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2.4 Table
Personnel categories
Heads of mission, diplomats and consular officers (identity card A)
Administrative and technical staff and consular employees (identity card B)
Service staff of missions (identity card C)
Private servants (identity card D)
Locally employed staff (identity card D)
Family members (identity card A/B/C/D)
Immunity from jurisdiction
Inviolability
Person,
residence, papers, correspondence, other property (like vehicles). As for personal baggage, see 2.3.2
As above
Person in the course of official duties
No
No
According to status
Immunity from criminal, civil, and administrative jurisdiction (with the exceptions provided in the Vienna Conventions)
Immunity from criminal jurisdiction; from civil and administrative jurisdiction only in the course of their official duties
Immunity from jurisdiction in respect of acts performed in the course of their official duties
No
No
According to status
2.5 Respect for Local Laws and Regulations
Special attention should be paid to the following situations.
2.5.1 Parking Fines
In practice, most infringements of local law concern the parking regulations. Illegal parking carries a parking fine of a fixed amount. In Finland, issuing a parking fine is considered exercise of administrative jurisdiction.
Central Helsinki is divided into three parking zones and a parking fee is normally charged in these areas from Monday to Friday. In zone 1 parking is usually subject to a charge also on Saturdays. The chargeable parking hours are marked on the ticket machines and parking meters.
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