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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. AGREEMENT ON MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TREATMENT FOR AREAS OF WESTERN GERMANY UNDER MILITARY OCCUPATION Being desirous of facilitating to the fullest extent possible the recon- struction and recovery of the world from the destruction wrought by the recent war, Believing that one of the most important steps towards such recon- struction and recovery on a sound basis is the restoration of inter- national trade in accordance with the principles of the Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization, [1] and Considering that the application of reciprocal most-favoured-nation treatment to the trade of the areas of Western Germany under military occupation will contribute to the foregoing objectives, The signatories agree to the following provisions: ARTICLE I Post, p. 3656. For such time as any signatory of this Agreement participates in the occupation or control of any area in Western Germany, each of the signatories shall accord to the merchandise trade of such area the treatment provided for in the most-favoured-nation provisions of the 61Stat. , Pts. 5andd. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, dated 30 October 1947, as now or hereafter amended. ARTICLE II Post, p. 366. The undertaking by a signatory provided for in Article I shall apply to the merchandise trade of any area referred to therein only for such time and to such extent as such area accords reciprocal most-favoured- nation treatment to the merchandise trade of the territory of such signatory. ARTICLE III The undertaking in Article I is entered into in the light of the absence, on the date of this Agreement, of effective or significant tariff barriers to imports into the areas referred to therein. In the event that effective or significant tariff barriers are thereafter imposed in any such area, such undertaking shall be without prejudice to the application by any signatory of the principles relating to the reduction of tariffs on a mutually advantageous basis which are set forth in the Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization. ARTICLE IV The rights and obligations established by this Agreement are to be understood as entirely independent of any rights or obligations which I Department of State publication 3117. 3654

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