2644 TREATY-LATVIA . APRIL 20, 1928. la~so roTarmstroBot (talk)ITarmstroBot (talk) 01:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)1 3: . Nothin.g in this Tr~ty shall be ~onstrued to restrict the right of fen~, public health, eIther HIgh Contractmg Party to Impose, on such terms as It may police, etc. see fit, prohibitions or restrictions relating to national defense, public security and public order; prohibitions or restrictions of a sanitary character deBlgned to protect human, animal or plant life; regula- tions for the enforcement of police or revenue laws. ta~e~te~i~:n Oft~':..~ny Any advantage of whatsoever kind which either High Contracting other foreign country. Party may extend to any article the growth produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country ;ball simul~eously and uncondition- ally, without request and WIthout compensation, be extended to the like article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the other High Contracting Party. Equality of Imports All articles which are or may be legally imported from foreirv or exports by vessels of t" to ~-fhU'tedS . beI 1 either country. counrlesm pon.cs0 te m tates or are or may ega y P08I,p .2652 , exported therefrom in vessels of the United States may likewise be imported into those ports or exported therefrom in Latvian vessels, without being liable to any other or higher duties or charges whatso- ever than if such articles were imported or exported in vessels of the United States; and, reciprocally, all articles which are or may be legally imported from foreign countries into the ports of Latvia or are or may be legally exported therefrom in LatVlan vessels may likewise be im~rted into these ports or exported therefrom in vessels of the United States without being liable to any other or higher duties or charges whatsoever than if such articles were imported or exported in Latvian vessels. rR:lpr~ e~Uality In the same manner there shall be perfect reciprocal equality in ~oods I~ ~t!o~~' v~~ relation to the flags of the two countries with regard to bounties, ae~08t p. ~2. drawbacks, and other privileges of this nature of whatever denomina- , tion which may be allowed in the territories of each of the High Contracting Parties, on goods imported or exported in national vessels so that such bounties, drawbacks and other privileges shall also and in like manner be allowed on goods imported or exported in vessels of the other country. Favored natlon treat· With respect to the amount and collection of duties on imports and n,cnt as to customs duties. exports of every kind each of the two High Contracting Parties binds itself to gIve to the nationals, vessels and goods of the other the advantage of every favor, privilege or immunity which it shall have accorded to the nationalshvessels and goods of a third State, and regardless of whether suc favored State shall have been accorded such treatment gratuitously or in return for reciprocal compensatory treatment. Every such favor, privilege or immunity which shall hereafter be granted the nationals, vessels or goods of a third State shall simultaneously and unconditionally, without request and with- out compensationt be extended to the other High Contracting Party, for the benefit of Itself, its nationals and vessels. ARTICLE VIII. Customs exceptions. The stipulations of Article VII of this Treaty shall not extend Purely border tralll", Th h'h .h H'hCo . P sh 11 a) 0 t e treatment w IC eit er 19 ntractmg arty a accord to 'p'urely border traffic withm & zone not exceedmg ten United State. com · b) merce with Cuba de- pendencies, and Canal Zone. Vol. 33, p. 21211. miles/15 kilometers/wide on either side of its customs frontier; To the treatment which is accorded by the United States to the commerce of Cuba under the provisions of the Commercial Con- vention concluded by the Umted States and Cuba on December 11 tb, 1902, or any other commercial convention which hereafter may be concluded by the United States with Cuba or to the commerce of the United States with any of its d~pendencies and the Panama Canal Zone under existing or future laws;
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