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German: nicht rechtsfähiges Sondervermögen

English translation: special Federal fund without independent legal personality






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German term or phrase:nicht rechtsfähiges Sondervermögen
English translation:special Federal fund without independent legal personality
Entered by:Jutta Scherer
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German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities / protection for investors
German term or phrase: nicht rechtsfähiges Sondervermögen
Die ... ist als nicht rechtsfähiges Sondervermögen des Bundes bei der Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau errichtet worden

The translation that seems to offer itself is * non legally resonsible fund asset /special asset of the German Government* However, * non-legally responsible* is hardly what one might call confidence inspiring for an entity which is supposed to offering protection for investors! Is there another term?
John Wellesly Helliwell
Italy
special Federal fund without independent legal personality
Explanation:
Found this on the site mentioned below - context seems to fit, too
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Jutta Scherer
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks, Jutta. This seems to be about the nearest one can get - though what the Dickens an independent legal personality means in real terms remains obscure and I think - if it means what I thinks it means - could and should be expressed more clearly both in German and in English.
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Summary of answers provided
4special fund without (separate) legal personalityReinhard Wenzel
4special Federal fund without independent legal personality
Jutta Scherer
2nonappropriated funds
Simon Hase


  

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special fund without (separate) legal personality


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Reinhard Wenzel
Germany
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: Thanks also to you Reinhard. The reference decided the awarding of the points.

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special Federal fund without independent legal personality


Explanation:
Found this on the site mentioned below - context seems to fit, too


    Reference: http://eiop.or.at/eiop/texte/1998-003.htm
Jutta Scherer
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks, Jutta. This seems to be about the nearest one can get - though what the Dickens an independent legal personality means in real terms remains obscure and I think - if it means what I thinks it means - could and should be expressed more clearly both in German and in English.
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1 day11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
nonappropriated funds


Explanation:
this brings to minds a term used by the US military/government.

Nonappropriated funds are something like special funds that have no specific purpose or fewer spending restrictions. As in, they were not appropriated by congress.

The ... was established as a non-appropriated funds account of the Federal government with (administered by??) the Lending Institution for Reconstruction.


    Reference: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/glossarytermsn/g/n4330.htm
Simon Hase
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Simon. I also thought of something like - not legally bound or not legally confined to specific aims/purposes etc. but these expressions, in my context, don't seem to make much real sense either.

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