*DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWS
1. Brazil
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
The plenipotentiary of Brazil signs the present Convention
and its Protocol of Amendment –documents which it considers
as an inseparable whole– with the reservation that it does
not accept the system of contributions based on an
exclusively demographic criterion, established by Article IX
of the Convention, and that its Government will only pay
contributions to the Inter-American Institute of
Agricultural Sciences when, under the terms of Article X of
the Protocol of Amendment, the system of contributions
established by Article VI of that Protocol enters into
force.
2. Uruguay
(Reservation made at the time of signature)
The Plenipotentiary of Uruguay signs the Convention with the
reservation that it be subsequently approved by the
parliament in conformity with Article 157, item 21 of the
Constitution of the Republic.
3. Venezuela
(Reservations made at the time of signature)
First: With respect to the stipulation in Article XII
whereby the contracting States agree to exempt from state
and municipal taxation the lands and buildings owned by the
Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, it is
expressly understood that Venezuela cannot grant such
exemption, inasmuch as such taxes do not fall within the
competence of the Federal Government, as provided by No. 3,
paragraph 4, of Article 17 of the National Constitution.
Second: With respect to the stipulation in paragraph 2 of
Article XVI whereby it is agreed that the status of the
Institute shall be determined by the Governing Board of the
Pan American Union, in the event that the present Convention
should cease to be in force, the Government of Venezuela
reserves any rights it may have, in that eventuality, in
lands and buildings situated in its territory that are
devoted to the purpose of the Convention, and which may not
be transferred, ceded or other wise alienated or encumbered,
except in conformity with the laws of the country.
a. Brazil
(Declaration made at the time of ratification)
Considering the opinion of the Brazilian Government, which
was stated at the time of signing the international acts
referred to, (Convention and Protocol) the present
instrument of ratification will be deposited with the
understanding that the Board of Directors of the
Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, by
Resolution of May 18, 1962, adopted a scale of annual
contributions equal to that of the Pan American Union.
b. Canada
(Reservation made at the time of ratification)
In acceding to the Convention on the Inter-American
Institute of Agricultural Sciences, the Government of Canada
notes the text of the Resolution on the Admission of New
Members adopted by the Board of Directors of the Institute
on November 17, 1971, and declares its understanding that
Articles I, II, XI XII, XIII, and XIV of the Convention,
insofar as Canada is concerned, shall have effect subject to
the laws from time to time in force in Canada.
c. Venezuela
(Reservations made at the time of ratification)
With the reservations made at the time of signature. |