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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [55 STAT. tions in excess of such quantity, the Government of the United States of America will allot to the Kingdom of the Netherlands a share of the total quantity of such article permitted to be imported or sold, or permitted to be imported or sold at such lower duty or charge, during a specified period, equivalent to the proportion of the total importation of such article which the Kingdom of the Netherlands supplied in a basic period prior to the imposition of such quantitative restriction on such article, unless it is mutually agreed to dispense with such allotment. . . . WHEREAS, a Trade Agreement was entered into between the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia on September 13, 1935,[ 1] pursuant to the said Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and is now in force between the two countries; WHEREAS, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United States of Venezuela, and the Republic of Colombia have an interest in the importation into the United States of America of crude petroleum, topped crude petroleum, and fuel oil derived from petroleum including fuel oil known as gas oil; WHEREAS, by my proclamation of December 12, 1939,[ 2 ] I did pro- claim the allocation among countries of production, on the basis therein set forth, of the quantity of crude petroleum, topped crude petroleum, and fuel oil derived from petroleum including fuel oil known as gas oil, entitled to a reduction in the rate of import tax by M5tat. 237. virtue of the said item 3422 of Schedule II of the said modus vivendi and definitive agreement during the period from December 16, 1939 to December 31, 1940, inclusive; WHEREAS, by my proclamation of December 28, 1940,[ 3 ] the allo- cation of such petroleum and fuel oil was proclaimed, on the basis therein set forth, for the calendar year 1941; WHEREAS, the allocation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (in- chuding its overseas territories), to the United States of Venezuela and to the Republic of Colombia, of shares of the total quantity of such petroleum and fuel oil entitled to a reduction in the rate of import tax during the calendar year 1942 by virtue of the said item 3422 of Schedule II annexed to the said definitive agreement is required and appropriate to carry out the said trade agreement of December 20, 1935 between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the said definitive agreement of Novem- ber 6, 1939 between the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela and the said trade agreement of September 13, 1935 between the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia; Findings. WHEREAS, I find that imports for consumption into the United States of America from all countries, of such petroleum and fuel oil during the calendar year 1939 were representative of the trade in such articles; 1 [Executive Agreement Series 89; 49 Stat. 3875.] 2 [Executive Agreement Series 191; 54 Stat. 2451.1 I [Executive Agreement Series 192; 54 Stat. 2456.] 1396

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