FRANCE-UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS: CONSULAR CONVENTION

FRANCE-UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS: CONSULAR CONVENTIONSource: International Legal Materials, Vol. 9, No. 2 (MARCH 1970), pp. 365-376Published by: American Society of International LawStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20690606 .

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PRANCE-UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS: CONSULAR CONVENTION* [Done at Paris, December 8, 1966;

entered into force, September 19, 1969]

The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the President of the Republic of France,

Desiring to regulate consular relations between the two states and thereby to promote the further development of their relations in the spirit of traditional friendship between the two peoples,

Have decided to conclude a Consular Convention, and for this purpose have appointed their Plenipotentiaries:

The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: A. A. Gromyko, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,

The President of the Republic of France: ? Maurice Couve de Murville, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France

Who, after exchanging their credentials, which have been found to be in proper order and official fonn, have agreed upon the following;

SECTION I. DEFINITIONS

Article 1 .

In the present Convention: 1? The terra "consular establishment" means consulate general, consulate, or

vice consulate, 2. The term "head of consulate" means the consular officer who is the director

of the consular establishment. 3? The term "consular officer" means any person, including the head of the

consulate, entrusted with the fulfillment of consular functions; those persons assigned to the consular establishment for training in the consular service (trainees) shall be included in the definition "consular officer".

k. The term "employee of a consular establishment" means a person who fulfills administrative or technical functions in the consular establishment.

5? The term "worker of service personnel" means a person who fulfills service duties of the consular establishment.

6. The term "member of the personnel of the consular establishment" means a consular officer, employee of a consular establishment, or worker of service personnel.

7. The term "private worker" means a person who is exclusively in the private service of a member of the personnel of a consular establishment.

*[Translated for International Legal Materials by William E.

Butler, Research Associate, Harvard Law School, from the Russian text in Vedomosti verkhovnogo soveta SSSR (1969), No. 41, item 363. The Convention was ratified by the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. on March 26, 1968, and by the President of the Republic of France on June 30, 1969. Instruments of ratification were exchanged at Moscow on August 20, 1969.]



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SECTION II. OPENING OF CONSULAR ESTABLISHMENTS, APPOINTMENT OF CONSULAR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Article 2.

1. A consular establishment may be opened in the receiving state only with the consent of this state.

2. The location of a consular establishment, its class, and district shall be determined by an agreement between the sending state and the receiving state.

Article 3.

Prior to the appointment of the head of a consular establishment, the sending state shall obtain the consent of the receiving state to such an appointment through diplomatic channels.

Article 4.

1. The diplomatic representation of the state which has appointed a head of a consular establishment shall present to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the receiving state a consular commission which specifies the full name of the head of the consular establishment, his rank, consular district, and location of the consular establishment.

2. The head of a consular establishment may enter upon performance of his functions after his recognition in such capacity by the receiving state. Such recognition shall be in the iom of an exequatur.

3? After recognition, authorities of the receiving state shall take necessary measures so that the head of the consular establishment may fulfill his functions and enjoy the rights, privileges, and immunities provided for by the present Convention.

Article 5?

1. If the head of a consular establishment for any reason whatsoever can not fulfill his functions or if the office of the head of a consular establishment is vacant temporarily, the sending state may empower a consular officer of the same or of another consular establishment or a member of the diplomatic personnel of its diplomatic representation to be the temporary director of the consular establishment; the surname of such person shall be notified in advance to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the receiving state.

2. The person empowered to be the temporary director of the consular establishment shall enjoy the rights, privileges, and immunities of the head of a consular establishment, as provided for by the present Convention.

3? The appointment of a member of the diplomatic personnel of the diplomatic representation of the sending state to a consular establishment in conformity with point 1 of the present Article shall not affect the privileges and immunities granted to him by virtue of his diplomatic status.

Article 6.

Only a national of the sending state may be a consular officer.



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Article 7.

The receiving state may inform the sending state through diplomatic channels that a member of the personnel of a consular establishment is unacceptable.

Upon receipt of such notification, the sending state shall terminate the activity of this member of the personnel of a consular establishment.

If the sending state refuses to fulfill or does not fulfill this obligation within a reasonable period, the receiving state may refuse to recognize the person concerned as a member of the personnel of the consular establishment.

