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156 United Nations - Treaty Series 1964
time of the entry into force of this Treaty still are, self-employed or gainfully employed
there, shall be entitled to continue to pursue their profession or occupation in the
Netherlands and shall be granted such permits as may be necessary for that purpose.
In their pursuit of such profession or occupation they shall be subject to the laws and
regulations in force in the Netherlands.
3. Where the persons referred to in paragraph 1 are self-employed, they shallbe
entitled for a period of ten years following the entry into force of this Treaty to import
raw materials and semi-manufactures across the Netherlands-German frontier free of
import prohibitions and restrictions and free of import duties and other charges,
provided that the products prepared from them are exported across the Netherlands-
German frontier. This concession shall apply with respect to raw materials and semimanufactures
of the same kind as were imported before the entry into force of this
Treaty, and for a yearly quantity not exceeding 120 per cent of the average of the
quantities imported in the last three years before the entry into force of this Treaty.
Observance of the conditions for exemption from duties and charges shall be under
Customs supervision in accordance with German Customs regulations relating to the
privileged transit trade. The export of the products across the Netherlands-German
frontier shall not be subject to export duties or other charges for a period of ten
years following the entry into force of this Treaty. In the computation of turnovertax
export rebates, account shall be taken of the fact that the raw materials and semimanufactures
were imported free of duties and charges. The foregoing shall not
preclude the granting of more far-reaching exemptions, or of exemptions in respect
of other raw materials and semi-manufactures, where such exemptions are permissible
under German Customs regulations relating to the privileged transit trade.
4. The terms of paragraphs 1 to 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to companies
which on 30 June 1959 had their registered offices in the areas in question and to
branches and permanent establishments maintained in those areas. The term
"companies" means companies under civil or commercial law, including co-operative
societies, and other public or private corporations, with the exception of non-profitmaking
corporations.
Article 11
1. Germans who on 30 June 1959 were, and at the time of the entry into force
of this Treaty still are, domiciled in the areas referred to in article 6 may, within a
period of two years following the entry into force of this Treaty, opt for Netherlands
nationality in accordance with the terms of paragraph 2, provided that at the time of
exercising such option they are not under eighteen years of age and are domiciled in
the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
2. The option shall be exercised by means of a declaration made before the competent
Netherlands authorities. Its effect shall be the acquisition of Netherlands
nationality from the moment when the declaration is made. The same effect shall
extend to:
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