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 MULTILATERAL-PEACE WITH ITALY-FEB. 10, 1947 ANNEX III Guarantees in Connection with Mont Cenis and the Tenda-Briga District (See Article 9) A - GUARANTEES TO BE GIVEN BY FRANCE TO ITALY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CESSION OF THE PLATEAU OF MONT CENIS I. In Respect of Water Supplied from the Lake of Mont Cenis for Hydro- Electric Purposes (a) France shall so control the supply of water from the Lake of Mont Cenis to the underground conduits supplying the Gran Scala, Venaus and Mompantero hydro-electric plants, as to supply for those plants such quantities of water at such rates of flow as Italy may require. (b) France shall repair and maintain in good and substantial condition and, as may be necessary, shall renew all the works required for the pur- poses of controlling and supplying the water in accordance with sub-para- graph (a) in so far as these works are within French territory. (c) France shall inform Italy, as and when required by Italy, of the amount of water in the Lake of Mont Cenis and of any other information pertaining thereto, so as to enable Italy to determine the quantities of water and rates of flow to be supplied to the said underground conduits. (d) France shall carry out the foregoing provisions with due regard for economy and shall charge Italy the actual cost incurred in so doing. II. In Respect of Electricity Produced at the Gran Scala Hydro-Electric Plant (a) France shall operate the Gran Scala hydro-electric plant so as to generate (subject to the control of the supply of water as provided in Guar- antee I) such quantities of electricity at such rates of output as Italy may require after the local requirements (which shall not substantially exceed the present requirements) in the vicinity of Gran Scala within French terri- tory have been met. (b) France shall operate the pumping plant adjacent to the Gran Scala plant so as to pump water to the Lake of Mont Cenis as and when required by Italy. 61 STAT.] 1423

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