CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: AUSTRIA TO WAIT FOR EU

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SUBJECT: CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: AUSTRIA TO WAIT FOR EU
ACTION BEFORE RATIFYING

REF: STATE 199212

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1. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post discussed Cape
Town Convention demarche with Helmut Tichy, Head of the
MFA's International Law Unit, and with Martin Adensamer,
Head of the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) International
Civil Law Department. Tichy told us that the MFA would
proceed with ratification as soon as it receives
permission from the MoJ, which has primary responsibility
for the convention.


2. (SBU) Adendsamer informed us that the GoA has an
interest in ratifying the Cape Town Convention and the
related Protocol on Aircraft Finance. However, since the
EU has co-responsibility for the Convention and has not
yet signed, the MoJ will wait for EU action before
initiating ratification. Tichy told us that, in theory,
the GoA would not have to wait for the EU to sign, but
that the MFA cannot initiate ratification without
instructions from the responsible ministry, i.e., the
MoJ.
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