S.I. No. 405 of 2009

EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE (DESIGNATION) ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 4th September, 2009.

WHEREAS under section 40(1) (as amended by section 3 of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 10 of 2006)) of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967 (No. 8 of 1967), the Government may by order designate an organisation to which the State is or intends to become a party to be an organisation to which Part VIII of that Act applies;

AND WHEREAS the European Forest Institute is such an organisation;

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 40(1) of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967 , hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the European Forest Institute (Designation) Order 2009.

2. The European Forest Institute is hereby designated as an organisation to which Part VIII of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967 (No. 8 of 1967) applies.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

30 June 2009.

BRIAN COWEN,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

The purpose of this order is to give effect within the State to Article 12 of the Convention on the European Forest Institute, which provides that the Institute shall enjoy legal personality in the territories of each State party to the Convention.