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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. such obligations as such claimants' interests in such enterprises, at the date of the nationalization or other taking thereof, bore to the total ownership interests therein. Debt obligations, including guaran- tees, owing to nationals of countries other than Yugoslavia, incurred prior to the time such claimants became nationals of the United States, shall be deemed subject to such assumption and under- taking in the absence of proof that such obligations, including guarantees, were incurred for the benefit of such enterprises. (c) The Government of Yugoslavia recognizes the obligation of the successor enterprises created by it with respect to debts valid under Yugoslav law which were incurred prior to the nationalization or other taking, for the benefit of the enterprises nationalized or other- wise taken, provided, however, that there shall be deemed fully settled and discharged all debt obligations of enterprises, nationalized or otherwise taken, owing to nationals of the United States whose claims against the Government of Yugoslavia with respect to the nationaliza- tion or other taking of such enterprises are claims which are fully settled and discharged by this agreement; and further that all debt obligations of such enterprises to juridical persons through which the, claims of such claimants are derived shall be deemed settled and dis- charged in the same proportion as such claimants' interests in such enterprises, at the date of the nationalization or other taking thereof, bore to the total ownership interests therein. Article 5 Use, etc., of assets The Government of Yugoslavia agrees to accord to nationals of the In Yugoslavia by.U.S . nationals. United States lawfully continuing to hold, or hereafter acquiring assets in Yugoslavia, the rights and privileges of using and administering such assets and the income therefrom within the framework of the controls and regulations of the Government of Yugoslavia, on condi- tions not less favorable than the rights and privileges accorded to nationals of Yugoslavia, or of any other country, in accordance with the Convention of Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and the Prince of Serbia, signed at Belgrade, 22 Stat. 963. October 2-14, 1881. Article 6 Trademarks, etc. The Government of Yugoslavia agrees not to employ or to permit the employment of trademarks, company names and trade names formerly used in Yugoslavia by enterprises, now nationalized, which were, at the time of such nationalization substantially owned, directly or indirectly, by nationals of the United States to the extent that such trademarks, company names and trade names are counterparts of trademarks, company names and trade names used elsewhere than in Yugoslavia by the former American owners of such enterprises, directly or through subsidiaries, or by their authority; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prejudice the right of the Government of Yugoslavia, or any national thereof, to employ such trademarks, company names and trade names with the consent of the former owners of such enterprises, or others authorized to permit the use thereof. The Government of Yugoslavia will take such measures as 2660