1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Application of international articles

  5. 4.Application of enactments

  6. 5.Application of criminal law

  7. 6.Enactments modified

  8. 7.Fees

  9. 8.Amendments to article 4 coming into force on IP completion day

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      INTERNATIONAL ARTICLES

      1. PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS AND PERMANENT MEASURES

        1. ARTICLE 1 Definitions

          1. 1.For the purposes of the present Agreement: “Fixed Link” means...

        2. ARTICLE 2 Scope

          1. 1.This Agreement shall exclusively apply to rail traffic between the...

          2. 2.The Protocol and Annexes attached hereto shall form an integral...

        3. ARTICLE 3 Authorisation to Conduct Border Controls

          1. 1.Officers of the United Kingdom shall be permitted to conduct...

          2. 2.Officers of the Netherlands shall be permitted to conduct border...

        4. ARTICLE 4 Delimitation of Control Zones

          1. 1.The Contracting Parties or their Competent authorities shall:

          2. 2.The designation of the rail stations and the delimitation of...

          3. 3.In an emergency, where the nature of that emergency is...

        5. ARTICLE 5 Powers of Arrest and Detention for Criminal Offences

          1. 1.The Officers of the Destination State shall, in exercise of...

          2. 2.For the avoidance of doubt, while the Protocol to this...

        6. ARTICLE 6 Identification of Officers

          1. 1.The Contracting Parties shall notify each other through diplomatic channels...

        7. ARTICLE 7 Coordination and Co-Operation between Competent Authorities

          1. 1.The Contracting Parties shall: … … … …

        8. ARTICLE 8 Processing and Exchange of Information

          1. 1.Officers of a Contracting Party, when acting in pursuance of...

          2. 2.In order to perform the tasks conferred on them by...

        9. ARTICLE 9 Service Weapons, Ammunition and Equipment

          1. 1.Officers of the Destination State shall be allowed to wear...

          2. 2.Any service weapons or ammunition may only be carried in...

        10. ARTICLE 10 Responsibility for Officers in Host State

          1. 1.Officers shall be exclusively answerable to their own Competent authorities...

          2. 2.The authorities of the Host State reserve the right to...

        11. ARTICLE 11 Recovery of Costs

      2. PART II SPECIFIC PROVISIONS PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE QUADRIPARTITE AGREEMENT

        1. ARTICLE 12 Operation of Controls

        2. ARTICLE 13 Requests for Protection

          1. 1.Without prejudice to the other provisions laid down by the...

          2. 2.The same provision will be applicable when the request is...

        3. ARTICLE 14 Uniforms and Insignia

      3. PART III FINAL PROVISIONS

        1. ARTICLE 15 Implementing Measures

      4. PROTOCOL CONCERNING THE ORGANISATION OF BORDER CONTROLS IN THE CONTROL ZONES

        1. ARTICLE 1

        2. ARTICLE 2

          1. 1.The laws in force of the Host State shall apply...

          2. 2.When performing border controls in the Host State, the Officers...

        3. ARTICLE 3

          1. 1.The Officers of the Destination State shall, in the exercise...

        4. ARTICLE 4

        5. ARTICLE 5

          1. 1.The frontier controls of the Host State shall normally be...

          2. 2.The Officers of the Destination State are not authorised to...

          3. 3.The Officers of the Host State may no longer carry...

          4. 4.If exceptionally, in the course of the frontier controls, the...

        6. ARTICLE 6

        7. ARTICLE 7

          1. 1.The provisions of this Protocol concerning the methods of exercise...

          2. 2.In an emergency, the local representatives of the authorities concerned...

        8. ARTICLE 8

        9. ARTICLE 9

          1. 1.Where there is information giving rise to suspicion of an...

          2. 2.The bringing into the Destination State of pets, which travellers...

        10. ARTICLE 10

          1. 1.The controls referred to in Article 9 shall include:

          2. 2.Such controls may be limited to documentary inspection, while physical...

        11. ARTICLE 11

        12. ARTICLE 12

        13. ARTICLE 13

          1. 1.The authorities of the Host State shall grant the same...

          2. 2.The provisions of the criminal law in force in the...

        14. ARTICLE 14

          1. 1.Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article...

          2. 2.Officers of the Destination State may not be prosecuted by...

          3. 3.The judicial authorities or police of the Host State who...

        15. ARTICLE 15

          1. 1.Officers of the Destination State shall be permitted freely to...

          2. 2.They may equally sell such merchandise and other goods in...

        16. ARTICLE 16

        17. ARTICLE 17

          1. 1.The authorities of each Contracting Party shall use their best...

          2. 2.The Host State has the right to provide for an...

        18. ARTICLE 18

          1. 1.The Officers of the Destination State are empowered to keep...

          2. 2.The Officers of the Host State shall not have access...

        19. ARTICLE 19

        20. ARTICLE 20

          1. 1.The Officers of the Destination State whilst exercising their functions...

          2. 2.For this purpose, the authorities of the Host State shall...

          3. 3.The Host State has the right to provide for an...

        21. ANNEX A CRIMINAL OFFENCES

  12. Explanatory Note