League of Nations.

SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT

to the

Convention of November 8th, 1927,

for the Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions

(and Protocol).

Supplementary Agreement

to the Convention of November 8th, 1927, for the Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions.

The President of the German Reich; the President of the United States of America; the federal President of the Austrian Republic; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians; the President of the Chilian Republic; His Majesty the King of Denmark; His Majesty the King of Egypt; the President of the Estonian Republic; the President of the Republic of Finland; the President of the French Republic; His Serene Highness the Governor of Hungary; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; the President of the Latvian Republic; Her Royal Highness, the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg; His. Majesty the King of Norway; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; the President of the Polish Republic; the President of the Portuguese Republic; His Majesty the King of Roumania; His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes; His Majesty the King of Siam; His Majesty the King of Sweden; the Swiss Federal Council; the President of the Czechoslovak Republic; the President of the Turkish Republic.

Having regard to the Convention signed at Geneva on November 8th, 1927, for the Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions;

Having regard to the provisions of Article 17 of the said Convention;

Have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries for the meeting provided far in the said Article, namely:

The President of the German Reich:

Dr. E. Trendelenburg,

Secretary of State to the Ministry of National Economy;

The President of the United States of America

:

Mr. Hugh R. Wilson,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Federal Council;

The Federal President of the Austrian Republic:

Dr. Richard Schüller,

Head of Section at the Federal Chancellery;

His Majesty the King of the Belgians:

M. J. Brunet,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary;

M. F. van Langenhove,

Chef du Cabinet and General Director for Foreign Commerce in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

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

For Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate Members of the League of Nations

Sir Sydney Chapman,

K.C.B., C.B.E., Economic Adviser to His Britannic Majesty's Government;

For India:

Mr. H. A. F. Lindsay, C.LE., C.B.E.,

Indian Trade Commissioner;

His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians:

M. D. Mikoff,

Charge d'Affaires at Berne;

The President of the Chilian Republic:

M. Tomás Ramirez Frias,

Deputy, former Minister of State, Professor of Political Economy and Civil Law at the University of Santiago;

His Majesty the King of Denmark:

M. J. Clan,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chairman of the Danish Commission for the Conclusion of Commercial Treaties;

M. William Borberg,

Permanent Danish Representative accredited to the League of Nations;

His Majesty the King of Egypt:

Sadik Henein Pasha,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Italy;

The President of the Estonian Republic:

M. A. Schmidt,

Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs;

The President of the Republic of Finland:

M. Rudolf Holsti,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations;

M. Gunnar Kihlman,

Director of Political and Commercial Affairs at the Ministry Foreign Affairs;

The President of the French Republic:

M. Daniel Serruys,

Director of Commercial Agreements in the Ministry y of Commerce;

His Serene Highness the Governor of Hungary:

M. Alfred Nickl,

Counsellor of Legation;

His Majesty the King of Italy:

M. A. Di Nola,

Director-General of Commerce and of Economic Policy;

M. Pasquale Troise,

Director-General of Customs;

His Majesty the Emperor of Japan:

M. N. Ito,

Counsellor of Embassy, Acting Director of the Imperial Japanese League of Nations Office;

M. J. Tsushima,

Financial Commissioner of the Japanese Government in London, Paris and New York;

The President of the Latvian Republic:

M. Charles Duzmans,

Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative accredited to the League of Nations;

Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg:

M. Albert Calmer,

Member of the Superior Council of the Economic Union of Belgium and Luxemburg;

His Majesty the King of Norway:

M. Gunnar Jahn,

Director of the Norwegian Central Bureau of Statistics;

Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands:

Dr. F. E. Posthuma,

Former Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce;

M. de Graaff,

Former Minister of the Colonies;

M. F. M. Wibaut,

Member of the Netherlands Senate;

The President of the Polish Republic:

M. Francois Dolezal,

Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, member of the Economic Commitee of the League of Nations;

The President of the Portuguese Republic:

M. A. d'Oliveira,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the Swiss Federal Council and to His Majesty the King of the Belgians, permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations;

M. F. de Calheiros a Menezes,

First Secretary of Legation, Chief of the Portuguese Office accredited to the League of Nations;

His Majesty the King of Roumania:

M. Constantin Antoniade,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the League of Nations;

M. D. Gheorghiu,

Director of the Roumanian National Bank;

M. C. Popescu,

Director-General of Industry in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce;

His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes:

M. Constantin Fotitch,

Permanent Delegate accredited to the League of Nations;

M. Georges Curcin,

Secretary-General of the Serb-Croat-Slovene Confederation of Industrial Corporations;

His Majesty the King of Siam:

His Highness Prince Charoon,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic;

His Majesty the King of Sweden:

M. Einar Modig,

Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Commerce;

The President of the Swiss Federal Council:

M. Walter Stucki,

Head of the Commerce Division in the Federal Department of Public Economy;

The President of the Czechoslavak Republic:

Dr. Vincent Ibl,

Counsellor of Legation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

The President of the Turkish Republic:

Hassan bey,

Vice-President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey;

Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following provisions, intended to supplement the provisions of the aforesaid Convention, of which they shall form an integral part.

Article A.

The Annex to Article 6 of the Convention of November 8th, 1927, is supplemented as follows for the benefit of the countries named hereafter:

Exception agreed to under paragraph 1.

