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[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.
