October 23, 2006
Memorandum of Understanding
Between Holland and Bonaire, Saba, and St. Eustatius
English and Papiamentu and Original PDF (Dutch)

Memorandum of Understanding on the Future Constitutional Status of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba Agreed During the Mini-Conference Held on October 10 & 11, 2006, in The Hague

The delegations of:

• the Netherlands
• the island territory of Bonaire;
• the island territory of St. Eustatius;
• the island territory of Saba,
  

in the presence of the delegation of the Netherlands Antilles, which attended the conference as an observer, and in view of the future and the welfare of the populations of the three islands, have in mutual consultation agreed as follows

Whereas:

• on 22 October 2005 the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and the five island territories have concluded an Agreement of Principles, annexed to which was a Declaration of Intent signed by the Netherlands, Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba;
• in the Agreement of Principles it has been agreed that the Netherlands Antilles will cease to exist as a distinct governmental entity; 
• during the initial Round Table Conference of date 28 November 2005 it has been agreed that the intended goal for the island territories of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will be a new status of its own kind (sui generis) within the Kingdom, based on a direct link with the Netherlands;
• the responsibility for the realization of human rights, the rule of law and good governance on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will be assumed by the Netherlands as of the moment the Netherlands Antilles will have been dismantled, at which time the islands will obtain a direct link with the Netherlands;
• on 18 September 2006 the Council of State of the Kingdom issued an advisory opinion on the reformation of the constitutional relationship of the Antillean islands within the Kingdom, and in particular the constitutional status of the islands of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba;
• the Netherlands, Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba wish to conclude directional agreements about the constitutional status of the three islands in accordance with the general principles set out in the Council’s advisory opinion;
• the public finances of the islands will have to be put in order, to give the islands a good starting base;
• the agreements set out in these final conclusions will have to be included - unabridged - in the intergovernmental agreement to be concluded within the framework of the future constitutional structures of Curaçao and St. Maarten;
  
• the target date for concluding this intergovernmental agreement is 1 January 2007.
  In the unlikely event that this date cannot be reached, the Netherlands and the three islands will immediately confer with each other, in the presence of the Netherlands Antilles as an observer, to decide what measures to take;
• it is considered desirable that the government of the Netherlands Antilles agrees with the agreements set out in these final conclusions before they are implemented, seeing that the three islands still form part of the Netherlands Antilles;
• the main aim which the three islands and the Netherlands wish to attain with these agreements, is to offer the population a prospect to a better future, particularly for the youth of these three islands.
  

A. CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS AND INTERNAL CONSTITUTIONAL
STRUCTURE

1.  Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will obtain a new constitutional status within the constitution of the Netherlands. This can be effected by constituting the islands as public entities within the meaning of article 134 of the [Dutch] Constitution.

2.  The legal provisions relating to Dutch municipalities will be analogously applied, with due observance of certain specific provisions to be enacted by law or by virtue of this law. These specific provisions will be drafted in mutual consultation between the Netherlands and the
three islands.

3.  The future internal constitutional structure of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius will be uniform. The system of government shall be dualistic. The dualistic system may be introduced gradually.

4.  The three islands shall comply with criteria for good governance comparable to those required from Dutch municipalities. To this end criteria have already been formulated in the annex to the letter of date 7 March 2006 from the general secretary of the RTC Preparatory Committee.
The entry into force of these criteria will be determined in the step-by-step plan (cf. section 26 below).

5.  When the new constitutional status enters into force, the existing Netherlands Antillean legislation in effect in the three islands will remain in effect. This legislation will gradually be replaced by Dutch legislation. However, in view inter alia of the population size of the
three islands, the great [geographic] distance to the Netherlands and the insular character of the three islands, special provisions deviating from the Dutch legislation will be enacted. A careful analysis will be made to determine what kind of deviations will be required.

6.  As of the moment the islands will have obtained a constitutional status within the Dutch constitution, the residents of the three islands who have the Dutch nationality will be allowed to exercise the right to vote for the [Dutch] Second Chamber and the European Parliament.
Provision will be made for participation in the elections for the [Dutch] First Chamber (= Senate). 

