**1.** Within the scope of its activities authorized by the INTELSAT Agreements, INTELSAT shall have immunity from jurisdiction and immunity from execution except:
to the extent that the Director General shall have expressly waived such immunity from jurisdiction or immunity from execution in a particular case;
in respect of its commercial activities;
in respect of a civil action by a third party for damage arising from an accident caused by a motor vehicle or other means of transport belonging to, or operated on behalf of, INTELSAT, or in respect of a traffic offence involving such a vehicle;
in the event of the attachment, pursuant to a decision by the judicial authorities, of the salaries and emoluments owed by INTELSAT to a staff member;
in respect of a counter-claim directly connected with proceedings initiated by INTELSAT; or
in respect of the enforcement of an arbitration award made under Article XVIII of the Agreement or Article 20 of the Operating Agreement.
**2.** The property of INTELSAT, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune:
from any form of search, requisition, confiscation and sequestration;
from expropriation, except that real property may be expropriated for public purposes and subject to prompt payment of fair compensation;
from any form of administrative or provisional judicial constraint, except insofar as may be temporarily necessary in connection with the prevention and investigation of accidents involving motor vehicles or other means of transport belonging to, or operated on behalf of, INTELSAT.
CHAPTER I
Artikel 3
Immunity from Jurisdiction and Execution
Onderdeel van Protocol inzake de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de Internationale Organisatie voor Telecommunicatiesatellieten “INTELSAT”· Informatierecht
Deze tekst geldt sinds 15 juli 1983