59 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TRANSPORT ORGANIZATION-SEPT. 27,1945 23. The Organisation shall give all practicable assistance through the appropriate authorities to any member Government at its request in obtaining supplies of fuel, power and lubricants to meet the needs of traffic of common concern, in order that that Government may fulfil its obligations under paragraph 7 of Article VIII. Post, p. 1748. ARTICLE VIII. - Obligations of Member Governments. Information. 1. Every member Government, in respect of any territory which is under its authority and in the field of activity of the Organisation, shall, upon request of the Organisation, provide it with such informa- tion as is essential for the performance of its functions. Census of Transport Equipment and Material. 2. Every member Government undertakes to co-operate fully with the Organisation in arranging any census for which provision is made in paragraph 7 of Article VII.te, p. 1744. Identification and Restoration of Transport Equipment and Material. 3. Every member Government, in respect of any territory which is under its authority and in the field of activity of the Organisation, undertakes that - (i) It will facilitate the execution of paragraph 8 of Article VII. Ante, p. 1744. (ii) It will not seize:- (a) transport equipment and material in Continental Europe found outside the territories under its authority, even though such equipment and material may belong to it or to any of its nationals; (b) transport equipment and material found within territory under its authority but not belonging to it or any of its nationals; (c) transport equipment and material coming within territory under its authority as the result of arrangements made under the auspices of the Organisation for the movement of traffic of common concern; provided, however:- (i) that every member Government shall be permitted to use equipment defined under (b) and (c) above subject to the provisions of paragraphs 5 and 8 of Article VII and, in A, pp.1743 ,1744 the case of enemy or ex-enemy transport equipment and material, without prejudice to its ultimate disposal by the appropriate authorities of the United Nations; and (ii) that nothing in this paragraph shall debar any member Government or any of its nationals from continuing the management of its or his own inland vessels. 4. The provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article shall not affect the rights of the Allied Commanders-in-Chief within any territory in respect of which the Organisation has not begun to exercise its func- tions under Article VII. 1747
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