15. The Italian Government recognizes that the Brioni Agreement of August 10, 1942, is null and void. It undertakes to participate with the other signatories of the Rome Agreement of May 29, 1923,[1] in any negotiations having the purpose of introducing into its provisions the modifications neces- sary to ensure the equitable settlement of the annuities which it provides. 16. Italy shall return property unlawfully removed after September 3, 1943, from ceded territory to Italy. Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article 75 shall govern the application of this obligation except as regards property provided for elsewhere in this Annex. 17. Italy shall return to the Successor State in the shortest possible time any ships in Italian possession which were owned on September 3, 1943, by natural persons resident in ceded territory who acquire the nationality of the Successor State under the present Treaty, or by Italian juridical persons having and retaining siege social in ceded territory, except any ships which have been the subject of a bona fide sale. 18. Italy and the Successor States shall conclude agreements providing for a just and equitable apportionment of the property of any existing local authority whose area is divided by any frontier settlement under the present Treaty, and for a continuance to the inhabitants of necessary communal services not specifically covered in other parts of the Treaty. Similar agreements shall be concluded for a just and equitable alloca- tion of rolling stock and railway equipment and of dock and harbour craft and equipment, as well as for any other outstanding economic matters not covered by this Annex. 19. The provisions of this Annex shall not apply to the former Italian Colonies. The economic and financial provisions to be applied therein will form part of the arrangements for the final disposal of these territories pur- suant to Article 23 of the present Treaty. ANNEX XV Special Provisions Relating to Certain Kinds of Property A. INDUSTRIAL, LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PROPERTY 1. (a) A period of one year from the coming into force of the present Treaty shall be accorded to the Allied and Associated Powers and their 1 [The correct date of the Rome Agreement is Mar. 29, 1923.] 1472 TREATIES [61 STAT.
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