The Interallied Rhineland High Commission, at its meeting of March
15th, has adopted the following resolution, which grants certain
temporary facilities to foreign purchasers, in regard to orders
prior to February 1, 1923:
“I. When an order of general interest is involved, the
competent Interallied Authorities may authorize the foreign
purchaser to substitute himself for the defaulting exporter,
as regards the request for export licence, provided the
latter has given his authorization and assumed in respect to
the German Authorities the responsibility of the ensuing
derogation to the German laws in force.
These provisions will be specially applied to orders for
which total or partial payment may have been made before
February 1st. In case any of the aforementioned conditions
cannot be carried out, the Interallied Authorities may
exceptionally authorize special exports.
In both the cases mentioned, the export taxes to be charged
will be those in force on the date when the orders were
passed; an exemption from the obligation to deposit foreign
currency may eventually be granted.
II. To obtain the benefit of the provisions indicated above,
the foreign purchaser shall make application to the
interested Interallied Service, namely:
To the Directing Committee of Licences of the High Commission
for goods emanating from suppliers located or established in
the Occupied Territory, with the exception of those located
within the Dusseldorf and Duisburg bridgeheads and the
occupied Ruhr valley.
To the Licence Service of the Mission of Control of the
Factories and Mines at Essen, for goods emanating from
suppliers located within the Dusseldorf and Duisburg
bridgeheads, as well as in the occupied Ruhr valley.
This application must be accompanied by a certificate
guaranteeing the date of the order, the total or partial
payment before February 1st, as the case may be, and also
showing that the supplies present a character of general
interest.
This certificate must emanate from:
- a)
- The Representative of the Nation to which the
purchaser belongs in the High Commission or in the
Interallied Licence Services, if that Nation has
such a Representative;
- b)
- The Diplomatic Representative of the purchaser’s
Government accredited to one of the Governments
represented in the Interallied Services, if the
purchaser does not belong to one of the Nations
represented in the High Commission or in the
Interallied Licence Services.
Requests will be received until May 1, 1923.”
