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 MULTILATERAL-NARCOTIC DRUGS. JULY 13,1931. taken possession of by the Government and released from time to time in such quantities only as may be in conformity with the present Convention. Any quantities so released during any year shall be deducted from the total amount to be manufactured or imported as the case may be during that year. CHAPTER IV.-PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. Article 10. 1565 Prohibitions and reo IItrictions. 1. The High Contracting Parties shall prohibit the export from m:r~:' or diacetyl· their territories of diacetylmorphine, its salts, and preparations containing diacetylmorphine, or its salts. 2. Nevertheless, on the receipt of a request from the Government of any country in which diacetylmorphine is not manufactured, any High Contracting Party may authorise the export to that country of such quantities of diacetylmorphine, its salts, and preparations con- taining diacetylmorphine or its salts, as are necessary for the medical and sciootific needs of that country, provided that the request is accompanied by an import certificate and is consigned to the Govern- ment Department indicated in the certificate. 3. Any quantities so imported shall be distributed by and on the Importa. responsibility of the Government of the importing country. Article 11. 1. No trade in or manufacture for trade of any product obtained etc~.~tiOD or uame. from any of the phenanthrene alkaloids of opium or from the ecgonine alkaloids of the coca leaf, not in use on this day's date for medical or scientific purposes shall take place in any country or territory unless and until it has been ascertained to the satisfaction of the Govern- ment concerned that the product in question is of medical or scientific value. In this case (unless the Government determines that such product is not capable of producing addiction or of conversion into a product capable of producing addiction) the quantities permitted to be manu- factured, pending the decision hereinafter referred to, shall not exceed the total of the domestic requirements of the country or territory for medical and scientific needs, and the quantity required for export orders and the provisions of this Convention shall apply. 2. Any High Contracting Party permitting trade in or manufacture for trade of any such product to be commenced shall immediately send a notification to that effect to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who shall advise the other High Contracting Parties and the Health Committee of the League. 3. The Health Committee will thereupon, after consulting the Permanent Committee of the Office international d'Hygi~ne publique, decide whether the product in question is capable of producing addic- tion (and is in consequence assimilable to the drugs mentioned in sub-