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 63 STAT.] FRANCE-MARITIME CLAIMS AND LITIGATION-MAR. 14 ,1949 Agreement between the United States of America and France respecting maritime claims and litigation. Signed at Washington March 14, 1949; entered intoforce March 14, 1949. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE RESPECTING MARITIME CLAIMS AND LITIGATION The Government of the United States of America and the Govern- ment of the French Republic, desiring to avoid between themselves and between their nationals litigation in matters of maritime trans- portation, and desiring to carry out the terms and spirit of paragraph 6 (b) of the Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Settlement for Lend-Lease, Reciprocal Aid, Surplus War Property, and Claims, dated May 28, 1946, agree as follows: Article I Each of the Contracting Governments hereby waives all claims against the other Contracting Government or against any servant or agent of such Government in any case where such servant or agent is entitled to indemnity from his or its Government, arising as follows: (1) Claims arising out of loss of or damage to the vessels, cargoes, aids to navigation, shore structures or port installations, fixed or movable, owned by one Contracting Government, caused by the navigation, operation, construction or location of the vessels, cargoes, aids to navigation, shore structures or port installations, fixed or movable, owned by the other Contracting Government. (2) Claims arising out of salvage services, including temporary re- pairs incidental to the salvage itself, rendered by one Con- tracting Government or by any organization owned or so con- trolled by it as to authorize it to make this waiver on its behalf, to any vessel, cargo or freight owned by the other Contracting Government. (3) Claims for loss of or damage to cargo owned by one Contracting Government arising out of the carriage or handling thereof and claims for the loss of or damage to any cargo or vessel owned by one Contracting Government caused by the carriage or handling of cargo owned by the other Contracting Government. (4) Claims of one Government for general average contribution against the other Government, or against the vessels, cargo and freight owned by it. Each Contracting Government undertakes not to make any claim in respect of any vessels or cargo insured by it to which it may be entitled by virtue of any right of subrogation either March 14, 1949 [T.I.A.S.193 61Stat. , Pt.4, p.4176. Waiver of aims. 2499

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