The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-15
TEXT or SUGAR CONVENTION
LATELY SIGNED AT BRUSSELS


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ARTICLE =
Tho hirh contracting patties bind thofn.
AeiNee, frum the date the present conXsn.
ton com,s into force. to suppress the
direct nnd indirct b8uuiius hs which
the production ur export Ut sugar may
bsncht ard they ngr,c not 81 establish
buunti's ~ this Kind during She whole
duration ~ the said convention In view
of the execution 90 this provision, sweet
meats. chocolates, biscuits condensed
milk and all other analogous products
which contain in n notable proportion
sugar artihcially incorporated are TO be
clnsspd Ms sugar
The above paragraph applies to all adj
vantaCcs resulting, directly OF indirectly.
for the different categorics OF producers
from the fiscal legislation OF the States
notably:
(a) The direct bounties granted to ex-
ports
Cb) The direct bounties granted to pro-
duction.
(c) The total or partial exemptions
from taxation granted FOR a part of the
manufactured output.
td) The profits derived from surplus
ages of output.
% The profits derived from the eS-
aggeration OF the drawback
% The advantages derived from any
surtax In excess Of the rate fixed by
Article Ill.
ARTICLE H.
The high contracting parties bind them
selves to submit TO bond regime the sugar
factories and rofineries, as well as those
factories In which sugar is extracted from
molassos, In order that they shall be I'M
der the permanent surveillance, day and
night, of the customs employees.
With this object, factories will be ar
ranged In such way to prevent the
taking away of sugar cladestinely, and
the customs employees will have the right
to enter every department of the fac
tories
Books OF control In regard to any or
several phases of production will be kept,
and the manufactured sugars will be de-
posted in such special buildings as will
afford every desirable guarantee of Sc
curity.
ARTICLE III
The high contracting parties bind them
selves to limit the 'surtaN to a maximum
Of francs per 100 Kilograms El.l5 per 220
Pounds for the refined sugar and the
sugars assimiable thereto. and $50 francs
the difference between the rate OF duty
or taxation to which foreign sugars are
subjected and that imposed on the home
product.
This provision is not TO be applied to
the rates of import duties in the case
Of countries that do not produce sugar.
nor to the by-products of the manufac-
turing or refining of sugar.
ARTICLE "
The high contracting parties bind them
selves TO impose a special duty on inn
ports into their respective territories OF
sugars from countries that grant boun-
ties for production or exports.
This duty shall not be less than the
amount OF the bountes. direct or indi-
rect, granted in the country of origin.
The high parties reserve to themselves
the privilege, each II may affect its
own interests. to prohibit the importa-
ton Of bounty-fed sugars.
For the estimation of the sum of adj
yantages derived eventually from the sur
tax specified under Section + of Article
I. the rate fixed by Article III Is de-
Quoted from the amount of this surtaX:
half OF the difference is held to repre-
sent the bounty the permanent commits
sion organized under Article VII being
entitled. at the request of one of the
contracting States. to alter the rate so
provided for.
ARTICLE v.
The high contracting parties bind them
selves reciprocally to admit at the low
est OF their respective import rates SUI
CARS imported from any of the contract
ing States or from any colonies pos
sessions OF said States that do not grant
bounties and to which the obligations
imposed in Article VIII apply.
Cane and beet sugars cannot be sub
jected to different rates Of duty.
ARTICLE VI.
SPAIN Italy and Sweden are not held to
the obligation imposed in Articles /, III
and III, 30 long as they do not export
sugar.
These States bind themselves to adapt
their sugar legislation to the provisions
Of the convention-within one year. or
earlier II possible-from the time that
the permanent commission has verified
that the above condition has ceased to
exist.
ARTICLE VII
The high contracting parties agree to
create o permanent commission. having
charge Of the surveillance of the execu-
ton Of the provisions of the present
convention.
This commission will be composed OF
delegates OF the different contracting
States. and to 1t will be attached q per-
manent bureau. The commission elects
it's president. II will sit at Brussels, and
will meet on the call of the president.
The duties of the delegates shall be:
(a) To verify whether. In the contract
ing States, any direct or indirect bounty
for the production or export of sugars
is granted.
(b) To verify whether the States nam
ed in Article vi continue to conform
themselves to the provisions of this ar
ticle.
(c) To verify the existence OF bounties
in the n-signatory States. and to es-
innate the amount OF such bounties with
view to applying the provisions OF Ar
ticle ~.
(dD To issue an advice on litigious
questions.
(e) To examine the requests for admis-
sion to the union from States which have