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 362 Annex. Customs duties, etc. Method of levying or collecting. Rules and formali- ties. Laws or regulations. Import or export prohibitions or re- strictions. Quantitative re- striction or control. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [Annex] Article VIII of the proposed Treaty of Friendships, Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and Italy With respect to (1) the amount and collection of customs duties or charges of any kind, including any accessory or additional duties or charges, coefficients or increases imposed on or in connection with importation, exportation, temporary importation, temporary expor- tation, or warehousing or transit; (2) the method of levying or collect- ing such duties, charges, coefficients or increases; (3) all rules and formalities in connection with importation or exportation; and (4) all laws or regulations affecting the sale, taxation, or use of imported goods within the country; any advantage, favor, privilege or immunity which has been or may hereafter be granted by either High Contracting Party to any article originating in or destined for any third country, shall be accorded immediately and unconditionally to the like article originating in or destined for the territory of the other High Con- tracting Party. Neither of the High Contracting Parties shall establish or maintain any import or export prohibition or restriction on any article originat- ing in or destined for the territory of the other High Contracting Party, which is not applied to the like article originating in or destined for any third country. Any abolition of an import or export pro- hibition or restriction which may be granted by either High Contract- ing Party in favor of an article originating in or destined for a third country shall be applied immediately and unconditionally to the like article originating in or destined for the territory of the other High Contracting Party. If either High Contracting Party establishes or maintains any form of quantitative restriction or control of the importation, sale, or exportation of any article in which the other High Contracting Party has a considerable interest, including the regulation of importations, sales or exportations thereof by licenses or permits issued to indi- viduals or organizations, the High Contracting Party taking such action: (1) shall establish the total quantity of any such article per- mitted to be imported, sold, or exported during a specified period, (2) shall immediately communicate to the other High Contracting Party the provisions adopted together with the complete details with respect to the administration thereof, and (3) in the case of imports, shall allot to the other High Contracting Party for such specified period a proportion of such total quantity equivalent to the proportion of the total importation of such article which the other High Con- tracting Party supplied during a previous representative period, and (4) in the case of exports, shall allot to the other High Contracting Party for such specified period, a proportion of such total quantity equivalent to the proportion of the total exportation of such article which was supplied to the other High Contracting Party during a previous representative period, unless it be mutually agreed to dis- pense with such import or export allotment.

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