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Exchange of Notes (May 21, 1940) constituting a Commercial Arrangement between Canada and Paraguay [1940] CATSer 3 (21 June 1940)

E100555 - CTS 1940 No. 6

EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONSTITUTING A COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN CANADA AND PARAGUAY

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The Paraguayan Minister at Washington to the Canadian Chargé d’Affaires at Washington

LEGACIÓN DEL PARAGUAY

WASHINGTON, D.C.
May 21, 1940

Sir:

It being the desire of the Governments of Paraguay and Canada to facilitate the commercial relations existing between the two countries, I have the honour to inform you that the Government of Paraguay is prepared to accept the following arrangement and to give it immediate effect so far as Paraguay is concerned:-

(1) The Canadian Government will extend the benefits of the Inter­mediate Tariff of Canada to products originating in and coming from the Republic of Paraguay when conveyed without transhipment from a port of Paraguay or from a port of a country enjoying the benefits of the Preferential or Intermediate Tariff into a sea, lake or river port of Canada.

(2) The Government of Paraguay will extend to products originating in and coming from Canada unconditional most-favoured-nation treat­ment in tariff matters.

(3) The Governments of Paraguay and Canada will grant each other in all matters pertaining to the allocation of exchange made available for commercial transactions or in the allocation of quotas either in respect of exchange or in respect of quantitative control of imports, treatment not less favourable than is granted to any other country.

The Government of each country shall give sympathetic considera­tion to any representations which the other Government may make in respect of the application of the provisions of this Article.

(4) It is understood that the present note and your reply will con­stitute an agreement between our two Governments, which will enter into force one month after this date, and will remain in force until terminated upon three months’ notice by either Government to the other.

Accept, Sir, etc.

Horacio A. Fernandez,
Minister of Paraguay

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The Canadian Chargé d’Affaires at Washington to the Paraguayan Minister at Washington

CANADIAN LEGATION

WASHINGTON
May 21st, 1940

Sir:

It being the desire of the Governments of Canada and Paraguay to facilitate the commercial relations existing between the two countries, I have the honour to inform you that the Canadian Government is prepared to accept the following arrangement and to give it immediate effect so far as Canada is concerned:-

(1) The Canadian Government will extend the benefits of the Inter­mediate Tariff of Canada to products originating in and coming from the Republic of Paraguay when conveyed without transhipment from a port of Paraguay or from a port of a country enjoying the benefits of the Preferential or Intermediate Tariff into a sea, lake or river port of Canada.

(2) The Government of Paraguay will extend to products originat­ing in and coming from Canada unconditional most-favoured-nation treat­ment in tariff matters.

(3) The Governments of Canada and Paraguay will grant each other in all matters pertaining to the allocation of exchange made available for commercial transactions or in the allocation of quotas either in respect of exchange or in respect of quantitative control of imports, treatment not less favourable than is granted to any other country.

The Government of each country shall give sympathetic considera­tion to any representations which the other Government may make in respect of the application of the provisions of this Article.

(4) It is understood that the present note and your reply will con­stitute an agreement between our two Governments, which will enter into force one month after this date, and will remain in force until terminated upon three months’ notice by either Government to the other.

Accept, Sir, etc.

Merchant Mahoney,
His Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim
for Canada in the United States.