Bulgaria:

Rose trees and roots and shoots

Export

 

Chile:

Scrap iron and scrap zinc	Export
Mares	Export

 

Czechoslovakia:

Hop shoots

Export

 

Portugal:

Fine wool	Export
Cork in the raw state	Export

 

Sweden:

Scrap iron

Export

 

Exceptions agreed to under Paragraph 2.

Czechoslovakia:

Quartzite

Export

 

Estonia:

Platinum, precious stones, pearls and corals (in a rough state or finished loose or mounted)

Export

 

Portugal:

Pine resin

Export

 

United States:

Helium gas

Export

 

Article B.

The High Contracting Parties agree that, in the event of the Agreements concluded on this days date relating to the Exportation of Hides arid Skins and Bones not coming into force in default of the necessary ratifications, each of them shall be authorised to submit subsequent requests for exceptions which they were entitled, to submit under the provisions of Article 6 of the Convention and, the annexed Protocol, and which they have not submitted in view of the aforesaid Agreements.

Such requests for exception shall be addressed to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations before September 30th, 1929, and shall be notified by him to the High Contracting Parties before October 31st, 1929.

The High Contracting Parties undertake to meet without delay upon receiving an invitation from the Secretary-General in order to examine the requests for exceptions referred to above.

Article C.

The High Contracting Parties agree that the Convention, in order to be brought into force, must have secured either ratification as provided for in Article 15 or accession as provided for in Article 16 of the said Convention on behalf of at least eighteen Members of the League of Nations or non - Member States.

The ratifications must be deposited before September 30th, 1929.

Each of the High Contracting Parties shall have the right to inform the Secretary-General of the League of Nations at the moment of the deposit of his ratification or of the notification of his accession that he makes the entry into force of the Convention, in so far as he is concerned, conditional on ratification or accession on behalf of certain countries, without, however, being entitled to specify countries other than those named below:

Austria,

Czechoslovakia,

France,

Germany,

Great Britain,

Hungary,

Italy,

Japan,

Poland,

Roumania,

Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes,

Switzerland,

Turkey,

United Stated of America.

The Secretary-General of the League of Nations shall immediately inform each of the High Contracting Parties of each ratification or accession received and of any observations by which it may be accompanied conformity with the preceding paragraph.

On October 31st, 1929, the Secretary-General of the League of Nations shall notify all the Members of the League and non - Member States on behalf of which the Convention has been signed or acceded to under Article 16 of the Convention of the ratifications deposited and accessions notified before September 30th, 1929.

Article D.

If it appears from the communication of the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, which is referred to in the last paragraph of the preceding Article, that the conditions required in virtue of the first three paragraphs of the said Article and of the annexed Protocol have been fulfilled by September 30th, 1929, the Convention s all come into force on January 1st, 1930.

In the contrary event, the procedure laid down in the last paragraph of Article 17 of the Convention shall be followed.

IN FAITH WHEREOF the above-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Agreement.

DONE at Geneva on the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, in a single copy, which shall be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the League of Nations; certified true copies shall be forwarded to all the Members of the League of Nations and all the non - Member States represented at the Conference.

 

DR. ERNST TRENDELEN BURG	GERMANY
HUGH R. WILSON	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DR. RICHARD SCHÜLLER	AUSTRIA
J. BRUNET F. VAN LANGENHOVE	BELGIUM
	GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate Members of the League of Nations.

 

I declare that my signature does not include any of His Britannic Majesty's Colonies, Protectorates or territories under suzerainty or mandate.

S. J. CHAPMAN
H. A. F. LINDSAY	INDIA
	BULGARIA

 

[Translation.] On signing the present Supplementary Agreement, Bulgaria declares that it shall be ratified and put into force as soon as the national currency shall be re-established in gold.

D. MIKOFF
TOMÁS RAMIREZ FRIAS	CHILE
J. CLAN	DENMARK
WILLIAM BORBERG
SADIK E. HENEIN	EGYPT
A. SCHMIDT	ESTONIA
RUDOLF HOLSTI	FINLAND
GUNNAR KIHLMAN
	FRANCE

 

On signing the present Supplementary Agreement France declares that by its acceptance it does not intend to assume any obligation in regard to any of its Colonies, Protectorates and territories under its suzerainty or mandate.

D.SERRUYS
NICKL	HUNGARY,
A. DI NOLA	ITALY
P. TROISE
ITO	JAPAN
J. TSUSHIMA
CHARLES DUZMANS	LATVIA
ALBERT CALMES	LUXEMBURG
GUNNAR JAHN	NORWAY
POSTHUMA	NETHERLANDS
F. M. WIBAUT
S. DE GRAAFF
FRANOIS DOLEZAL	POLAND
A. D'OLIVEIRA	PORTUGAL
F. DE CALHEIROS E MENEZES
ANTONIADE	ROUMANIA
D. T. GHEORGHIU
CÉSAR POPESCO
CONST. FOTITCH	KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATS AND SLOVENES
GEORGES CURCIN
CHAROON	SIAM
EINAR MODIG	SWEDEN
W. STUCKI	SWITZERLAND
IBL	CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Subject to reservation as regards Article B.	TURKEY
HASSAN

 

Certified true copy.

For the Secretary-General:

J. A. BUERO m. p.

Legal Adviser of the Secretariat.