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petent to grant exemption from Customs duties shall be accorded by the customs and other departments concerned of the country into which it is desired to import the film.
The decision of the competent national authorities as to whether a film is to be regarded as entitled to exemption from Customs duties in accordance with the present Convention shall be final, subject to the provisions of the following article. The said authorities will notify the International Educational Cinematographic Institute of their decision.
Article IV (old Article VII).
1 . // the authorities of the importing country refuse to grant exemption from Customs duties to a film because they do not admit its international educational character, the Government of the country where the concern or institution which has produced the film is established may, if it considers that it has an interest in the circulation of the film on national cultural grounds, make friendly representations to the Government of the importing country, and the two Governments shall consult together on the question.
2. The point to be determined shall be solely whether the film falls within one of the categories in Article I.
3. If no agreement is reached between the two Governments, the question shall be referred to two experts, one chosen by the International Educational Cinematographic Institute and the other chosen by the Government of the importing country, but having no official connection with that Government. If the two experts are agreed, their decision shall be accepted by the two Governments.
4. It is understood that the foregoing procedure shall not apply when the refusal of the competent authorities of the importing country to exempt the film is based on the ground that it is not in accordance with the educational ideas or methods of the country, or on other grounds of public interest.
Article V (old Article IV).
The International Educational Cinematographic Institute shall prepare as soon as possible and periodically publish a catalogue of the films to which it has issued a certificate in accordance with Article III. The catalogue shall also state the decisions taken by the competent authorities of the countries into which importation has been sought. This catalogue, to be published in the five official languages of the Institute (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish), shall reproduce in respect of each film the information contained in the certificates. It shall be communicated to the High Contracting Parties. The said Parties undertake to encourage, by such means as appear to them to be the most effective, the circulation of the catalogue published by the Institute.
Article VI (old Article VIII).
Nothing in the present Convention shall affect the right of the High Contracting Parties to censor films in accordance with their own laws or to adopt measures to prohibit the impo rt and transit of films for reasons of public security or order.