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 TREATIES Article XXII Freedom oftranst. There shall be freedom of transit through the territories of each High Contracting Party by the routes most convenient for international transit (a) for persons who are nationals of any third country, together with their baggage, directly or indirectly coming from or going to the territories of the other High Contracting Party, (b) for persons who are nationals of the other High Contracting Party, together with their baggage, regardless of whether they are coming from or going to the territories of such other High Contracting Party, and (c) for articles directly or indirectly coming from or going to the territories of the other High Contracting Party. Such persons, baggage and articles in transit shall not be subject to any transit duty, to any unnecessary delays or restrictions, or to any discrimination in respect of charges, facilities or any other matter; and all charges and regulations prescribed in respect of such persons, baggage or articles shall be reasonable, having regard to the conditions of the traffic. Either High Contracting Party may require that such baggage and arti- cles be entered at the proper customhouse and that they be kept whether or not undel'lbond in customs custody; but such baggage and articles shall be exempt from all customs duties or similar charges if such requirements for entry and retention in customs custody are complied with and if they are exported within one year and satisfactory evidence of such exportation is presented to the customs authorities. Such nationals, baggage, persons and articles shall be accorded treatment with respect to all charges, rules and formalities in connection with transit no less favorable than the treatment which is or may hereafter be accorded to the nationals of any third country, together with their baggage, or to persons and articles coming from or going to the territories of any third country. Inapplicabtlity In certain cas. Pod, p. 23o Article XXIV 1. Nothing in this Treaty shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by either High Contracting Party of measures: (a) relating to the importation or exportation of gold or silver; (b) relating to the exportation of objects the value of which derives pri- marily from their character as works of art, or as antiquities, of national interest or from their relationship to national history, and which arenot ingeneralpractice considered articles of commerce; (o) relating to fissionable materials, to materials which are the source of fissionable materials, or to radio-active materials which are by-products of fissionable materials; (d) relating to the production of and traffic in arms, ammunition and implements of war and to such traffic in other goods and materials as is carried on for the purpose of supplying a military establishment; (e) necessary in pursuance of obligations for the maintenance of interna- tional peace and security, or necessary for the protection of the essential interests of such High Contracting Party in time of national emergency; or (f) imposing exchange restrictions, as a member of the International Monetary Fund, in conformity with the Articles of Agreement thereof signed at 'The word "nde" should read "under". [63 STAT. 2288

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