Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 2.djvu/711

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1388 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. 5. The term "transport equipment and material" shall include, so far as the Executive Board deems it necessary for the execution of the functions of the Organisation:- (i) any items of fixed and mobile equipment, stores (other than fuel), plant and spares and accessories of all kinds specifically intended and required for use of transport undertakings, including equipment required for use in ports, whether ashore or afloat; (ii) equipment and material specifically intended and required for the rehabilitation, maintenance or construction of roads, railways, bridges, ports and inland waterways; (iii) major plant and tools specifically required for the repair of transport equipment and material for use by transport authorities. 6. The term "traffic of common concern" shall include- (i) personnel, stores, supplies or other traffic to be moved in accordance with the requirements of the Allied Commanders- in-Chief; (ii) displaced and other persons to be moved in accordance with the priorities determined by the appropriate United Nations authorities; (iii) supplies for civil needs to be moved in Continental Europe in accordance with the priorities determined by the appropriate United Nations authorities; (iv) property removed by the enemy. 7. The term "transport charges" shall include, in addition to freight or conveyance charges, any other incidental charges, such as tolls, port charges, charges for warehousing and handling goods in transit which may affect the cost of transport. 8. The term "admissible transit charges" means dues intended solely to defray expenses of supervision and administration entailed by the transit traffic concerned. 9. The term "Allied Commanders-in-Chief" shall mean Command- ers-in-Chief designated by the appropriate authorities of the French Republic, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom and the United States for commands on the Continent of Europe. 10. The term "Government" includes any Provisional Government. ANNEX. PROTOCOL RELATING TO TRAFIC ON INLAND WATERWAYS. PREAMBLE. With a view to fulfilling, in respect of traffic on inland waterways, the obligations assumed by the Agreement concerning the establish- ment of an European Central Inland Transport Organisation (here-