2490 IMPORT AND EXPORT PROHffiITIONS Noyember 8. 1927. • Janu8 l'180.1928. Provisions of Con· vention to apply. India, however, will apply as regards the areas or enclaves in question a. regime which will respect the princinles of the Con- vention and facilitate imports and exports as far as practicable, and will refrain from imposing in regard to them any new measures of prohibition or restriction which would not be authorised by the provisions of the Convention, unless there should be no other means of ensUring the collection - :>f customs and excise duties. SECTION II. ad Article 2. Federal Government As regards the application of only. of Canada bound.. • Article 2, the obligation accepted by Canada binds only the Fed..; eral Government and not the Provincial Goveriunents, which, under the Constitution, possess the power of prohibiting or re- stricting the importation and ex- portation of eertain products into or from their Wrritories. SECTION III. ad Article 4. (a) ad No.4. pro~r:::dl=~ The protection of animals and plants against disease also refers to measures taken to preserve them ffom degeneration or ex- tinction and to measures taken against harmful seeds, plants, parasites and animals. (b) ad No.7. Preerving standards The High Contracting Parties, for export. although they have refrained from making any reference to measures relating to "standard" products and definitions of products, de- clare that this paragraph must be interpreted as in no way inter- Toutefois l'Inde appliquera, a l'~ard des zones ou enclaves en question, un r~e qui respec- tera les principes de la Conven- tion et facilitera, dans la mesure du possible, les importations et les exportations, et elle s'interdit de les soumettre A toute nouvelle mesure de prohibition ou de restriction qui ne serait pas auto- risoo par la Convention, sam dans Ie cas o~ il n'y aurait pas d'autre moyen d'assurer la perception des droits de douane et d'accise. SECTION II. ad Article 2. En ce qui concerne l'applica- tion de l'article 2, l'engagement sotiscrit par Ie Canada ne lie que Ie Gouvernement fMeral, sans engager les gouvernements des provinces, auxquels la constitu- tion canadienne donne Ie pouvoir d'interdire ou der esireindre sur leur territoite l'importation et I'exportation de certains produits. SECTION III. ad Articie 4. a)ad~4-. La protection des animaux et des plantes contre les maladies vise egalement les mesures prises afin de' les preserver contre la degenerescence ou l'extinction, et les mesures appliquees aux se- mences, plantes, parasites et ani- maux nuisibles. b)adN°7. Les Hautes Parties contrac- tantes, bien que s'etant abstenues de viser lea mesures relatives aux produits dits "standards" et aux definitions de produits, declarent que ce paragraphe doit ~tre inter- prete comme ne faisant pas ob-
