Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 55 Part 2.djvu/450

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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [55 STAT. tion in the United States shall not be less than those set forth in the said Articles, and that a share of the total permitted entries of the articles specified in Article II shall be allocated to Canada in accord- ance with the provisions of Article II. ARTICLE VI proiement to be 1. The present Agreement shall be proclaimed by the President of the United States of America and shall be ratified by His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British dominions beyond Definitiveentry in- the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of Canada. It shall enter definitively into force on the day following the exchange of the Proc- lamation and the instrument of ratification, which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible. Provisional entry 2. Pending the definitive coming into force of this Agreement, it shall enter provisionally into force on December 20, 1940. Upon the provisional entry into force of this Agreement, the supplementary trade agreement entered into between the United States of America MStat. 2a13. and Canada on December 30, 1939, shall terminate. 3. So long as the present Agreement remains in force it shall consti- tute an integral part of the trade agreement entered into between the s53tat. 48 . United States of America and Canada on November 17, 1938, and shall be subject to termination as a part of that Agreement. Termination. 4. Should it appear to either the Government of the United States of America or the Government of Canada that the emergency condi- tions with respect to the marketing of silver or black fox furs and skins which have given rise to the conclusion of this Agreement have ceased to exist or have become substantially modified, that Govern- ment may, after consultation with the other Government, terminate the present Agreement on 90 days' written notice. Moreover, the present Agreement may be terminated at any time by agreement between the Governments of the two countries. oRentry Into force 5. Should the present Agreement be terminated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of this Article, the provisions of 53 Stat. z. item 1519 (c) of Schedule II of the trade agreement entered into between the United States of America and Canada on November 17, 1938, which have been suspended by this Agreement, shall thereupon automatically reenter into force. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Agreement and have affixed their seals hereto. Done in duplicate, at the City of Washington and the City of New York, this thirteenth day of December, 1940. For the President of the United States of America: [SEAL] CORDELL HULL Secretary of State of the United States of America For His Majesty, in respect of Canada: [SEAL] LORING C. CHRISTIE Envoy Extraordinaryand Minister Plenipotentiaryto the United States of America 1324