62 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-ECONOMIC COOPERATION--JULY 6, 1948 3. It is further understood that neither Government will espouse a claim pursuant to this Article until its national has exhausted the remedies available to him in the administrative and judicial tribunals of the country in which the claim arose. ARTICLE XI As used in this agreement:- (a) "The United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and any territory to which this Agreement shall have been extended under the provisions of Article XII. (b) The term "participating country" means (i) any country which signed the Report of the Committee of European Co-operation at Paris on 22nd September, 1947,[ 1] and any territories for which it has international responsibility and to which the Economic Co-operation Agreement concluded between that country and the Government of the United States of America has been applied, and (ii) any other country (including any of the zones of occupation of Germany, and areas under international ad- ministration or control, and the Free Territory of Trieste or either of its zones) wholly or partly in Europe, together with dependent areas under its administration; provided that, and for so long as, such country is a party to the Convention for European Economic Co-operation and adheres to a joint pro- gramme for European recovery designed to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement. (c) The expression "nationals of the United Kingdom" shall mean British subjects belonging to, and companies and associations incorporated under the laws of, the United Kingdom or any territory to which this Agreement shall have been extended under Article XII. ARTICLE XII This Agreement shall, on the part of the Government of the United Kingdom, extend to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- ern Ireland, to the territories specified in the schedule attached hereto, and to any other territories (being territories for whose international relations the Government of the United Kingdom is responsible) from the date on which the Government of the United Kingdom notifies the Government of the United States of America of the extension of the Agreement to them. Nothing in the Agreement shall be con- strued as imposing any obligation contrary to the terms of a Trustee- ship Agreement in force in relation to any territory. Schedule Aden. Bahamas. Cyprus. Falkland Islands I Department of State publication 2930. 68706°--1 -PT . --- 88 2605 Definitions. "The United King- dom." "Participating country." " Nationals of the United Kingdom." Extension of agree- ment to designated territories. IPs, p. 2B0. Fiji and Western Pacific High Commission terri- tories (excluding Tonga and New Hebrides).
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