Article 2. The said sum shall bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. and shall be paid by the Bulgarian Government to the Inter-Allied Commission for the account of the Powers entitled thereto within a space of ten years, in accordance with the schedule of payments annexed, which forms an integral part of the present Protocol. The first payment falls due on the 30th September, 1924.! Article 3. The Bulgarian Government undertake to assign, as a guarantee of the payments provided for above, the Customs revenues. The guarantee laid down for the payment of reparations by Royal Decree No. 10 of the 16th March 1923 shall be, for this purpose, extended on the same conditions to the payment of the cost of occupation. Article 4. The Bulgarian Government shall not allow the Customs revenues, referred to in the preceding article, to fall below an amount in gold francs 10 per cent. in excess of the figures of the two schedules of payments for reparation and for the costs of occupation. Article 5. The acceptance of the present Protocol by the representatives of the three Great Powers is made ad referendum and subject to the approval of their respective Governments 1. Article 6. The Bulgarian Government undertake to submit the present Agreement to the approval of the Sobranié with as little delay as possible 2. Article 7. The present Protocol has been signed at Sofia, on the 28th March 1924, in four copies, one for each of the Contracting Parties. RENÉ CHÉRISEY. E. COLVIN. V. DI CARROBIO. CH. KALFOFF. 1 Approved by the Conference of Ambassadors, May 22, 1924. 2 Approved by the Bulgarian Sobranié, May 9, 1924, Years SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS, (ANNEX TO PROTOCOL OF MARCH 28, 1924.) Half-Yearly Payments 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 476,663 RENE CHÉRISEY. E. COLVIN. V. DI CARROBIO. (September 30, 1924) (March 30, 1925) (September 30, 1925) (March 30, 1926) (September 30, 1926) (March 30, 1927) (September 30, 1927) (March 30, 1928) (September 30, 1928) (March 30, 1929) (September 30, 1929) (March 30, 1930) (September 30, 1930) (March 30, 1931) (September 30, 1931) (March 30, 1932) (September 30, 1932) (March 30, 1933) (September 30, 1933) (March 30, 1934) CH. KALFOFF. N° 781. FRANCE, GRANDE-BRETAGNE Protocole au sujet de la répartition des sommes versées par la Bulgarie en remboursement des frais d'occupation, signé à Sofia, le 28 mars 1924. FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN AND ITALY Protocol concerning the Allocation of the Sums received from Bulgaria in Payment of the cost of Occupation in Bulgaria, signed at Sofia, March 28, 1924. |