which the property, rights and interests shall have been transferred will be entitled to the same rights and privileges as those to which the first-named company was entitled, including those conferred upon it by the provisions of this Protocol. Article 12. The provisions of Article 11 do not apply to companies holding concessions for public utility services, part of the exploitation of which remains in Turkish territory. Nevertheless such companies will be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of Articles 11 and 13 as regards those parts of their undertaking which are exploited outside Turkey, and to transfer such parts to a new company. Article 13. Companies to which, in accordance with Article 11, property, rights and interests of Ottoman companies shall have been transferred will not be subjected in territories detached from Turkey to any special tax on account of such transfer or on account of their formation with a view to this transfer, except in so far as this provision may be inconsistent with international conventions in force. The same provision shall apply in the territory of the contracting Power, the nationality of which is taken by such companies, unless this Power raises objection to such exemption on account of its own. legislation. Done at Lausanne, the 24th July, 1923. HORACE RUMBOLD. G. C. MONTAGNA. DR. RIZA NOUR. (Translation.) Declaration. The Undersigned, duly authorised, declare that the Turkish Government undertakes to apply the provisions of Section I of the Protocol of to-day's date with respect to certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire, to Ottoman companies in which on the 1st August, 1914, the capital of nationals of the other Powers party to that Protocol was preponderant. Done at Lausanne, the 24th July, 1923. M. ISMET. DR. RIZA NOUR. XIII. Protocole relatif à l'Accession de la Belgique et du Portugal à certaines Dispositions d'Actes signées à Lausanne. Les Hautes Parties contractantes, signataires du Traité de Paix en date de ce jour, sont d'accord pour admettre la Belgique et le Portugal à accéder aux dispositions de la Section I de la Partie II (Clauses financières) et aux dispositions de la Partie III (Clauses économiques) dudit Traité, cette accession devant prendre effet au même moment et dans les mêmes conditions que ce Traité. Elles sont également d'accord pour admettre la Belgique à accéder, dans les mêmes conditions, au Protocole en date de ce jour relatif à certaines concessions accordées dans l'Empire ottoman. En conséquence, les Hautes Parties contractantes prennent acte des Déclarations d'accession faites aujourd'hui par les Représentants, dûment autorisés, de la Belgique et du Portugal, Déclarations à la suite desquelles, une fois entrées en vigueur, l'état de paix et les relations officielles seront, en tant que de besoin, considérés comme rétablis entre la Turquie d'une part et chacune de ces deux Puissances d'autre part. Fait à Lausanne, le 24 juillet 1923. HORACE RUMBOLD. GARRONI. G. C. MONTAGNA. K. OTCHIAI. E. K. VENISELOS. D. CACLAMANOS. M. ISMET. DR. RIZA NOUR. Déclaration signée par le Délégué belge. Le Soussigné, après avoir exhibé aux Représentants des Puissances signataires du Traité de Paix en date de ce jour ses pleins pouvoirs trouvés en bonne et due forme, déclare par les présentes accéder au nom de la Belgique aux dispositions de la Section I de la Partie II (Clauses financières) et aux dispositions de la Partie III (Clauses économiques) dudit Traité de Paix, ainsi qu'aux dispositions (Translation.) XIII. Protocol relating to the Accession of Belgium and Portugal to certain Provisions of Instruments signed at Lausanne. The High Contracting Parties, signatories of the Treaty of Peace dated this day, have agreed to admit Belgium and Portugal to accede to the stipulations of Section I of Part II (Financial Clauses) and to the stipulations of Part III (Economic Clauses) of the said Treaty, such accession taking effect at the same time and in the same conditions as the Treaty. They have similarly agreed to admit Belgium to accede, in the same conditions, to the Protocol dated this day relating to certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire. Consequently, the High Contracting Parties take note of the Declarations of Accession made this day by the duly authorised representatives of Belgium and Portugal. As a result of these Declarations, and once they have come into force, the state of peace and official relations shall, in so far as necessary, be considered as re-established between Turkey on the one hand and each of these two Powers on the other. Done at Lausanne, the 24th