(a) Exemption for baggage and effects. The baggage and effects of the alien officers and employees of, or representatives of foreign governments, to the organizations designated by the President as public international organizations pursuant to section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and the baggage and effects of their families, suites, and servants, shall be admitted free of duty and without entry under subheading 9806.00.15, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), but only upon the receipt in each instance of instructions from the United States Customs Service issued at the request of the Department of State.
(b) Designated public international organizations. The President, by virtue of the authority vested in him by section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act of December 29, 1945 (22 U.S.C. 288), has designated certain organizations as public international organizations entitled to the free entry privileges of that statute. The following is a list of the public international organizations currently entitled to such free entry privileges and the Executive orders by which they were designated: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Executive
Organization Order Date------------------------------------------------------------------------African Development Bank............. 12403 Feb. 8, 1983.African Development Fund............. 11977 Mar. 14, 1977.Asian Development Bank............... 11334 Mar. 7, 1967.Border Environment Cooperation 12904 Mar. 16, 1994.
Commission.Caribbean Organization............... 10983 Dec. 30, 1961.Commission for Environmental 12904 Mar. 16, 1994.
Cooperation.Commission for Labor Cooperation..... 12904 Mar. 16, 1994.Commission for the Study of 12567 Oct. 2, 1986.
Alternatives to the Panama Canal.Council of Europe in Respect of the 13240 Dec. 18, 2001.
Group of States Against Corruption
(GRECO).Customs Cooperation Council.......... 11596 June 5, 1971.European Bank for Reconstruction and 12766 June 18, 1991.
Development.European Space Agency (formerly the 12766 June 18, 1991.
European Space Research Organization
(ESRO)).Food and Agriculture Organization.... 9698 Feb. 19, 1946.Great Lakes Fishery Commission....... 11059 Oct. 23, 1962.Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices. 13052 June 30, 1997.Inter-American Defense Board......... 10228 Mar. 26, 1951.Inter-American Development Bank...... 10873 Apr. 8, 1960.Inter-American Institute of 9751 July 11, 1946.
Agricultural Sciences.Inter-American Investment Corporation 12567 Oct. 2, 1986.Inter-American Statistical Institute. 9751 Do.Inter-American Tropical Tuna 11059 Oct. 23, 1962.
Commission.Intergovernmental Maritime 10795 Dec. 13, 1958.
Consultative Organization.International Atomic Energy Agency... 10727 Aug. 31, 1957.International Bank for Reconstruction 9751 July 11, 1946.
and Development.International Boundary and Water 12467 Mar. 2, 1984.
Commission, United States & Mexico.International Centre for Settlement 11966 Jan. 19, 1977.
of Investment Disputes.International Civil Aviation 9863 May 31, 1947.
Organization.International Coffee Organization.... 11225 May 22, 1965.International Committee of the Red 12643 June 23, 1988.
Cross.International Cotton Advisory 9911 Dec. 19, 1947.
Committee.International Cotton Institute....... 11283 May 27, 1966.International Criminal Police 12425 June 16, 1983.
Organization (INTERPOL)--Limited
privileges..
12971 Sep. 15, 1995.International Development Association 11966 Jan. 19, 1977.International Development Law 12842 Mar. 29, 1993.
Institute.International Fertilizer Development 11977 Mar. 14, 1977.
Center.International Finance Corporation.... 10680 Oct. 2, 1956.International Food Policy Research 12359 Apr. 22, 1982.
Institute--Limited privileges only.International Fund for Agricultural 12732 Oct. 31, 1990.
Development.International Hydrographic Bureau.... 10769 May 29, 1958.International Joint Commission-- 9972 June 25, 1948.
United States and Canada.International Labor Organization..... 9698 Feb. 19, 1946.International Maritime Satellite 12238 Sept. 12, 1980.
Organization.International Monetary Fund.......... 9751 July 11, 1946.International Pacific Halibut 11059 Oct. 23, 1962.
Commission.International Secretariat for 11363 July 20, 1967.
Volunteer Service.International Telecommunications 11966 Jan. 19, 1977.
Satellite Organization (INTELSAT).International Telecommunication Union 9863 May 31, 1947.International Union for Conservation 12986 Jan. 18, 1996.
of Nature and Natural Resources--
Limited privileges.International Wheat Advisory 9823 Jan. 24, 1947.
Committee (International Wheat
Council).Interparliamentary Union............. 13097 Aug. 7, 1998.Israel-United States Binational 12956 Mar. 13, 1995.
Industrial Research and Development
Foundation.Korean Peninsula Energy Development 12997 Apr. 1, 1996.
Organization.Multilateral Investment Guarantee 12647 Aug. 2, 1988.
Agency.Multinational Force and Observers.... 12359 Apr. 22, 1982.
North American Development Bank...... 12904 Mar. 16, 1994.North Pacific Anadromous Fish 12895 Jan. 26, 1994.
Commission.North Pacific Marine Science 12894 Jan. 26, 1994.
Organization.Organization for Economic Cooperation 10133 June 27, 1950.
and Development [formerly
Organization for European Economic
Cooperation].Organization for the Prohibition of 13049 June 11, 1997.
Chemical Weapons..Organization of African Unity (OAU).. 11767 Feb. 19, 1974.Organization of American States...... 10533 June 3, 1954.Organization of Eastern Caribbean 12669 Feb. 20, 1989.
States.Pacific Salmon Commission............ 12567 Oct. 2, 1986.Pan American Health Organization 10864 Feb. 18, 1960.
(includes the Pan American Sanitary
Bureau).Preparatory Commission of the 10727 Aug. 31, 1957.
International Atomic Energy Agency.Provisional Intergovernmental 10335 Mar. 28, 1952.
Committee for the Movement of
Migrants from Europe (now known as
the Intergovernmental Committee for
European Migration).South Pacific Commission............. 10086 Nov. 25, 1949.United International Bureau for the 11484 Sept. 29, 1969.
Protection of Intellectual Property.United Nations....................... 9698 Feb. 19, 1946.United Nations Educational, 9863 May 31, 1947.
Scientific, and Cultural
Organization.United Nations Industrial Development 12628 Mar. 8, 1988.
Organization.Universal Postal Union............... 10727 Aug. 31, 1957.World Health Organization............ 10025 Dec. 30, 1948.World Intellectual Property 11866 June 18, 1975.
Organization.World Meteorological Organization.... 10676 Sept. 1, 1956.World Tourism Organization........... 12508 Mar. 22, 1985.World Trade Organization............. 13042 Apr. 9, 1997.------------------------------------------------------------------------ [T.D. 73-27, 38 FR 2449, Jan. 26, 1973]
Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec. 148.87, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.