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 INTERNATIONAL AGREiMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. parvenus jusque-la et qui sont have reached it up to that time consideres comme admis de plein and which are considered as duly droit, un decompte g6enral annuel accepted, a general account of des frais de transit. Le cas 6ch- transit charges. If o cc a s i o n ant, il se conforme A la regle arises, it complies with the rule Ant, p. 218. fixe A l'article 164, § 3, pour les laid down by Article 164, Section payements annuels. 3, for annual payments. Le decompte indique: The account indicates: a) le Doit et l'Avoir de chaque (a) The debit and credit of each Administr Admistration; Administration; b) le solde d6biteur ou le solde (b) The debit or credit balance crediteur de chaque Administra- of each Administration; tion; c) lea sommes A payer par les (c) The sums to be paid by the Administrations d6bitrices; debtor Administrations; d) les sommes Arecevoir par les (d) The sums to be received by Administrations cr6ancires. the creditor Administrations. Le Bureau international pro- The International Bureau pro- cede par voie de compensation, de ceeds by way of compensation in maniere a restreindre au minimum such a manner as to restrict to the le nombre des payements a effec- minimum the number of payments tuer. to be made. 4.- Les decomptes g6n6raux 4. The general annual accounts annuels doivent Wtre transmis aux shall be transmitted to the Admin- Administrations par le Bureau istrations by the International international, aussit6t que pos- Bureau as soon as possible, and at sible et, au plus tard, avant Iex- the latest before the expiration of piration du premier trimestre de the first quarter of the year fol- I'ann6e qui suit celle de leur lowing that of their preparation. 6tablissement. ARTICLE 175. ARTICLE 175 Liquidation des frais de transit. Settlement of transit charges Settlement of tran- 1.- Le solde rsultant du de- sit charges. compte g6neral annuel du Bureau international ou des reglements speciaux, y compris, le cas 6ch6- ant, la r6gularisation pr6vue A Ane, p. 218. l'article 164, § 3, est paye par l'Administration debitrice A 1'Ad- ministration creanciere de l'une des manieres suivantes: a) au choix de l'Administration d6bitrice, en or ou au moyen de cheques ou de traites r6pondant aux conditions prevues au § 2 ci-apres et payables a vue sur la capitale ou sur une place com- merciale du pays creancier, ou b) suivant accord entre les deux Administrations, par l'intermedi- aire d'une banque utilisant le service des virements de la Ban- que des Reglements Internatio- naux a Bale ou par tout autre moyen. 1. The balance resulting from the general annual account of the International Bureau or from special settlements, including, if occasion arises, the adjustment provided for in Article 164, Section 3, is paid by the debtor Admin- istration to the creditor Admin- istration in one of the following manners: (a) At the choice of the debtor Administration, in gold or by means of checks or drafts fulfilling the conditions prescribed by Sec- tion 2 hereafter and payable at sight in the capital or in a com- mercial city of the creditor coun- try' or (4) Following agreement be- tween the two Adinistrations, through the intermediary of a bank utilizing the transfer service of the Bank for International Settle- ments at Basel, or by any other means.

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