Article 8.

The sending state shall inform the receiving state through diplomatic channels: (1) of the appointment and of the arrival of members of the personnel of a

consular establishment, changes in their status, termination of their activity, as well as of the arrival and departure of members of their families residing together with them;

(2) of the hiring and discharge of private workers.

Article 9?

1? The sending state may, in accordance with the conditions and in the form provided for by legislation of the receiving state, acquire in ownership, possess, or lease plots of land, buildings, and auxiliary premises which are necessary for accommodation of the consular establishment, as well as for the living quarters of members of the personnel of a consular establishment, if they are nationals of the sending state.

2. The receiving state, when necessary, shall render assistance to the sending state in the acquisition, construction, or lease of plots of land, buildings, or parts of buildings for the purposes specified in the preceding paragraph.

3? Nothing in the provisions of the present Article shall relieve the sending state from the necessity to observe laws and rules relating to construction and city planning which are applicable in the area where the respective plots of land, buildings, or parts of buildings are found.

Article 10.

The receiving state shall guarantee the protection of a consular officer and take necessary measures so that a consular officer may fulfill his duties and enjoy the rights, privileges, and immunities provided for by the present Convention.

SECTION III. RIGHTS. PRIVILEGES. AND E-flflJNITCES

Article 11.

1? Consular officers, employees of a consular establishment, and workers of service personnel shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the receiving state insofar as it concerns their official activity.

2. If a consular officer who is not performing his official functions commits on the territory of the receiving state an action punishable under the legislation of this state, the sending state shall be notified immediately about this through diplomatic channels.



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3? A consular officer shall not be subject to arrest or to deprivation of freedom in any other form other than pursuant to an indictment for the commission of a grave crime, presented to him by judicial authorities, entailing in accordance with legislation of the receiving state deprivation of freedom for a term of not less than five years, or on the basis of the judgment of a court which has entered into force*

Article 12.

1. Members of the personnel of a consular establishment, at the request of the judicial or administrative authorities of the receiving state, may give testimony in the capacity of a witness in civil and criminal cases. However, taking any kind of compulsory measures against a consular officer shall not be permitted.

2. Judicial and administrative authorities of the receiving state who have requested a consular officer to give testimony in the capacity of a witness shall take all reasonable measures so as not to create an obstacle in the work of the consular establishment and, if possible, shall organize the giving of oral or written testimony in the consular establishment or at the residence of the consular officer.

3? A consular officer summoned as a "witness may give testimony without taking an oath.

4. Members of the personnel of a consular establishment and members of their families may refuse to give testimony in the capacity of a witness regarding circumstances relating to the official activity of members of the personnel of a consular establishment.

Article 13.

1. The sending state may waive the immunity of members of the personnel of a consular establishment and members of their families. In all instances the waiver must be express, and the receiving state must be notified in writing about this.

2. Waiver of immunity from jurisdiction with regard to civil and administrative cases shall not signify waiver of immunity xAth regard to execution of decisions, for which a special waiver shall be required.

Article 1?,

The state flag of the sending state may be flown at the building of the consular establishment, at the residence of the head of the consulate, and on his means of transport used in the performance of official functions.

A shield with the state emblem of the sending state and the name of the consular establishment in the language of the sending state and in the language of the receiving state may be attached to the building of the consular establishment.

Article 15.

1. Members of the personnel of a consular establishment who are nationals of the sending state shall be exempt from the payment of all taxes and charges with regard to incomes, salaries, wages, or maintenance received by them from the sending state for the execution of official functions.

Consular officers and employees of a consular establishment and members of their families residing together with them, insofar as they are nationals of the sending state, shall be exempt from the payment of all other taxes and analogous charges of any type: state, provincial, and local, including, notwithstanding the provision of point 2(d) of the present Article, taxes, changes, and duties on movable property



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belonging to them used for official purposes or for personal needs. These provisions shall be applied on condition that the person concerned is a

permanent officer of the sending state, does not engage in private activity for the purpose of receiving profits in the receiving state, and is not a national of this state and does not reside therein permanently.

