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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. tNotie of available 4. By the 10th of each month each contributing Nation shall notify tonmne. the Committee as to the amount of tonnage that it expects to have available, such tonnage to be within the maxima and minima as agreed Ate, p.3792. in accordance with (4) of Part "A", and by the 15th of each month shall confirm the actual tonnage to be supplied against the following month's requirements, such tonnage to be stated separately in liner sailings and in tramps. 5. In arranging and determining the amount of tonnage to be pro- vided under 4 of this Appendix, individual members of the Committee shall at all times communicate direct with their respective Nations, who shall, in considering requests for tonnage to load in the United States and Canada, make every effort to avoid causing a deficiency in the supply of tonnage required for other loading areas. 6. To meet each month's berthing requirements in the United States, the Committee shall allocate all of the agreed available tonnage through the established machinery of the War Shipping Administration, so that appropriate co-ordination with respect to loading facilities, in- land transportation and availability of cargoes may be secured and the maximum flow of cargo for the month achieved, together with the most efficient use of the shipping available. PART "B" 7. That:- aUodnistive arOit (A) accepting Governments should meet periodically for discus- sions in a United Maritime Consultative Council for the purpose of exchanging information to the end that individual governments may be enabled to frame their own policies in the post-UMA period in the light of the knowledge of the policies of other governments. (B) the Council may undertake the consideration and study, for the purpose of making appropriate recommendations to member govern- ments, of any problems in the international shipping field, which may be referred to it and which do not come within the terms of reference of other established governmental conferences or associations active in the field. (C) it is the intention that the shipping industry should collaborate and assist in devising ways and means to implement the common objectives stated in (A) and (B). Meetings. (D) meetings of the Council should be held at such times and places as the Council may determine. A chairman for each meeting should be designated by the Government of the nation where such meeting is to be held. The Council should determine its own procedure. (E) the United Maritime Consultative Council should have no executive powers. (F) this part of the agreement should be open for acceptance by Anc, p. 3792. governments whether or not they accept Part "A". 3794

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