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2. are carried out. This provision shall not apply to customs, passport and health control of the vessel, crew and passengers.

If a vessel sailing under the flag of one Contracting Party is wrecked, or runs aground or is stranded on the coast of the other Contracting Party, or is otherwise damaged, the competent authorities shall immediately notify the consul of the occurrence and inform him of the measures they have taken to save lives, the vessel and the cargo. They shall extend the necessary co-operation to the consul in his action in connexion with the damage to the vessel.

The provisions of articles 21 and 22 of this Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to aircraft.

The provisions of this Convention concerning the rights and duties of consuls shall apply to members of diplomatic missions who perform consular functions in the country in which they are stationed. The performance of consular functions by such persons shall not affect their diplomatic privileges and immunities.

This Convention is subject to ratification. It shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of the exchange of the instruments of ratification, which shall take place at Moscow.

This Convention is concluded for a period of five years. It shall be extended for further periods of five years until it is denounced by one of the Parties at least six months before the expiry of the current period of five years.

Done at Budapest, on 24 August 1957, in duplicate, in the Russian and Hungarian languages, both texts being equally authentic.