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 61 STAT.] FRANCE-AMERICAN DEAD IN WORLD WAR II-OCT. 1, 1947 and with their removal to permanent cemeteries for the purpose of burial or to ports for the purpose of repatriation to the United States. These provisions may also be applicable in the case of remains brought from other countries. They will be exempt from all taxation as well as from all customs formalities or dues. Article 7. - The Government of the United States shall not be subject to the existing laws and regulations regarding permits for burial, exhumation and removal of the remains, but it agrees to execute these operations in such a manner that they will not constitute a danger to the public health and to make all necessary sanitary arrangements toward this end. Article 8. - The French Government shall grant all facilities for transportation, lodging of personnel, installation of offices and ware- houses, as well as for labor to be employed in the execution of the proposed works, provided that the previous agreement of the com- petent French authorities be obtained and that all expenses incurred be settled in conformity with the rates in force. SECTION III General Provisions Article 9. The Government of the United States may import into France or territories of the French Union, from any country, the material and supplies which are necessary for the execution of all operations mentioned in the present agreement. These materials and supplies will be admitted temporarily free of duty under the following conditions: a) "Materials and vehicles for transport by air, road or water imported will be placed, upon their entry into France, under Customs certificates without deposits, of two years' duration and renewable. These certificates will be returned to the Customs Service and turned in at the time of re-exportation of the material and vehicles. b) "All consumable materials destined for the construction, the decoration or the maintenance of tombs, cemeteries or monuments will be subjected, at the time of their importation, to a Customs receipt without deposit, which will be returned to the issuing officer after having received endorsement either from the responsible director of the American Depot for storing and sorting such material (the name of this person shall previously have been communicated to the French customs administration) or from the municipal authority of the local- ity of destination or by the responsible director of the cemetery con- cerned indicating that the material or other consumable products in question have been put to the use for which intended. The products included in this second category, which would no longer be used in France, shall be re-exported or become subject to tax. 3769 Permits for bural, etc. Transportation, Ia- bor, etc. U. S. importation of supplies. Customs certifi- cates, etc. Article 10.- T he French Government is prepared, within the Etde. 01 B" framework of existing regulations, to grant complete freedom of

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