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 2380 Laws, regulations, and decisions. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. try shall be granted immediately and unconditionally to the like arti- cle originating in or destined for the United States of Venezuela or the United States of America, respectively. Neither the United States of America nor the United States of Venezuela shall establish or maintain any import or export prohibi- tion or restriction on any article originating in or destined for the ter- ritory of the other country which is not applied to the like article originating in or destined for any third country. Any abolition of an import or export prohibition or restriction which may be granted even temporarily by either country in favor of an article originating in or destined for a third country shall be applied immediately and uncon- ditionally to the like article originating in or destined for the territory of the other country. ARTICLE XI Laws, regulations of administrative authorities and decisions of administrative or judicial authorities of the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela pertaining to the classification of articles for customs purposes or to rates of duty shall be published promptly in such a manner as to enable traders to become acquainted with them. Such laws, regulations and decisions shall be applied uniformly at all ports of the respective country which are open to foreign commerce, except as otherwise specifically provided in laws, regulations, and administrative rulings of the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela. ARTICLE XII When rateof ex- In the event that the rate of exchange between the currencies of the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela varies considerably from the rate of exchange of the said currencies on the day of the signature of this Agreement, the Government of either Contracting Party, if it considers the change in rate so sub- stantial as to prejudice the industry or commerce of the country, shall be free to propose negotiations for the modification of this Agreement or, upon thirty days' written notice to the Government of the other Contracting Party, to terminate this Agreement in its entirety. ARTICLE XIII Errors in documen- The Government of each of the Contracting Parties shall accord the most favorable treatment permitted by law in regard to penalties applicable in the case of errors in the documentation for importation of articles the growth, produce or manufacture of the other country, when the nature of the infraction leaves no doubt with respect to good faith or when the errors are evidently clerical in origin. Mutual conidera The Government of each of the Contracting Parties shall accord sympathetic consideration to the representations which the Govern- ment of the other country may make with respect to the operation of customs regulations and quantitative restrictions on imports, the

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