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110TH CONGRESS Ex~c. REPT.
1st Session SENATE 110-1
PROTOCOL TO THE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE,
AND NAVIGATION WITH DENMARK
OCTOBER 15, 2007.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BIDEN, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany Treaty Doc. 108-8]
The Committee on Foreign Relations to which was referred the
Protocol to the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
Between the United States and Denmark of October 1, 1951,
signed at Copenhagen on May 2, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 108-8), having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon and recommends
that the Senate give its advice and consent to ratification thereof.
CONTENTS
Page
I. P u rpose ........................................................................................................... 1
II. Background and Sum m ary ........................................................................... 1
III. E ntry Into Force ........................................................................................... 2
IV. Im plem enting Legislation ............................................................................. 2
V . Com m ittee A ction ......................................................................................... 2
VI. Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification ....................................... 3
I. PURPOSE
The Protocol to the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Naviga-
tion with Denmark would provide a legal basis for issuing treaty-
investor (E-2) visas to Danish investors who wish to enter the
United States for the purpose of developing and directing the oper-
ations of an enterprise in which they have invested, or in which
they are actively in the process of investing, a substantial amount
of capital on a reciprocal basis. U.S. investors are already eligible
for Danish visas that offer comparable benefits to those that would
be accorded nationals of Denmark pursuant to an E-2 visa. With
this Protocol, Danish investors would be eligible for E-2 visas.
II. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY
The Protocol to the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Naviga-
tion (FCN) with Denmark consists of three articles. Article I, the
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