Artikel 18

Officials of the Council of Europe shall:
(a) be immune from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity and within the limit of their authority;
(b) be exempt from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by the Council of Europe;
(c) be immune, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, from immigration restrictions and aliens' registration;
(d) be accorded the same privileges in respect of exchange facilities as are accorded to officials of comparable rank forming part of diplomatic missions to the Government concerned;
(e) be given, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as diplomatic envoys;
(f) have the right to import free of duty their furniture and effects at the time of first taking up their post in the country in question, and to re-export the same free of duty to their country of domicile.