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Banque Centrale de la République de Turquie v. Weston Compagnie de Finance et d'Investissement SA and Another

Switzerland.  15 November 1978 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Sovereign immunity — Foreign States and agencies — Central bank of foreign State — Action for repayment under loan agreement between commercial banks — Requirement of repayment through central bank pursuant to foreign exchange legislation — Attachment of bank deposits of central bank — Whether central bank entitled to immunity from jurisdiction and enforcement — Whether fact that central bank endowed with independent legal personality decisive — European Convention on State Immunity 1972, Article 4 and 27 — Whether declaratory of existing international law — Acts iure imperii and iure gestionis — Whether original nature of relationship decisive — The law of Switzerland

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1984

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