Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 13307: European Central Bank

President: George W. Bush

Extended International Organizations Immunities Act privileges to the European Central Bank.

Status: In effect. Sources: Official U.S. Code title 22, section 288 · EO 13307.

Is Executive Order 13307 still in effect? Yes. Its May 29, 2003 designation of the European Central Bank under the International Organizations Immunities Act remains listed in the official U.S. Code, and the Federal Register disposition record identifies no revocation.

What does Executive Order 13307 do?

The President extended the statutory privileges, exemptions and immunities to the European Central Bank; the U.S. Code later lists the designation. The U.S. Code international-organizations note continues to list EO 13307 as the European Central Bank designation. This establishes the designation, not an outcome in any individual immunity dispute.

Checked the European Central Bank designation against the signed order and 22 U.S.C. § 288f-5. The designation provides a legal basis for specified IOIA privileges; individual immunity disputes depend on applicable law and facts.

Administration position: The order extends the specified statutory privileges to the European Central Bank while expressly preserving any other privileges it may have under law or agreement.
SignedMay 29, 2003
Prior frameworkThe European Central Bank did not have this specific presidential designation under the Act.
Responsible officialPresident
Later primary evidence2024: The U.S. Code international-organizations note continues to list EO 13307 as the European Central Bank designation. This establishes the designation, not an outcome in any individual immunity dispute.

Before and after

Before the order

The European Central Bank did not have this specific presidential designation under the Act.

After the order

The President extended the statutory privileges, exemptions and immunities to the European Central Bank; the U.S. Code later lists the designation.

The U.S. Code international-organizations note continues to list EO 13307 as the European Central Bank designation. This establishes the designation, not an outcome in any individual immunity dispute.

What changed?

The European Central Bank did not have this specific presidential designation under the Act. The President extended the statutory privileges, exemptions and immunities to the European Central Bank; the U.S. Code later lists the designation.

What does later evidence show?

U.S. Code — International Organizations Immunities Act note documents the later development: The U.S. Code international-organizations note continues to list EO 13307 as the European Central Bank designation. This establishes the designation, not an outcome in any individual immunity dispute. No individual court ruling or claim of immunity is established by the designation alone.

What are the limits?

The designation operates under 22 U.S.C. 288 and 288f-5. The order expressly preserves other privileges the bank may have under law or agreement; it does not grant a general immunity to every European institution. Read the signed order for its operative language.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentDesignated the European Central Bank for statutory privilegesAs limited by the signed order

What happened next

EO 13307 signed.