B.  BANDWIDTH FOR WORKING OUT THE NEW STATUS AND DIRECT LINK WITH THE NETHERLANDS

Assignment of tasks/responsibilities and level of public facilities/benefits

7.   Point of departure will remain that as many tasks/responsibilities as possible will be carried out on the insular level (principle of subsidiarity). Within this framework a budget scan and task analysis will be carried out, to gain more insight into the financial capacity of the small islands. The quick scans carried out at the request of the task force Direct/New Links in the fields of education, public health and social security will be included in this study.

8.   The [number of] tasks and concomitant powers to be carried out by the islands can differ for each island. In due course and upon [prior] evaluation, tasks/responsibilities and concomitant powers assigned to an island can be changed.

9.   If responsibilities are carried out in co-operation with other countries within the Kingdom, the Netherlands will be responsible for the co-operation on behalf of the islands.
The tasks/responsibilities in question will be determined in mutual consultation between the Netherlands and the three islands.

10. The level of public facilities/benefits as determined by the Havermans-Committee - to be brought up-to-date within the framework of the Social Economic Initiative which will be drawn up on the basis of the methodology and indicators as applied by this committee – will be the point of departure.

Police and judiciary 

11. In the new constitutional set-up the Netherlands will be responsible for law enforcement and the administration of justice on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius.

12. Law enforcement will be organized by the Netherlands in co-operation with the other countries within the Kingdom, in order to guarantee its quality, capacity and integrity.  

13. In the new constitutional set-up the Common Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (under a different name) will remain in charge of the administration of justice in Bonaire Saba and St. Eustatius. 

Financial and economic matters

14. In the new constitutional set-up Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius shall have a balanced budget, as well as a balanced long-range perspective. At the outset of the new constitutional set-up the budget must be balanced in accordance with internationally accepted budgetary principles, as are applied also by the Dutch government. As is the case at present, in the new constitutional set-up the islands will not be authorized to borrow money.

15. In the new constitutional set-up the financial structure set out in the Financial Interrelations Act will be analogously applied in the three islands. Special provisions will in any case be enacted with respect to financial supervision. 

16. A study will be made to determine in what way unforeseen investments may be made possible in the new constitutional set-up.

17. In the new constitutional set-up financial supervision will be exercised by the Netherlands to ensure compliance with the financial norms by the three islands.

18. A study will be conducted to determine the official currency, as well as how monetary and banking supervision will be organized in the three islands. This study will in any case consider the economic consequences of the choice of currency, inter alia for the tourist and
commercial sectors.

19. A study will be conducted to determine which fiscal regime should be adopted and to determine whether the Dutch Internal Revenue Service should assume responsibility for the imposition, collection and inspection of taxes. Customs will also be included in this study.
The possibility and desirability for Saba and St. Eustatius to maintain their ‘free port’ status will also be studied. A limiting condition will be that the fiscal legislation and regime must be and remain in conformity with the international norms to which the Kingdom is bound.

20. A study will be conducted to determine in what way in the new constitutional set-up structural [financial] support – for as long as necessary – will be given to the three islands, inter alia in   
the fields of social security, pensions and public health, with a view to setting up a system making a structurally maintainable level of facilities/benefits possible.

Regional contacts / co-operation     

21. Co-operation between Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius and foreign countries and/or islands within the region can be helpful to organize public facilities efficiently and to gain economic advantages. Such co-operation and the formalization thereof can only be realized through the intermediary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the course of the co-operation will have to be carefully monitored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Relationship with Europe 

22. A study will be conducted to investigate the possibility for the three islands to obtain the UPT-status, as well as the implications thereof. 

Evaluation

23. Five years after the three islands will have obtained a new constitutional status within the constitution of the Netherlands, the implementation of the new constitutional set-up will be evaluated by the Netherlands and the three islands.

C. AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSITIONAL PROCESS AND THE INTERIM PERIOD

24. As agreed in the Agreement of Principles of date 22 October 2005, the Netherlands Antilles and the five islands shall comply with all their obligations consequent on the present constitutional arrangement until the Netherlands Antilles will have been dismantled. The Netherlands will guarantee such compliance within the existing parameters of the Kingdom Statute.

