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Art. VIII.—The articles, the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom, enu- merated in Part I. of the Schedule annexed to this Treaty, shall not, on importation into Japan, be subjected to higher Customs duties than those specified in the Schedule. The articles, the produce or manufacture of Japan, enumerated in Part II. of the Schedule annexed to this Treaty, shall be free of duty on importation into the United Kingdom.

Provided that if at any time after the expiration of one year from the date this Treaty takes effect either of the high contracting parties desires to make a modi- fication in the Schedule it may notify its desire to the other high contracting party, and thereupon negotiations for the purpose shall be entered into forthwith. If the negotiations are not brought to a satisfactory conclusion within six months from the date of notification. the high contracting party which give the notification may, within one month, give six months' notice to abrogate the present Article, and on the expiration of such notice the present Article shall cease to have effect, without prejudice to the other stipulations of this Treaty.

Art. IX.-Articles, the produce or manufacture of the territories of one of the high contracting parties, exported to the territories of the other, shall not be sub- jected on export to other or higher charges than those paid on the like articles ex- ported to any other foreign country. Nor shall any prohibition or restriction be imposed on the exportation of any article from the territories of either of the two High Contracting Parties to the territories of the other which shall not equally extend to the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country.

Art. X.-Articles, the produce or manufacture of the territories of one of the high contracting parties, passing in transit through the territories of the other, in conformity with the laws of the country, shall be reciprocally free from all transit duties, whether they pass direct, or whether during transit they are unloaded, ware- housed, and reloaded.

Art. XI. No internal duties levied for the benefit of the State, local authorities, or corporations which affect, or may affect, the production, manufacture, or consump- tion of any article in the territories of either of the high contracting parties shall for any reason be a higher or more burdensome charge on articles the produce or manufacture of the territories of the other than on similar articles of native origin.

The produce or manufacture of the territories of either of the high contracting parties imported into the territories of the other, and intended for warehousing or transit, shall not be subjected to any internal duty.

Art. XII-Merchants and manufacturers, subjects of one of the high contract- ing parties, as well as merchants and manufacturers domiciled and exercising their commerce and industries in the territories of such party, may, in the territories of the other, either personally or by means of commercial travellers, make purchases or collect orders, with or without samples, and such merchants, manufacturers, and their commercial travellers, while so making purchases and collecting orders, shall, in the matter of taxation and facilities, enjoy the most favoured nation treatment.

Articles imported as samples for the purposes above-mentioned shall, in each country, be temporarily admitted free of duty on compliance with the Customs re- gulations and formalities established to assure their re-exportation or the payment of the prescribed Customs duties if not re-exported within the period allowed by law. But the foregoing privilege shall not extend to articles which, owing to their quantity or value, cannot be considered as samples, or which, owing to their nature, could not be identified upon re-exportation. The determination of the question of the qualifica- tion of samples for duty-free admission rests in all cases exclusively with the com- petent authorities of the place where the importation is effected.

Art. XIII. The marks, stamps, or seals placed upon the samples mentioned in the preceding Article by the Customs authorities of one country at the time of ex- portation, and the officially-attested list of such samples containing a full description thereof issued by them, shall be reciprocally accepted by the Customs officials of the other as establishing their character as samples and exempting them from inspection except so far as may be necessary to establish that the samples produced are those