Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 26th July, 2016.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 40(1) (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) that the Government may by order designate an international organisation, community or body of which the State or the Government is or intends to become a member to be an organisation to which Part VIII of that Act applies;

AND WHEREAS the European Molecular Biology Laboratory is such an international organisation;

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 40(1), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Designation) Order 2016.

2. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory 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,

19 July 2016.

ENDA KENNY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This order provides that the European Molecular Biology Laboratory is designated as an organisation to which Part VIII of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967 applies.