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 TREATIES Position of Cana- dian Government. Dates of entry into foree. September, 1937, the signatory Governments agree to accept pro- visionally as equivalent to ratification for the purposes of bringing the Agreement into force on that date a declaration by that Govern- ment that it will provisionally accept the obligations of the Agreement as from that date and will ratify it as soon as possible. Should the ratification of such Government not be deposited before the 1st Janu- ary, 1938, the Contracting Governments shall have the right to decide whether or not the Agreement is to be maintained in force. 5. Each signatory Government undertakes to ensure that so far as its territories are concerned the situation as regards production, export and import of sugar shall not be modified in a manner contrary to the aims of the Agreement during the period between the date of its signature and the date of entry into force of the Agreement. Any infringement of this undertaking shall be equivalent to a violation of the Agreement. 6. The signatory Governments take note of the following declaration, which was made to the Conference by the delegate of the Government of Canada:- "I desire to make a brief statement regarding the position of the Government of Canada. After an examination of the Convention, necessarily hurried, the Government of Canada regret that they have not found it possible to authorise signature at the present time. They are, of course, sympathetic with the aim of the Con- ference of averting uneconomic production, but the position of Canada at this Conference as an importer and consumer of sugar is so different from that of almost all the other countries represented that they desire a further period of time to study the effect of the specific proposals of the Convention on that position; and in the light of that study to decide whether it would be possible to accede later. At the same time, the Government of Canada reiterate the assurance already given that they do not propose to stimulate the production of sugar in Canada during the term of this agreement by subsidy, increased protection, special remission of taxes, or by any other similar measures." 7. The present Protocol shall enter into force for each signatory Government on the date of signature. In faith whereof the undersigned, duly authorized thereto, have signed the present Protocol. Done in London this sixth day of May, Nineteen hundred and thirty-seven. In accordance with the procedure followed by the World Monetary and Economic Conference, in continuation of which the International Sugar Conference was called, the present Agreement has been prepared in the French and English languages. It will also be drawn up in German and Russian. The four texts shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, by whom certified copies will be communicated to all the signatory Governments, the four texts being equally authentic. 944 [59 STAT.

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