§ 288h. — Commission of European Communities; extension of privileges and immunities to members.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC288h]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XVIII--PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 288h. Commission of European Communities; extension of
privileges and immunities to members
Under such terms and conditions as he shall determine and consonant
with the purposes of this section, the President is authorized to
extend, or to enter into an agreement extending, to the Mission to the
United States of America of the Commission of the European Communities,
and to members thereof, the same privileges and immunities subject to
corresponding conditions and obligations as are enjoyed by diplomatic
missions accredited to the United States and by members thereof. Under
such terms and conditions as the President may determine, the President
is authorized to extend to other offices of the Commission of the
European Communities which are established in the United States, and to
members thereof--
(1) the privileges and immunities described in the preceding
sentence; or
(2) as appropriate for the functioning of a particular office,
privileges and immunities, equivalent to those accorded consular
premises, consular officers, and consular employees, pursuant to the
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
(Pub. L. 92-499, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 815; Pub. L. 100-204, title
VII, Sec. 741, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1394.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the International Organizations
Immunities Act which comprises this subchapter.
Amendments
1987--Pub. L. 100-204 inserted sentence at end.
Ex. Ord. No. 12651. Offices of the Commission of the European
Communities
Ex. Ord. No. 12651, Sept. 9, 1988, 53 F.R. 35287, provided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and the Act to
extend diplomatic privileges and immunities to the Mission to the United
States of America of the Commission of the European Communities and the
members thereof, 22 U.S.C. Sec. 288h, I hereby extend to the Permanent
Observer Mission of the Delegation of the Commission of the European
Communities to the United Nations the same privileges and immunities as
are accorded to permanent observer missions of states to the United
Nations. I also hereby extend to the members of the diplomatic staff of
that mission assigned to New York to observe the work of the United
Nations and duly notified to the United States Government and the United
Nations in that capacity, and to their families, the same privileges and
immunities, subject to corresponding conditions and obligations, as are
accorded to members of the diplomatic staff of missions accredited to
the United Nations.
Pursuant to the same authority, I also hereby extend to the West
Coast Office of the Delegation of the Commission of the European
Communities and to the officers and employees of that mission assigned
to San Francisco to represent the Commission to the Government of the
United States and duly notified to and accepted by the Secretary of
State, and to their families, the privileges and immunities, subject to
corresponding conditions and obligations, substantively equivalent to
those accorded consular premises, consular officers, and consular
employees pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. For
the purpose of extending privileges and immunities to the West Coast
Office of the Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities,
its official functions shall consist in:
(a) protecting in the United States the interests of the European
Communities within the limits permitted by domestic and international
law;
(b) furthering the development of commercial, economic, cultural,
and scientific relations between the European Communities and the United
States and otherwise promoting friendly relations between them;
(c) ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments in
the commercial, economic, cultural, and scientific life of the United
States, reporting thereon to the European Communities and giving
information to persons interested.
Pursuant to the same authority, I also hereby extend to the members
of the administrative and technical staff and members of the service
staff of the Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities
assigned to Washington to represent the Commission to the Government of
the United States and duly notified to and accepted by the Secretary of
State, and to their families, the same privileges and immunities,
subject to corresponding conditions and obligations, as are enjoyed by
members of the administrative and technical staff and members of the
service staff of diplomatic missions accredited to the United States.
This order is not intended to abridge in any respect privileges,
exemptions or immunities that the Delegation of the Commission of the
European Communities may have acquired or may acquire by international
agreements or by Congressional action.
Ronald Reagan.
Ex. Ord. No. 11689. Presidential Extension of Diplomatic Privileges and
Immunities
Ex. Ord. No. 11689, Dec. 5, 1972, 37 F.R. 25987, provided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act of October 18,
1972 (Public Law 92-499) [this section], and as President of the United
States, I hereby extend to the Mission to the United States of America
of the Commission of the European Communities, and to the officers of
that Mission assigned to Washington to represent the Commission to the
Government of the United States and duly notified to and accepted by the
Secretary of State, and to their families, the same privileges and
immunities, subject to corresponding conditions and obligations, as are
enjoyed by diplomatic missions accredited to the United States and by
members of the diplomatic staffs thereof.
Richard Nixon.
