C.P.(Gen)Doc.1.U.18.
Article 65
- 1.
- At the end of paragraph 1, add:
“Within a period of 6 months after the filing of the claim for restitution.”
- 2.
- In line 1 of paragraph 2, delete the word “identifiable”.
- 3.
- At the end of paragraph 2, add:
“Where, as a result of the war, the property removed cannot be returned, the Italian Government shall compensate, within a period of 6 months after the filing of the claim for restitution, the Government of the country from whose territory the property was removed, by property of equivalent value.”
- 4.
- At the end of paragraph 3, add:
“When returning vessels, Italy shall bear the cost of refloating and repairing vessels belonging to the Allied and Associated Powers and taken by Italy, insofar as such vessels were not sunk in the service of [Page 746] the Allies. Within one year of the coming into force of the present Treaty, Italy herself shall refloat and put into pre-war condition all vessels sunk in her waters, and to offset present and future costs caused by the refloating and reconditioning of vessels sunk outside her waters, Italy shall pay, within a period of one year of the coming into force of the present Treaty, compensation in the form of naval materials or work executed in her naval dockyards, in virtue of an agreement to be concluded between the Governments concerned and the Italian Government within a period of 6 months of the coming into force of the present Treaty.”
- 5.
- At the end of paragraph 4, add:
“Including the maintenance costs of Restitution Delegations of the Allied and Associated Powers in Italy.”
- 6.
- Replace paragraph 7 by the following paragraph:
“The claimant Government shall be required to show that the property was removed from its territory and transported to Italy and the Italian Government shall be required to show that the property was not removed by taking advantage of the state of occupation.”
- 7.
- At the end of Article 65 add two new paragraphs, as follows:
9. “Where vessels seized by the Italian Government are not returned to the Allied Powers, Italy undertakes to replace such vessels by vessels of the same tonnage and class or by vessels to be defined in agreements to be concluded, within a period of 6 months of the coming into force of the present treaty, between the Governments concerned and the Italian Government. Italy shall deliver the replacement vessels, free of all charges, within a period of 3 months after the conclusion of the agreement if such vessels are drawn from existing Italian vessels, and within a period of 3 years of the coming into force of the present treaty if they are drawn from newly-built vessels, provided always that Italy delivers annually ⅓ of the stipulated tonnage.
10. “Within a period of 3 months of the coming into force of the present treaty, Italy shall return to the Federative People’s republic of Yugoslavia, in good condition, the rolling stock received by her in 1941 at the time of the apportionment of Yugoslav rolling stock. Where Italy does not return such rolling stock within such time-limit, she shall compensate Yugoslavia within 30 days with rolling stock of the same class from her own supplies.”