25. Within this framework a study will be made to determine in what way the Netherlands and the three islands can co-operate in the process of ensuring that the three islands will have a sound base to start from. To attain this sound starting base it is in any case important that the islands take short term financial and economic measure, such as:

• The recommendations of the task force General Financial Position with respect to the administration of public finances will be implemented forthwith. The Netherlands will lend effective support in this. 
• In connection herewith supervision of the public finances of the three islands will become effective as from the outset of the transitional process. This will be regulated by general kingdom decree. The supervisory body will be given adequate powers to instruct and approve. The supervision will be related inter alia to the quality of the budget, the assumption of obligations, accountability and payment transactions. 
• Apart from putting the administration of public finances in order, it is also important that the islands will have economic growth. To accomplish this, the three islands and the Netherlands will draw up a Social Economic Initiative (SEI). In this plan the special ecological circumstances of the islands will, among other things, be taken into account. The reports in this field will be finalized and approved forthwith, following which the recommendations will be implemented. The Netherlands will lend effective support in this. As part of the SEI a budget scan will be conducted. The results of this scan will provide guidelines for the adaptation and adoption of the 2007 budget. In the SEI the level of public facilities/benefits will be brought up-to-date in accordance with the methodology and indicators set out by the Havermans-committee.

26. The Netherlands together with the three islands and the Netherlands Antilles will draw up a step-by-step plan to organize the transitional process. This step-by-step plan will indicate what steps are to be taken by the various entities during the period up to the moment the new constitutional set-up will enter into force, as well as a time-schedule indicating when each step is to be taken. The initiative for the implementation of the various steps will also be taken by the Netherlands. The step-by-step plan will be ready for approval not later than 1 January 2007. The plan will at least include the following action items:

• The formulation of the legal provisions required to regulate the status of the islands within the constitution of the Netherlands (cf. section 1);
• The formulation of the criteria for good governance (cf. section 4);
• An analysis of the [Dutch] legislation suitable for application in the three islands, as well as the set-up of a system to enact such legislation (cf. section 5);
• A task analysis and budget scan, to determine which tasks/responsibilities are to be carried out by and/or for the three islands including an estimate of the cost involved therewith. A start will be made with this not later than 1 December 2006 (cf. section 7);
• Conducting of studies with respect to the fiscal regime, currency choice, structural financial supervision and structural financial support (cf. sections 15 through 19);
• Conducting of a study with respect to structural [financial] support – for as long as necessary – to be given to the three islands, inter alia in the fields of social security, pensions and public health (cf. section 20);
• Conducting of a study with respect to the possibilities and implications of obtaining the UPT-status by the three islands (cf. section 22);
  
• The implementation of the recommendations with respect to the Administration of Public Finances, financial supervision during the interim period and the finalization, adoption and implementation of the SEI-reports (cf. section 25).

Abovementioned action items will be included in the work to be carried out within the framework of the SEI and the administration of public finances.

On the basis of these and possible additional studies the Netherlands and the three islands together with the Netherlands Antilles will decide on the allocation of tasks and responsibilities and the application of legislation in the new constitutional set-up and will determine how and in accordance with which time schedule these tasks and responsibilities will be transferred and the legislation will enter into force.

Thus agreed on 11 October 2006 in The Hague.


The Minister for Administrative Innovation and Kingdom Relations,

A. Nicolai

The delegation leader of Bonaire,

R.T. Booi

The delegation leader of St. Eustatius,

R.J. McA. Hooker

The delegation leader of Saba

W.S. Johnson

AKUERDO FINAL KUMBINÍ NA E MINI-KONFERENSIA DI DIA 10 & 11 DI ÒKTOBER 2006 NA DEN HAAG TOKANTE E FUTURO STATÙS KONSTITUSHONAL DI BONEIRU, STATIA I SABA

E delegashonnan di:

1. Hulanda;
2. teritorio insular di Boneiru;
3. teritorio insular di Statia;
4. teritorio insular di Saba ,

den presensia di e delegashon di Antia Hulandes, kual delegashon a partisipá na e konferensia aki komo opservadó,

i ku e fin pa promové e futuro bienestar di e pueblonan di e tres islanan aki, a kumbiní lo siguiente den konsulta mutuo.

