QRAM DE -BRETAGNE, ROUMANIE
Convention concernant la repression des fausses indications de provenance des produits étrangers ; signée à Bukarest le 20 mars/1 avril 1 893*).
Parliamentary Papers presented to hoth Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. April 4894. [C. — 7309]
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Majesty the King of Roumania, being mutually désirons of concluding a Convention relating to the suppression of false indications of origin on goods , have named as their respective Plénipotentiaires, that is to say :
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, the Honourable Charles Hardinge, Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Bucharest, &c, &c , &c. ;
And His Majesty the King of Roumania, M. Alexandre N. Lahovari, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Crown of Roumania, &c, his Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ;
Who, having communicated to each other their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: —
Article I.
Ail goods bearing a false indication of origin, in which one of the Contracting States or a place situated in one of them shall be dîrectly or indirectly indicated as being the country or place of origin, shall be seized on importation into either of the two States.
The seizure may also be efïected in the State where the false indication of origin has been applied, or in that into which the goods bearing the false indication may have been imported.
If the législation of either of the two States does not sanction seizure on importation, such seizure shall ce replaced by prohibition of importation.
If the législation of either of the two States does not permit seizure in the interior, such seizure shall be replaeed by the remédies assured in such case to natives by the law of that State.
Article II.
The seizure shall be effected either at the request of the proper Government Department, or of an interested party, whether individual or Society, in conformity whith the domestic législation of each State.
Article III.
The authorities are not bound to effect the seizure of goods in transit.
*) Les ratifications ont été échangées à Bukarest le 113 mars 1894.
Grande-Bretagne , Roumanie.
Article IV.
The présent stipulations do not prevent the vendor from putting his name or address upon goods coming from a country other than that where the sale takes place; but in such case the name or address must be accompanied by a clear indication in legible characters of the country or of the place of manufacture or production.
Article V.
The Tribunals of each country shall décide what appelations, on account of their generic character, do not fall within the provisions of the présent Convention ; régional appellations concerning the origin of products of the vine being, however, not comprised in the reserve provided for by the présent Article.
Article. VI.
The stipulations of the présent Convention shall be applicable to ail the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to:
India.
The Dominion of Canada.
Newfoundland.
The Cape of Good Hope.
Natal.
New South Wales.
Victoria.
Queensland.
Tasmania.
South Australia.
Western Australia.
New Zealand.
Provided always that the stipulations of the présent Convention shall be made applicable to any of the above-named Colonies or foreign possessions on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been given by Her Britannic Majesty's Représentative at the Court of His Majesty the King of Roumania within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the présent Convention.
Article VII.
The présent Convention shall be ratified , and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Bucharest as soon as possible.
It shall corne into opération one month after the exchange of ratificatons, and shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the two High Contracting Parties may give notice of its intention to terminate the same.
In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Fausses indications de provenance, Rio del Rey. 235
Doue in duplicate at Bucharest, the first day of April (the twentieth day of March), in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety - three.
(L. S.) Charles Hardinge,
(L. S.) Al, Lahovari.
GRANDE-BRETAGNE, ALLEMAGNE
Arrangement concernant le Rio del Rey; signé à Berlin
le 14 avril 1893.
Parliamentary Papers presented ta both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. June {893. [C. — 7026.]
The Undersigned :
1. The Honourable P. Le Poer Trench , Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires and First Secretary of Embassy ;
2. Sir Claude Macdonald , Her Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General of the Oil Rivers Protectorate ;
3. Dr. Kayser, Privy Councillor, Chie fof the Colonial Department of the Impérial German Foreign Office ;
4. B. von Schuckmann, Impérial Councillor in the Foreign Office ;
After discussion of various questions affecting the fiscal interests of Germany and Great Britain in their respective territories in the Gulf of Guinea and without préjudice to the conditions laid down in Section 2, Article IV , of the Anglo - German Agreement of the lst July , 1890, as also the conditions laid down in the Anglo -German Agreements of
29th April, 10QP. , 27th July,
Die Unterzeichneten :
1. The Honourable P. Le Poer Trench, Kôniglich Grossbritannischer Geschâftstrâger und Botschaftsrath ;
2. Der Kôniglich Grossbritannische Kommissar und General-Konsul des Oil Rivers Protektorats , Sir Claude Macdonald;
3. Der Kaiserlich Wirkliche Geheime Legationsrath Dr. Kayser, Dirigent der Kolonial-Abtheilung des Auswârtigen Amts des deutschen Reichs ;
