the International Tracing Service shall be defined in the Rules of Procedure of the International Commission.
c). The Director of the International Tracing Service shall enjoy mutatis mutandis the same privileges and immunities as career consular officers according to Articles 40 to 47 and 52 of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations in the Federal Republic of Germany, unless the Director is a national of or permanently resident in the Federal Republic of Germany. In the latter case, the Director shall enjoy immunity from jurisdiction and personal inviolability only in respect to official acts performed in the exercise of the Director’s functions.
d). The Director of the International Tracing Service shall be appointed for a period of five years. The Director may be reappointed once.