The Channel Tunnel (Arrangements with the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Order 2020

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

ARTICLE 12 Operation of Controls

A Protocol concerning the operation of controls in respect of passengers travelling on rail services falling within the scope of this Agreement is attached to this Agreement.

ARTICLE 13 Requests for Protection

1.  Without prejudice to the other provisions laid down by the Contracting Parties in this Agreement or the Protocol hereto, when a person submits a request for refugee status or any other kind of protection provided for by international law or in the national law of the Host State during border controls carried out at a station of the Host State by the Officers of the Destination State, this request will be examined by the authorities of the Host State in accordance with the rules and procedures of its national law.

2.  The same provision will be applicable when the request is submitted after the person has passed through the border controls referred to in paragraph 1 above and before the train doors close at the last scheduled stop at a station located in the territory of the Host State. This provision is without prejudice to the rules of international law that are applicable to requests that are made after the doors have closed.

ARTICLE 14 Uniforms and Insignia

When exercising their functions in the Host State referred to in Article 3 within a Control Zone, Officers shall wear their national uniform or other visible distinctive insignia.