The International Commission of the Congo, entrusted under the terms of Article XVII, with insuring the execution of the present Act of Navigation, shall specially devote its attention to:—
(1.) The indication of such works as are necessary for insuring the navigability of the Congo, in accordance with the requirements of international trade.
On sections of the river where no Power exercises rights of sovereignty, the international Commission shall itself take the measures necessary for insuring the navigability of the stream.
On sections of the river occupied by a sovereign Power, the International Commission shall arrange with the river-side authority.
(2.) The fixing of the tariff for pilotage, and of the general tariff of navigation dues, provided for in the second and third paragraphs of Article XIV.
The tariffs mentioned in the first paragraph of Article XIV, shall be settled by the territorial authority within the limits provided for in that article.
The collection of these dues shall be under the care of the international or territorial authority, on whose account they have been established.
3. The administration of the revenues accruing from the application of the foregoing paragraph 2.
4. The surveillance of the quarantine establishment instituted in compliance with Article XXIV.
5. The nomination of agents for the general service of the navigation and its own particular servants.