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Nr. I — EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Regering van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika houdende een overeenkomst inzake de vestiging van opslagplaatsen en het onderhoud van Amerikaans legermaterieel in Nederland

EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Hague, January 15, 1981

No.3

Excellency:

I have the honour to refer to recent discussions between our Governments which lead both parties to believe that, in order to strengthen in the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty the individual and collective capacity to resist armed attack, the United States Government has an increasing need for storage sites in the Netherlands.

It has therefore been agreed that:

1. The Government of the Netherlands will permit the storage of prepositioned war readiness materiels by U.S. forces as mutually agreed. Prepositioned war readiness materiels include items such as prepositioned organizational materiel, Theater War Reserves and other stocks including conventional ammunition.

2. Representatives of the Netherlands Ministry of Defense and the United States Department of Defense will implement the present note with arrangements setting forth the terms and conditions concerning provision, operation, and funding of the storage sites. Unless otherwise agreed, operation of the storage sites will be by the Netherlands. The agreement effected by exchange of notes signed at the Hague on 7 March 1952 concerning Relief from Taxation on Defense Expenditures shall apply to expenditures in implementation of the storage program.

3. The arrangements entered into pursuant to paragraph 2 will be consistent with the applicable Netherlands and U.S. laws and regulations and with applicable NATO regulations and procedures.

4. The provisions of the agreement signed in London on 19 June 1951 between the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the status of their forces, together with such additional understandings as the two Governments have reached or may reach concerning the application of these provisions and any amendments thereto, shall govern the status of United States forces, including its personnel who are stationed or temporarily present in the Netherlands for the purposes of this agreement.

5. This agreement will remain in effect for the duration of the North Atlantic Treaty or until such time as the two Governments mutually agree upon its termination. It applies as regards the Kingdom of the Netherlands only to the European part of the Kingdom.

If the foregoing provisions are acceptable to Your Government, this note and Your Excellency's reply thereto indicating such acceptance shall be honored as constituting the agreement of our two Governments concerning this matter, which will come into force on the date of receipt by the United States Government of the notification of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that the procedures constitutionally required in the Kingdom have been fulfilled.

(sd.)GERI M. JOSEPH

His Excellency

C. A. van der Klaauw,

Minister for Foreign Affairs

of The Netherlands.

Regeling
Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Regering van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika houdende een overeenkomst inzake de vestiging van opslagplaatsen en het onderhoud van Amerikaans legermaterieel in Nederland
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Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
20-08-1981
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BWBV0002480
Versie
1981-08-20_0

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