Executive Order 12651 --
Offices of the Commission of the European Communities
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
(b)
furthering the development of commercial, economic,
cultural, and scientific relations between the European Communities and the
(c)
ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and
developments in the commercial, economic, cultural, and scientific life of the
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
The
White House,
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