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Sub-Annex I to Annex (E).

List of Articles subject to the Coefficient 8.

65. Potatoes.

69. Oranges.

121. Sugared goods.

130. Mineral waters.

178. Varnished leather.

180. Pigskins.

185, 187, 188. Footwear.

192. Gloves.

200, 201. Peltry, raw or worked.

217, 218. Furniture.

270. Such articles as are at present prohibited.

273, 274, 275. Embroidery, lace, and cotton ribbons.

302. Silk waste.

305. Gauze, &c.

306. Silk tulle, &c.

308. Silk tissues.

311, 312. Silk hosiery.

314. Silk passementerie.

324. Woollen shawls and belts.

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Section II.

ARTICLE 10.

Turkey undertakes, on condition that reciprocity is accorded in this matter, to grant to the ships of the other contracting Powers a treatment equal to that which she accords to national ships, or any more favourable treatment that she grants or may grant to the ships of any other Power.

The right of the high contracting parties is expressly recognised of reserving to the national flag fishing, maritime cabotage. that is to say, transport by sea of goods embarked in a port of one national territory for another port in the same territory and port services, that is to say, towage, pilotage and all interior services of whatever nature they may be.

If Turkey reserves for her national flag maritime cabotage and fishing, she may, nevertheless, in this respect grant special treatment to the flag of any one of the territories detached from Turkey by the treaty of even date, without the benefit of this treatment being able to be claimed by other flags.

As a transitory provision Turkey will permit for a period of five years the transport of goods and passengers from one Turkish port to another Turkish port by undertakings of other contracting States which do not confine themselves exclusively to this traffic.

ARTICLE 11.

Subject to reciprocity, equality of treatment shall be granted as regards the right to import or export goods of any description or to transport passengers going to or coming from the country and the enjoyment of all facilities with regard to stationing, loading and unloading of vessels at ports, docks, quays and roads.

There shall also be an absolute equality, under the same conditions of reciprocity, as regards duties, charges and payments of all kinds levied on ships, such as sanitary duties, port, quay, harbour, pilotage, quarantine, lighthouse and other similar duties levied in the name of or for the profit of the Government, public functionaries, private individuals, corporations or establishments of any kind.

Turkey also undertakes, on condition of reciprocity, not to subject imported or exported goods to any differential due, surtax, or increase of any nature or kind based on the flag of the ship by which the goods are imported or exported, on the ports of arrival or departure, on the voyage of the ship or the ports at which it has called, the dues and taxes leviable on goods imported or exported being determined only by their origin and country whence imported or their destination and being applied equally as regards all the contracting Powers in accordance with the provisions of Section I.

ARTICLE 12.

All classes of certificates or documents relating to ships and boats, their cargoes and passengers which were recognised as valid by Turkey before the war or which may hereafter be recognised as valid by the principal maritime States shall be recognised by Turkey as regards the vessels belonging to the other contracting Powers as valid and as equivalent to the corresponding certificates. issued to Turkish ships and boats.

ARTICLE 13.

The provisions of the present section shall be applied by the high contracting parties for a period of ten years from the coming into force of the present convention.

Section III.

ARTICLE 14.

Turkey undertakes to adopt all the necessary legislative and administrative measures and to allow access to the courts for the protection of goods, the produce or manufacture of any one of the other contracting Powers, from all forms of unfair competition in commercial transactions.

Turkey undertakes to prohibit and repress by appropriate remedies the importation, exportation, manufacture, distribution, sale or offering for sale in her territory of all goods bearing upon themselves or their get-up or wrappings, any marks, names, devices or descriptions whatsoever which are calculated to convey, directly or indirectly, false indications of the origin, character, nature or special characteristics of such goods.

ARTICLE 15.

