Article 3

(1)

The Organisation shall have immunity from suit and legal process except:—

(a)

to the extent that the Organisation shall have expressly waived such immunity in a particular case;

(b)

in respect of a civil action by a third party for damage arising from an accident caused by a motor vehicle belonging to, or operated on behalf of, the Organisation, or in respect of a motor traffic offence involving such a vehicle; and

(c)

in respect of the enforcement of an arbitration award made under Article 23, Article 24 of Article 27 of the Headquarters Agreement between the International Wheat Council and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland^f1.

(2)

The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not prevent the taking of such measures as may be permitted by law in relation to the property and assets of the Organisation in so far as they may be temporarily necessary in connection with the prevention of, an investigation into, accidents involving motor vehicles belonging to, or operated on behalf of, the Organisation.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Cmnd. 3783.