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212 United Nations - Treaty Series 1964
ANNEX A
COURSE OF SPECIFIED SECTIONS OF THE FRONTIER BETWEEN THE KING-
DOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GER-
MANY, AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO
GENERAL PART
Section 1
Old and new frontier
1. For the purposes of this annex, the term "old frontier" means the frontier between
the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the German Reich as it existed on 31 December
1937 under the terms of the Boundary and Frontier Treaties and other Agreements
mentioned in article I of this Treaty.
2. For the. purposes of this annex, the term "new frontier" means the frontier
between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany under the
terms of article 1 of this Treaty, where it deviates from the frontier between the Kingdom
of the Netherlands and the German Reich as it existed on 31 December 1937.
Section 2
Right ol passage
1. For the purposes of this annex, the term "right of passage" means the right to use
specified roads which pass through the territory of the other Contracting Party near the
frontier. No frontier clearance shall be effected. No import or export duties or other
import or export charges shall be collected, and no import, export and transit prohibitions
and restrictions shall apply, with respect to objects taken with them by persons exercising
the right of passage, provided that such objects are re-exported or re-imported, as the
case may be. The provisions of article 36 of this Treaty shall apply mutatis mutandis.
2. The right of passage shall be granted to persons who, in the light of local circumstances,
have a legitimate interest in the use of such roads, by means of a certificate
issued by the competent authority of the Contracting Party in whose territory the person
resides. No frontier crossing paper other than the certificate need be carried.
3. The Contracting Parties shall agree on the form of the certificate by an exchange
of notes and shall notify each other of the authorities competent to issue the certificates.
Such authorities shall communicate to the frontier control authorities of the other Contracting
Party the names of the persons to whom certificates have been issued or from
whom certificates have been withdrawn.
4. Frontier control and Customs officers shall be entitled, when exercising the
right of passage, to wear their uniform or an official badge visibly and to take with them
their service weapons, vehicles, official equipment and police dogs. They may not,
however, perform any official acts. Such officers shall not require the certificate referred
to in paragraph 2.
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