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Member State
Italy
Themes
Type of document
Jurisprudence
Permanent link to the contribution
http://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Immunities/Italy/1992/151
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THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE QUOTED AS FOLLOWS:
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Italy - Jurisprudence of 19/03/1992

PROCURA Impianti Srl (body corporate) v. Alberta Agriculture Department (governmental body)

Author(ity)

Tribunal of Milan

Date of the decision, of the judgment

19/03/1992

Points of law

The decision admits the immunity from civil jurisdiction only for foreign States when they act as sovereign bodies and not when they act as private subjects.

Summary of the case

Immunity from jurisdiction of foreign States is at present limited to functional aspects and does not cover relations in which States and employees of territorial autonomous bodies act as if they were private subjects, in an ordinary contractual framework.

Sources

Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, 1992, 584

Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)

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