THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1884.
ARTICLE I.
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The commerce of Greece in Egypt, and the commerce of Egypt in Greece, shall be treated upon the footing of the most favoured nation as regards customs duties, both of import and export.
ARTICLE II.
No prohibition of importation or exportation can be applied to the reciprocal commerce of both countries unless it be equally applied to all other nations. It is nevertheless understood that this restriction does not extend to the special measures which either of the two countries may take in order to protect itself against cattle plague, phylloxera, or any other plague.
ARTICLE III.
The Egyptian Government engages, with the exceptions hereafter specified in Article VI, not to prohibit the importation into Egypt of any article being the produce of the soil or industry of Greece, whencesoever arriving.
ARTICLE IV.
The duties to be levied in Egypt upon the produce of the soil or industry of Greece whencesoever arriving, shall be regulated by a Tariff to be fixed by Commissioners appointed ad hoc by the two. Governments.
The fixed duty of 8 per cent. ad valorem shall be adopted as a basis for this Tariff, and shall be calculated on the value of the goods at the landing-stage; but the Egyptian Government reserves the right to raise to a higher rate the duties on distilled drinks, wines, and articles of luxury; these duties shall, however, in no case exceed the rate of 16 per cent. ad valorem.
The Egyptian Government further reserves the right to diminish to the rate of 5 per cent., and even to abolish entirely, the duties on articles of prime necessity imported into Egypt.
The customs duties shall be collected without prejudice to the penalties fixed by the regulations in cases of fraud and contraband.
ARTICLE V.
Tobacco of all kinds, tombac (metal), salt, carbonate of soda, hachish, and saltpetre are excluded from the stipulations of the present Convention.
The Egyptian Government reserves an absolute right with regard to these articles, the regulations in regard to which shall be applied to Hellenic subjects under the same conditions as to natives.
The Egyptian Government inay make all immediate searches in shops or dewllings which they may think necessary. A duplicate of the search warrant shall be sent to the Hellenic Consular autho- rity, who may at once attend if he thinks expedient. This formality shall not, however, delay the
search.
ARTICLE VI.
The exceptions to the stipulations of Article III, namely, warlike arms (comprising fire-arms and le-arms) and munitions of war, shall not be admitted to importation into Egypt.
The above restriction does not apply to arms for the chase or arms of luxury ("armes de luxe"), to powder for hunting purposes. The importation of these articles shall be regulated by special provisions on the part of the Egyptian Government.
ARTICLE VII.
Goods imported into Egypt and re-exported within a period not exceeding six months, shall be considered as goods in transit, and under that category shall pay only a duty of 1 per cent., calculated on the value at the landing-stage.
After the period of six months they shall be liable to the full import duty.
If the re-exportation takes place at the actual port of disembarkation-by means of a simple tran- plant-or after disembarkation and deposit of the goods on land under the serveillance provided by the Customs Regulations, within a period of not more than one raonth, the goods shall not be subject to any duty, but the transit duty shall be due if, after having been disembarked and temporarily deposited either in the Customs warehouses or in private warehouses, whether floating or not, the goods are re-exported after having been the medium of a commercial operation.
ARTICLE VIII.
If goods, after having paid the import duty in Egypt, shall be sent to another country before the expiration of the period of six months, counting from the day of disembarkation, they shall be treated
s in transit, and the Egyptian Customs shall refund to the exporter the difference between the already paid and the transit duty mentioned in Article VII.
In order to obtain the drawback, the exporter must produce proof that the import duty has been on the re-exported goods.
ARTICLE IX.
The produce of the soil and industry of Egypt exported to Greece shall pay an export duty of 1 for evnt, ad valorem, calculated on the value of the goods at the exporting stage.
In order to provide greater facility, such produce shall be, so far as possible, tariffed periodically utual agreement between the representatives of the export trade and the Egyptian Customs
Uministration.