Agreement between between Sweden and the Council of Baltic Sea States on the Privileges and Immunities of the Secretariat

The Agreement, concluded between Sweden and the Council of Baltic Sea States, establishes the seat of the Secretariat of the Council in Sweden, regulating the legal status of the Secretariat and its officials in the Host Country.

The Secretariat shall have such legal capacity as is necessary for the exercise of its functions (Article 2).

The Officials of the Secretariat shall be accorded immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written or acts done by them in the performance of their official functions for the Secretariat. The Head of the Secretariat, provided that he or she is not a Swedish citizen or permanently resident in Sweden immediately prior to his or her employment by the Secretariat, and members of his or her family forming part of the household, shall enjoy the privileges and immunities accorded to heads of diplomatic missions by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961 (Article 8).