Article 5 Inviolability of archives

The archives of the EFI have the like inviolability as, in accordance with the 1961 Convention Articles, is accorded in respect of the official archives of a diplomatic mission.

For the purposes of this article, “archives of the EFI” includes but is not limited to all records, correspondence, documents, manuscripts, still and moving pictures and films, sound recordings, computer programmes and written materials, video tapes or discs, and discs or tapes containing data belonging to, or held by, the EFI.