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APPENDIX

AGREEMENT ON THE IMPORTATION OF

EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL MATERIALS

PREAMBLE

The Contracting States,

CONSIDERING

that the free exchange of ideas and knowledge and, in general, the widest possible dissemination

of the diverse forms of self-expression used by civilizations are vitally important both for intellectual progress

and inlernational understanding, and consequently for the maintenance of world peace;

CONSIDERING that this interchange is accomplished primarily by means of books, publications and edu-

cational, scientific and cultural materials;

CONSIDERING

that the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

urges co-operation between nations in all branches of intellectual activity, including “the exchange of

publications, objects of artistic and scientific interest and other materials of information” and provides

further that the Organization shall “collaborate in the work of advancing the mutual knowledge and under-

standing of peoples, through all means of mass communications and to that end recommend such inter-

national agreements as may be necessary to promote the free flow of ideas by word and image”;

RECOGNIZE

that these aims will be effectively furthered by an international agreement facilitating the free

flow of books, publications and educational, scientific and cultural materials; and

HAVE,

therefore,

AGREED

to the following provisions:

ARTICLE I

1. The Contracting Slates undertake not to apply customs duties or other charges on, or in connexion with,

the importation of:

(a) Books, publications and documents, listed in Annex A to this Agreement;

(b) Educational, scientific and cultural materials, listed in Annexes B, C, D and E. to this Agreement;

which are the products of another Contractin g State, subject to the conditions laid down in those Annexes.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not prevent any Contracting State from levying on

imported materials:

(a) Internal taxes or any other internal charges of any kind, imposed at the time of importation or

subsequently, not exceeding those applied directly or indirectly to like domestic products;

(b) Fees and charges, other than customs duties, imposed by governmental authorities on, or in

connexion with, importation, limited in amount to the approximate cost of the services rendered,

and representing neither an indirect protection to domestic products nor a taxation of imports for

revenue purposes.

ARTICLE II

1. The Contracting States undertake to grant the necessary licences and/or foreign exchange for the

importation of the following articles:

(a) Books and publications consigned to public libraries and collections and to the libraries and collections

of public educational, research or cultural institutions;

(b) Official government publications, that is, official, parliamentary and administrative documents

published in their country of origin;

(d) Books and publications received by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organ-

ization and distributed free of charge by it or under its supervision;

(e) Publications intended to promote tourist travel outside the country of importation, sent and dis-

tributed free of charge;

(f) Articles for the blind:

I. Books. publications and documents of all kinds in raised characters for the blind;

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Other articles specially designed for the educational, scientific or cultural advancement of the

blind, which are imported directly by institutions or organizations concerned with the welfare

of the blind, approved by the competent authorities of the importing country for the purpose of

duty-free entry of these types of articles.

2. The Contracting States which at any time apply quantitative restrictions and exchange control measures

undertake to grant, as far as possible, foreign exchange and licences necessary for the importation of other

educational, scientific or cultural materials, and particularly the materials referred to in the Annexes to this

Agreement.

ARTICLE III

1. The Contracting States undertake to give every possible facility to the importation of educational, scientific

or cultural materials, which are imported exclusively for showing at a public exhibition approved by the

competent authorities of the importing country and for subsequent re-exportation. These facilities shall

include the granting of the necessary licences and exemption from customs duties and internal taxes and

charges of all kinds payable on importation, other than fees and charges corresponding to the approximate

cost of services rendered.

2. Nothing in this Article shall prevent the authorities of an importing country from taking such steps

as may be necessary to ensure that the materials in question shall be re-exported at the close of their

exhibition.

ARTlCLE IV

The Contracting States undertake that they will as far as possible:

(a) Continue their common efforts to promote by every means the free circulation of educational, scien-

tific or cultural materials, and abolish or reduce any restrictions to that free circulation which are not

referred to in this Agreement;

(b) Simplify the administrative procedure governing the importation of educational, scientific or cultural

materials;

and

safe customs clearance of educational, scientific or cultural materials.

ARTICLE V

Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of Contracting States to take measures, in conformity with

their legislation, to prohibit or limit the importation. or the circulation after importation, of articles on

grounds relating directly to national security, public order or public morals.

ARTICLE Vi

This Agreement shall not modify or affect the laws and regulations of any Contracting State or any of its

international treaties, conventions, agreements or proclamations, with respect to copyright, trademarks or

patents.

