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London, England, 1860-02-13 00:00:00

ARTICLE XII.

The subjects of ono of the two high contracting Powers
shattin the dominions of the other enjoy the same protec-
tion as native subjects in regard to the rights of property
in trademarks and in patterns of every description.

ARTICLE XIII.
The ad valorem duties established within the limits fixed
by the preceding articles shall be converted into specific
duties by a supplementary convention, which shall be con-
cluded before the let of July, 1860. The medium prices
during the six -months preceding the date of the present,
treaty shall be taken as the bases for this conversion.
Duties shall, however, be levied in conformity with•the'
bases above established :-
1. In the event of this supplementary convention not
having come into force before the expiration of the period
fixed for the execution by France of the present treaty;
2. Upon those articles the-specific duties on. which shall
not have been settled by common consent.

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ARTICLE V.
The present treaty shall be binding for the United Kingdora
of Great Britain and Deland so soon as the necessary legisla-
tive sanction shall have been given by Parliament, with .the
reserve made iu Article VI. respectlng.wines.
Further,ber Britannic Majesty reserves to herself the power
of retaining, upon special grounds; and by way of exception,'
during a period not exceeding two years, dating from-the Ist
of April, 1860, half of the duties on those articles, the free ad-
mission of which is stipulated-by the present treaty..,
This reserve, however, does not apply to articles of silk
manufacture.

ARTICLE XV.
The engagements contracted by his Majetity the Emperor
of the French shall-be fulfilled, and the tariffs previonsly in—
dicated a:+ payable on-British goods and manufactures shall be.
applied within the following periods :-
1. For coal and coke, from the Ist of July, 1860.
2. For, bar and pig iron, and for: steel of the kinds which are
not subject to prohibition, from the Ist of October, 1860:
3. For worked metals, machinett, tools, and mechanical in-
struments of all sorts; within arperiod which shall not exceed
the 31st of December, 1860. , _ _

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4. I,oryarns'and mnnutactures in flax and hemp, front the
Ist of June, IS'll.
And for all other articles from the Ist of October, 1561.,
ARTICLE XVi.

lEs Majesty the Emperor of the French engagea that the
ad valorem duties payable on the importation into France of
merchandise of British production and manufacture, shalluet
exceed a maximum of ,23 per cent. from the Ist of October,
1864

ARTICLE XVII.
It is understood between the two high contracting Powers;
as an element of the conversion of the ad valorem duties into
specific duties; thatfor the kinds of bar iron whichare at present
subjected an importation into France to a duty of 10f, not in. 3
clading the two additional declines, the duty shall be 7f, on
every 100 kilogrammes until the Ist of October, 1864, and 6f,
from that period, including in both cases the two -additiOn'al
decinics,

ARTICLE XVIII.
The arrangements of the present Treaty of Commerce are
applicable to Algeria„ both for the exportation of her pro-
duce and for the importation of British goods.
AlmicLE XIX.
Each .of the two high contracting Powers engages to confer
on the other any favour, privilege, or reduction in the tariff
of dutiel of importation on the articles mentioned in the
present -Treaty which • the said Power may concede to any
third Power, They further engage not to enforce one
aaainst the other any prohibition of importation or exportAl
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