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 2378 Cigarettes. Alcoholic beverages. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. The provisions of this Article relating to national treatment shall not apply to taxes imposed by the United States of Venezuela on cigarettes, but cigarettes originating in the United States of America shall, after importation into the United States of Venezuela, be exempt from all internal taxes, fees, charges or exactions other or higher than those in effect on the day of the signature of this Agreement. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to alcoholic beverages. ARTICLE VI tl ouatitativerestric- Articles the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States Po, p. 2383. of America enumerated and described in Schedule I and articles the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States of Venezuela pZ'pw.'8. enumerated and described in Schedule II shall be permitted to be imported into the territory of the other country without quantitative restrictions. Nevertheless, should the Government of one of the Contracting Parties find it necessary because of special circumstances to establish a quantitative restriction on any such article, it shall notify the other Government. If agreement between the two Gov- ernments regarding the restriction is not reached, such other Govern- ment may terminate this Agreement on thirty days' written notice. No quantitative restriction established under this Article by the Government of either of the Contracting Parties shall be applicable for a period of thirty days after the public notice of such restriction to imports the invoices for which have been certified prior to the date of such public notice by a consular officer of the Government establishing the restriction. ARTICLE VII Regulation of im- ports; notice. Monopolies. In the event the Government of the United States of America or the Government of the United States of Venezuela regulates imports of any article in which the other country has an interest either as regards the total amount permitted to be imported or as regards the amount permitted to be imported at a specified rate of duty, the Government taking such action shall establish in advance, and give public notice of, the total amount permitted to be imported from all countries during any specified period, which shall not be shorter than three months, and of any increase or decrease in such amount during the period, and if shares are allocated to countries of export, the share allocated to the other country shall be based upon the proportion of the total imports of such article from all foreign countries supplied by the other country in a previous repre- sentative period, account being taken in so far as practicable in appropriate cases of any special factors which may have affected or may be affecting the trade in that article. ARTICLE VIII In the event that the Government of the United States of America or the Government of the United States of Venezuela establishes or maintains a monopoly for the importation, production or sale of a

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