Konsiderando:

• ku dia 22 di òktober 2005 Hulanda, Antia Hulandes i e sinku islanan a sera un Akuerdo di Prinsipio, na lokual a athuntá un anekso konteniendo un Karta di Intenshon firmá pa Hulanda, Boneiru, Statia i Saba;
• ku den e Akuerdo di Prinsipio a ser akordá ku e pais Antia Hulandes lo stòp di eksistí komo un entidat gubernamental apart;
• ku durante e Konferensia di Mesa Rondó inisial di dia 28 di novèmber 2005 a ser akordá ku e meta final di e islanan Boneiru, Statia i Saba lo ta pa optené un statùs di un índole partikular (sui generis) dentro di Reino, kual statùs lo enserá un laso direkto ku Hulanda; 
• ku e responsabilidat pa realisashon di derechonan humano, siguridat legal i bon gobernashon na Boneiru, Statia i Saba lo wòrdu asumí dor di Hulanda for di e momentu ku e pais Antia Hulandes lo keda desmantelá i e islanan aki lo haña nan laso direkto ku Hulanda;
• ku e Konseho di Estado di Reino a saka un konseho informativo dia 18 di sèptèmber 2006 tokante reforma di e relashonnan estatal entre e islanan Antiano dentro di Reino, i tokante e statùs konstitushonal di e islanan Boneiru, Statia i Saba en partikular;
• ku Hulanda, Boneiru, Statia i Saba kier yega na akuerdonan direkshonal tokante e statùs konstitushonal di e tres islanan aki konforme e liñanan grandi di e konseho informativo di Konseho di Estado;
• ku finansa públiko di e tres islanan aki mester wòrdu saneá pa duna nan un bon start [den e konstelashon nobo];
• ku e konklushonnan di e akuerdo final aki lo wòrdu inkluí verbatim den e akuerdo gubernamental ku lo wòrdu será den kuadro di e futuro struktura estatal di Kòrsou i St. Maarten; 
  
• ku e intenshon ta pa yega na e akuerdo gubernamental aki mas tardá dia 1 di yanüari 2007. Sin embargo, si e fecha aki inekspektadamente no por wòrdu alkansá, Hulanda i e tres islanan, den presensia di e pais Antia Hulandes komo opservadó, lo konsultá ku otro imediatamente pa disidí ki paso mester tuma;
• ku ta deseabel pa gobièrnu di Antia Hulandes bai di akuerdo ku e konklushonnan di e akuerdo final aki promé ku nan wòrdu implementá, ya ku e tres islanan te ainda ta forma parti di Antia Hulandes;
• ku meta prinsipal di e tres islanan i Hulanda ku e akuerdonan aki ta pa duna e pueblonan i espesífikamente e hubentut di e tres islanan un perspektiva realístiko riba un mihó futuro;

A. STATÙS KONSTITUSHONAL I STRUKTURA ESTATAL INTERNO

1. Den futuro Boneiru, Statia i Saba lo haña un statùs konstitushonal dentro di e konstelashon estatal Hulandes. Pa realisá esaki por konstituí e islanan komo entidatnan públiko konforme artíkulo 134 di Konstitushon Hulandes (Grondwet).

2. E disposishonnan legal referiendo na munisipionan (= ‘gemeenten’) Hulandes lo wòrdu apliká analógikamente teniendo debida kuenta ku disposishonnan speshal ku lo wòrdu stipulá pa lei. Durante e fase preparatorio Hulanda i e tres islanan lo konsultá ku otro over di e disposishonnan speshal aki.

3. E futuro struktura estatal interno di Boneiru, Statia i Saba lo ta uniforme. E modelo di gobernashon lo ta dualista. E modelo dualista por wòrdu introdusí den etapa.

4. E tres islanan lo kumpli ku kriterionan riba tereno di bon gobernashon komparabel ku kriterionan rekerí di munisipionan Hulandes. Den e kuadro aki ya kaba a formulá sierto kriterionan den e anekso na e karta di dia 7 di mart 2006 skirbí pa e sekretario general di e ‘Voorbereidingscommissie RTC’. E momentu pa introdusí e kriterionan aki lo wòrdu fihá den e plan na etapa (mira punto 26).

