American Legation,
Stockholm, October 12,
1906.
As the text of the above agreement was only very recently published by
the Swedish Government, I was unable to obtain a copy of it until the
day it appeared.
[Inclosure.—Translation from French
text.]
commercial agreement between sweden and
russia.
With a view of assuring the commercial relations between Sweden and
Russia, the undersigned, duly authorized for this object, have
agreed on the following:
Until the revision of the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded
between Sweden and Norway and Russia the 8th of May, 1838, the high
contracting parties mutually guarantee the treatment of the most
favored nation in everything which concerns commerce, navigation,
industry, and entrance duties.
Not deemed as interfering with the dispositions of the present
arrangement are:
- (1)
- The special favors accorded or which will be accorded by
Sweden to Norwegian subjects, to commercial societies,
industrial and financial, and to Norwegian merchandises, so
long as these same favors shall not be accorded to the
subjects, to the societies, or to the merchandises of
another State.
- (2)
- The stipulations which are or will be relative to the
commerce of Russia with the States and bordering countries
of Asia, these stipulations can not in any case be invoked
to modify the relations of commerce and of navigation
established between the two contracting parties by the
present arrangement.
The dispositions of the present agreement are not applicable:
(1) To favors actually accorded or which could be accorded
ulteriorly, relatively to the importation of the exportation, to the
inhabitants of the government of Archangel, as well as for the
septentrional and oriental coasts of Russian Asia (Siberia).
Yet the Swedish importations shall benefit equally by all the customs
facilities accorded to the importations in these territories of a
State of Europe or of North America.
(2) To coasting trade, which continues to be governed by the laws
which are or will be in vigor in each of the two countries.
The present arrangement will come into force the day of its being
signed and will not cease to be in effect until a year after its
denunciation, which may be made by one or the other.
In fulfillment of which the undersigned have signed the present
arrangement (agreement) and have placed their seals thereon.
Executed, in duplicate, at St. Petersburg August 9 (July 27),
1906.
Edv. Brandström
. [
l. s.]
Iswolsky
. [
l.
s.]
