LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN AFRICA: REVISION OF DUTIES
- Convention signed at Brussels November 3, 1906
- Procès-verbal of deposit of ratifications open from February 9 to November 3, 1907
- Senate advice and consent to adherence February 15, 1907
- Declaration of adherence by the President of the United States February 19, 1907
- Adherence of the United States deposited at Brussels May 11, 1907
- Entered into force December 2, 1907
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States December 2, 1907
- Replaced by convention of September 10, 1919,[1] as between contracting parties to the later convention
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His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Spain; His Majesty the King-Sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo; The President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of Italy; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, etc. etc.; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; and His Majesty the King of Sweden;
Wishing to provide for the execution of the clause in Article I of the Convention of June 8, 1899,[2] itself made in execution of Article XCII of the General Act of Brussels,[3] and by virtue of which the import duties on spirits within certain regions of Africa were to be subjected to revision on the basis of results produced by the previous rates,
Have resolved to convene to that effect a Conference at Brussels and have named as their plenipotentiaries, to-wit:
His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire,
