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C-15: AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANKADOPTED AT: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATESDATE: 04/08/59CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATESENTRY INTO FORCE: 12/30/59, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XV OF THE AGREEMENTDEPOSITORY: OAS GENERAL SECRETARIAT (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND RATIFICATIONS)TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 14 , , UN REGISTRATION: / / No. 5593 Vol. 389OBSERVATIONS:GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: C-15=============================================================================== SIGNATORY COUNTRIES SIGNATURE REF RA/AC/AD REF DEPOSIT INST INFORMA REF =============================================================================== .................... 03/25/80 03/14/80 03/25/80 AC / / Argentina ........... 10/14/59 09/30/59 10/14/59 AC / / Austria ............. 07/09/76 12/22/76 01/10/77 RA / / Bahamas (Commonwealth 12/15/77 12/07/77 12/15/77 AC / / Barbados ............ 03/19/69 02/28/69 03/19/69 RA / / Belgium ............. 07/09/76 07/06/76 07/09/76 AC / / Belize .............. 09/28/92 08/31/92 09/28/92 AC / / Bolivia ............. 12/30/59 12/29/59 12/30/59 AC / / Brazil .............. 12/30/59 12/11/59 12/30/59 RA / / Canada .............. 05/03/72 05/03/72 05/03/72 RA / / Chile ............... 12/17/59 12/07/59 12/17/59 RA / / Colombia ............ 12/21/59 12/11/59 12/21/59 RA / / Costa Rica .......... 12/30/59 12/22/59 12/30/59 RA / / Denmark ............. 07/09/76 04/23/76 07/09/76 RA / / Dominican Republic .. 12/16/59 10/30/59 12/16/59 RA / / Ecuador ............. 12/22/59 12/14/59 12/22/59 RA / / El Salvador ......... 12/29/59 12/04/59 12/29/59 RA / / Finland ............. 06/30/77 06/23/76 06/30/77 AC / / France .............. 01/10/77 01/05/77 D b 01/10/77 AC / / Germany ............. 07/09/76 06/20/76 D a 07/09/76 AC / / Guatemala ........... 12/16/59 09/18/59 12/16/59 RA / / Guyana .............. 11/16/76 10/19/76 11/16/76 AC / / Haiti ............... 10/27/59 10/14/59 10/27/59 RA / / Honduras ............ 12/29/59 12/22/59 12/29/59 RA / / Israel .............. 07/09/76 06/27/76 07/09/76 AC / / Italy ............... 05/26/77 05/18/77 05/26/77 AC / / Jamaica ............. 12/30/69 12/30/69 12/30/69 AC / / Japan ............... 07/09/76 06/29/76 07/09/76 AC / / Korea, Republic of... 03/16/05 03/10/05 03/16/05 AC / / Mexico .............. 12/30/59 12/11/59 12/30/59 AC / / Netherlands ......... 07/09/76 12/22/76 01/10/77 AC 01/13/86 c Nicaragua ........... 12/29/59 11/30/59 12/29/59 RA / / Norway .............. 07/07/86 06/27/86 07/07/86 AC / / Panama .............. 12/29/59 12/09/59 12/29/59 RA / / Paraguay ............ 12/16/59 12/09/59 12/16/59 RA / / Peru ................ 12/30/59 12/28/59 12/30/59 RA / / Spain ............... 09/09/76 06/19/76 07/09/76 AC / / Suriname ............ 12/12/80 11/07/80 12/12/80 AC / / Sweden .............. 09/19/77 09/12/77 09/19/77 AC / / Switzerland ......... 07/09/76 07/09/76 07/09/76 AC / / Trinidad and Tobago . 07/10/67 07/05/60 07/10/67 AC / / United Kingdom of 07/09/76 06/24/76 D d 07/09/76 AC / / United States ....... 10/14/59 09/10/59 10/14/59 AC / / Uruguay ............. 02/12/60 02/12/60 02/12/60 AC / / Venezuela ........... 11/18/59 1 02/13/60 02/13/60 AC / / Yugoslavia .......... 07/09/76 07/05/76 07/09/76 AC / / =============================================================================== REF = REFERENCE INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT D = DECLARATION RA = RATIFICATION R = RESERVATION AC = ACCEPTANCE INFORMA = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY AD = ACCESSION
C-15. AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK1. Venezuela:Signed ad referendum.a. Germany:(Declaration made at the time of accepting the Agreement)Statements with respect to the Land Berlin and the privileges and immunities of the Bank in the Federal Republic of Germany:The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Washington, July 9th, 1976Mr. President,In connexion with the deposit today of the instrument of acceptance to the Agreement of April 8th, 1959, establishing the Inter-American Development Bank I have the honour to declare on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany that Article XI of the Agreement will be applied in the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with