in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations, and of which authenticated copies shall be delivered to all Members of the League of Nations and non-Member States represented at the Conference. Germany Dr. TRENDELENBURG United States of America At the moment of signing the International Convention for the Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions, and the Protocol to the Convention, I, the undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Switzerland, duly empowered to sign the said Convention and Protocol, declare, pursuant to instructions from my Government, that the United States, in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention, does not assume any obligation in respect of the Philippine Islands and that I sign the Convention and Protocol subject to the following reservations and conditions with respect to the United States of America: (a) That prohibitions or restrictions designed to extend to exported products the regime established within the country in respect of the production of, trade in, and transport and consumption of such products in domestic commerce are not prohibited by the said Convention, provided, however, that such prohibitions or restrictions shall not be applied in such a manner as to constitute a neans of arbitrary discrimination between foreign countries or a disguised restriction on international trade. That the said Convention affects neither the tariff systems nor the treaty-making methods of the participating countries nor the measures taken to ensure the application thereof, including measures to counteract dumping, bounties, subsidies, unfair methods or acts in foreign trade, undervaluation or discrimination. HUGH R. WILSON 30-1-28 Austria E. PFLÜGL 8-XI-27 Belgium J. BRUNET F. VAN LANGENHOVE 8-XI-27 Great Britain and Northern Ireland and those Parts of the British S. J. CHAPMAN 8-XI-27 India Under the terms of Article 10 I declare that my signature does not include the territories in India of any Prince or Chief under the suzerainty of His Majesty. ATUL C. CHATTERJEE 26-IV-28 Bulgaria PROF. GEORGES DANAÏLLOW 8-XI-27 Chile At the moment of signing the present Convention, the undersigned declares, on behalf of his Government: (a) That he is fully convinced that Nos. 1 and 3 of Article 4 cannot be invoked by the other High Contracting Parties to prohibit or restrict the importation into their territories of Chilian nitrate of soda, principally employed in agriculture. (b) That, in the Chilian Government's opinion, the Convention affects neither the tariff system nor the treaty-making methods of the participating countries, nor the measures taken to ensure their application, including the measures intended to counteract the effects of dumping. E. VILLEGAS 14-VI-28 Denmark Subject to reservation as regards Greenland.** J. CLAN 8-XI-27 Egypt SADIK. E. HENEIN 8-XI-27 Estonia C. R. PUSTA 30-I-28 Finland RAFAEL ERICH 8-XI-27 "Translation made by the Secretariat of the League of Nations. France On signing the present Convention, France declares that by its acceptance it does not intend to assume any obligation in regard to any of its Colonies, Protectorates and territories under its suzerainty or mandate. D. SERRUYS Hungary BARANYAI ZOLTÁN 8-XI-27 Italy A. DI NOLA Japan In signing the International Convention for the Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions we, the undersigned, declare that the provisions of Article 8 of the present Convention are in no way derogatory to the acts of the Japanese judicial authorities in the application of Japanese laws and decrees.95 Translation made by the Secretariat of the League of Nations. At the moment of signing the Convention of to-day's date for the Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions, the undersigned, duly authorised, have agreed on the following provisions, which are intended to ensure the application of the Convention: SECTION I-AD ARTICLE 1 (a) The words "territories of the High Contracting Parties" employed in the Convention refer only to territories to which it is made applicable. (b) Should the Customs territory of any High Contracting Party include territories which are not placed under his sovereignty, these territories are also to be regarded as "territories" within the meaning of the Convention. (c) In view of the fact that within or immediately adjacent to the territory of India there are areas or enclaves, small in extent and population in comparison with such territory, and that these areas 96 Translation made by the Secretariat of the League of Nations, or enclaves form detached portions or settlements of other parent States, and that it is impracticable for administrative reasons to apply to them the provisions of the Convention, it is agreed that these provisions shall not apply to them. India, however, will apply as regards the areas or enclaves in question a regime which will respect the principles of the Convention and facilitate imports and exports as far as practicable, and will refrain from imposing in regard to them any new measures of prohibition or restriction which would not be authorised by the provisions of the Convention, unless there should be no other means of ensuring the collection of customs and excise duties. SECTION II-AD ARTICLE 2 As regards the application of Article 2, the obligation accepted by Canada binds only the Federal Government and not the Provincial Governments, which, under the Constitution, possess the power of prohibiting or restricting the importation and exportation of certain products into or from their territories. (a) ad No. 4. SECTION III-AD ARTICLE 4 The protection of animals and plants against disease also refers to measures taken to preserve them from degeneration or extinction and to measures taken against harmful seeds, plants, parasites and animals. (b) ad No. 7. The High Contracting Parties, although they have refrained from making any reference to measures relating to "standard" products and definitions of products, declare that this paragraph must be interpreted as in no way interfering with the practice followed by certain countries of subjecting the exportation of their products to certain conditions as to quality with the object of preserving the reputation of those products and at the same time of offering a guarantee to the foreign purchaser. They declare, on the other hand, that they interpret the paragraph in question as prohibiting recourse to any system of classifying or defining products which is employed as an indirect means of restricting the importation of foreign products or of subjecting importation to a regime of unfair discrimination. (c) ad No. 7. The High Contracting Parties declare that prohibitions or restrictions the sole object of which is either to prevent imported goods |