2. The exemption provided for in point 1 of the present Article shall not be applied with regard to:

(a) indirect taxes, which are usually included in the price of goods or service; (b) taxes on the acquisition, ownership, possession, or disposal of private

immovable property in the receiving state, with the exceptions provided for in Article 16;

(c) taxes on incomes received from other sources in the receiving state, including incomes in connection with an increase of assets;

(d) taxes and charges on transactions or documents which formalize or relate to transactions, including state duties (stamp duties) of all types assessed or levied in connection with such transactions, with the exceptions provided for in Article 16;

(e) taxes on the transfer of property in the receiving state, including gift and inheritance, with the exception of instances provided for in Article 18;

(f) payments for specific types of services.

Article 16.

1? The sending state shall be exempted by the receiving state from state, provincial, and local taxes or other analogous taxes and charges of ar?y type on:

(a) a plot of land, building, or part of a building used exclusively for consular purposes, including the living quarters of consular officers and employees of a consular establishment, if the said property is in the ownership or leased in the nsune of the sending state or any physical or juridical person acting in the name of such state;

(b) translations or documents relating to the acquisition of immovable property specified in subpoint (a);

(c) movable property belonging to it, used for consular purposes. 2. The provisions of subpoint (a) of point 1 of the present Article do not

relate to payment for specific types of services. 3? The tax exceptions provided for by point 1 of the present Article shall not

extend to those charges, duties, and taxes which are assessed persons who have concluded a contract with the sending state or a person acting in its name.

Article 17?

1. The receiving state, in accordance with laws and rules in force, shall permit the importation and shall exempt from amy customs duties, taxes, and charges connected therewith, with the exception of charges for storage, transport, or similar kind of service:

(a) articles, including motor vehicles, intended for the official use of a consular establishment;

(b) articles intended for the personal use of a consular officer or members of his family residing together with him.

2. The exemptions provided for in point 1 (b) of the present Article with respect to articles of initial requirement shall be granted to employees of a consular establishment.

3? The exemptions provided for by point 1(b) and point 2 of the present Article shall not extend to nationals of the receiving state and persons who permanently reside in this state.



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Article 18.

In the event of the death of a member of the personnel of a consular establishment or a member of his family residing together with him, movable property forming part of an inheritance, remaining in the receiving state, shall be exempted from any taxes

or other analogous charges of any type whatsoever, unless the deceased is a national

of the receiving state and resided permanently therein and if the said property was

located in the receiving state exclusively in connection with the sojourn of the

deceased in this state as a member of the personnel of a consular establishment or a member of Ms family*

The receiving state shall authorize the exportation of the movable property of the deceased, with the exception of property acquired in this state whose exportation is prohibited.

Article 19.

1. A consular establishment shall have the right to communicate with its

government or with the diplomatic representation and consular establishments of the

sending state in the receiving state or with other diplomatic representations and consular establishments of the sending state. For this purpose the consular establish ment may use all ordinary means of communication, diplomatic couriers, and officially sealed pouches, cipher, and code. The same fees shall apply to a consular establish ment in the use of ordinary means of communications as apply to the diplomatic representation of the sending state.

2. The official correspondence of a consular establishment, irrespective of what means of communications are used, and officially sealed pouches which have visible external marks specifying their official character, shall be inviolable and shall not be subject to control or detention on the part of authorities of the receiving state.

Article 20.

Insofar as this is not contrary to the laws and rules of the receiving state concerning areas in which entry is prohibited or restricted for reasons of state security, a member of the personnel of a consular establishment must be permitted' to travel freely within the limits of his consular district to fulfill his official functions.

Article 21.

The buildings or parts of a building used exclusively for purposes of a consular establishment, as well as the plot of land serving such buildings or parts of buildings, and the residence of the head of a consulate shall be inviolable. Authorities of the receiving state may not enter the buildings, parts of buildings, used for the purpose exclusively of a consular establishment, or the plot of land serving such buildings or parts of buildings, or the residence of the head of the consulate without the consent of the head of the consulate, the head of the diplomatic repre sentation of the sending state, or a person appointed by one of these.

Article 22.

The consular archives shall be inviolable at any time irrespective of their location. Unofficial papers must not be kept in the consular archives.