the following provisions:1. The Bank will not be entitled to immunity from legal process and enforcement in relation to any civil action for damage arising out of an accident caused by a motor vehicle belonging to the Bank or operated on its behalf.2. Privileges in respect of travelling facilities will be accorded on the same scale as those to which officials of the World Bank are entitled in the Federal Republic of Germany.3. The Federal Republic of Germany reserves for itself and its political subdivisions the right to tax salaries and emoluments which the Inter-American Development Bank pays to Germans within the meaning of Article 116 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany who have their domicile or ordinary residence in the area of application of that law, including Land Berlin.4. Immunity from taxation as provided for in Section 9 of the Agreement will only apply to direct taxes. It will not apply to indirect taxes, to taxes, fees, and other charges levied for specific services nor to court fees, fees for registration, authentification, certification, execution of mortgages, and stamp duty.Please accept, Mr. President, the assurances of my highest consideration.b. France:(Declaration made at the time of accepting to the Agreement)DECLARATION"This declaration is made on the instructions of my government.The Government of the Republic of France declares that, in accordance with its Constitution, it accedes to the Agreement Establishing the Inter-American Development Bank, in the version in force at June 1, 1976, to all the stipulations of the general rules governing the admission of non-regional countries as members of the Bank, adopted by the Meeting of the Board of Governors on June 1, 1976, as well as to the resolution of the Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Bank authorizing the admission of France as a member.It also declares that it has taken the necessary steps to be able to fulfill all the obligations incumbent upon it under the above-mentioned Agreement, general rules, and resolution.It authorizes Mr. Jacques Wahl, Financial Counsellor, to sign the agreement on its behalf, on the understanding that the instrument of accession, as well as the text of the credentials, will be sent to the competent authorities at a later date."(end of quote)c. Netherlands (the Kingdom of)On 13 January 1986, sent the following information:The Royal Netherlands Embassy presents its compliments to the Secretary General of the Organization of American States and has the honor to request the attention of the Organization of American States, with respect to its capacity of depositary of the conventions mentioned in the addendum, for the following:Effective January 1, 1986, the island of Aruba, formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, obtained internal autonomy as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Consequently the Kingdom of the Netherlands as of January 1, 1986, consists of three countries, to wit: the Netherlands proper, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.Since the above-mentioned event concerns only a change in internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of The Netherlands, as the Kingdom as such, under international law, will remain the subject with which treaties are concluded, the aforementioned change will have no consequences in international law with regard to treaties concluded by the Kingdom, the application of which (treaties) were extended to the Netherlands Antilles, including Aruba.These treaties, thus, will remain applicable for Aruba in its new status as autonomous country within the Kingdom of The Netherlands effective January 1, 1986.Consequently the treaties referred to in the addendum to this note, to which the Kingdom of The Netherlands is a Party, and which have been extended to the Netherlands Antilles will as of January 1, 1986, apply to all three countries of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.The Embassy would appreciate if the other Parties concerned would be notified of the above.The Royal Netherlands Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Organization of American States the assurance of its highest consideration.d. United Kingdom:(Declaration made at the time of accepting the Agreement)Statements with respect to the privileges and immunities of the Bank in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
