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Convention of Commerce between Canada and Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg [1924] CATSer 4 (22 October 1924)

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CONVENTION OF COMMERCE BETWEEN CANADA AND ECONOMIC UNION OF BELGIUM AND LUXEMBURG

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, acting both in His own name and in the name of Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg upon the strength of existing Agreements, being desirous of improving and extending the commercial relations between Canada, on the one side, and the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg, on the other side, have resolved to conclude a Convention with that object and have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India:

The Honourable James Alexander Robb, a Member of His Majesty's Honourable Privy Council for Canada, a Member of the Parliament of Canada, Acting Minister of Finance and Receiver General of Canada;

The Honourable Henri Sévérin Béland, a Member of His Majesty's Honourable Privy Council for Canada, a Member of the Parliament of Canada, Minister of Public Health and of the Department of Soldiers Civil Re-establishment of Canada;

And His Majesty the King of the Belgians:

Monsieur de Selys-Fanson, Chevalier of the Orders of Leopold and of the Crown, Counsellor of Legation, Consul General of Belgium at Ottawa.

Who, after communicating to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

ARTICLE 1

Articles the produce or manufacture of Canada imported into the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg and articles the produce or manufacture of the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg imported into Canada shall not be subjected to other or higher duties or charges than those paid on the like articles the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country. Nor shall any prohibition or restriction be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or manufacture of Canada into the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg, or of any articles the produce or manufacture of the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg into Canada which shall not equally extend to the importation of like articles being the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country. This last provision is not applicable to the sanitary and other prohibitions occasioned by the necessity of protecting the safety of persons or of cattle, or of plants useful to agriculture.

ARTICLE 2

Articles the produce or manufacture of Canada exported to the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg and articles the produce or manufacture of the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg exported to Canada shall not be subjected to other or higher duties or charges than those paid on the like articles exported to any other foreign country. Nor shall any prohibition or restriction be imposed on the exportation of any article from Canada to the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg or from the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg to Canada which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country.

ARTICLE 3

Articles the produce or manufacture of Canada passing in transit through the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg and articles the produce or manufacture of the territory of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg passing in transit through Canada shall be reciprocally free from all transit duties whether they pass through direct or whether during transit they are unloaded, warehoused or reloaded.

ARTICLE 4

It is understood that in all matters governing the import, export and transit of merchandise, the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg grants to Canada and Canada grants to the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg the treatment of the most favoured nation.

ARTICLE 5

The name "The Economic Union of Belgium and Luxembourg" wherever used in this Convention shall be held to include the Colonies and Possessions of Belgium and also territory of which Belgium is Mandatory under the provisions of the League of Nations.

The present Convention, after being approved by the Parliaments or Canada and Belgium shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Ottawa as soon as possible. It shall come into force immediately after the exchange of the said ratifications and shall be binding upon the Contracting Parties during a period of four years from the date of its coming into force. In case neither of the Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other twelve months before the expiration of the said period of four years of its intention to terminate the present Convention it shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the date on which either of the Contracting Parties shall have given to the other notice of its intention to terminate it.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Convention in the English and the French languages and have affixed thereto their seals.

DONE at Ottawa this 3^rd day of July in the year 1924.

Florent De Selys-Fanson

James A. Robb

Henri S. Béland