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1866 Taxes and duties. Prices. Sums received for provision of facilities, etc. Designation of ap- propriate area by U. S. military authorities. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. (b) Such facilities, supplies and services may also, with the per- mission of the Government of the Territory, be provided by the United States, at such place or places within an area designated under para- graph (2) of this Article or outside the Leased Area as may be agreed, or at such other place or places within the Leased Area as may be previously notified to the Government of the Territory by the United States military authorities. If such facilities, supplies and services are so provided by the United States, the taxes and duties (if any) which would have been payable under the law of the Territory in respect of any such transaction if such facilities, supplies or services had been provided by a civil enterprise under subparagraph (a) of this paragraph shall be payable to the Government of the Territory, and shall be levied and collected in such manner as may be agreed between the Government of the Territory and the United States mili- tary authorities. (c) Such facilities, supplies and services shall be provided without discrimination and at equitable prices, which shall be non-discrimina- tory as to all operators of civil aircraft using the Bases, whether civil air carriers or not. Such prices shall be determined after consultation between the Government of the Territory and the United States mili- tary authorities, or, if necessary, after consultation between the two Governments. (d) If an area is designated in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Article, or if, by reason of there being suitable land conveniently adjacent to the Base, such designation is unnecessary, then, (i) such facilities, supplies and services shall be provided by the Government of the Territory or by a civil enterprise in ac- cordance with sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph or, in so far as they are not so provided, the United States shall have the right to provide such facilities, supplies or services without obtaining the permission of the Government of the Territory, but otherwise in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, and (ii) the Government of the Territory will provide all such facili- ties for customs, immigration, quarantine and other similar matters of Colonial or United Kingdom national interest as may be necessary in connection with the use of the Base by all civil aircraft entitled to such use. (e) Except as respects taxes and duties referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, all sums received in respect of the provision of any facilities, supplies or services under this paragraph shall accrue to the Government or civil enterprise by which the facilities, supplies or services in question are provided. (2) (a) At each of the Bases where suitable land is not conveniently adjacent thereto for the provision of necessary civil airport facilities, supplies and services and for the erection of buildings for post and telegraph purposes, customs, immigration, quarantine and other simi-