ARTICLE Vii

Subject to the provisions of any previous conventions to which the Contracting States may have subscribed

for the settlement of disputes, the Contracting States undertake to have recourse to negotiations or concilia-

tion, with a view to settlement of any disputes regarding the interpretation or the application of this

Agreement.

ARTICLE Viii

In case of a dispute between Contracting States relating to the educational, scientific or cultural character of

imported materials, the interested Parties may, by common agreement, refer it to the Director-General of the

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for an advisory opinion.

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ARTICLE IX

1. This Agreement, of which the English and French texts are equally authentic, shall bear today’s date

and remain open for signature by all Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization, all Member States of the United Nations and any non-Member State to which an invitation may

have been addressed by the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization.

2. The Agreement shall be ratified on behalf of the signatory States in accordance with their respective

constitutional procedure.

The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Rations.

ARTICLE X

The States referred to in paragraph 1 of Article IX may accept this Agreement from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Acceptance shall become effective, on the deposit of a formal instrument with the Secretary-General of the

United Nations.

ARTICLE XI

This Agreement shall come into force on the date on which the Secretary-General of the United Nations

receives instruments of ratification or acceptance from ten States.

ARTICLE XII

1. The States parties to this Agreement on the date of its coming into force shall each take all the necessary

measures for its fully effective operation within a period of six months after that date.

2. For States which may deposit their instruments of ratification or acceptance after the date of the

Agreement coming into force, these measures shall be taken within a period of three months from the date

of deposit

3. Within one month of the expiration of the periods mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article,

the Contracting States to this Agreement shall submit a report to the United Nations Educational, Scientific

and Cultural Organization of the measures which they have taken for such fully effective operation.

4. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization shall transmit this report to all

signatory States to this Agreement and to the International Trade Organization (provisionally, to its Interim

Commission).

ARTICLE XIII

Any Contracting State may, at the time of signature or the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accept-

ance, or at any time thereafter, declare by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United

Nations that this Agreement shall extend to all or any of the territories for the conduct of whose foreign

relations that Contracting State is responsible.

ARTICLE XIV

1. Two years after the date of the coming into force of this Agreement, any Contracting State may, on its

own behalf or on behalf of any of the territories for the conduct of whose foreign relations that Contracting

State is responsible, denounce this Agreement by an instrument in writing deposited with the Secretary-

General of the United Nations.

The denunciation shall take effect one year after the receipt of the instrument of denunciation.

ARTICLE XV

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform the States referred to in paragraph 1 of Article IX,

as well as the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the International Trade

Organization (provisionally, its Interim Commission), of the deposit of all the instruments of ratification

and acceptance provided for in Articles IS and X, as well as of the notifications and denunciations provided

for respectively in Articles XIII and XIX.

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ARTICLE XVI

At the request of one-third of the Contracting States to this Agreement, the Director-General of the United

Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization shall place on the agenda of the next session of

the General Conference of that Organization, the question of convoking a meeting for the revision of this

Agreement.

ARTICLE XVII

The Annexes to this Agreement and its Protocol are hereby made an integral part of this Agreement.

ARTICLE XVIII

1. In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, this Agreement shall be registered

by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the date of its coming into force.

2. In

FAITH WHEREOF

the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Agreement on behalf of their

respective governments.

Done at . . . . . . . . . . . this . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . one thousand nine hundred and . . . . . . . . . . . in a single copy, which shall

remain deposited in the archives of the United Nations, and certified true copies of which shall be delivered

to all the States referred to in paragraph 1 of Article IX, as well as to the United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization and to the International Trade Organization (provisionally, to its Interim

Commission).

ANNEX A

BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS

11.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

Printed books.

Newspapers and periodicals.

Books and documents produced by duplicating processes other than printing.

Official government publications, that is, official, parliamentary and administrative documents

published in their country of origin.

Travel posters and travel literature (pamphlets, guides, time-tables, leaflets and similar publications),

whether illustrated or not, including those published by private commercial enterprises, whose purpose

is to stimulate travel outside the country of importation.

Publications whose purpose is to stimulate study outside the country of importation.

Manuscripts, including typescripts.

Catalogues of books and publications, being books and publications offered for sale by publishers or

hooksellers established outside the country of importation.

