Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 61 Part 2.djvu/469

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(d) France shall transmit over the main transmission lines from San Dalmazzo to the Franco-Italian frontier the electricity required by Italy as aforesaid, and shall deliver that electricity to Italy at the points at which those main transmission lines cross the Franco-Italian frontier into Italian territory; (e) France shall maintain the voltage and periodicity of the electricity supplied in accordance with the foregoing provisions at such levels as Italy may actually require; (f) France shall arrange with Italy for telephone communications be- tween San Dalmazzo and Italy and shall communicate with Italy in order to ensure that the said hydro-electric plants and trans- mission lines are operated in such a manner as to comply with the foregoing guarantees. 2. Guarantee concerning the price to be charged by France to Italy for the electricity made available to Italy under paragraph 1 above until termi- nated in accordance with paragraph 3 below: The price to be charged by France and paid by Italy for the electricity made available to Italy from the Le Mesce, San Dalmazzo and Confine hydro-electric plants after the requirements by France for Sospel, Menton and Nice and the local requirements in the vicinity of San Dalmazzo have been met as provided in sub-paragraph (a) of Guarantee 1, shall be the same as the price charged in France for the supply of similar quantities of hydro-electricity in French territory in the neighborhood of the Upper Valley of the Roya or in other regions where conditions are comparable. 3. Guaranteeof a reasonable period of time for the supply of electricity by France to Italy: Unless otherwise mutually agreed between France and Italy, Guarantees 1 and 2 shall remain in force until December 31, 1961, and shall terminate then or any subsequent December 31 if either country shall have given to the other at least two years notice in writing of its intention to terminate. 4. Guarantee of full and equitable utilization by France and Italy of the waters of the Roya and its tributaries for hydro-electric production: 1426 [61 STAT. TREATIES