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 LOAD-LINE CERTIFICATES-ICELAND. 2693 Arrangement between the United States 0/ America and Iceland jor the lanU8l1.- ! 6 ,1932_. reciprocal recognition oj load-line certificates. Effected by exchange oj notes, signed January 16, 19S5. The Danish Minister (Wadsted) to the Secretary oj State (St,imson) No.5. ROYAL DANISH LEGATION, Washington, January 16, 1982. SIR, In a note of November 24, 1930, to the Danish Minister for For- I~!n22:33, 11 June 2014 (UTC) eign Affairs the American Charge d'Affaires in Copenhagen has recognition of load-Une inquired whether the Icelandic Government would be wil~ng to certificates. enter into negotiations for a reciprocal agreement regarding load lines of vessels. In reply the Minister for Foreign Affairs has informed the American Minister by a note of March 12, 1931, that the Government of Iceland would view with pleasure the conclusion of an agreement such as proposed by the Government of the United States. It was further stated in the latter note that there do not exist any special Icelandic laws and regulations concerning load lines of vessels, such lines being fixed for Icelandic vessels in conformity with the Danish provisions in force regarding load lines. With reference to the above, I had the honor by my note of April 20, 1931, to inquire whether the Government of the United States would be ready for the intervening time until the International Con- vention regarding Load Lines concluded at London on July 5, 1930, shall come into force in both Iceland and the United States, to enter into an agreement to the effect of reciprocally recognizing the Danish load line laws and rules as applied to Icelandic vessels and the load line laws and rules of the United States to be equivalent and therefore until then also reciprocally to recognize the freeboard certificates of Iceland and the Uruted States. In reply you have informed this Legation by your note of Au~ust 25, 1931, that the United States' Government is ready to enter mto a reciprocal agreement as proposed. You lIave further added that the United States' Government understands that the load line marks on the vessels of the United States and Iceland will be in accordance with the load line certificates; that the hull and superstructures of the vessel certificated will not have been so materially altered since the issuance of the certificates as to affect the calculations on which the load line was based, and that alterations will not have been made so that the (1) Protection of openings, (2) Guard Rails, (3) Freeing Ports, (4) Means of Access to Crews Quarters, have made the vessel manifestly unfit to proceed to seu. without danger to human life.