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... Affirming that the rules of customary international law continue to govern matters not expressly regulated by the provisions of the present Convention, ...
ARTICLE-1: DEFINITIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Consular officers are of two categories, namely career consular officers and honorary consular officers. The provisions of Chapter II of the present Convention apply to consular posts headed by career consular officers; the provisions of Chapter III govern consular posts headed by honorary consular officers. ...
... 2. Consular officers are of two categories, namely career consular officers and honorary consular officers. The provisions of Chapter II of the present Convention apply to consular posts headed by career consular officers; the provisions of Chapter III govern consular posts headed by honorary consular officers. ...
ARTICLE-3: EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... Consular functions are exercised by consular posts. They are also exercised by diplomatic missions in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention. ...
ARTICLE-5: CONSULAR FUNCTIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) furthering the development of commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between the sending State and the receiving State and otherwise promoting friendly relations between them in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention; ...
ARTICLE-10: APPOINTMENT AND ADMISSION OF HEADS OF CONSULAR POSTS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Subject to the provisions of the present Convention, the formalities for the appointment and for the admission of the head of a consular post are determined by the laws, regulations and usages of the sending State and of the receiving State respectively. ...
ARTICLE-12: THE EXEQUATUR [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. Subject to the provisions of Articles 13 and 15, the head of a consular post shall not enter upon his duties until he has received an exequatur. ...
ARTICLE-13: PROVISIONAL ADMISSION OF HEADS OF CONSULAR POSTS [go to this ARTICLE]
... Pending delivery of the exequatur, the head of a consular post may be admitted on a provisional basis to the exercise of his functions. In that case, the provisions of the present Convention shall apply. ...
ARTICLE-14: NOTIFICATION TO THE AUTHORITIES OF THE CONSULAR DISTRICT [go to this ARTICLE]
... As soon as the head of a consular post is admitted even provisionally to the exercise of his functions, the receiving State shall immediately notify the competent authorities of the consular district. It shall also ensure that the necessary measures are taken to enable the head of a consular post to carry out the duties of his office and to have the benefit of the provisions of the present Convention. ...
ARTICLE-15: TEMPORARY EXERCISE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE HEAD OF A CONSULAR POST [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. The competent authorities of the receiving State shall afford assistance and protection to the acting head of post. While he is in charge of the post, the provisions of the present Convention shall apply to him on the same basis as to the head of the consular post concerned. The receiving State shall not, however, be obliged to grant to an acting head of post any facility, privilege or immunity which the head of the consular post enjoys only subject to conditions not fulfilled by the acting head of post. ...
ARTICLE-19: APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF CONSULAR STAFF [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 20, 22 and 23, the sending State may freely appoint the members of the consular staff. ...
ARTICLE-27: PROTECTION OF CONSULAR PREMISES AND ARCHIVES AND OF THE INTERESTS OF THE SENDING STATE IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. In the event of the temporary or permanent closure of a consular post, the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply. In addition, ...
... (b) if the sending State has no diplomatic mission and no other consular post in the receiving State, the provisions of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply. ...
ARTICLE-29: USE OF NATIONAL FLAG AND COAT-OF-ARMS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The sending State shall have the right to the use of its national flag and coat-of-arms in the receiving State in accordance with the provisions of this Article. ...
ARTICLE-31: INVIOLABILITY OF THE CONSULAR PREMISES [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, the receiving State is under a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the consular premises against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the consular post or impairment of its dignity. ...
ARTICLE-35: FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION [go to this ARTICLE]
... 6. The sending State, its diplomatic missions and its consular posts may designate consular couriers ad hoc. In such cases the provisions of paragraph 5 of this Article shall also apply except that the immunities therein mentioned shall cease to apply when such a courier has delivered to the consignee the consular bag in his charge. ...
ARTICLE-43: IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not, however, apply in respect of a civil action either: ...
ARTICLE-46: EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION OF ALIENS AND RESIDENCE PERMITS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not, however, apply to any consular employee who is not a permanent employee of the sending State or who carries on any private gainful occupation in the receiving State or to any member of the family of any such employee. ...
ARTICLE-48: SOCIAL SECURITY EXEMPTION [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article, members of the consular post with respect to services rendered by them for the sending State, and members of their families forming part of their households, shall be exempt from social security provisions which may be in force in the receiving State. ...
... 1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article, members of the consular post with respect to services rendered by them for the sending State, and members of their families forming part of their households, shall be exempt from social security provisions which may be in force in the receiving State. ...
... (b) that they are covered by the social security provisions which are in force in the sending State or a third State. ...
... 3. Members of the consular post who employ persons to whom the exemption provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article does not apply shall observe the obligations which the social security provisions of the receiving State impose upon employers. ...
ARTICLE-49: EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) dues or taxes on private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, subject to the provisions of Article 32; ...
... (c) estate, succession or inheritance duties, and duties on transfers, levied by the receiving State, subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of Article 51; ...
... (f) registration, court or record fees, mortgage dues and stamp duties, subject to the provisions of Article 32. ...
ARTICLE-55: RESPECT FOR THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE RECEIVING STATE [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. The provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article shall not exclude the possibility of offices of other institutions or agencies being installed in part of the building in which the consular premises are situated, provided that the premises assigned to them are separate from those used by the consular post. In that event, the said offices shall not, for the purposes of the present Convention, be considered to form part of the consular premises. ...
ARTICLE-57: SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING PRIVATE GAINFUL OCCUPATION [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-58: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FACILITIES, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES [go to this ARTICLE]
ARTICLE-70: EXERCISE OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS BY DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The provisions of the present Convention apply also, so far as the context permits, to the exercise of consular functions by a diplomatic mission. ...
ARTICLE-72: NON-DISCRIMINATION [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. In the application of the provisions of the present Convention the receiving State shall not discriminate as between States. ...
... (a) where the receiving State applies any of the provisions of the present Convention restrictively because of a restrictive application of that provision to its consular posts in the sending State; ...
... (a) where the receiving State applies any of the provisions of the present Convention restrictively because of a restrictive application of that provision to its consular posts in the sending State; ...
... (b) where by custom or agreement States extend to each other more favourable treatment than is required by the provisions of the present Convention. ...
ARTICLE-73: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRESENT CONVENTION AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The provisions of the present Convention shall not affect other international agreements in force as between States parties to them. ...
... 2. Nothing in the present Convention shall preclude States from concluding international agreements confirming or supplementing or extending or amplifying the provisions thereof. ...