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[CITE: 22USC503]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                    CHAPTER 10--HEMISPHERAL RELATIONS
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 503. Facilitating work of foreign traveling salesmen; 
        licenses and certificates of identification
        
    Whereas the United States has entered into conventions with the 
Governments of Uruguay, Guatemala, Salvador, Panama, and Venezuela which 
were signed on August 27, 1918, December 3, 1918, January 28, 1919, 
February 8, 1919, and July 3, 1919, respectively, for facilitating the 
work of traveling salesmen; and
    Whereas Articles I and II of each of said conventions read as 
follows:
    ``Article I. Manufacturers, merchants, and traders domiciled within 
the jurisdiction of one of the high contracting parties may operate as 
commercial travelers either personally or by means of agents or 
employees within the jurisdiction of the other high contracting party on 
obtaining from the latter, upon payment of a single fee, a license which 
shall be valid throughout its entire territorial jurisdiction.
    ``In case either of the high contracting parties shall be engaged in 
war, it reserves to itself the right to prevent from operating within 
its jurisdiction under the provisions of this treaty, or otherwise, 
enemy nationals or other aliens whose presence it may consider 
prejudicial to public order and national safety.
    ``Art. II. In order to secure the license above mentioned the 
applicant must obtain from the country of domicile of the manufacturers, 
merchants, and traders represented a certificate attesting his character 
as commercial traveler. This certificate, which shall be issued by the 
authority to be designated in each country for the purpose, shall be 
visaed by the consul of the country in which the applicant proposes to 
operate, and the authorities of the latter shall, upon the presentation 
of such certificate, issue to the applicant the national license as 
provided in Article I.''
    Now, therefore, the Secretary of Commerce, or any person in the 
Department of Commerce designated by him, is authorized to issue the 
licenses and certificates of identification which are provided for by 
the said Articles I and II, respectively, of the said conventions, or 
which may be provided for by similar articles in any convention or 
treaty that may, on and after September 22, 1922, be concluded by the 
United States with a foreign government, and is further authorized to 
collect a reasonable fee for each license and certificate of 
identification issued. The amount of such fee shall be fixed by 
regulations made by the Secretary of Commerce and shall be paid into the 
Treasury of the United States quarterly.

(Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 414, 42 Stat. 1028.)


                                Treaties

    Bilateral treaties of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation contain 
provisions for the reciprocal treatment of commercial travelers which 
generally state that:
    ``Commercial travelers representing nationals and companies of 
either Party engaged in business within the territories thereof, upon 
their entry into and departure from the territories of the other Party 
and during their sojourn therein, be accorded most-favored-nation 
treatment in respect of the customs and other matters, including, 
subject to the exceptions in paragraph ______ of Article ______, taxes 
and charges applicable to them, their samples and the taking of orders, 
and regulations governing the exercise of their functions.''

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               Country                       Date signed           Entered into
 force            Citation
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Argentina...........................  July 27, 1853...........  Dec. 20, 1854..
........  10 Stat. 1005
Austria.............................  June 19, 1928...........  May 27, 1931...
........  47 Stat. 1876
                                      Jan. 20, 1931...........  May 27, 1931...
........  47 Stat. 1899
Belgium.............................  Feb. 21, 1961...........  Oct. 3, 1963...
........  14 UST 1284
Bolivia.............................  May 13, 1858............  Nov. 9, 1862...
........  12 Stat. 1003
Brunei..............................  June 23, 1850...........  July 11, 1853..
........  10 Stat. 909
Colombia............................  Dec. 12, 1846...........  June 10,1848...
........  9 Stat. 881
Costa Rica..........................  July 10, 1851...........  May 26, 1852...
........  10 Stat. 916
Denmark.............................  Oct. 1, 1951............  July 30, 1961..
........  12 UST 908
Estonia.............................  Dec. 23, 1925...........  May 22, 1926...
........  44 Stat. 2379
Ethiopia............................  Sept. 7, 1951...........  Oct. 8, 1953...
........  4 UST 2134
                                      Sept. 16, 1965..........  May 3, 1973....
........  24 UST 2136
                                      Oct. 20, 1972...........
Finland.............................  Feb. 13, 1934...........  Aug. 10, 1934..
........  49 Stat. 2659
                                      Dec. 4, 1952............  Sept. 24, 1953.
........  4 UST 2047
France..............................  June 24, 1822...........  Feb. 12, 1823..
........  8 Stat. 278
                                      July 17, 1919...........  Jan. 10, 1921..
........  41 Stat. 1723
                                      Nov. 25, 1959...........  Dec. 21, 1960..
........  11 UST 2398
Germany, Federal Republic of........  Oct. 29, 1954...........  July 14, 1956..
........  7 UST 1839
Greece..............................  Aug. 3, 1951............  Oct. 13, 1954..
........  5 UST 1829
Honduras............................  Dec. 7, 1927............  July 19, 1928..
........  45 Stat. 2618
India...............................  July 3, 1815............  July 3, 1815...
........  8 Stat. 228
Iran................................  Aug. 15, 1955...........  June 16, 1957..
........  8 UST 899
Iraq................................  Dec. 3, 1938............  June 19, 1940..
........  54 Stat. 1790
Ireland.............................  Jan. 21, 1950...........  Sept. 14, 1950.
........  1 UST 785
Israel..............................  Aug. 23, 1951...........  Apr. 3, 1954...
........  5 UST 550
Italy...............................  Feb. 2, 1948............  July 26, 1949..
........  63 Stat. 2255
                                      Sept. 26, 1951..........  Mar. 2, 1961...
........  12 UST 131
Japan...............................  Apr. 2, 1953............  Oct. 30, 1953..
........  4 UST 2063
Korea...............................  Nov. 28, 1956...........  Nov. 7, 1957...
........  8 UST 2217
Latvia..............................  Apr. 20, 1928...........  July 25, 1928..
........  45 Stat. 2641
Liberia.............................  Aug. 8, 1938............  Nov. 21, 1939..
........  54 Stat. 1739
Luxembourg..........................  Feb. 23, 1962...........  Mar. 28, 1963..
........  14 UST 251
Madagascar..........................  See France..............  1896           
          .......................
Malta...............................  See United Kingdom......
Morocco.............................  Sept. 16, 1836..........  Jan. 28, 1837..
........  8 Stat. 484
Nepal...............................  Apr. 25, 1947...........  Apr. 25, 1947..
........  61 Stat. 2566
Netherlands.........................  Mar. 27, 1956...........  Dec. 5, 1957...
........  8 UST 2043
Norway..............................  June 5, 1928............  Sept. 13, 1932.
........  47 Stat. 2135
Oman................................  Dec. 20, 1958...........  June 11, 1960..
........  11 UST 1835
Pakistan............................  Nov. 12, 1959...........  Feb. 12, 1961..
........  12 UST 110
Paraguay............................  Feb. 4, 1859............  Mar. 7, 1860...
........  12 Stat. 1091
Saudi Arabia........................  Nov. 7, 1933............  Nov. 7, 1933...
........  48 Stat. 1826
Spain...............................  July 3, 1902............  Apr. 14, 1903..
........  33 Stat. 2105
Suriname............................  See Netherlands.........
Switzerland.........................  Nov. 25, 1850...........  Nov. 8, 1855...
........  11 Stat. 587
Taiwan \1\..........................  Nov. 4, 1946............  Nov. 30, 1948..
........  63 Stat. 1299
Thailand............................  May 29, 1966............  June 8, 1968...
........  19 UST 5843
Togo................................  Feb. 8, 1966............  Feb. 5, 1967...
........  18 UST 1
Turkey..............................  Oct 1, 1929.............  Apr. 22, 1930..
........  46 Stat. 2743
                                      Oct. 28, 1931...........  Feb. 15, 1933..
........  47 Stat. 2432
United Kingdom......................  July 3, 1815............  July 3, 1815...
........  8 Stat. 228
                                      Aug. 6, 1827............  Apr. 2, 1828...
........  8 Stat. 361
Vietnam.............................  Apr. 3, 1961............  Nov. 30, 1961..
........  12 UST 1703
Yemen (Sanaa).......................  May 4, 1946.............                 
          60 Stat. 1782
Yugoslavia..........................  Oct. 2/14, 1881.........  Nov. 15, 1882..
........  22 Stat. 963
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nstitute in Taiwan pursuant to 22
  U.S.C. 3305, as a result of the termination of relations with the governing a
uthorities on Taiwan on Jan. 1,
  1979.
