Article 6 Representatives of Member States 1. Representatives of Member States to the institutions as well as to the Technical and lised Commissions of the Community and to conferences convened by the Community, shall, while exercising their functions, and during their travel to and from the place of meeting, enjoy the following privileges and immunities: (a) Immunity from personal arrest or detention and from any official interrogation as well as from inspection or seizure of their personal baggage; (b) Immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken, writtct or acts done by them in the exercise of their functions; (c) Inviolability for all their papers and documents and the right to use codes and tc receive papers or correspondence by courier or in sealed bags; (d) exemption in respect of themselves and their spouses from immigration restrictions, aliens' registration and from national obligations in the state they are visiting or through which they are passing in the exercise of their functions; (e) the same facilities in respect of currency or exchange restrictions as are accorded to representatives of foreign governments on temporary official missions; (f) the same immunities and facilities in respect of their personal and official baggage as are accorded to diplomatic envoys; (g) such other privileges, immunities and facilities not inconsistent with the foregoing as diplomatic envoys enjoy, except that they shall have no right to claim exemption from customs duties on goods imported (otherwise than as part of their personal baggage) or from excise duties or sales taxes. 2. In order to secure, for the representatives of Member States to the institutions as well as to the Technical and Specialised Commissions of the Community and to conferences convened by the Community, complete freedom of speech and independence in the discharge of their duties, the immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in discharging their duties shall continue to be accorded, notwithstanding that the persons concerned are no longer the representatives of Member States. 3. Where the incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence periods during which the representatives of Member States to the institutions as well as to the Technical and Specialised Commissions of the Community and to conferences