AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND TI-IE EUROPEAN LINION ON THE PARTICIPATION OF NEW ZEALAND IN THE EUROPEAN UNION POLICE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN)
NEW ZEALANLI.
oi'tlic une part,
Tl 13UROPEANIJNION (Eii),
ofthe other part,
licreinalier rcfel-retl to as the "Parties",
TAICING INTO ACCOUNT:
thc adoption by !lie Cori~~cilof the Eiir~pea11ITnion of 3i?iilt Action 2007/IGC)3'C17SP of
30 May 2007on est:iblishrnent ofthe European Union Police Mission in Afg!i;~nistan (EUI'OL AFGJ~IANTSTAN),
-the invitation to New Zealant1 to participate in EUJ'OT, AFGl IANISTAN?
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the tlecisioil by New Zealalld to participate in EUPOI, AFGklANISTAN,
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the Pi;litical and Security Comrniltee Decision co~itsihutionto EUPOL, AFGIIANISTAW, 011 the acceptance clfNcn Zealailcl's
1IAVE ACrlZEIXI AS E:OLLOW S:
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P:u.ticipaiioil iii tile operation
I . Ncw Zealand sl~allassociate itself xvili~the Joint Action 200713SS)lCFSP of30 May 2007 on
estahlisl~menlof tile European U ~ ~ i 1)oIice Missiuli in Ai'gha~-iistali(EUPOL AFGI IANISTAN) o r arici \?rill1any Joint Action or Decision by \vIUch the Couiicil of the European Uiijoil decides to etend EUPOL AFGIIANISTAN, in accorclauce with the provisions of this Ag~.eementand any I-ecjuiredi~iiple~~ii-i~ti~igarrangements.
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2. The contribution of New Zealand to EUPOL AFGk~lANISrfANis nrithout prejiiclice to the
decision-nlakingai.~toi~onrj~the European Union. of
3 . New Zealai~clsliall ellsure [lint its persontiel pal-licipaiing in I?UPOL AFGI-]ANISTAN
~iirdel-taketheir 1-rrissio~lin co~~sislcnc):wit11:
-Soiiit Actiorl 200713691CFSP and possible subsequent a~iiend~~~ents,
-the Operation Pla~i.
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i~iiplelncntingnzeasures.
4. l%rsonnel secondet1to EUPOL AFCJIIANISTAN by Ne\v Zealand shall carry out their duties
a11ticoliduct themselves solely \vill-rthe interest of ElJFOL AFGI-IANlSTAN in 11iincl.
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5 Ncxv Zealand sl~all~ n f o n n111 due llrrle ihe bUPOL AFGFJANIYTAN TIeaci of Missloll anti tlle
Genei;ll Secretallat or the COUIICI!ofllre European Vnlnn of any change to ~ t corlt~rbutlonto s EUPOLAFGHANISTAN
6 Pcrrou~~elseconcled to EIJIJOLAFGI lANlSTAN sl~allundergo a medical esamrnatron,
\~acclilationand l7i: ccltil?ed med~ca!lyfit for duty by a competeilt autlioi~tyrrom New Zealallcl
Per sonnel seconded to EIJPOL. AFGIIANISTAN shall protluce a copy of this czrtlficatlon
ARTICLE 2
Statils of personnel
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and the Crovcrni-r~cntof the 1sla111icRcpublic of Afgl~a~llstan,tlie status ofthe personnel coninbuled to FUI'OL AFGIIANISTAN by New Zealand shall be go\erned by the Agreement on the status of unrsi~onco~iciudcdbetween the Eutnpean Uilion and tlie Islam~cI~-~a&
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Declaration by New Zealand
"New Zealand being associated 1~1thJoint Action 20041369ICFSP of 30 May 2007 on establlshrnent of the Eu~opeanU111011Pollce Mission In Afgilanlstan (EUPOL AFGIIANISTAN) \v111 endeavour, illsofar as its internal legal syste~i~so permits, to \valve on a rec~procalbasis, as far as posciible
cclalinc agalnst any other State participating
personnel, or clamage to, 01
111 EUPOL AFGHANISTAN for injuly, death of tileis
loss of, ally assets owned by itself and used by
EUPOL AFGHANISTAN if such injury, death, damage or loss:
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was caused by personnel in the execution of thelr duties in counectio~l\vitI~ EUPOL AFGHANISTAN, except in case of gross negligence or \vilful ii~isconduct,
or arose from tl-ieuse of any assets o\vned by States participating In
EUPOL AFCIHANISTAN, provided that the assets were used 111 connect~onwit11 the
operation and except in case of gloss negligence or wllful misconduct of EUPOL AFGHANISTAN personnel using those assets."
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