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Arr. XL. The Convention shall continue in force for ten years from the day on which it may come 
into operation, and if neither party shall, twelve months before the expiration of the said period of ten 
years, give notice of its intention to terminate its operation, the Convention shall continue in force one 
year longer, and so on from year to year, until the expiration of one year’s notice from either party for 
its termination. 
The High Contracting Parties, however, reserve to themselves the power to make, by mutual con- 
sent, any modification in the convention which experience shall have shown to be desirable, provided 
it is not inconsistent with the principles on which it is based. 
Art. XLI. The Convention concluded between the High Contracting Parties on the 2d of August, 
1839, and the Regulations of the 23d of June, 1843, shall continue in force until the day when, as pro- 
vided in Article XXXIX, the present Convention shall come into operation, and shall then altogether 
cease and determine. 
Art. XLII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged as 
soon as possible. 
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto 
the seals of their arms. 
Done at Paris, the 11th of November, in the year of our Lord 1867. 
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. It is agreed that Article XX XI of the convention signed this day shall not 
come into operation until the two Contracting Parties shall have come to a further understanding on the 
subject. Due notice shall be given of the day that may be fixed upon for its coming into operation. 
The present Additional Article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word 
for word, in the Convention signed thisday. It shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged 
at the same time as those of the convention. 
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto 
the seals of their arms. 
Done at Paris, the 11th of November, in the year of our Lord 1867. 
APPENDIX C. 
International Convention (of 1882 between Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, and the 
Netherlands) for the purpose of regulating the Police of the fisheries in the North Sea outside Territorial 
Waters. 
ARTICLE I. The provisions of the present Convention, the object of which is to regulate the police 
of the fisheries in the North Sea outside territorial waters, shall apply to the subjects of the High 
Contracting Parties. ; 
Art. II. The fishermen of each country shall enjoy the exclusive right of fishery within the 
distance of three miles from low-water mark along the whole extent of the coasts of their respective 
countries, as well as of the dependent islands and banks. 
As regards bays, the distance of three miles shall be measured from a straight line drawn across the 
bay, in the part nearest the entrance, at the first point where the width does not exceed ten miles. 
The present Article shall not in any way prejudice the freedom of navigation and anchorage in 
territorial waters accorded to fishing boats, provided they conform to the special police regulations 
enacted by the Powers to whom the shore belongs. 
Arr. III. The miles mentioned in the preceding Article are geographical miles, whereof sixty make 
a degree of latitude. 
Art. IV. For the purpose of applying the provisions of the present Convention, the limits of the 
North Sea shall be fixed as follows: 
1. On the north by the parallel of the 61st degree of latitude. 
2. On the east and south: 
(1) By the coasts of Norway between the parallel of the 61st degree of latitude and Lindesnaes 
Light-house (Norway). 
(2) By a straight line drawn from Lindesnaes Light-house (Norway) to Hanstholm Light- 
house (Denmark). 
(3) By the coasts of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, as far as Gris 
Nez Light-house. 
