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EU Parliament Approves Revised United States–European Union SWIFT Agreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 104 , Issue 4 , October 2010 , pp. 659 - 661
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2010

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References

1 Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 104 AJIL 107 (2010)Google Scholar.

2 For background on SWIFT, see http://www.swift.com/about_swift/company_information/index.page?lang=en.

3 A U.S. Department of the Treasury fact sheet on the TFTP is at http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/js4340.htm.

4 European Parliament Press Release, SWIFT: European Parliament Votes Down Agreement with the US (Feb. 11, 2010), at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/archive/search/general.do?language=EN.

5 European Swift Bank Data Ban Angers US (Feb. 11, 2010), at http://news.bbc.co.Uk/2/hi/europe/8510471.stm.

6 European Parliament Rejects SWIFT Deal for Sharing Bank Data with US (Feb. 11, 2010), at http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0„5239595,00.html.

7 Nakashima, Ellen, E. U. to Provide Bank Data to U.S., Wash. Post, June 29, 1009 Google Scholar, at Al 5.

8 The text of the agreement is at 2010 O.J. (L 195) 5, available at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:195:SOM:EN:HTML.

9 Kanter, James, Europe Resumes Sharing Financial Data with U.S., N.Y. Times, July 9, 2010 Google Scholar, at A6.

10 European Parliament Press Release, Parliament Gives Green Light for SWIFT II (July 8, 2010), at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/archive/search/general.do?language=EN.

11 White House Press Release, Statement by the President on the U.S.–European Union Agreement on the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) (July 8, 2010), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-us-european-union-agreement-terrorist-finance-tracking-program-.