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participating agencies. The disposition of patents, know-how, and 

 other proprietary property derived from the cooperative activities 

 under the Agreement will be provided for in detailed arrangements 

 covering specific programs and projects. 



Article VIII 



N'othing in this Agreement shall be construed to prejudice other 

 arrangements or future arrangements for cooperation between the 

 Contracting Parties or with third parties. 



Activities under this Agreement shall be subject to the availability 

 of appropriated funds and to the applicable laws and regulations in 

 each country. Unless otherwise agreed, each Contracting Party will 

 bear the cost of its own participation in this Agreement. 



Article IX 



This Agreement shall also apply to Land Berlin unless the Govern- 

 ment of the Federal Republic of Germany makes a contrary declara- 

 tion to the Government of the United States of America within three 

 months of the entry into force of the Agreement. 



Article X 



The present Agreement shall enter into force one month from the 

 date on which the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany 

 shall have notified the Government of the United States of America 

 that the necessary constitutional requirements for such entry into 

 force have been fulfilled, shall remain in force for five years, and be 

 automatically renewed for a further five-year period unless eithe'r 

 Party notifies the other three months prior to the expiration of the 

 first five-year period of its desire that the Agreement be terminated. 

 The termination of this Agreement shall not affect the validity of any 

 arrangements made under this Agreement. 



Done at Bonn, in duplicate, in the English and German languages^, 

 both being equally authentic, this ninth day of May, 1974. 



For the Government of the United States of America : 

 Martin J. Hillenbrand 

 Russell E. Train 



For the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany : 



