BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 27. The Azerbaijani
Parliament has ratified the Host Country Agreement between
Azerbaijan and the Clean Energy Centre of the Economic Cooperation
Organization (ECO), Trend reports.
The matter was discussed during today’s plenary session of the
parliament. The session noted that the “Host Country Agreement
between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Clean
Energy Centre of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)” is
intended to ensure the effective functioning of the Center and
create favorable conditions for the execution of its duties,
including facilitating the work of its staff in accordance with its
charter and regulating relations between the Center and the host
country.
The agreement defines the legal status, privileges, and
immunities of the Center, its premises, and its personnel.
Under its provisions, the Center is granted legal personality
and the capacity to conclude contracts, acquire movable and
immovable property, and initiate legal proceedings in courts, among
other powers.
Other provisions regulate the Center’s location in Baku,
maintenance and utility costs, security, sanitary requirements,
emergency response measures, inviolability of premises and
archives, property and financial assets, exemptions, staff
privileges and immunities, accommodation conditions, visa
arrangements, and related matters.
The draft law on the approval of the agreement was put to a vote
after discussions and adopted in a single reading.
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