371 Article 23.

Members of the personnel of a consular establishment and members of their families

residing together with them who are not nationals of the receiving state shall be

exempted in this state from service in the armed forces. They also shall be exempted from all types of compulsory service on condition that in each instance the person concerned is not a national of the receiving state and does not reside permanently therein.

Article 2k.

Consular officers and employees of a consular establishment, as well as members of their families residing together.with them, unless they reside permanently in the

receiving state, shall be exempted from fulfillment of the requirements provided for

by laws and rules of the receiving state relating to registration, receiving permission for residence, work, and other similar requirements made upon aliens.

Article 25.

In executing his functions a consular officer shall have the right to turn to the competent authorities of the consular* district, including representations of central institutions, in writing or orally.

Article 26.

1. A consular establishment may exact charges established by the sending state in connection with the fulfillment of consular functions.

2. The sending state shall be exempted from the payment of all state, provincial, and local taxes or analogous charges of any type with regard to amounts exacted in accordance with point 1 of the present Article.

SECTION IV. CONSULAR FUNCTIONS

Article 27.

A consular officer within the limits of the consular district shall have the right: (a) to protect the rights and interests of the sending state, as well as its

nationals, including juridical persons; (b) to further the development of commercial, economic, cultural, and scientific

relations between the sending state and the receiving state; (c) to otherwise promote the development of friendly relations between the

sending state and the receiving state.

Article 28.

1. A consular officer shall have the right to take measures, in accordance with the laws and rules of the receiving state, in order to ensure proper representation of nationals of the sending state before the courts and other authorities of the receiving state if they, because of their absence or for other justifiable reasons, are not in a position to protect in a timely manner their rights and interests. This also shall relate to juridical persons of the sending state.

2. The representation provided for in point 1 of the present Article shall terminate when the represented person shall appoint his own representatives or himself assume the protection of his rights and interests.



372 Article 29.

A consular officer shall have the right: (a) to register nationals of the sending state; (b) to issue, renew, amend, or cancel passports, visas, and other analogous

documents?

Article 30.

1? A consular officer, insofar as the legislation of the sending state empowers him therefor, shall have the right:

(a) to draw up documents of the birth and death of nationals of the sending state; (b) to perform marriages in instances when both persons are nationals of the

sending state; (c) to register the dissolution of marriages performed in conformity with the

legislation of the sending state; (d) to perform an adoption, when the adoptor and the adopted are nationals of

the sending state. 2. The aforementioned provisions shall not relieve the persons concerned from

the duty to make appropriate declarations required by the legislation of the receiving state.

3? A competent institution of the receiving state must, at the request of a consular establishment, send it a certificate concerning the death of a national of the sending state without charge and without exaction of charges.

Article 31.

A consular officer shall have the right to perforai in a consular establishment, in his own apartment, in the apartments of his nationals, as well as on board vessels of the sending state the following actions:

1. to draw up and attest documents and transactions between nationals of the sending state insofar as such documents and transactions do not contravene the legislation of the receiving state and do not affect the establishment or transfer of rights to immovable property in this state.

2. to draw up and attest documents and transactions between nationals of the sending state, on the one side, and nationals of other states, on the other side, insofar as such documents and transactions relate exclusively to property or rights in the sending state or affect matters subject to examination in this state on condition that such transactions and documents do not contravene the legislation of the receiving state.

Article 32.

A consular officer shall have the right: (1) to accept declarations from nationals of the sending state and to attest them; (2) to translate official documents and documents and to attest their translation; (3) to attest the signatures of nationals of the sending state; (4) to legalize documents, as well as to attest copies of documents; (5) to drax-7 up, certify, and accept for safekeeping testementaiy bequests and

other documents, as well as declarations of nationals of the sending state.

Article 33.

1. The authorities of the receiving state shall recognize the validity of the official documents and documents specified in Articles 31 and 32, drawn up and attested



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by a consular officer, affixing the official seal, as well as copies, extracts, and translations of similar official documents and documents attested by him, affixing the official, seal, in instances when they are required for use in the receiving state to the extent which that is compatible with legislation of the receiving state.

2. The official documents, documents, copies, translations, or extracts enumerated in point 1 must have been legglized, if this is required according to the

legislation of such state, when they are submitted to the authorities of the

receiving state.

