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8. When the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community comes nto force it will be necessary for the Council to determine the manner in which he Pr. col shall apply to members of the European Defence Forces attached to nternational military headquarters. It will also be necessary to draw up an dditional Protocol defining the status. of the European Defence Forces in the North Atlantic Treaty countries.

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ANNEX II

DRAFT PROTOCOL ON THE STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HEADQUARTERS SET UP PURSUANT TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY

The Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington on 4th April, 1949,

Considering that international military Headquarters may be established in their territories, by separate arrangement, under the North Atlantic Treaty, and

Desiring to define the status of such Headquarters and of the personnel thereof within the North Atlantic Treaty area,

Have agreed to the present Protocol to the Agreement signed in London on 19th June, 1951, regarding the Status of their Forces:

ARTICLE 1

In the present Protocol the expression—

(a) "the Agreement" means the Agreement signed in London on 19th June, 1951, by the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the Status of their Forces;

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(b) "Supreme Headquarters means Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe and Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic and/any equivalent international military Headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty;...

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Allied Headquarters means any Supreme Headquarters and any inter- national military Headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty which is immediately subordinate to a Supreme Headquarters; (d) "North Atlantic Council" means the Council established by Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty or any of its subsidiary bodies authorised to act on its behalf.

ARTICLE 2

Subject to the following provisions of this Protocol, the Agreement shall apply to Allied Headquarters in the territory of a Party to the present Protocol in the North Atlantic Treaty area, and to the military and civilian personnel of such Headquarters and their dependents included in the definitions in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Protocol, when such personnel are present in any such territory in connection with their official duties or, in the case of dependents, the official duties of their spouse or parent.

ARTICLE 3

1. For the purpose of applying the Agreement to an Allied Headquarters the expressions "force,'

"" civilian component " and " dependent," wherever they occur in the Agreement, shall have the meanings set out below:

(a) "force" means the personnel attached to the Allied Headquarters who belong to the land, sea or air armed services of any Party to the North Atlantic Treaty;

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civilian component means civilian personnel who are not stateless. persons, nor nationals of any State which is not a Party to the Treaty, nor nationals of, nor ordinarily resident in, the receiving State, and who are (i) attached to the Allied Headquarters and in the employ of an armed service of a Party to the North Atlantic Treaty or (ii) in such categories Pageof oifin personnel in the employ of the Allied Headquarters 18hef 253

North Atlantic Council shall decide;

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