Article 16 Staff Members
Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Executive Secretary, all staff members shall enjoy:—
immunity from suit and legal process (even after they have left the service of the Commission) in respect of acts, including words spoken or written, done by them in the exercise of their official functions; this immunity shall not, however, apply in the case of a motor traffic offence committed by a staff member or in the case of damage caused by a motor vehicle belonging to or driven by him;
exemption from income tax in respect of salaries and emoluments received by them as staff members, provided that nothing in this sub-paragraph shall be interpreted as precluding such salaries and emoluments from being taken into account for the purpose of assessing the amount of taxation to be applied to income from other sources; and
provided that they are participating in a social security scheme established by the Commission or in another scheme approved by the United Kingdom Government, exemptions whereby for the purposes of the enactments relating to national insurance and social security, including enactments in force in Northern Ireland:—
services rendered for the Commission by the staff member shall be deemed to be excepted from any class of employment in respect of which contributions or premiums under those enactments are payable, but
no person shall be rendered liable to pay any contribution or premium which he would not be required to pay if those services were deemed so to be excepted.
Paragraph (1)(b) of this Article shall not apply to pensions or annuities paid by the Commission.