(British Ratification deposited, August 29, 1924.)
(Came into operation, November 27, 1924.)

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Cmd. 2347.

International Convention relating to the Simplification

of Customs Formalities.

Geneva, November 3, 1923.

(British Ratification deposited, August 29, 1924.)

(Came into operation, November 27, 1924.)

GERMANY, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the British Empire (with the Commonwealth of Australia, the Union of South Africa, New Zealand, India), Bulgaria, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxemburg, the Protectorate of the French Republic in Morocco, Norway, Paraguay, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Siam, Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, the Regency of Tunis (French Protectorate) and Uruguay,

Desiring to give effect to the principle of the equitable treatment of commerce laid down in article 23 of the Covenant of the League of Nations;

Convinced that the freeing of international commerce from the burden of unnecessary, excessive or arbitrary customs or other similar formalities would constitute an important step towards the attainment of this aim;

Considering that the best method of achieving their present purpose is by means of an international agreement based on just reciprocity;

Have decided to conclude a convention for this purpose;

The high contracting parties have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries :—

The President of the German Reich:

M. Willy Ernst, Ministerial Counsellor at the Ministry for
Finance of the Reich;

The President of the Austrian Republic:

M. E. Pflügl, Resident Minister, Representative of the
Austrian Federal Government accredited to the League of
Nations;

His Majesty the King of the Belgians:

M. Jules Brunet, Minister Plenipotentiary, President of the "Bureau international pour la publication des tarifs douaniers," and

M. Armand L. J. Janssen, Director-General of Customs; The President of the United States of Brazil :

M. Julio Augusto Barboza Carneiro, Commercial Attaché to the Brazilian Embassy in London;

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India :

Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith, G.C.B., Economic Adviser to the British Government;

For the Commonwealth of Australia:

Mr. C. A. B. Campion, Manager of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in London;

For the Union of South Africa:

Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith, G.C.B., Economic Adviser to the British Government;

For the Dominion of New Zealand:

The Honourable Sir James Allen, K.C.B., High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom;

For India:

The Right Honourable Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, K.G.,
G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., I.S O.,
Privy Counsellor, former Viceroy, former Ambassador;

His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians:

M. D. Mikoff, Chargé d'Affaires at Berne;

The President of the Republic of Chile :

M. Jorge Buchanan, former Senator, Commercial Adviser to the Chilian Legation in London;

The President of the Republic of China:

Mr. J. R. Loutsengtsiang, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council;

His Majesty the King of Denmark :

M. A. Oldenburg, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council; Representative of Denmark accredited to the League of Nations;

His Majesty the King of Egypt:

Mr. T. C. Macaulay, Director-General of the Egyptian
Customs, and

Ahmed Bey Abdel Khalek, Director of the Cairo Customs
House;

His Majesty the King of Spain:

M. Emilio de Palacios y Fau, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council; The President of the Finnish Republic:

M. Niilo Mannio, Secretary-General of the Ministry for Social
Welfare, and

M. Urho Toivola, Secretary of Legation;

The President of the French Republic :

M. Ernest Bolley, Councillor of State, Director-General of
Customs in the Ministry of Finance;

and, so far as the Protectorate of the French Republic in Morocco

is concerned:

M. P. P. Serra, Director of the Sherifian Customs;

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and, so far as the Regency of Tunis (French Protectorate) is concerned :

M. Charles Ode, Director of Tunisian Customs;

His Majesty the King of the Hellenes :

M. V. Colocotronis, Counsellor of Legation, and

M. D. Capsali, First Secretary of Legation in the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs;

His Serene Highness the Governor of Hungary :

M. Felix Parcher de Terjekfalva, Chargé d'Affaires at Berne;

His Majesty the King of Italy:

Dr. Carlo Pugliesi, Sub-Director-General of Customs;

His Majesty the Emperor of Japan :

Mr. Y. Sugimura, Assistant-Director of the Imperial League of Nations Office;

The President of the Lithuanian Republic:

M. Gaëtan Dobkevicius, Counsellor of Legation, and

Dr. Petras Karvelis, Counsellor in the Ministry of Finance,
of Commerce and Industry;

Her Royal Highness the Grand-Duchess of Luxemburg:
M. Ch. Vermaire, Consul of Luxemburg at Geneva;

His Majesty the King of Norway :

Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, Professor at the University of
Christiania;

The President of the Republic of Paraguay:

Dr. Ramon V. Caballero, Chargé d'Affaires at Paris;

Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands:

M. E. Menten, Chargé d'Affaires at Berne, for the Kingdom in Europe, and

M. W. I. Doude van Troostwijk, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council for the Netherlands-Indies, Surinam and Curaçao;

The President of the Polish Republic:

M. Jan Modzelewski, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council;

The President of the Portuguese Republic:

M. A. Bartholomeu Ferreira, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Portuguese Republic to the
Swiss Federal Council;

His Majesty the King of Roumania :

M...Nicolas Petresco-Comnène, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council;

His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes:

M. Radmilo Bouyditch, Inspector in the General Customs
Administration, and

M. Valdemar Lounatchek, Secretary of the Zagreb Chamber
of Commerce;