N.V. Cabolent v. National Iranian Oil Company.

Abstract

Jurisdiction — Territorial — Exemptions from — Foreign States — Acts done and contracts made by State organs — Limitation of immunity to acts jure imperii — Criterion of a State organ — National oil company wholly-owned by the State — Parliamentary control — Extent of company's power to take independent decisions — Whether company financed from public funds — Whether company in concluding concession agreements acts jure imperii — Immunity of public service assets from measures of execution in foreign State — The law of the Netherlands.