Law-ref.org Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
Site search

service staff [Global Index]


ARTICLE-1: DEFINITIONS     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (f) "member of the service staff" means any person employed in the domestic service of a consular post; ...
... (g) "members of the consular post" means consular officers, consular employees and members of the service staff; ...
... (h) "members of the consular staff" means consular officers, other than the head of a consular post, consular employees and members of the service staff; ...


ARTICLE-44: LIABILITY TO GIVE EVIDENCE     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Members of a consular post may be called upon to attend as witnesses in the course of judicial or administrative proceedings. A consular employee or a member of the service staff shall not, except in the cases mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Article, decline to give evidence. If a consular officer should decline to do so, no coercive measure or penalty may be applied to him. ...


ARTICLE-49: EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Members of the service staff shall be exempt from dues and taxes on the wages which they receive for their services. ...


ARTICLE-57: SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING PRIVATE GAINFUL OCCUPATION     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) to consular employees or to members of the service staff who carry on any private gainful occupation in the receiving State; ...