5. Den komienso di e statùs konstitushonal nobo e leinan Antiano ku ta na vigor pa e tres islanan, lo keda na vigor. E leinan aki lo wòrdu remplasá gradualmente ku leinan Hulandes. Teniendo kuenta, sin embargo, entre otro ku grandura di e populashon di e tres islanan, e distansha largu entre nan i Hulanda i nan karakter insular, lo inkluí sierto areglonan speshal den e leinan Hulandes. Lo hasi un análisis kuidadoso pa disidí riba kua tereno mester desviá for di leinan Hulandes.

6. Residentenan di e tres isla ku tin nashonalidat Hulandes lo haña derecho di voto pa Tweede Kamer Hulandes i pa Parlamento Europeo for di e momentu ku e islanan aki a haña nan statùs dentro di e konstelashon estatal Hulandes. Lo introdusí un areglo pa hasi’é posibel pa partisipá na e elekshon pa Eerste Kamer tambe. 

B.  ESPASIO PA ELABORÁ E STATÙS NOBO I E LASO DIREKTO KU
HULANDA

Repartishon di tarea/responsabilidatnan i nivel di fasilidat/benefisionan

7. Punto di salida ta keda ku tarea- i responsabilidatnan ta wòrdu ehekutá mas tantu posibel riba nivel insular (prinsipio di supsidiaridat). Den e kuadro aki lo hasi un ‘scan’ di e presupuesto i un análisis di e tareanan, pa haña un mihó bista riba e kapasidat finansiero di e islanan chikitu. E ‘quick scan-nan’ ku a ser hasí kaba riba petishon di e grupo di trabou ‘Directe/Nieuwe Banden’ riba tereno di enseñansa, salubridat públiko i seguro soshal lo wòrdu inkluí den e estudionan aki.

8. E tareanan ku mester wòrdu ehekutá i e podernan korespondiente por diferá pa kada un di e tres islanan. Despues di transkurso di tempu, i a base di evaluashon previo, ta posibel pa kambia e tarea- i podernan korespondiente di un isla.

9. Si sierto tareanan ta wòrdu ehekutá den koperashon ku otro paisnan den Reino, Hulanda lo ta enkargá pa organisá e koperashon aki pa e tres islanan. E tareanan ku ta bin na remarke pa esaki lo wòrdu indiká den konsulta mutuo entre e tres islanan i Hulanda.

10. E nivel di fasilidat- i benefisionan fihá dor di Komishon Havermans, kual nivel lo wòrdu aktualisá den kuadro di e Inisiativa Soshal Ekonómiko (ISE) i a base di e metodologia i indikadónan usá pa e kominshon aki, lo ta punto di salida.

Polis i hustisia

11. Den e situashon estatal nobo Hulanda lo ta responsabel pa mantenshon di lei i pa atministrashon di hustisia (korte) na Boneiru, Saba i Statia.

12. Mantenshon di lei lo wòrdu organisá dor di Hulanda den koperashon ku e otro paisnan den Reino, pa asina por garantisá kalidat, kapasidat i integridat

13. Den e situashon estatal nobo Korte Komun di Hustisia di Antia i Aruba (bou di un otro nòmber) lo keda enkargá ku hurisdikshon na Boneiru, Saba i Statia.

Asuntunan finansiero i ekonómiko

14. Den e situashon estatal nobo presupuestonan di Boneiru, Saba i Statia mester ta balansá, pero nan mester tin un perspektiva na plaso largu tambe. Na komienso di e situashon estatal nobo e presupuesto mester ta balansá basá riba prinsipionan presupuestario internashonalmente rekonosé, manera esakinan ta wòrdu apliká dor di gobièrnu Hulandes tambe. Meskos ku ta e kaso aworaki, den e situashon estatal nobo e islanan lo no tin e derecho pa fia sèn.

15. Den e situashon estatal nobo lo hasi uso pa e tres islanan di e sistema finansiero ankrá den e Financiële Verhoudings-wet (Lei tokante Relashonnan Finansiero). En todo kaso lo introdusí disposishonnan speshal pa regla supervishon finansiero.

16. Lo hasi un estudio pa determiná na ki manera den e situashon nobo por hasi’é posibel pa hasi invershon den kasonan imprevisto. 

