Central Office of International Transports.
§ 470. Nine States—namely, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Luxemburg, Russia, Switzerland—entered in 1890 into an international convention in regard to transports and freights on railways and have created the "Office Central des Transports[821] Internationaux" at Berne.
[821] See below, § [583, No. 1].
Permanent Office of the Sugar Convention.
§ 471. The States which concluded on March 5, 1902, at Brussels the Convention concerning bounties on sugar[822] have, in compliance with article 7 of this Convention, instituted a permanent office at Brussels. The task of this office, which is attached to the permanent commission,[823] also instituted by article 7, is to collect, translate, and publish information of all kinds respecting legislation on and statistics of sugar.
[822] See below, § [585, No. 3.]
Agricultural Institute.
§ 471a. In 1905 the Agricultural Institute[824] was established at Rome. It consists of a General Assembly and a Permanent Committee with a general secretary.
[824] See below, § [586, No. 1].