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Member State
Norway
Themes
Type of document
Letter
Permanent link to the contribution
http://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Immunities/Norway/1998/419
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THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE QUOTED AS FOLLOWS:
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Norway - Letter of 10/12/1998

Letter by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Det Norske Veritas

Author(ity)

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Nature of the document

Letter

Date of the document

10/12/1998

Points of law

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that it acknowledges the distinction between the acts of a state in its sovereign capacity (acta jure imperii) and those of a private law or commercial character (acta jure gestionis), immunity not being granted for the latter.

Specific provision(s) of the document

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Sources

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Additional information (explanations, notes, etc.)

The letter refers to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961 and Eidsivating Court of Appeals (Eidsivating Lagmannsrett) judgement of 18 February 1992