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 2502 Post, p. 2510. Post, p. 2512. "Netherlands." "Participating country." Effective date; dura tion. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. arising under treaties, agreements or principles of international law, 2. The Governments of the United States of America and the Netherlands further agree that such claims may be referred, in lieu of the Court, to any arbitral tribunal mutually agreed upon. 3. It is further understood that neither Government will espouse a claim pursuant to this Article until its national has exhausted the remedies available to him in the admini- strative and judicial tribunals of the country in which the claim arose. Article XI (definitions) As used'in this Agreementt (a) the Netherlands means the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of its territory in Europe, the Netherlands Indies, 6urinam and Curagao; (b) the term "participating country" means (i) any country which signed the Report of the Committee of European Economic Cooperation at Paris on September 22, 1947, and territories for which it has international responsibility and to which the Economic Cooperation Agreement concluded between that country and the Government of the United States of America has been applied, and (ii) any other country (including any of the zones of occupation of Germany, and areas under inter- national' administration or control, and the Free Territory of Trieste or either of its zones) wholly or partly in Europe, together with dependent areas under its administration; for so long as such country is a party to the Convention for European Economic Cooperation and adheres to a joint program for European recovery designed to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement. Article XII (Entry into fiorce, Amdmndment, uration) 1. This Agreement shall become effective on this day's date. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, it shall remain in force until June 30, 1953,

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