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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. (e) preventing by agreement the development or application of technology or invention whether patented or un- patented; (f) extending the use of rights under patents, trade marks or copyrights granted by either Party to this Agreement to matters which, according to its laws and regulations, are not within the scope of such grants, or to products or conditions of production, use or sale which are likewise not the subjects of such grants; (g) such other practices as the Parties to this Agreement may agree to include. 4. It is understood that the Military Governors are obligated to take action in particular instances in accordance with paragraph 3 Ante, p. 428. of Article II only after appropriate investigation or examination. Ante, p. 2287. 5. It is understood that the phrase in Article V "after due regard for the reasonable requirements of the United States/United Kingdom occupied areas for domestic use" would include the maintenance of reasonable stocks of the materials concerned and that the phrase "commercial export" might include barter transactions. It is also understood that arrangements negotiated under Article V might appropriately include provision for consultation, in accordance with the principles of Article 32 of the Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization,['] in the event that stockpiles are liquidated. 6. It is understood that the Military Governors will not be re- Ante, p. 2288. quested, under paragraph 2(a) of Article VII, to furnish detailed information about minor projects or confidential commercial or tech- nical information the disclosure of which would injure legitimate commercial interests. 7. It is understood that the relevant information required to be communicated to the Government of the United States of America Ante,p. 228. under paragraph 2(c) of Article VII will include monthly financial and operating statements of the Joint Export Import Agency and its successors. 8. It is understood that a change or prospective change in the fundamental relationship of the Military Governors to the United States/United Kingdom occupied areas would constitute a funda- mental change in the basic assumptions underlying the Agreement, Ante, p. 220. referred to in paragraph 2 of Article XI. 9. It is recognized that the provisions of the Agreement take adequate account of the basic governmental position and functions of the United States and the United Kingdom in their capacity as occupying powers in Germany. It is understood that the Agreement would not prejudice any inter-governmental agreement relating to Germany among the occupying powers. Department of State publication 3117, p. 26. 2292

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