Catalogues of films, recordings or other visual and auditory material of an educational, scientific or

cultural character, being catalogues issued by or on behalf of the United Nations or any of its Specialized

Agencies.

Music in manuscript or printed form, or reproduced by duplicating processes other than printing.

Geographical, hydrographical or astronomical maps and charts.

Architectural, industrial or engineering Plans and designs, and reproductions thereof, intended for

study in scientific establishments or educational institutions approved by the competent authorities of

the importing country for the purpose of duty-free admission of these types of articles.

The exemptions provided by Annex A shall not apply to:

(a) Stationery;

(b)

Books, publications and documents (except catalogues, travel posters and travel literature

referred to above) published by or for a private commercial enterprise, essentially for advertising

purposes;

(d) All other items (except catalogues referred to above) in which the advertising matter is in

excess of 25 per cent by space. In the case of travel posters and literature, this percentage shall

apply only to private commercial advertising matter.

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ANNEX B

WORKS OF ART AND COLLECTORS’ PIECES OF AN EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC OR CULTURAL

CHARACTER

III

VI.

Printings and drawings, including copies, executed entirely by hand, but excluding manufactured

decorated wares.

Hand-printed impressions, produced from hand-engraved or hand-etched blocks, plates or other material,

and signed and numbered by the artist.

Original works of art of statuary or sculpture, whether in the round, in relief, or in intaglio, excluding

mass-produced reproductions and works of conventional craftsmanship of a commercial character.

Collectors’ pieces

and

objects of art consigned to public galleries, museums and other public institutions,

approved by the competent authorities of the importing country for the purpose of duty-free entry of

these types of articles, not intended for resale.

Collections

and

collectors’ pieces in such scientific fields as anatomy, zoology, botany, mineralogy,

palaeontology, archaeology and ethnography, not intended for resale.

Antiques, being articles in excess of 100 years of age.

NEX

VISUAL AND AUDITORY MATERIALS OF AN EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC OR CULTURAL CHARACTER

I. Films, filmstrips, microfilms and slides, of an educational, scientific or cultural character, when

imported by organizations (including, at the discretion of the importing country, broadcasting organiza-

tions), approved by the competent authorities of the importing country for the purpose of duty-free

admission of these types of articles, exclusively for exhibition by these organizations or by other public

or private educational, srientific or cultural institutions or societies approved

the aforesaid authorities.

n. Newsreels with or without sound track), depicting events of current news value at the time of importa-

lion, and imported in either negative form, exposed and developed, or positive form, printed and

developed, when imported by organizations (including, at the discretion of the importing country,

broadcasting organizations) approved by the competent authorities of the importing country for the

purpose of duty-free admission of such films, provided that free entry may

limited to two copies of

each

subject for

copying purposes.

III. Sound recordings of an educational, scientific or cultural character for use exclusively in public or

private educational, scientific or cultural institutions or societies (including, at the discretion

the

importing country-, broadcasting organizations) approved

the competent authorities of the importing

country for

the

purpose of

duty-free

admission of these types of articles.

Films, filmstrips, microfilms and sound recordings of an educational, scientific or cultural character

produced by the United Nations or any of its Specialized Agencies.

V. Patterns, models and wall charts for use exclusively for demonstrating and teaching purposes in public

or private educational, scientific or cultural institutions approved by the competent authorities of the

importing country for the purpose of duty-kc admission of these types of articles.

ANN

SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS

Scientific instruments or apparatus, intended exclusively for educational purposes or pure scientific research,

provided:

(a) That such scientific instruments or apparatus are consigned to public or private scientific or educa-

tional institutions approved by the competent authorities of the importing country for the purpose of

duty-free entry of these types of articles, and used under the control and responsibility of these

institutions;

(b) That instruments or apparatus of equivalent scientific value are not being manufactured in the

country of importation.

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ANNEX E

ARTICLES FOR THE BLIND

Books, publications and documents of all kinds in raised characters for the blind.

Other articles specially designed For the educational, scientific or cultural advancement of the blind,

which are imported directly by institutions or organizations concerned with the welfare of the blind,

approved by the competent authorities of the importing country for the purpose of duty-free entry of

these types of articles.

PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE AGREEMENT ON THE IMPORTATION OF EDUCATIONAL,

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL MATERIALS

The Contracting States,

of facilitating the participation of the United States of America in the Agreement on the

Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, have agreed to the following:

THE I

TEREST

1. The United Slates of America shall have the option of ratifying this Agreement, under Article IX, or of

accepting it, under Article X, with the inclusion of the reservation hereunder.

