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FOREIGN TRADE ZONES

The above facilities shall go into force at the time the free port will be
opened to traffic by the company mentioned in article 3. At the same time the
duties for incoming vessels will be reduced (see No. 2 above) to 30 ore per
registered ton of cargo unloaded. If the vessel was completely loaded, and
unloaded its entire cargo, it will pay this duty according to measured capacity.
If the vessel was not completely loaded or does not unload its entire cargo,
it will pay the duty of the quantity unloaded converted into registered tons
according to the rates of the customhouse; the duty must always be paid, however,
 in such a way that it will never be higher than that which would correspond
to the measured capacity of the vessel.
The secretary of the interior may decide that instead of the port duty above
indicated of 30 ore per registered ton an equivalent duty may be paid on the
articles unloaded, which in such case would have to be fixed for every class of
articles in accordance with the tariff schedule of the customhouse. The reduction
 of the port duties can only take place by. process of law; but this is no
obstacle to the privileges and exemptions of duties which may already have
been granted under the authority given to the secretary of the interior by the
law of March 31, 1864, and which continues in force.
No port duties will be collected in a free port; in their place there will be
paid wherever articles go from the free port into Danish customs territory the
same duty as collected in the port of Copenhagen. This duty, based upon the
rates applied to the article under the customs tariff act, must be equal to the
port duty. The calculation will be based on units of one-tenth of a registered
ton. If the tariff on any one article is inferior to one-tenth of a registered ton,
it will nevertheless pay for the latter amount.
The tax on vessels under the law of July 4, 1863, Chapter V, will cease at
the same time that the free port is entirely open for exploitation.
Art. 9. The wharfage tax will be collected in the free port in accordance with
the rules which may from time to time be put into force for the public wharves
of the port of Copenhagen.
Art. 10. The budget fixed annually for the free port of Copenhagen, as well
as all annual events, will be communicated to the Rigedag.
The port commission, created by law of September 30, 1858, will be increased
oy four members, each section of the Rigsdag to elect two. These members
will hold office for three years.
As long as the guaranty of the State mentioned in article 3 for the loan contracted
 by the port commission remains in force, the port council can not, without
the consent of the legislative powers, make any further expenses than those
necessary for the exploitation, conservation, and necessary improvement of the
port. It can not, moreover, decide by itself on new extensions or works to be
undertaken.
Art, 11. Merchandise received for deposit in the warehouses of the free port
belonging to the company mentioned in article 3 can be sold, mortgaged, insured
against fire, ete., without any further requirement than the delivery or exhibition
 of samples of the merchandise, according to warrants or certificates of
deposit. More definite regulations will be fixed by law in regard to these certificates.
 The secretary of the interior will decree all the necessary rules and
tariffs for the administration of the free port.
ArT. 12. The products obtained in the territory of the free port must, on
entry into the territory of the Danish customhouse, submit to the regulations
which may at any time be established under the ordinary tariff acts. No factories
 for artificial fertilizer, margerine, bookbinder shops, or printing establishments
 can be established in the territory of the free port without the consent
of the legislative body.