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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. 61 Stat., Pts. 5and 6. 61 stat., Pt. 5, p. A74. 61 Stat., Pt.5, p. A18. Post, p[. :689. Post, p. 3690. PROTOCOL MODIFYING PART II AND ARTICLE XXVI OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE The Governments of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Kingdom of Belgium, the United States of Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, the Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Czechoslovak Republic, the French Republic, India, Lebanon, the Grand Duchy of Luxem- bourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Norway, Pakistan, Southern Rhodesia, Syria, the Union of South Africa, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, acting in their capacity of con- tracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [1] (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), Desiring to effect an amendment to the Agreement, pursuant to the provisions of article XXX thereof, Hereby agree as follows: 1. The texts of articles III, VI, XIII, XV, XVIII and XXVI of the Agreement and certain related provisions in Annex I shall be modified as follows: A The text of article III shall read: "ARTICLE III "National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation "1. The contracting parties recognize that internal taxes and other internal charges, and laws, regulations and requirements affecting the internal sale, offering for sale, purchase, transportation, distribution or use of products, and internal quantitative regulations requiring the mixture, processing or use of products in specified amounts or proportions, should not be applied to imported or domestic products so as to afford protection to domestic production. "2. The products of the territory of any contracting party imported into the territory of any other contracting party shall not be subject, directly or indirectly, to internal taxes or other internal charges of any kind in excess of those applied, directly or indirectly, to like domestic products. Moreover, no contracting party shall otherwise apply internal taxes or other internal charges to imported or domestic products in a manner contrary to the principles set forth in paragraph 1. "3. With respect to any existing internal tax which is inconsistent with the provisions of paragraph 2 but which is specifically author- ized under a trade agreement, in force on 10 April 1947, in which the Dated Oct. 30, 1947. 3680

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