Article 34.

A consular officer shall have the right to accept for safekeeping from nationals of the sending state documents, currency, valuables, and other property belonging to him.

The said documents, currency, valuables, and property may be exported from the

receiving state only in accordance with legislation of this state.

Article 35.

1. The competent authorities of the receiving state shall notify the consular establishment about the death of a national of the sending state, as well as about the opening of an inheritance in the receiving state, when an heir by law or by testament is a national of the sending state who is not residing in the receiving state and xtfho does not have his own representative there.

2. (a) A consular officer may request the competent authorities of the receiving state to take measures concerning the protection and administration of the inherited property left in this state to a national of the sending state, as x*ell as to notify him about such measures in the event they already have been taken;

(b) A consular officer may render assistance directly or through a representative in carrying out measures provided for in subpoint (a).

3? If after fulfilling the formalities connected with an inheritance in the receiving state movable property comprising a part of the inheritance or an amount derived from the sale of movable or immovable property is subject to transfer to the heir by law or by testament, who is a national of the sending state, does not reside in the receiving state, and has not appointed a representative, then the said property or amount derived from its sale shall be transferred to a consular establish ment of the sending state on condition that:

(a) the competent authorities of the receiving state have authorized, if this is necessary, the transfer of inherited property or the amount derived from its sale;

(b) the debts which have burdened the inheritance have been paid or claims guaranteed within the period established by legislation of the receiving state;

(c) the taxes connected with the inlieritance have been paid or secured. 4. In the event of the death of a national of the sending state, who did not

have a permanent residence in the receiving state, during a trip, the articles, currency, and valuables found on him shall be transferred without any formalities whatsoever to the consular establishment for safekeeping. All subsequent measures, including the exportation of the said property, if the necessity arises, shall be carried out with observance of the legislation of the sending state.

Article 36.

The authorities of the receiving state, when they have information, shall notify the corresponding consular establishment about instances when it is necessary to appoint a trustee or guardian for a national of the sending state.



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A consular officer may turn to competent authorities of the receiving state with regard to questions concerning the appointment of trustees or guardians and, in particular, to propose candidates for the fulfillment of such functions*

Article 37.

1? A consular officer shall have the right within the limits of the consular district to meet with and to communicate with any national of the sending state, to render assistance and give advice to him, and, when necessary, to take measures to render him legal assistance. The receiving state shall in no way restrict the access of a national of the sending state to a consular establishment.

2. The appropriate authorities of the sending state shall notify the consular establishment of the sending state concerning the arrest, detention, or deprivation of freedom in othef form of a national of this state within the limits of the consular district.

3. A consular officer shall have the right to visit with and to communicate ifith a national of the sending state who is under arrest, detention, or detention of freedom in other form, or who is serving a tena of imprisonment, within the limits of the consular district.

The rights specified in the present point must be carried out in accordance with the laws and rules of the receiving state, on condition, however, that the said laws and rules do not annul these rights.

Article 38.

1. A consular officer may render aid and assistance to vessels of the sending state which has entered a port or other place of anchorage within the limits of the consular district. He may board the vessel of the sending state as soon as the vessel is permitted free communication with shore.

2. Without prejudice to the authorities of the receiving state, a consular officer may investigate any incidents which have occurred during a voyage on the vessel of the sending state, interrogate the master and any member of the crew, verify ship1s documents, accept declarations relating to navigation and place of destination, settle any kind of disputes between the master, officers, and sailors, take measures for care in a hospital and for repatriation of the master or any member of the crew, as well as to assist the entry, departure, and stay of a vessel in port.

A consular officer may turn for assistance to the competent authorities of the receiving state in executing such functions.

3. In the event the competent authorities of the receiving state intend to undertake coercive actions on a vessel of the sending state xtfiich is in the x^aters of the receiving state, prior to commencing such actions these authorities shall notify the consular establishment so that a consular officer may be present. If a consular officer or the person substituting for him was not present, he nay resort to the specified authorities and receive from them full information with respect to that which took place.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph also shall apply in the event the master or member of the crew of the vessel is interrogated by the aforementioned authorities.