Turkey undertakes, on condition that reciprocity is accorded in these matters, to respect any law or any administrative of judicial decision given in conformity with such law in force in any cther contracting State and duly communicated to her by the proper authorities, defining or regulating the right to any regiona! appellation in respect of products which derive their special qualities from the soil or the climate, or the conditions under which the use of a regional appellation may be permitted; and the importation, exportation, manufacture, distribution, sale or offering for sale of products or articles bearing regional appellations inconsistent with such laws or orders shall be prohibited by Turkey and repressed by the measures prescribed by article 14.

ARTICLE 16.

Turkey undertakes within a period of twelve months from the coming into force of the present convention: -

(1.) To adhere in the prescribed form to the International Convention of Paris of the 20th March, 1883, for the protection

of industrial property, revised at Washington on the 2nd June, 1911, and the International Convention of Berne of the 9th September, 1886, for the protection of literary and artistic works, revised at Berlin on the 13th November, 1908, and the additional protocol of Berne of the 20th March, 1914, relating to the protection of literary and artistic works.

(2.) Within the same period to recognise and protect by effective legislation in accordance with the principles of the said conventions, the industrial, literary and artistic property of the nationals of the other contracting Powers.

ARTICLE 17.

Special conventions between the countries interested shall determine all questions relative to the records, registers and plans in connection with the administration relating to industrial, literary and artistic property and their eventual transmission or communication by the Turkish offices to the offices of the States in favour of which territory is detached from Turkey.

ARTICLE 18.

The contracting Powers reserve the right of declaring at the time of the coming into force of the present convention that its provisions do not apply to the whole or part of their dominions enjoying responsible government, of their colonies, protectorates, possessions, or territories beyond the sea subject to their sovereignty or authority, and in this case Turkey will be released from her obligations under the present convention to the said dominions, colonies, protectorates, possessions and territories.

Nevertheless, the said Powers may adhere subsequently in the name of any dominion enjoying responsible government, colony, protectorate, possession or territory for which in accordance with the terms of the present convention they may have made a declaration of exclusion, and they can also denounce separately the above provisions in the name of any dominion enjoying responsible government, colony, protectorate, possession or territory subject to their sovereignty or authority after having given six months' notice to this effect.

ARTICLE 19.

Non-signatory Powers shall have the right to adhere to this

convention.

This adhesion shall be notified through the diplomatic channel to the Government of the French Republic and by that Government to all the States which are signatories or have adhered. It shall take effect from the date of the notification to the French Government.

ARTICLE 20.

The present convention shall be ratified.

The ratifications shall be deposited at Paris as soon as possible. It shall enter into force in the same way as the Treaty of Peace of even date.

In faith whereof the above-named plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention.

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which will remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the French Republic, which will transmit a certified copy to each of the signatory Powers.

(Signatures and seals).

ANNEX (F) To No. 38.

FINANCIAL SUB-COMMISSION.

Third Commission-First Sub-Commission.

FINANCIAL CLAUSES.

Text drafted by the British, French and Italian Delegations.
SECTION I--Provisions relating to the Ottoman Public Debt.

ARTICLE 1.

January 25, 1923.

States of the Balkan Peninsula and the newly-created States in Asia, in favour of whom territory has been detached from Turkey, either after the Balkan wars of 1912-13 or under the present treaty, shall participate, under the conditions laid down below, in the annual charge for the service of the Ottoman Public Debt, as defined in the annexed table.

These States shall, within a period of three months from the date on which they are notified under article 7 of the share of the annual charges mentioned below which is allotted to them respectively, give to the Council of the Debt adequate guarantees for the payment of such share.

In the case of any failure to give such guarantees within the above period, and in the case of any disagreement as to the sufficiency of the guarantees and method of payment proposed, it shall be open to any of the Governments concerned and the Council of the Debt (which shall for this purpose be authorised to act on behalf of the holders of the Ottoman Public Debt, as defined in the annexed table) to appeal to the Council of the League of Nations.

The Council of the League of Nations shall be empowered to entrust the collection of the revenues assigned as a guarantee to any international financial organisations already existing in the countries

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