2 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

CREATED AS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION 3 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

THROUGH INTERNATIONAL TREATY (THE 1954 CERN CONVENTION) 4 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

GOVERNED BY PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW 5 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

INITIALLY LOCATED ON SWISS TERRITORY ONLY 6 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

FOLLOWING ACCELERATOR NEEDS, EXTENDED INTO FRANCE IN 1965 AND ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

PARTICIPATION AT INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL AND THROUGH CO-OPERATION AGREEMENTS 8 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

INSTITUTIONAL: FULL MEMBERSHIP (21 STATES), ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP (1 STATE), OBSERVER STATUS (5 STATES, 2 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS) 9 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

4 APPLICANTS FOR FULL MEMBERSHIP, 6 APPLICANTS FOR ASSOCIATE STATUS 10 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

CO-OPERATION AGREEMENTS: WITH NON-MEMBER STATE GOVERNMENTS (37 STATES) 11 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

MISSION UNDER THE CONVENTION: 12 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

FOSTER FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS 13 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

COORDINATION OF EUROPEAN POLICY FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS 14 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

NO MILITARY WORK RESULTS MADE OPENLY AVAILABLE 15 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

2 CATEGORIES OF PERSONNEL: 16 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

3200 EMPLOYED BY CERN ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL WITH LEGAL LINK TO A HOME INSTITUTION 17 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

ALL PERSONNEL COVERED BY (SINGLE SET OF) STAFF RULES AND REGULATIONS 18 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

UNDER HOST STATE AGREEMENTS WITH SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE AND PROTOCOL ON CERN'S PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES: 19 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

(FULL AND ASSOCIATE) MEMBER STATES RECOGNIZE CERN'S INTERNATIONAL STATUS, INCLUDING CAPACITY TO CONTRACT 20 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

INTERNATIONAL STATUS GUARANTEES AUTONOMOUS FUNCTIONING OF CERN, INDEPENDENCE FROM NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 21 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

IN PRACTICE: 22 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

RIGHT TO ESTABLISH INTERNAL RULES FOR CERN'S FUNCTIONING 23 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

INTERNAL LABOUR LAWS, INCLUDING SPECIFIC CERN SALARY SCALES 24 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

SAFETY RULES THAT REFLECT CERN'S TECHNICAL NEEDS AND GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION, WHILST RESPECTING HOST STATES STANDARDS 25 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

PROCUREMENT (TENDERING AND CONTRACT) RULES, NOT SUBJECT TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DIRECTIVE 26 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

FINANCIAL PRIVILEGES: INDIVIDUAL STATES SHOULD NOT DERIVE FINANCIAL ADVANTAGES FROM CERN 27 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

NOT SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX, NOT SUBJECT TO VAT, NOT SUBJECT TO IMPORT DUTIES 28 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

SALARIES AND OTHER PAYMENTS TO PERSONNEL NOT TAXABLE, SUBJECT TO INTERNAL TAXATION BY CERN 29 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

IMMUNITY FROM NATIONAL JURISDICTION AND EXECUTION 30 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

DISPUTES NOT SUBMITTED TO COURTS BUT TO ARBITRATION 31 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

NO COERCIVE MEASURES BY NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IMPOSABLE ON CERN 32 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

FREE CIRCULATION OF PERSONNEL AND MATERIAL 33 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

PERSONNEL (EMPLOYED AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED) NOT SUBJECT TO NATIONAL IMMIGRATION AND WORK PERMIT RESTRICTIONS 34 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

HOST STATES ISSUE NECESSARY PAPERS 35 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

INVIOLABILITY OF PREMISES: AUTHORITIES CANNOT ACCESS CERN SITE WITHOUT APPROVAL BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL 36 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

HOST STATES FACILITATE CERN’S FUNCTIONING ON THEIR TERRITORIES: 37 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

SITE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE 38 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

LOANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS 39 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

ACCESS TO LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURES (SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, ETC.) 40 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

WORK PERMITS FOR SPOUSES 41 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014

42 ESS ERIC High Level Advisory Meeting – 15 July 2014