July, 1923. HORACE RUMBOLD. GARRONI. G. C. MONTAGNA. K. OTCHIAI. E. K. VENISELOS. D. CACLAMANOS. DR. RIZA NOUR. (Translation.) Declaration signed by the Belgian Delegate. The Undersigned, after having produced to the Representatives of the Powers signatory of the Treaty of Peace dated this day his full powers, found in good and due form, declares by these presents that he accedes in the name of Belgium to the stipulations of Section I of Part II (Financial Clauses) and to the stipulations of Part III (Economic Clauses) of the said Treaty of Peace, as well as to the du Protocole en date de ce jour, relatif à certaines concessions accordées dans l'Empire ottoman. Cette accession, qui rétablira les relations officielles, prendra effet au moment, dans les termes et dans les conditions prévus dans le Protocole en date de ce jour par lequel les Puissances signataires dudit Traité de Paix ont admis la Belgique à procéder à la présente accession. Fait à Lausanne, le 24 juillet 1923. FERNAND PELTZER. Déclaration signée par le Délégué portugais. Le Soussigné, après avoir exhibé aux Représentants des Puissances signataires du Traité de Paix en date de ce jour ses pleins pouvoirs trouvés en bonne et due forme, déclare par les présentes accéder au nom du Portugal aux dispositions de la Section I de la Partie II (Clauses financières) et aux dispositions de la Partie III (Clauses économiques) dudit Traité de Paix. Cette accession qui rétablira l'état de paix et les relations officielles, prendra effet au moment, dans les termes et dans les conditions prévus dans le Protocole en date de ce jour par lequel les Puissances signataires dudit Traité de Paix ont admis le Portugal à procéder à la présente accession. Fait à Lausanne, le 24 juillet 1923. A. M. BARTHOLOMEU FERREIRA. XIV. Protocole relatif à l'Evacuation des Territoires turcs occupés par les Forces britanniques, françaises et italiennes. Les Gouvernements de la France, de la Grande-Bretagne et de l'Italie, Puissances Alliées, dont les troupes occupent actuellement certaines parties du territoire turc, et le Gouvernement de la Grande Assemblée Nationale de Turquie étant également soucieux de satisfaire, sans tarder, aux aspirations pacifiques de leurs nations respectives, Les soussignés, dûment autorisés, sont tombés d'accord pour prendre de part et d'autre les mesures suivantes : I. Dès que la ratification par la Grande Assemblée Nationale de Turquie du Traité de Paix et autres Actes intervenus à Lausanne aura été notifiée aux Puissances Alliées en la personne de leurs stipulations of the Protocol dated this day regarding certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire. This accession, which will re-establish official relations, shall take effect at the time and in the terms and conditions prescribed in the Protocol dated this day, by which the Powers signatory of the said Treaty of Peace have admitted Belgium to proceed to the present accession. Done at Lausanne, the 24th July, 1923. (Translation.) FERNAND PELTZER. Declaration signed by the Portuguese Delegate. The Undersigned, after having produced to the Representatives of the Powers signatory of the Treaty of Peace dated this day his full powers, found in good and due form, declares by these presents that he accedes in the name of Portugal to the stipulations of Section I of Part II (Financial Clauses) and to the stipulations of Part III (Economic Clauses) of the said Treaty of Peace. This accession, which will re-establish the state of peace and official relations, shall take effect at the time and in the terms and conditions prescribed in the Protocol dated this day, by which the Powers signatory of the said Treaty of Peace have admitted Portugal to proceed to the present accession. Done at Lausanne, the 24th July, 1923. A. M. BARTHOLOMEU FERREIRA. (Translation.) XIV. Protocol relating to the Evacuation of the Turkish Territory occupied by the British, French and Italian Forces. The Governments of France, Great Britain and Italy, Allied Powers whose troops at present occupy certain portions of Turkish territory, and the Government of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, being equally desirous to give satisfaction without delay to the peaceful aspirations of their respective nations, The Undersigned, being duly authorised, have agreed respectively to take the following measures: I. As soon as the ratification of the Treaty of Peace and other instruments concluded at Lausanne by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey shall have been notified to the Allied Powers in the person of their High Commissioners at Constantinople, the troops of the |