His Majesty Random the First of Amber and
His Highness Swayvill the First of Chaos,
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Desiring
to end the state of war now existing between the two Realms
Aware that the mutual profit of both Realms lies in the improvement
of their relationships and the promotion of durable peace
Concerned about sparing the lively forces of their Realm,
Willing to maintain justice, peace and security with
respect for their sovereignty,
Convinced that the signing of the present treaty is
necessary for the conservation of the balance between Shadows,
Have agreed as follows
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Article I
The purposes of the
present Concord are to regulate the diplomatic, military and judicial relationships
between the Realm of Amber (hereinafter: "Amber") and the Realm
of Chaos (hereinafter:
"the Courts"), so as to develop friendly relations among both Realms
based on respect for the principle of the sovereign equality.
Article
II
1. For the purposes
of the present Concord, the following expressions shall
have the meanings hereunder assigned to them:
a) "Parties" means any Realm that agreed to be bound by the present
concord provisions and towards which the concord has entered into force.
b) "Golden Circle" means the group of Shadows that accessed to the
Golden Circle Treaty, notwithstanding the other particular agreements they
signed.
c) "Black Zone" means the group of Shadows that accessed to the
Merchant's Guild Statute, notwithstanding the other particular agreements
they signed.
2. The provisions of paragraph 1 concerning the expressions used in the present
Concord do not prejudice of the meaning which can be given to them in the
internal law of the Parties to the Concord.
Article
III
The Parties shall
fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in the present Concord.
In particular, the Parties shall refrain in their international relations
from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political
independence of the other Party, or in any other manner inconsistent with
the Purposes of the Concord.
Article
IV
The Parties shall
refrain from giving assistance to any Shadow that takes preventive or enforcement
action against one of the Parties to the Concord. They undertake to review
or to overrule all treaties previously signed with Shadows, in particular
strategic and military treaties, if these agreements are likely to obstruct
the implementation of the present provision.
Article
V
Nothing in the present
Concord precludes the existence of regional arrangements or agencies, provided
that such arrangements or agencies and their activities are consistent with
the Purposes and Principles of the present Concord.
Article
VI
The Parties shall notify
any Shadow annexation and any Shadow under their trusteeship to the other
Party.
Article VII
As from the
signature of the present Concord, the troops and the garrisons of the Parties
shall retreat on either side of Ygg, in accordance with their nationality
or infeudation, Ygg being considered to be the border between the spheres
of influence of the two Realms. Any breach of the present provision shall
lead to the arrest of the servicemen who got themselves into an illegal
situation. These servicemen shall be brought to their authorities within
reasonable time, and shall be sent for trial and charged with insubordination,
according to their relevant internal law.
Article
VIII
Prisoners of war
shall be returned to their authorities within 5 days, according to the timeline
of Amber, or ten cycles of the Courts, following the signature of the present
Concord.
Article
IX
Should some servicemen
of one of the Party, in breach of Article VII of the Concord, be arrested
by the troops of the other Party, no harm shall be done to their physical
or mental integrity during the custody leading up their extradition.
Article X
1. The Parties
grant each other a legation right, whether this legation is permanent
or not.
2. For
that purpose, they agree to accord all facilities for the performance
of the function of the diplomatic mission.
Article XI
Heads of
diplomatic missions and members of the diplomatic staff
shall be accredited by the appropiate authorities of their Realm by means
of credentials.These accreditations shall be subject to the approval of
the receiving Realm.
Article XII
The sending
Realm can recall any of the members of its diplomatic missions, anytime.
The receiving Realm may at any time notify the sending Realm that a head
of a diplomatic
mission is persona non grata or that any other member of the diplomatic
staff is not acceptable. In that event, the sending Realm shall, as the
case may be, either recall the person concerned or terminate his functions
with the diplomatic mission.
Article XIII
The diplomatic
premises shall be inviolable.The authorities of the receiving Realm shall
not enter the diplomatic
premises except with the consent of the head of the diplomatic mission
of the sending Realm or of his designee.The diplomatic premises, their
furnishings, their archives and the means of transport of the diplomatic
staff shall be immune from any form of requisition for purposes of national
defence or public utility.
