TREATIES IN FORCE CONTAINING CONDITIONAL MOST-FAVORED-NATION CLAUSE Date in force When and how terminable Country Contains no provision regarding termination. Twelve months after notice by either party. One year after notice by either party. Twelve months after notice by either • Date of exchange of ratifications. Do. Six months after notice by either party. Contains no provision regarding termination. Twelve months after notice by either party. The trade agreement with the Belgo-Luxemburg Economic Union, effective May 1, 1935, supersedes all of the provisions of this treaty which may be inconsistent with the provisions of the trade agreement. See p. 19. Abrogated by notice, 1856; renewed by convention of which ratifications were exchanged Jan. 12, 1858. The date given is that of signature. Though subject to ratification, the treaty provides that it shall be in force from its date. Extended by the conventions of Oct. 18, 1818, and Aug. 6, 1927. EXECUTIVE Agreement in FORCE CONTAINING Conditional Most-FavOREDNATION CLAUSE Country Portugal.... June 28, 1910 Contains no provision regarding termination. FISHERIES CONVENTION FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING (TREATY SERIES, France No. 880)* The Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State by a circular letter dated May 27, 1935, that the 'See Bulletin No. 68, May 1935, p. 21. instrument of ratification by France of the convention for the regulation of whaling signed at Geneva September 24, 1931, was deposited with the Secretariat on May 16, 1935. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY " United States On June 27, 1935, the President ratified the convention for the protection of industrial property signed at London June 2, 1934. This convention revises the convention of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on March 20, 1883, as revised at Brussels on December 14, 1900, at Washington on June 2, 1911, and at The Hague on November 6, 1925. A summary of the modifications incorporated in this last revision of the convention was printed in Bulletin No. 57, for June 1934, on pages 16 to 17. Article 18 of the convention provides that instruments of ratification shall be deposited at London not later than July 1, 1938. It shall enter into force between those countries which have ratified it 1 month after such date. If before July 1, 1938, the convention has been ratified by six countries it shall come into force between those countries 1 month after the Government of the Swiss Confederation has notified them of the deposit of the sixth ratification. Subsequent ratifications shall take effect 1 month after the notification of such ratifications. After July 1, 1938, countries which have not ratified the convention may adhere to it, under the provisions of article 16, and the adherence shall take effect 1 month after the notification of the Swiss Confederation to the other countries, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the request for adherence. GENERAL INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION FOR TRADE-MARK AND COMMERCIAL PROTECTION (TREATY SERIES, No. 833)* Nicaragua With a letter dated June 13, 1935, the Director General of the Pan American Union transmitted to the Secretary of State a certified copy of the instrument of ratification together with a certified copy of the procès-verbal of the deposit of the instrument of ratification by Nicaragua of the inter-American convention for trade-mark and commercial protection signed at Washington February 20, 1928. The deposit took place on June 7, 1935. 8 See Bulletin No. 57, June 1934, p. 15. "See Bulletin No. 67, April 1935, p. 35. LABOR CONVENTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE Norway By a circular letter dated June 3, 1935, the Secretary General of the League of Nations informed the Secretary of State that the ratification by Norway of the following conventions adopted by the International Labor Conference at its eighteenth session were registered with the Secretariat on May 21, 1935: Convention concerning workmen's compensation for occupational diseases (revised 1934) Convention for the regulation of hours of work in automatic sheet-glass works Union of South Africa According to a circular letter from the League of Nations dated June 14, 1935, the ratification by the Union of South Africa of the convention concerning employment of women during the night (revised 1934) was registered with the Secretariat on May 28, 1935. NAVIGATION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO FOR THE RECIPROCAL SALVAGE AND WRECKAGE RIGHTS OF VESSELS IN DISTRESS A salvage treaty between the United States and Mexico designed to facilitate the assistance and salvage of vessels in danger or shipwrecked on the coasts or within the territorial waters of either country was signed at Mexico City on June 13, 1935. Under the terms of the treaty, vessels and rescue apparatus, public or private, of either country, may aid or assist vessels of their own nationality, including the passengers and crews thereof, which may be disabled or in distress on the shores or within the territorial waters of the other country within a radius of 720 nautical miles of the intersection of the international boundary line and the coast of the Pacific Ocean, or within a radius of 200 nautical miles of the intersection of the international boundary line and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. After the treaty has been rat fied by each country, the exchange of ratifications will take place in Washington. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION (TREATY SERIES, No. 867) 7 Albania-Venezuela By two notes dated May 6, 1935, the Spanish Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State that Aibania had adhered to and Venezuela had ratified the international telecommunication convention signed at Madrid December 9, 1932. The adherence of Albania, which was deposited on May 6, 1935, includes also the telegraph regulations. The ratification by Venezuela, which was deposited on May 9, 1935, includes the general and additional radio regulations, the final radio protocol, the telegraph regulations, the final telegraph protocol, the telephone regulations, and the additional (European) radio protocol. 'See Bulletin No. 68, May 1935, p. 23. MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA FOR THE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF DIFFICULTIES ARISING THROUGH COMPLAINTS OF DAMAGE DONE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON BY FUMES DISCHARGED FROM THE SMELTER AT TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1 On June 12, 1935, the President ratified the convention between the United States and Canada signed April 15, 1935, for the final settlement of difficulties arising through complaints of damage done in the State of Washington by fumes discharged from the smelter at Trail, British Columbia. PROTECTION OF NATURE CONVENTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FLORA AND FAUNA IN THEIR NATURAL STATE 2 Great Britain A note was addressed to the Secretary of State under date of June 14, 1935, by the British Ambassador at Washington, regarding the ratification by Great Britain of the convention of November 8, 1933, for the preservation of flora and fauna in their natural state. The text of the note follows: "With reference to your note of the 20th February last I have the honour to inform you that the Convention relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State, signed at London on the 8th November, 1933, has been ratified by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and that the said ratification was deposited in the archives of His Majesty's Government on the 9th April, 1935. 2. This ratification is subject to the following reservations:"(a) that the provisions of Articles 3, 4, 5(1), 6, 7(1), 7(2), 7(3) and 7(4) of the Convention shall not be applicable to the Colony and Protectorate of the Gambia. |