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(f) The Company has the non-exclusive right to take within the territory of
the Concession, but not elsewhere, on any unutilised land belonging to the btate
and to utilise gratuitously for all the operations of the Company, any kinds of
soil sand lime, gypsum, stone and other building materials. It is undei stood that
if the utilisation of the said materials were prejudicial to any rights whatever of
third parties, the Company should indemnify those whose rights were mfrnged.
Article 5.
The operations of the Company in Persia shall be restricted in the following
manner :—
(1) The construction of any new railway line and of any new port shall be
subject to a previous agreement between the Government and the
Company.
(2) If the Company wishes to increase its existing service of telephones,
telegraphs, wireless and aviation in Persia, it shall only be able so to
do with the previous consent of the Government.
If the Government requires to utilise the means of transport and communica
tion of the Company for national defence or in other critical circumstances, it
undertakes to impede as little as possible the operations of the Company, and to
pay it fair compensation for all damages caused by the utilisation above
mentioned.
Article 6.
(a) The Company is authorised to effect, without special licence, all imports
necessary for the exclusive needs of its employees on payment of the custom duties
and other duties and taxes in force at the time of importation.
The Company shall take the necessary measures to prevent the sale or the
handing over of products imported to persons not employed by the Company.
(b) The Company shall have the right to import, without special licence, the
equipment, material, medical and surgical instruments and pharmaceutical
products necessary for its dispensaries and hospitals in Persia, and shall be
exempt in respect thereof from any custom duties and other duties and taxes in
force at the time of importation, or payments of any nature whatever to the
Persian State or to local authorities.
(c) The Company shall have the right to import, without any licence and
exempt from any custom duties and from any taxes or payments of any nature
whatever to the Persian State or to local authorities, anything necessary
exclusively for the operations of the Company in Persia.
(d) The exports of petroleum shall enjoy customs immunity and shall be
exempt from any taxes or payments of any nature whatever to the Persian State
or to local authorities.
Article 7.
(a) The Company and its employees shall enjoy the legal protection of the
Government.
(b) The Government shall give, within the limits of the laws and regulations
of the country, all possible facilities for the operations of the Company in
Persia.
(c) If the Government grants concessions to third parties for the purpose of
exploiting other mines within the territory of the Concession, it must cause the
necessary precautions to be taken in order that these exploitations do not cause
any damage to the installations and works of the Company.
(d) The Company shall be responsible for the determination of dangerous
zones for the construction of habitations, shops and other buildings, in order
that the Government may prevent the inhabitants from settling there.
Article 8.
Ihe Company shall not be bound to convert into Persian currency any part
whatsoever of its funds, in particular any proceeds of the sale of its exports
from Persia.