4. Point 3 of the present Article shall not apply to customs, passport, and sanitary control, nor to actions undertaken at the request or with the consent of the roaster of the vessel.

5? The expression "vessel", in the meaning of the present Convention, shall not comprise warships.



375 Article 39.

1. If a vessel of the sending state suffers shipwreck, runs aground, is swept

ashore, or suffers any other damage within the limits of the receiving state, the

competent authorities of this state shall, as soon as possible, shall notify the

consular establishment and shall inform it of measures taken to save people, vessel, and cargo.

A consular officer may render any aid to the vessel, members of the crew, and

passengers, as well as take measures relating to safeguarding the cargo and repair of the vessel. He may also request authorities of the receiving state to take such measures.

2. If the owner, master, or other authorized person is unable to take necessary measures to safeguard or dispose of the vessel or cargo, a consular officer may take such measures in the name of the owner which the owner himself could take for such purposes.

3. The provisions of point 2 of the present Article also shall apply to any article in the ownership of a national of the sending state and comprising part of the cargo of the vessel of the sending state or a third state which has been found on the shore or near the shore of the receiving state or delivered to a port of the consular district.

4. The competent authorities of the receiving state shall render to a consular officer necessary assistance in undertaking measures connected with the damaging of a vessel.

5? A vessel which has suffered damage, its cargo and stores, shall not be assessed customs duties on the territory of the receiving state unless they are transferred for use in this state.

Article 40.

A consular officer may carry out the functions relating to control and inspection of aircraft of the sending state and their crew provided for by legislation of this state. He also may render aid to such aircraft and their cret*.

Article 41.

Apart from the functions provided for by the present Convention, a consular officer may fulfill other consular functions unless they contravene legislation of the receiving state.

SECTION V. GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 42.

All persons who have been granted privileges and immunities according to the present Convention are obliged, without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, to respect the laws and rules of the receiving state, including laws and rules for insurance and regulation of traffic.

Article 43.

1. The provisions of the present Convention also shall apply to consular activity of diplomatic representations of the sending state. The rights and duties of consular officers and employees of a consular establishment provided for by the present Convention shall extend to employees of a diplomatic representation of the sending state to whom fulfillment of consular functions have been entrusted whose full names have been noti fied to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the receiving state.



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2. The exercise of consular functions by employees of a diplomatic representation specified in point 1 of the present Article shall not affect the privileges and immunities which they enjoy as employees of the diplomatic representation*

Article 44.

The present Convention is subject to ratification. The exchange of ratification instruments shall take place in Moscow.

Article 45?

The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the exchange of ratification instruments and shall remain in force until one of the High Contracting Parties denounces it, having informed the other Contracting Party thereof oix months in advance.

In witness thereof the Plenipotentiaries of the High Contracting Parties have signed the present Convention and affixed their seals thereto.

Done at Paris on December 8, 1966, in ti\To copies, each in the Russian and French languages, both texts being equally authentic.

PROTOCOL TO THE CONSULAR INVENTION BETWEEN THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS AND THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, SIGNED AT PARIS DECEMBER 8, 1968

In signing on this date the Consular Convention between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Republic of France (further referred to as "Convention"), the Plenipotentiaries of the High Contracting Parties have agreed on the following:

1. Notification of the consular establishment provided for in point 2 of Article 37 of the Convention shall take place within one to ten days from the day of arrest, detention, or deprivation of freedom in other fona of a national of the sending state.

2. The rights of a consular officer to visit with and to communicate with a national of the sending state, mentioned in point 3 of Article 37 cf the Convention, shall be granted within two to fifteen days from the day of arrest, detention, or deprivation of freedom in other form of such a national.

3? The rights of a consular officer specified in point 3 of Article 37 of the Convention to visit with and to communicate with a national of the sending state who is under arrest, detention, or deprivation of freedom in other form or serving a term of imprisonment shall be granted on a periodic basis.

4. The present Protocol is an integral part of the Convention. I? witness thereof the Plenipotentiaries of the High Contracting Parties have

signed the present Protocol and affixed their seals thereto. Done at Paris on December 8, 1966, in two copies, each in the Russian and French

languages, both texts being equally authentic.



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