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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Registration. 6. This Agreement shall be registered with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In witness whereof the respective representatives, duly authorized for the purpose, have signed the present Agreement. Authentic texts. Done at Paris, in duplicate, in the English and French languages, both texts authentic, this 9th day of July, 1948. PAUL LEROY-BEAULIEU JEFFERSON CAFFERY For the For the French Commander-in-Chief Government of the United States in Germany. of America. [SEAL] [SEAL] ANNEX (Interpretative Notes) 1. Itb is understood that the requirements of paragraph 1 (a) of A4c p.2254. Article II, relating to the adoption of measures for the efficient use of resources, would include, with respect to commodities furnished under the Agreement, effective measures for safeguarding such com- modities and for preventing their diversion to illegal or irregular markets or channels of trade. 2. It is understood that the obligation under paragraph 1 (c) of Anc, p. 224. Article II to balance the governmental budgets as soon as practicable would not preclude deficits over a short period but would mean a budgetary policy involving the balancing of the budget in the long run. 3. It is understood that the business practices and business arrange- Ante, p. 2256 ments referred to in paragraph 3 of Article II mean: a) Fixing prices, terms or conditions to be observed in dealing with others in the purchase, sale or lease of any product; b) Excluding enterprises from, or allocating or dividing, any territorial market or field of business activity, or allocating custo- mers, or fixing sales quotas or purchase quotas; c) Discriminating against particular enterprises; d) Limiting production or fixing production quotas; e) Preventing by agreement the development or application of technology or invention whether patented or unpatented; 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; and g) Such other practices as the Parties to this Agreement may agree to include. 4. It is understood that the French Commander is obligated to take action in particular instances in accordance with paragraph 3 of Ante, p. 225. Article II only after appropriate investigation or examination. Ante, p. 2257. 5. It is understood that the phrase in Article V "after due regard for the reasonable requirements of the French Zone for domestic use" would include the maintenance of reasonable stocks of the materials 2262

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