Article XIV
1. Diplomatic functions
consist in:
a) officially representing, in
the receiving Realm, the sending Realm.
b) protecting in the receiving
Realm the interests of the sending Realm and
of its nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate.
c) negociating with the receiving Realm.
d) ascertaining by all lawful means the conditions and developments of
events in the receiving Realm,
reporting thereon to the Government of the sending Realm and giving information
to persons interested.
e) promoting friendly relations
between them in accordance with the provisions of the present Concord
and furthering
the development of economic and cultural relations between the sending
Realm and the receiving Realm.
2. Provisions of paragraph 1 do not prohibit the Parties to agree on the
appointment of special and limited diplomatic missions.
Article XV
Appointed
members of the diplomatic missions are granted a functionnal immunity.
Diplomatic
officers and diplomatic employees shall not be amenable to the jurisdiction
of the judicial or administrative authorities of the receiving Realm
in respect of acts performed in the exercise of diplomatic functions.
No personal immunity can be invoked.
Article XVI
The Parties
shall respect the principle of secrecy and the principle of inviolability
of the mails of the diplomatic missions.
Article XVII
1. The
Parties grant a right of peaceful passage over their territories and
a right of establishment to foreigners of the two Realms, without discrimination.
2. The Parties shall refrain from imposing, directly or indirectly,
on the products of the other Party any internal taxation of any kind
that is not imposed on the products of their own Realm. In particular,
quantitative and qualitative restrictions on imports and exports, and
all measures having equivalent effect, shall be prohibited between the
Parties.
Article XVIII
Provisions
of Article XVII, paragraph 2 do not apply to the products described
in the Annex I of the present Concord.
Article XIX
Should
a national of one of the Realms commit an offense under ordinary law
within the limits of the territory of the other Realm,
or against persons or goods under jurisdiction of the other Realm, the
Parties agree to extradite to each other persons sought for prosecution
or convicted of an extraditable offense by the authorities in the requesting
Realm, unless the requested Realm sues the defendant before its own
jurisdictions.
Article XX
The Parties
shall respect in any case the rights of defence, which mean, in particular,
to grant the defendant a legal aid if the defendant asks for it.
Article XXI
Persons
prosecuted for political offenses shall be judged by the court of competent
jurisdiction of the claiming Party. The
claiming Party shall allow an observer accredited by the other Party
to attend the trial.
Article XXII
The
present Concord shall enter into force upon signature by the Kings
of the two Realms.
Article XXIII
The
Parties can amend or review the present Concord by convening an extraordinary
conference or according
to a calendar which will be established in a Protocol to the present
Concord.
Article XXIV
Should
a dispute arise out of the interpretation or application of the Concord,
the Parties shall
immediatly enter into diplomatic negociation.
Article XXV
Thari is the
only authentic language of the Concord.
Certified copies of the Concord shall be deposited with the legal
department of both Realms.
In witness whereof
His Majesty Random the First of Amber and His Highness Swayvill the
First of Chaos have signed the present Concord, in
the presence of Prince Benedict of Amber and the presence of the legal
advisers of the Courts.
Done
in the Courts of Chaos, the day after the end of the Patternfall War.
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| For the Realm of Amber | For the Realm of Chaos |
List of goods subject to prior authorization of transportation and marketing, with reference to Article XVIII of the Concord
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Goods
subject to prior authorization by Amber
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Goods
subject to prior authorization by the Courts
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| Raw sisal | Skins of sheep |
| Liquors with more than 50% of alcohol | Skins of reptiles |
| Not carded nor combed cotton | Manganese ore |
| Not carded nor combed wool | Skins of caraculs |
| Raw wood ans squared off wood | Oleaginous plants |
| Cotton seeds | Sebagth seeds |
| Macis | Clove essential oil |
| Leather and skins of cattle | Fresh roots of stramonium |
| Leather and skins of goats | Roasted and unroasted coffee |
| Fruits of bacalaniers | Horns of Zhinds |
| Pure Ygrath essential oil | Bolune's black ore |
| Cocoa beans | Fresh and dried plants of turmoil |
| Shells, films of and scraps of cocoa | Fruits of mandiviers |
| Roasted coffee | Immacolata's crystal |
| Quileia palm oil | Livers of phanons |
| Lamp oil | Hilsas |
| Kashfa style w oven silk | Lamp oil |
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