17. Den e struktura estatal nobo Hulanda lo ehersé supervishon finansiero riba kumplimentu ku e normanan finansiero dor di e tres islanan.

18. Tambe lo hasi un estudio pa determiná kua moneda lo ta esun mihó pa skohe i kon ta ehersé supervishon monetario i bankario riba e tres islanan. Den e estudio aki en todo kaso lo investigá ki konsekuensia e eskoho pa kualkier moneda lo trese kuné, entre otro riba tereno di turismo.i komersio. 

19. Lo hasi un estudio pa determiná kua sistema fiskal lo ta esun mihó pa skohe i pa determiná si Servisio di Impuesto Hulandes mester wòrdu enkargá ku imposishon, kobransa i inspekshon di impuestonan. Duana tambe lo wòrdu inkluí den e estudio aki. E posibilidat i kombiniensia pa Statia i Saba mantené nan ‘free port’, tambe lo wòrdu studiá. Kondishon limitativo ta ku e legislashon i maneho fiskal mester keda konforme e normanan internashonal ku Reino ta obligá di respetá.

20. Lo hasi un estudio pa determiná na ki manera den e situashon estatal nobo por duna sosten finansiero struktural – tanten ta nesesario – na e tres islanan, entre otro riba tereno di seguro soshal, penshun i salubridat públiko, ku e intenshon pa yega na un nivel di fasilidat- i benefisionan strukturalmente mantenibel.

Relashonnan den regio / koperashon

21. Koperashon entre Boneiru, Saba i Statia ku otro paisnan i/òf islanan eksterior den regio por yuda pa organisá fasilidatnan gubernamental na un manera efisiente i pa sigurá benefisionan ekonómiko. Por formalisá e tipo di koperashon aki solamente ku intermediashon di Ministro di Asuntunan Eksterior i e kurso di e koperashon mester wòrdu vigilá kuidadosamente den konsulta ku Minsiterio di Asuntunan Eksterior.

Relashonnan ku Europa

22. Lo hasi un estudio pa determiná kon e tres islanan por haña e statùs di UPG i ki konsekuensia esei lo trese kuné.

Evaluashon

23. Sinku aña despues di e momentu ku e tres islanan a haña nan statùs konstitushonal nobo den e konstelashon estatal Hulandes, Hulanda i e tres islanan lo konsultá ku otro pa evaluá funshonamentu di e struktura estatal nobo.

C. AKUERDONAN PA REGLA E PROSESO TRANSITORIO I ORGANISÁ E PERIODO INTERINO

24. Manera a ser akordá den e Akuerdo di Prinsipio di dia 22 di òktober 2005 e pais Antia Hulandes i e islanan lo kumpli kabalmente ku tur obligashon rekerí den konteksto di e konstelashon Antiano te ora e pais Antia Hulandes a keda desmantelá  Dentro di e parámetronan di Statüt Hulanda lo yuda garantisá esaki.

25. Den e kuadro aki lo hasi un estudio tambe pa determiná kon e tres islanan por koperá ku Hulanda durante e proseso transitorio pa perkurá ku e tres islanan lo por haña un bon start den e situashon estatal nobo.  Pa perkurá ku nan lo haña un bon start, en todo kaso ta importante pa e tres islanan tuma medida na korto plaso riba tereno finansiero i ekonómiko, manera entre otro:         

