- 1
- Nationals of a Contracting Party who are sent by the Government of this Contracting Party to the territory of the other Contracting Party as members of a diplomatic mission or consular post, shall be subject to the legislation of the former Contracting Party.
- 2
- Persons who are employed by a diplomatic mission or consular post of one of the Contracting Parties in the territory of the other Contracting Party, shall be subject to the legislation of the latter Contracting Party.
- 3
- If the diplomatic mission or consular post of one of the Contracting Parties employs persons who according to paragraph 2 of this Article are subject to the legislation of the other Contracting Party, the mission or post shall observe the obligations which the legislation of this Contracting Party imposes on employers.
- 4
- The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall apply also to a person employed as a private servant or as a member of the private staff of a person mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article. In that case the natural person who employs other persons shall observe the obligations which the legislation of the Contracting Party where the employment is performed imposes on employers.
- 5
- The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article do not apply to honorary consular officers or to persons employed in the private service of such persons.
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- If, under paragraph 1, a person continues to be subject to the legislation of a Contracting Party from whose territory he has been sent to the territory of the other Contracting Party, that paragraph shall also apply by analogy to the person's family members who accompany him, unless they are themselves employed or self-employed in the territory of the latter Contracting Party.
