As an international organization subject to international law, the EDB has a unique judicial status:

• it is subject to international law;
• in its member states it has the rights of a judicial body;
• it has a special legal status that accords the Bank certain immunities and privileges in the territory of its member states, including:
• administrative and judicial immunity;
• customs and tax exemptions;
• advantages that allow the Bank to avoid certain costs and risks associated with potential changes in banking regulations in its member states.