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 59 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TRANSPORT ORGANIZATION-SEPT. 27,1945 ANNEX. PROTOCOL RELATING TO TRAFFIC ON INLAND WATERWAYS. PREAM;BLE. With a view to fulfilling, in respect of traffic on inland waterways, the obligations assumed by the member Governments under the Agree- ment concerning the establishment of an European Central Inland Transport Organisation (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), and subject to the conditions set out therein, the Governments signa- tory hereto have agreed as follows:- ATICLE I. Every Government signatory hereto undertakes to establish appro- priate machinery necessary for the application of all the obligations assumed in paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article VIII of the Agreement to traffic on Inland Waterways and to appoint persons or organisations entitled to treat with the Organisation on questions of this nature. ARTICLE II. The Governments signatory hereto, taking into account the geo- graphical, technical and other peculiarities connected with traffic on inland waterways and the needs of each of them in these respects, will nominate experts to be consulted by the Organisation on questions of traffic on inland waterways within the various areas of such traffic. ARrICLE III. For each waterways traffic area in Continental Europe, the alloca- tion of inland shipping and, if necessary, shipping space for carrying traffic of common concern in accordance with approved programmes will be determined from time to time by the Organisation in agree- ment with the Governments concerned. In determining this alloca- tion, due account shall be taken of the particulars of the vessel, its equipment and crew and of its normal traffic. ARTICLE IV. Establishment of machinery. Ante, p. 1748 Nomination of ex- perts. Allocation of ship- ping, etc. The terms of remuneration to be paid by the users of inland vessels ,er of remmer- for traffic of common concern shall be worked out by the Organisation in agreement with the Governments and/or the authorities concerned on a fair and reasonable basis in such a manner as to give effect to the following two principles: (i) inland vessels of all flags performing the same services should receive the same freights; (ii) freights with reference to paragraph 11 of Article VII shall be Ante p- 1746 calculated so as to include, after providing for depreciation of the ship, a reasonable margin of profit. 86347°- 47 -- -PT. II -- 68 1753

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