V. Commercial Convention
Section II.
Article 9
Turkey undertakes, on condition that
reciprocity is accorded in this matter, to grant to the ships of the other
Contracting Powers a treatment equal to that which she grants to national
ships, or any more favourable treatment that she grants or may grant to the
ships of any other Power.
Turkey retains, as regards each of the other
Contracting Powers, and each of these Powers retains as regards Turkey the
right of reserving to the national flag fishing, maritime cabotage, that is to
say, transport by sea of goods and passengers embarked in one port of its
territory for another port in the same territory, and port services, that is
to say, towage, pilotage and all interior services of whatever nature they may
be.
Article 10
Subject to the exceptions referred to in the
preceding article with respect to fishing, maritime cabotage and port
services, a treatment equal to that granted to national ships will be granted
reciprocally by Turkey on the one hand and by each of the other Contracting
Parties on the other hand as regards the right to import or export goods of
every description or to transport passengers going to or coming from the
country and the enjoyment of all facilities with regard to stationing, loading
and unloading of vessels at ports, docks, quays and roads.
There shall also be an absolute equality,
subject to the same condition of reciprocity, as regards dues, charges and
payments of all kinds levied on ships, such as sanitary dues, port, quay
harbour, pilotage, quarantine, lighthouse and other similar dues levied in the
name of or for the profit of the Government, public functionaries, private
individuals, corporations or establishments of any kind.
Turkey also undertakes, on condition of
reciprocity, not to subject imported or exported goods to any differential
due, surtax, or increase of any nature or kind based on the flag of the ship
by which the goods are imported or exported, on the ports of arrival or
departure, on the voyage of the ship or the ports at which it has called, the
dues and taxes leviable on goods imported or exported being determined only on
their origin or their destination, and being applied equally as regards all
the other Contracting Powers in accordance with the provisions of Section I.
Article 11
All classes of certificates or documents
relating to vessels, their cargoes and passengers which were recognised as
valid by Turkey before the war or which may hereafter be recognised as valid
by the principal maritime States shall be recognised by Turkey, as regards the
vessels belonging to the other Contracting Powers, as valid and as equivalent
to the corresponding certificates issued to Turkish vessels.
These provisions will only have effect if the
certificates and documents delivered by Turkey to Turkish vessels, in
conditions equivalent to those adopted in the principal maritime countries,
are certificates and documents delivered by them.
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