Agreement for the establishment of the International Organisation for the Development of Fisheries in Eastern and Central Europe

The Agreement establishes the International Organisation for the Development of Fisheries in Eastern and Central Europe (EUROFISH) and regulates the legal status, privileges and immunities of the organization and its agents.

EUROFISH shall possess juridical personality and such legal capacity as may be necessary for the fulfillment of the Organisation’s objectives and for the exercise of its functions. Director and staff of EUROFISH shall be accorded the privileges and immunities necessary for the independent exercise of their functions with the Organisation. Privileges and immunities are accorded to the Director and staff of EUROFISH not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves, but in order to safeguard the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Organisation. Consequently, the Director, as the case may be, not only has the right but is under a duty to waive the immunity of a staff member in any case where, in the opinion of the Director, the immunity would impede the course of justice, and where it can be waived without prejudice to the purpose for which the immunity is accorded (Article 13).