SECOND PROTOCOL CONCERNING TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND AND JAPAN
At the time of signing the Treaty of Commerce. Establishment and
Navigation between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and Japan (hereinafter referred to as "the Treaty "), the undersigned
Plenipotentiaries, duly authorised thereto, have agreed as follows:
(1) In case import restrictions have been continuously enforced by either
Contracting Party with regard to any specific product and the sudden
removal of import restrictions on such product of the other Contracting Party
would result in serious injury to domestic producers of the former
Contracting Party of like or directly competitive products, the importing
Contracting Party may continue to apply import restrictions, notwithstanding
the provisions of Article 17 of the Treaty, to any such products mentioned
in agreements which are to be concluded in accordance with the present
Protocol in such manner and under such conditions as may be specified
in the said agreements.
(2) The Governments of the Contracting Parties shall review the
operation of the agreements made in accordance with paragraph (1) above,
with a view to ensuring orderly development of the trade between the
Contracting Parties, at any time upon the request of the Government of
either Contracting Party, and not less frequently than once a year unless
otherwise mutually agreed.
(3) The present Protocol shall be ratified and the instruments of
ratification shall be exchanged at Tokyo as soon as possible.
as possible. It shall
thereafter come into force on the date of the coming into force of the Treaty.
It shall terminate when the Treaty is terminated in accordance with the
provisions of Article 33 thereof or at any time earlier when there are no
longer any import restrictions in force under the present Protocol.
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