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 61 STAT.] MULTILATERAI-PEACE WITH ROUMANIA-FEB. 10, 1947 assets in Roumania by the Roumanian Government or any Roumanian authority between the date of the Armistice and the coming into force of the present Treaty for the specific purpose of meeting charges arising out of the war or of meeting the costs of occupying forces or of reparation payable to any of the United Nations. Any sums which have been so paid shall be refunded. 8. The owner of the property concerned and the Roumanian Govern- ment may agree upon arrangements in lieu of the provisions of this Article. 9. As used in this Article: (a) "United Nations nationals" means individuals who are nationals of any of the United Nations, or corporations or associations organised under the laws of any of the United Nations, at the coming into force of the present Treaty, provided that the said individuals, corporations or associations also had this status at the date of the Armistice with Roumania. The term "United Nations nationals" also includes all individuals, corporations or associations which, under the laws in force in Roumania during the war, have been treated as enemy; (b) "Owner" means the United Nations national, as defined in sub- paragraph (a) above, who is entitled to the property in question, and in- cludes a successor of the owner, provided that the successor is also a United Nations national as defined in sub-paragraph (a). If the successor has pur- chased the property in its damaged state, the transferor shall retain his rights to compensation under this Article, without prejudice to obligations between the transferor and the purchaser under domestic law; (c) "Property" means all movable or immovable property, whether tangible or intangible, including industrial, literary and artistic property, as well as all rights or interests of any kind in property. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the property of the United Nations and their nationals includes all seagoing and river vessels, to- gether with their gear and equipment, which were either owned by United Nations or their nationals, or registered in the territory of one of the United Nations, or sailed under the flag of one of the United Nations and which, after September 1, 1939, while in Roumanian waters, or after they had been forcibly brought into Roumanian waters, either were placed under the 1811

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