2. In the event of the United States of America becoming Party to this Agreement with the reservation

provided for in the preceding paragraph 1, the provisions of that reservation may be invoked by the

Government of the United States of America with regard to any of the Contracting States to this Agreement,

or by any Contracting State with regard to the United States of America, provided that any measure imposed

pursuant to such reservation shall be applied on a non-discriminatory basis.

(TEXT OF THE RESERVATION)

If as a result

the obligations incurred by a Contracting State under this Agreement, any product

covered by this Agreement is being imported into the territory of a Contracting State in such relatively

increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause

threaten serious injury to the domestic

industry in that territory producing like

directly competitive products, the Contracting State, under the

conditions provided for by paragraph 2 above, shall be free, in respect of such product and to the extent and

for such time as may be necessary to prevent

remedy such injury, to Suspend, in whole

in part, any

obligation under this Agreement with respect to such product.

(a)

(b)

Before any Contracting State shall take action pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) above, it

shall give notice in writing to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as

far in

advance as may be practicable and shall afford the Organization and the Contracting States which are Parties

to this Agreement an opportunity to consult with it in respect of the proposed action.

action

under paragraph

(a)

above, may be taken provisionally without prior consultation, on the condition that

consultation be effected immediately after taking such action,

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INDEX

Abstracts:

See Bibliographies; Committee for the Co-ordina-

tion of Abstracts; Committee on the Abstracting

of Engineering Sciences; Co-ordinating Committee

on Abstracting and Indexing of the Medical and

Biological Sciences.

Administrative Commission:

- Establishment, Resol. 0.41.

- Report, Section IV.

- Subsidiary organs, Resol. 0.41.

Administrative Tribunal of the United Nations and

Specialized Agencies,

Section IV, B.4;

Resol. 23.1-

23.3.

Admission of new Members, Resol. 0.51.

Adult education. Resol. A.24-A.26, 1.21, 1.212-1.2124,

1.214-1.2142, 1.215-1.2151, 4.312,

1.2131-1.2133,

6.383.

- Bulletin, Resol. 1.141.

- Campaigns, Resol. A.26.

- Exhibition, Resol. 1.151.

- Experiments, Resol. A.24, 1.153, 1.2121, 1.2122.

Agenda, Resol. 0.2.

Agreement for Facilitating the International Circula-

tion of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Edu-

cational, Scientific and Cultural Character, Resol.

6.2211.

Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scien-

tific and Cultural Materials, Resol. 6.2212, 9.41-

9.44; Appendix.

Basic programme, Resol. A.l-G.3.

Bibliographies, Resol. A.132, B.12-B.14, C.12, C.13,

D.l, D.13, D.47, D.481, D.482, 2.141-2.143, 3.141,

4.1114, 4.531-4.534, 8.1411, 8.1652, 8.2411, 8.2652.

Biology :

See Australian and New Zealand Association for

the Advancement of Science; Co-ordinating

Com-

mittee on Abstracting and Indexing of the Medical

and Biological Sciences.

Book coupon scheme:

See Unesco coupon scheme.

Book exchange centres, Resol. 4.522, 4.5221, 8.1653,

8.2653.

Braille

system,

Resol. 6.161-6164.

Budget, Surplus,

Section IV, 5;

Resol. 19.33, 19.422,

19.424.

Budget, Transfers, Resol. 12.3-12.4.

Budget 1950, Currency devaluation,

Section IV, 5;

Resol. 19.425.

Budget 1951, Appropriations, Resol. 12.1, 12.2, 12.5,

19.4-19.425.

- Ceiling,

Section IV, 8;

Resol. 12.1.

Budget Committee, Establishment, Resol. 0.41.

- Membership, Resol. 10.6.

- Report,

Section III.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Re-

presentation to the General Conference, 5th ses-

sion, Resol. 0.6.

Children:

See

also

Appeal for Refugee Children in the Middle

and Near East; Friendship flag and postage stamp;

Handicapped children; International Federation

of Children’s Communities; Publications for chil-

dren; Refugees and displaced persons, Middle and

Near East.

- Art exhibitions, Resol. 4.212.

Children’s communities, Resol. 1.36-1.365.

China: