Anglo-Belgian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation

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The Anglo-Belgian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation was a

Kingdom of Belgium, signed on 23 July 1862.[1]

It was the first such treaty that rather than being time-limited and requiring renewal, contained an open-ended stipulation for withdrawal (technically known as "denunciation") that became a regular feature of later treaties of commerce (article 25):[2]

The present Treaty shall continue in force for ten years dating from the tenth day after the exchange of the Ratifications. In case neither of the two Contracting Parties should have notified, twelve months before the end of the said period, its intention to terminate the Treaty, it shall remain in force until the expiration of a year dating from the day on which either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice for its termination.

Moniteur Belge
of 1 August 1897.

See also

References

  1. ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 80-83. On Google Books
  2. ^ Augustus Oakes and R.B. Mowat, The Great European Treaties of the Nineteenth Century (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1918), pp. 8-9. On Internet Archive.