• E rekomendashonnan di e grupo di trabou ‘Algemene Financiële Positie’ riba tereno di finansa públiko lo wòrdu implementá mas pronto posibel. Hulanda lo duna e sosten  nesesario na esaki.
• Den konekshon ku esaki lo kuminsá ku supervishon riba finansa públiko di e tres islanan for di komienso di e proseso transitorio. Esaki lo wòrdu reglá den un dekreto general di Reino (algemene maatregel van Rijksbestuur). E supervisor, kende lo haña outoridat pa duna instrukshon i poder pa aprobá [sierto trámitenan], lo wòrdu enkargá ku e supervishon aki. Lo tin supervishon entre otro riba kalidat di e presupuesto, akseptashon di obligashonnan, kontabilidat i transferensianan di pago.
• Aparte di reorganisá finansa públiko ta importante pa e islanan eksperenshá kresementu ekonómiko tambe. Den e kuadro aki Hulanda huntu ku e tres islanan lo traha un Inisiativa Soshal Ekonómiko (ISE). Den e plan aki lo duna atenshon na e sirkunstansianan ekológiko ekstraordinario di e islanan. E rapòrtnan riba e tereno aki lo wòrdu finalisá i aprobá na korto plaso, i asina ku nan ta kla lo kuminsá implementá e rekomendashonnan. Hulanda lo duna e sosten  nesesario na esaki. Komo parti di e trabou pa traha e ISE lo hasi un scan di e presupuesto. Resultadonan di esaki lo wòrdu usá pa adaptá i aprobá e presupuesto definitive pa 2007. Tambe den kuadro di e ISE lo aktualisá e nivel di fasilidat- i benefisionan konforme e metodologia i indikadónan usá pa e Komishon-Havermans.
  

26. Hulanda huntu ku e tres islanan i e pais Antia Hulandes ta traha un plan na etapa pa regla e proseso transitorio. E plan na etapa aki ta kontené un lista di trabounan ku mester wòrdu hasí pa e diferente entidatnan durante e periodo interino te na e momentu ku e situashon estatal nobo lo drenta na vigor, inkluso un taimplèn indikando ki fecha e diferente trabounan aki mester keda kla. Hulanda lo tuma e inisiativa pa implementá e diferente trabounan aki. E plan na etapa lo keda kla pa aprobashon mas tardá dia 1 di yanüari 2007. En todo kaso e siguiente trabounan lo wòrdu inkluí den e plan na etapa:  

• Formulashon di e disposishonnan legal ku ta nesesario pa regla e statùs nobo di e islanan dentro di e konstelashon estatal Hulandes (mira punto 1);
• Formulashon di e kriterionan pa garantisá bon gobernashon (mira punto 4);
• Analisá kua leinan [Hulandes] por wòrdu apliká na e tres islanan i inventá un mekanismo pa aprobá i promulgá e leinan aki (mira punto 5);
• Hasi un análisis di e tarea- i responsabilidatnan i un ‘scan’ di e presupuesto, pa determiná kua di e tareanan mester wòrdu ehekutá dor di e tres islanan mes i kua di nan mester wòrdu hasí pa e islanan i pa kalkulá e gastunan envolví ku esaki. Lo kuminsá ku e trabounan aki mas tardá dia 1 di desèmber 2006 (mira punto 7);
• Hasi estudionan riba tereno di impuesto, asuntunan monetario, supervishon finansiero struktural i sosten finansiero struktural (mira puntonan 15 te ku 19);
• Hasi un estudio pa determiná na ki manera por duna sosten finansiero struktural – tanten ta nesesario – na e tres islanan, entre otro riba tereno di seguro soshal, penshun i salubridat públiko (mira punto 20);
• Hasi un estudio pa determiná kon e islanan por optené e statùs di UPG i ki implikashonnan e statùs aki ta trese kuné (mira punto 22);
  
• Implementashon di e rekomendashonnan riba tereno di finansa públiko, introdukshon di supervishon finansiero durante e periodo interino i finalisashon, aprobashon i implementashon di e rapòrtnan di ISE (mira punto 25)

E trabounan akiriba menshoná lo wòrdu inkluí den e trabounan den kuadro di e ISE i [e supervishon riba] finansa públiko.

A base di e estudionan aki i posibel estudionan adishonal Hulanda i e tres islanan huntu ku e pais Antia Hulandes lo disidí riba e repartishon di e tarea- i responsabilidatnan i e aplikashon di leinan den e situashon estatal nobo i lo determiná na ki manera i na ki momentu e tarea- i responsabilidatnan aki lo wòrdu transferí i e leinan lo wòrdu deklará aplikabel.

Asina akordá na Den Haag dia 11 di oktober 2006.

E Ministro pa Inovashon Gubernamental i Relashonnan den Reino,

A. Nicolai

E lider di delegashon di Boneiru,

R.T. Booi

E lider di delegashon di Statia,

R.J.McA. Hooker

E lider di delegashon di Saba,

W.S. Johnson