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 2484 Signatures Convention. IMPORT AND EXPORT PROHIBITIONS No\'ember 8. 1927. • January 30. 1928. IN FAITH WHEREOF the dele- gates have signed the present to the Convention. EN FOI DE QUOI, les plenipoten- na.iras ~nt signe la pr6sente Con- vention. . DONE at Geneva, the eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, in a single copy, which shall be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations, and of which authenti- cated copies shall be delivered to all Members of the League of Nations and non-Member States repr6sented at the Conference. FAIT a Geneve, Ie huit novem- bre mil neuf cent vingt-sept, en simple expedition qui sera deposee dans les archives du Secretariat de la Societe des Nations; copie conforme en sera transmise a tous les Membres de la Societe des N atiol.1s et a tous les Etats non membres repr6sentes a la Conference. Allemagne Dr. TRENDELENBURG 8-XI -27 Germany Btat:J- Unis d' Amerique United States oj -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 Ex- traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Switzerland, duly empowered to sign the said Convention and Proto- col, declare, pursuant to instructions from my Government, tha.t the United States, in accordance with Article 10 of the Convention, does not assume any obligation in respect of the Philippine Islands and t.hat I sign the Convention and Protocol subject to the follo~g reservations and conditions with respect to the United States of America: (a) That prohibitions or restrictions de- signed 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 means of arbitrary discrimination between foreign countriea or a disguised restriction on international trade.