European Central Bank
Signed May 29, 2003·George W. Bush·68 FR 33338
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Extends to the European Central Bank the privileges, exemptions, and immunities given to public international organizations under the International Organizations Immunities Act, using presidential authority granted by that law. The order states that this does not limit any other privileges, exemptions, or immunities the European Central Bank already has or may later obtain through international agreements or other law.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 1 and 15 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 and 288f-5), I hereby extend
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13307 of May 29, 2003
European Central Bank
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including sections 1 and 15 of the
International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C.
288 and 288f-5), I hereby extend to the European
Central Bank the privileges, exemptions, and immunities
provided to public international organizations
designated by the President under the International
Organizations Immunities Act.
This extension of such privileges, exemptions, and
immunities is not intended to abridge in any respect
privileges, exemptions, or immunities that the European
Central Bank otherwise may have acquired or may acquire
by international agreements or by law.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 29, 2003.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed May 29, 2003. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.