2282 TREATIES Monopolies; agen- cies. Poet, p. 2296. Consultation re- speeting business practices. [63 STAT. 4. In general, any control imposed by either High Contracting Party over financial transactions shall be so administered as not to influence disad- vantageously the competitive position of the commerce or investment of capital of the other High Contracting Party in comparison with the commerce or the investment of capital of any third country. Article XVIII 1. If either High Contracting Party establishes or maintains a monopoly or agency for the importation, exportation, purchase, sale, distribution or pro- duction of any article, or grants exclusive privileges to any agency to import, export, purchase, sell, distribute or produce any article, such monopolyoragency shall accord to the commerce of the other High Contracting Party fair and equi- table treatment in respect of its purchases of articles the growth, produce or manufacture of foreign countries and its sales of articles destined for foreign countries. To this end, the monopoly or agency shall, in making such purchases or sales of any article, be influenced solely by considerations, such as price, quality, marketability, transportation and terms of purchase or sale, which would ordinarily be taken into account by a private commercial enterprise interested solely in purchasing or selling such article on the most favorable terms. If either High Contracting Party establishes or maintains a monopoly or agency for the sale of any service or grants exclusive privileges to any agency to sell any service, such monopoly or agency shall accord fair and equitable treatment to the other High Contracting Party and to the nationals, corporations and associations and to the commerce thereof in respect of transactions involving such service as compared with the treatment which is or may hereafter be accorded to any third country and to the nationals, corporations and associations and to the commerce thereof. 2. Each High Contracting Party, in the awarding of concessions and other contracts, and in the purchasing of supplies, shall accord fair and equitable treatment to the nationals, corporations and associations and to the commerce of the other High Contracting Party as compared with the treatment which is or may hereafter be accorded to the nationals, corporations and associations and to the commerce of any third country. 3. The two High Contracting Parties agree that business practices which restrain competition, limit access to markets or foster monopolistic control, and which are engaged in or made effective by one or more private or public commercial enterprises or by combination, agreement or other arrangement among public or private commercial enterprises may have harmful effects upon the commerce between their respective territories. Accordingly, each High Contracting Party agrees upon the request of the other High Contracting Party to consult with respect to any such practices and to take such measures as it deems appropriate with a view to eliminating such harmful effects.
�
