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Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities ° Application for authorization to serve a garnishee order on the Commission of the European Communities ° No objections on the part of the institution concerned ° Application devoid of purpose

(Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, Art. 1)

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Under Article 1 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, the property and assets of the Communities are not to be the subject of any administrative or legal measure of constraint without the authorization of the Court of Justice. The purpose of that provision is to prevent any interference with the functioning and independence of the Communities.

Where, however, after a creditor has requested the Court to lift the immunity granted by Article 1 of that Protocol, the Community institution concerned states that it has no objections regarding the measure of constraint, the application for authorization becomes devoid of purpose and need not be considered by the Court.