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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH OCTOBER, 1886.
And the President of the French Republic, M. C. de Freycinet, Senator, President of the Council, Minister for Foreign Affairs; M. P. Tirard, Deputy, Minister of Commerce; M. Maurice Rouvier, Deputy, former Minister of Commerce and for the Colonies.
Who, after having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :---
ARTICLE 1.
There shall be full and entire freedom of commerce and navigation between the Kingdom of Spain and the French Republic.
The native and naturalized subjects of the two States shall not pay, in respect of their trade or industry, in the ports, towns, or other places of the respective countries, whether they are there estab- lished, or temporarily resident, other or higher duties, taxes, imposts, or contributions of whatever. description than those levied or which may hereafter be levied upon native subjects; and the privileges, immunities, and other favours of whatever kind, which shall be enjoyed in respect of trade, industry, and navigation by the citizens of either State, shall be likewise enjoyed by those of the other, save in the exceptions contained in the present Treaty.
ARTICLE II.
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The native and naturalized subjects of each of the two High Contracting Parties shall, equally with native subjects, be entitled to enter with their vessels and freights all the ports and rivers of States, provinces, and possessions of the other; to travel, reside, and settle wherever they shall deem suitable to their interests; to acquire and possess all kinds of movable and immovable property; to exercise every kind of industry and calling, to carry on wholesale and retail business; to hire the houses, warehouses, and shops which they may require; to dispatch and receive merchandize or valu- ables by sea or land; to receive consignments both from the country and from abroad; and this without paying other duties than those which are or may be imposed on native subjects.
They shall be entitled, in buying and selling, to fix the price of merchandize and goods of what- ever description, whether imported or native, whether sold in the country or intended for exportation;" provided always they conform to the laws and regulations of the country.
They shall be entitled to conduct and administer their own business themselves, or to have them- selves represented by persons properly authorized; whether for purchasing or selling their goods, effects, or merchandize, or for lading, unlading, and dispatching their vessels.
ARTICLE III.
Spaniards in France and Frenchmen in Spain shall mutually enjoy a constant and complete pro- tection for their persons and property, and shall have the same rights (except political rights)- and the same privileges which are or shall be granted to native or naturalized subjects, upon condition, however, of their submitting, with regard thereto, to the laws of the country. where they reside.
They shall, consequently, have free and easy access to the Courts of Justice, both for claiming and for defending their rights, to all the degrees of jurisdiction, established by law. They shall be entitled to employ, in the Courts of every instance, advocates, solicitors, and agents of every kind. according as they may deem expedient, and in fine they shall, in this respect, enjoy the same rights and advantages as are accorded or may hereafter be accorded to native subjects.
ARTICLE IV.
Spaniards in France and Frenchmen in Spain shall be liable to pay both the ordinary and extra- ordinary taxes due upon the immovable property possessed by them in the country of their residence and upon the profession or industry which they carry on, provided always that the same be in accord- ance with the general laws and regulations of the respective States. They shall equally, with the natives, be subject to burdens and levies in kind, as well as to municipal, urban, provincial, and departmental taxes to which their movable property, their profession or industry may render them liable.
Moreover, Spaniards in France, and Frenchmen in Spain, shall be exempt from any war tax, advance payment of ordinary imposts, from loans and credits, and any other extraordinary tax whatever, which may be established in either of the two countries on account of exceptional circum- stances, except when such burdens are imposed upon landed property.
They shall likewise be exempt from all municipal duty or employment, and from all personal service, whether in the army or navy, or the militia or National Guard, and also from all requisition to perform military services.
ARTICLE V.
The native or naturalized subjects of the two States shall be entitled to dispose at their discre tion, by donation, sale, exchange, will, or in any other manner, of all the property which they possess in the respective territories, and to withdraw their whole capital from the country. The native or naturalized subjects of either of the two States, capable of inheriting property situate in the other, shall be entitled to take possession, without hindrance, of the property coming to them by law,. even ab intestato, and the said heirs or legatees shall not be obliged to pay other or higher succession duties than such as would be imposed in similar cases upon the natives of the country where the property is.
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