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forms of personal service and direct taxes imposed on citizens of the receiving country.

Immovable property of the sending country which is intended for consular premises or the living quarters of consuls and other members of the consular staff shall be exempt from all direct taxes.

Subject to reciprocity, consuls, consular officers and consular employees who are citizens of the sending country shall enjoy the same exemptions with regard to customs duties as the staff of diplomatic missions.

The provisions of article 12 above shall also apply to the spouses and minor children of consuls who live with them.

1. Consuls shall be entitled, within their consular district, to protect the rights and interests of their State and of the citizens and legal persons of the sending country.

2. In the performance of their duties, consuls may apply to the authorities of their consular district and may make representations to them concerning violations of the rights and interests of their State or of citizens or legal persons of the sending country.

Consuls shall be entitled to represent in the courts and before other authorities of the receiving country citizens and legal persons of the sending country who, owing to absence or for other reasons, are unable to protect their own rights and interests within the appropriate time-limits. Such representation shall continue until the persons represented appoint their own agents or themselves assume the protection of their rights and interests.

1. Consuls shall be entitled to keep a register of citizens of the sending country, to issue or renew their passports and other identity documents, and to carry on

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