International Organisations Act 1968 (c. 48)

[F1 4B [F2 The EU and Euratom and related organisations and bodies] U.K.

[F3 (1) This section applies to—

(a) the European Union,

(b) Euratom, or

(c) any EU or Euratom organisation or body,

if the United Kingdom, or Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, has obligations in relation to it by virtue of any agreement to which the United Kingdom, or Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, is a party (whether made with another sovereign Power or the Government of such a Power or not).]

(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make any one or more of the following provisions in respect of [F4 the European Union, Euratom or an EU or Euratom organisation or body if this section applies to it and it is specified]—

(a) confer on [F5 it] the legal capacities of a body corporate;

(b) provide that [F6 it] shall, to such extent as is specified, have such specified privileges and immunities as (having regard to the obligations referred to in [F7 subsection (1)]) it is in the opinion of Her Majesty in Council appropriate for [F6 it] to have;

(c) confer on such specified classes of persons mentioned in subsection (3), to such extent as is specified, such specified privileges and immunities as (having regard to those obligations) it is in the opinion of Her Majesty in Council appropriate to confer on them.

(3) The persons mentioned in subsection (2)(c) are—

(a) the [F8 officers or staff of the European Union, Euratom or the EU or Euratom organisation or body;]

(b) other persons connected with [F9 it],

and members of their families who form part of their households.

[F10 (3A) The power conferred by subsection (2) includes power to make such provision (including provision amending any [F11 assimilated] law) as Her Majesty in Council considers appropriate in consequence of any provision of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(a) to (c).]

(4) In this [F12 section—

• “body” includes a delegation or office;

• “EU or Euratom organisation or body” means—

  (a)

  an organisation or body which is established by or on behalf of the EU or Euratom (or by or on behalf of them jointly), or

  (b)

  any other organisation or body in relation to which the United Kingdom, or Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, had obligations immediately before IP completion day by virtue of the United Kingdom's relationship with the EU or Euratom (or with both of them);“

• “specified”] means specified in the Order in Council.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 4B inserted (7.6.2005) by International Organisations Act 2005 (c. 20), ss. 5, 11(3)

F2 S. 4B heading substituted (1.3.2021) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(2), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)

F3 S. 4B(1) substituted (1.3.2021) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(3), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)

F4 Words in s. 4B(2) substituted (1.3.2021) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(4)(a), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)

F5 Word in s. 4B(2)(a) substituted (1.3.2021) by virtue of European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(4)(b), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)

F6 Word in s. 4B(2)(b) substituted (1.3.2021) by virtue of European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(4)(b), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)

F7 Words in s. 4B(2)(b) substituted (1.3.2021) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(4)(c), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)

F8 Words in s. 4B(3)(a) substituted (1.3.2021) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(5)(a), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)

F9 Word in s. 4B(3)(b) substituted (1.3.2021) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(5)(b), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)

F10 S. 4B(3A) inserted (1.3.2021) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(6), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)

F11 Word in s. 4B(3A) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 5

F12 Words in s. 4B(4) substituted (1.3.2021) by European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), ss. 27(7), 40(7); S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 3(b)