Part 1

Introduction in bullet points

 

 

1. sale of the NATO property in Zweibrücken

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   - Originally used by the USA after 1945, later partly transferred to the FRG and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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   - Use of the property in accordance with the NATO Status of Forces Agreement, which regulates special rights and obligations for NATO states under international law.

 

 

2. deed of state succession 1400/98

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   - The contract appears (at first glance) to be a German real estate purchase contract, but is actually a deed under international law (state succession).

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   - The contract covers the sale "with all rights, obligations and components", which includes the transfer of sovereign rights.

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   - The property and its development (networks) are sold as a unit, which has far-reaching legal consequences.

 

 

3. partial nullity clause

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   - Provisions that are invalid under national law are replaced by provisions under international law.

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   - The contract remains legally effective through this clause and disguises its actual meaning.

 

 

4. Subjects of international law involved

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   - Subjects of public international law do not have to be named as sellers at the beginning of the contract, but it is sufficient if they have rights or obligations in the contract.

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   - The buyer is a natural person and may have sovereign rights, whereas commercial enterprises such as TASC Bau AG are excluded from the buyer community.
 

5. chain of treaties and supplementary instrument

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   - The instrument of state succession forms a chain of treaties that affects all previous international treaties of NATO and the UN.

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   - As a supplementary instrument, it automatically supplements all existing treaties without the need for renewed ratification.

 

 

6. Domino effect of the territorial expansion

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   - Starting point: The property in Zweibrücken is connected to the German public network, which leads to the transfer of the buyer's sovereign rights to the whole of Germany.

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   - Extension to NATO countries: The domino effect covers all physically connected networks in other NATO countries, resulting in the extension of the buyer's sovereign rights to these countries.

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   - Global extension: Transatlantic submarine cables extend the domino effect to the USA and Canada, and finally to all UN member states.

 

 

7. integration of NATO into the UN

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   - Liaison: NATO is closely integrated into UN structures, allowing for the automatic extension of state succession to UN treaties.

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   - Global coverage: The combination of NATO and UN memberships extends state succession to the entire world.

 

 

8. Global effects

   - New world order:

 

The treaty leads to the creation of a "new world order" in which the purchaser of the instrument of state succession de facto assumes sovereign rights over the entire world.

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   - Global validity: The Instrument of State Succession functions as a supplementary instrument that extends all existing international treaties of NATO and the UN and unites the entire world.