being equally desirous of extending and increasing the commercial intercourse between Their respective States, and of affording every facility and encouragement to Their Subjects engaged in such intercourse; and being of opinion that nothing will more contribute to the attainment of Their mutual wishes in this respect, than a reciprocal abrogation of all discriminating and countervailing Duties which are now demanded and levied upon the Ships or Productions of either Nation in the Ports of the other, have appointed Their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Convention for that purpose, that is to say: His Majesty The King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, The Right Honourable George Canning, a Member of His said Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, and His said Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: And The Right Honourable William Huskisson, a Member of His said Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, President of the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs of Trade and Foreign Plantations, and Treasurer of His said Majesty's Navy; And His Majesty The King of Denmark, Charles Emilius Count de Moltke, Grand Cross of the Order of Danebrog, His said Majesty's Privy Councillor of Conferences, and His Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of His Britannick Majesty:-who, after having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : ARTICLE I. Vessels. National Treatment. From and after the 1st day of July next, Danish Vessels entering or departing from the Ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and British Vessels entering or departing from the Ports of His Danish Majesty's Dominions, shali not be subject to any other or higher Duties or Charges whatever, than are or shall be levied on National Vessels entering or departing from such Ports respectively. ARTICLE II. National Goods imported and exported in Vessels of All articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any of the Dominions of either of The High Contracting Parties, which are or shall be permitted to be imported into or exported from the Ports of the United Kingdom and of Denmark, respectively, in Vessels of the one Country, shall, in like manner, be permitted to be imported into and exported from those Ports in Vessels of the other. ARTICLE III. Foreign Goods imported in Vessels of either Country. All articles not of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Dominions of His Britannick Majesty, which can legally be imported from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland into the Ports of the Dominions of the King of Denmark, in British Ships, shall be subject only to the same Duties as are payable upon the like articles, if imported in Danish Ships : and the same reciprocity shall be observed, with regard to Danish Vessels, in the Ports of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in respect to all articles not the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Dominions of His Danish Majesty, which can legally be imported into the Ports of the United Kingdom in Danish Ships. ARTICLE IV. Imports and Exports in Vessels of either Country. Bounties, Drawbacks. - National Treatment. All goods, wares, and merchandize which can legally be imported into the Ports of either Country shall be admitted at the same rate of Duty, whether imported in Vessels of the other Country, or in National Vessels; and all goods, wares, or merchandize which can be legally exported from the Ports of either Country, shall be entitled to the same bounties, drawbacks, and allowances, whether exported in Vessels of the other Country, or in National Vessels. ARTICLE V. No Preference to be given in Purchase of Goods on Account of the Character of the Vessel in which they were imported. No priority or preference shall be given, directly or indirectly, by the Government of either Country, or by any Company, Corporation, or Agent, acting on its behalf, or under its authority, in the purchase of any article the growth, produce, or manufacture of either Country, imported into the other, on account of, or in reference to the character of the Vessel in which such article was imported; it being the true intent and meaning of the High Contracting Parties, that no distinction or difference whatever shall be made in this respect. ARTICLE VI. Colonies excluded. The High Contracting Parties having mutually determined not to include, in the present Convention, Their respective Colonies, in which are comprehended, on the part of Denmark, Greenland, Iceland, and the Islands of Ferroe; it is expressly agreed that the intercourse which may at present legally be carried on by the Subjects or Ships of either of the said High Contracting Parties with the Colonies of the other, shall remain upon the same footing as if this Convention had never been concluded. ARTICLE VII. Duration of Convention. The present Convention shall be in force for the term of Ten Years from the date hereof; and further, until the end of Twelve Months after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same; each of The High Contracting Parties reserving to Itself the right of giving such notice to the other, at the end of the said term of Ten Years; and it is hereby agreed between Them, that, at the expiration of Twelve Months after such notice shall have been received by either Party from the other, this Convention, and all the provisions thereof, shall altogether cease and determine. ARTICLE VIII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at London within One Month from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. Done at London, the sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. SEPARATE ARTICLE. Commercial Relations. - Reciprocity. The High Contracting Parties reserve to Themselves to enter upon Additional Stipulations for the purpose of facilitating and extending, even beyond what is comprehended in the Convention of this date, the commercial relations of Their respective Subjects and Dominions, upon the principle either of reciprocal or equivalent advantages, as the case may be :And in the event of any Article or Articles being concluded between the said High Contracting Parties, for giving effect to such Stipulations, it is hereby agreed that the Article or Articles which may hereafter be so concluded, shall be considered as forming part of the aforesaid Convention. The present Separate Article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Convention signed this day. It shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. Done at London, the sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. Duties on Removal of Property. - National Treatment. Their Britannick and Danish Majesties mutually agree, that no higher or other Duties shall be levied, in either of Their Dominions (Their respective Colonies being excepted from the Convention of this date) upon any personal property of Their respective Subjects, on the removal of the same from the Dominions of Their said Majesties reciprocally, either upon the inheritance of such property, or otherwise, than are or shall be payable in each State, upon the like property, when removed by a Subject of such State respectively. The present Additional Article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Convention signed this day. It shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the Seals of their Arms. Done at London, the sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. No. 54. DECLARATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND DENMARK FOR THE PROTECTION OF TRADE-MARKS. Signed at Copenhagen, November 28, 1879.* THE Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Government of His Majesty the King of Denmark, with a view to the repricrocal protection of Trade-marks and Trade Labels, as well as Industrial Designs and Patterns, in the two countries, have agreed as follows : The subjects of each of the Contracting Parties shall have in the Dominions and Possessions of the other the same rights as belong to native subjects, or as are now granted, or may here after be granted, to the subjects of the most favoured nation, in everything relating to property in Trade-marks and Trade Labels, as well as in Industrial Designs and Patterns. It is understood that any person who desires to obtain the aforesaid protection must fulfil the formalities required by the Laws of the respective countries. In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present Declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at Copenhagen, the 28th day of November, 1879. (L.S.) CHARLES LENNOX WYKE. (L.S.) O. D. ROSENÖRN-LEHN. No. 55. ACCESSION OF DENMARK TO THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY October 9, 1894. The Swiss Federal Council to the Earl of Kimberley. M. le Ministre, (Received October 13.) Berne, le 9 Octobre, 1894. Nous avons l'honneur de porter à la connaissance de votre Excellence que le Danemark a accédé à l'Union pour la Pro * Signed also in Danish. |