MULTILATERALt-PEACE WITH ITALY-FEB. 10 , 1947 B. Electricity Supplies 1. Yugoslavia and Italy shall maintain the existing supply of electricity to the Free Territory of Trieste, furnishing to the Free Territory such quanti- ties of electricity at such rates of output as the latter may require. The quantities furnished need not at first substantially exceed those which have been customarily supplied to the area comprised in the Free Territory, but Italy and Yugoslavia shall, on request of the Free Territory, furnish in- creasing amounts as the requirements of the Free Territory grow, provided that any increase of more than 20% over the amount normally furnished to the Free Territory from the respective sources shall be the subject of an agreement between the interested Governments. 2. The price to be charged by Yugoslavia or by Italy and to be paid by the Free Territory for the electricity furnished to it shall be no higher than the price charged in Yugoslavia or in Italy for the supply of similar quantities of hydro-electricity from the same sources in Yugoslav or Italian territory. 3. Yugoslavia, Italy and the Free Territory shall exchange information continuously concerning the flow and storage of water and the output of electricity in respect of stations supplying the former Italian compartimento of Venezia Giulia, so that each of the three parties will be in a position to determine its requirements. 4. Yugoslavia, Italy and the Free Territory shall maintain in good and substantial condition all of the electrical plants, transmission lines, substations and other installations which are required for the continued supply of electricity to the former Italian compartimento of Venezia Giulia. 5. Yugoslavia shall ensure that the existing and any future power installations on the Isonzo (Soca) are operated so as to provide that such supplies of water as Italy may from time to time request may be diverted from the Isonzo (Soca) for irrigation in the region from Gorizia southwest- ward to the Adriatic. Italy may not claim the right to the use of water from the Isonzo (Soca) in greater volume or under more favorable conditions than has been customary in the past. 6. Yugoslavia, Italy and the Free Territory shall, through joint nego- tiations, adopt a mutually agreeable convention in conformity with the fore- going provisions for the continuing operation of the electricity system which 61 STAT.I 1451
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