'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎52r] (83/112)

within the discretion of the State under whose sovereignty or authority the port is placed
to permit or to prohibit manfacture within the free zone. I here shall be no discrimination
l J n J egard ^ an ^ .°^ ^ ie P rov i s ion9 ol this Article either between persons belon^in^ to
different nationalities or between goods of different origin or destination.
Article 342.
No duties or charges, other than those provided for in Article 336, shall be levied on
goods arriving in the free zone or departing therefrom, from whatever foreign country
they come or for whatever foreign country they are destined, other than a statistical duty
vhi< h shall not exceed 1 per mille ad valorem. I he proceeds of this statistical duty shall
he devoted exclusively to the maintenance of the service dealing with the statistics relatino'
to the traffic of the free zone.
• Article 343.
Subject to the provisions of Article 344, the duties referred to in Article 338 may be
levied under the conditions laid down in that Article on goods coming from or going to
the free zone on their importation into the territory of the State under whose sovereignty or
authority the port is placed or on their exportation from such territory respectively.
Article 344.
Persons, goods, postal services, ships, vessels, carriages, w r aggons and other means of
transport coming from or going to the free zone, and crossing the territory of the State
under whose sovereignty or authority the port is placed, shall be deemed to be in transit
across that State if they are going to or coming from the territory of any other State
whatsoever.
(5) Disputes.
Article 345.
Subject to the provisions contained in Article 61, Part III (Political Clauses),
differences which may arise between interested States with regard to the interpretation or
to the application of the dispositions contained in Articles 335 to 344, as well as, in
general, any differences between interested States with regard to the use of the ports, shall
be settled in accordance with the conditions laid down by the League of Nations.
Differences with regard to the execution of works liable to prejudice the facilities for
the use of the port or of its approaches shall be dealt with by an accelerated procedure,
and may be the object of an expression of opinion, or of a provisional decision which
may prescribe the suspension or the immediate suppression of the said works, without
prejudice to the ultimate opinion or decision in the case.
Chapter III.
Clauses relating to the Maritsa and the Danube.
Article 346.
On a request being made by one of the riparian States to the Council of the League
of Nations, the Maritsa shall be declared an international river, and shall be subject to
the regime of international rivers laid down in Articles 332 to 338 of the treaty of Peace
concluded with Germany on June 28, 1919.
Article 347.
On a request being made to the Council of the League of Nations by any riparian
State, the Maritsa shall be placed under the administration of an International ( om-
mission, which shall comprise one representative of each riparian State and one representa
tive of Great Britain, one of France and one of Italy.
Article 348.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 133, Part III (Political Clauses),
Turkey hereby recognizes and accepts all the dispositions relating to the Danube inserted
in the Treaties of Peace concluded with Germany, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria, and
the regime for that river resulting therefrom.
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