List of Treaties and Other International Agreements in Force as of ...

Bilateral Treaties in Force as of January 1, 2009
FRANCE — OCEANOGRAPHY
OCEANOGRAPHY
RELIEF SUPPLIES AND PACKAGES
SMUGGLING
FRANCE — TAXATION
FRANCE — OCEANOGRAPHY^
Memorandum of understanding on the
participation of France in the ocean drilling
program, with annex.
Signed at Paris October 23, 1984.
Entered into force October 23, 1984.
TIAS 11219.
FRANCE — OCEANOGRAPHY^
Memorandum of understanding on the
participation of France in the ocean drilling
program as a regular member, with annexes.
Signed at Washington and Paris July 22 and
August 2, 1993.
Entered into force August 2, 1993;
effective October 1, 1993.
TIAS
PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
FRANCE — PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES^
Treaty to facilitate the settlement of disputes.
Signed at Washington September 15, 1914.
Entered into force January 22, 1915.
38 Stat. 1887; TS 609; 7 Bevans 883.
FRANCE — PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES^
Treaty of arbitration and exchange of notes
dated March 1 and 5, 1928.
Signed at Washington February 6, 1928.
Entered into force April 22, 1929.
46 Stat. 2269; TS 785; 7 Bevans 968; 91 LNTS 323.
PATENTS
FRANCE — PATENTS^
Agreement to facilitate interchange of patent
rights and technical information for defense
purposes.
Signed at Paris March 12, 1957.
Entered into force March 12, 1957.
8 UST 353; TIAS 3782; 279 UNTS 275.
FRANCE — PATENTS^
Agreement approving the procedures for
reciprocal filing of classified patent application
in the United States and France.
Exchange of notes at Paris May 28 and July 10, 1959.
Entered into force July 10, 1959.
10 UST 2151; TIAS 4386; 367 UNTS 336.
POSTAL MATTERS
FRANCE — POSTAL MATTERS^
Convention relative to the exchange of parcel
post.
Signed at Paris December 7 and at Washington
December 30, 1935.
Operative August 1, 1935.
49 Stat. 3322; Post Office Department print;
171 LNTS 117.
FRANCE — POSTAL MATTERS^
International express mail agreement, with
detailed regulations.
Signed at Washington and Paris March 17 and
April 13, 1981.
Entered into force May 18, 1981.
33 UST 1305; TIAS 10113; 1285 UNTS 75.
PRISONER TRANSFER
FRANCE — PRISONER TRANSFER^
Convention on the transfer of sentenced persons.
Signed at Washington January 25, 1983.
Entered into force February 1, 1985.
35 UST 2847; TIAS 10823.
PUBLICATIONS
FRANCE — PUBLICATIONS^
Agreement relating to exchange of official
publications.
Exchange of notes at Paris August 14, 1945.
Entered into force January 1, 1946.
60 Stat. 1944; TIAS 1579; 7 Bevans 1095;
73 UNTS 237.
FRANCE — RELIEF SUPPLIES AND PACKAGES^
Agreement for free entry and free inland
transportation of relief supplies and packages.
Signed at Paris December 23, 1948.
Entered into force Decmeber 23, 1948.
62 Stat. 3587; TIAS 1873; 7 Bevans 1296;
67 UNTS 171.
Amendments
January 31, 1950 (1 UST 224; TIAS 2043;
67 UNTS 171).
August 3, 1950 (1 UST 597; TIAS 2107;
93 UNTS 367).
July 2 and August 5, 1952 (3 UST 5039; TIAS 2684;
181 UNTS 345).
SATELLITES
FRANCE — SATELLITES^
Agreement on cooperation in intercontinental
testing in connection with experimental
communications satellites.
Exchange of notes at Paris March 31, 1961.
Entered into force March 31, 1961.
12 UST 483; TIAS 4738; 409 UNTS 135.
FRANCE — SATELLITES^
Agreement concerning development of satellite
and balloon techniques and instrumentation for
the study of meteorological phenomena (Project
EOLE).
Exchange of notes at Washington June 16
and 17, 1966.
Entered into force June 17, 1966.
17 UST 1123; TIAS 6069; 601 UNTS 113.
FRANCE — SATELLITES^
Memorandum of understanding for joint
development of the TOPEX/POSEIDON
(oceanographic satellite) project.
Signed at Washington March 23, 1987.
Entered into force March 23, 1987.
TIAS 12207.
SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
FRANCE — SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION^
Memorandum of understanding concerning the
furnishing of balloon launching and associated
services.
Signed at Washington and Paris August 26 and
November 11, 1983.
Entered into force November 11, 1983.
35 UST 2410; TIAS 10803.
FRANCE — SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION^
Agreement incorporating an intellectual property
article Into cooperative agreements between
scientific and technical agencies of the United
States and France.
Exchange of notes at Paris July 27, 1994, and
June 6, 1997.
Entered into force June 6, 1997.
TIAS
FRANCE —SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION^
Memorandum of understanding concerning
scientific and technical cooperation in the earth
sciences, with annexes.
Signed at Antony February 13, 2008.
Entered into force February 13, 2008.
TIAS
SHIPPING
FRANCE — SHIPPING^
Agreement relating to jurisdiction over vessels
utilizing the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, with
annex.
Exchange of notes at Washington March 24 and
April 6, 1983.
Entered into force April 6, 1983.
TIAS 10682.
FRANCE — SMUGGLING^
Convention for prevention of smuggling of
intoxicating liquors.
Signed at Washington June 30, 1924.
Entered into force March 12, 1927.
45 Stat. 2403; TS 755; 7 Bevans 938; 61 LNTS 415.
SOCIAL SECURITY
FRANCE — SOCIAL SECURITY^
Agreement on social security.
Signed at Paris March 2, 1987.
Entered into force July 1, 1988.
TIAS 12106.
FRANCE — SOCIAL SECURITY^
Administrative arrangement concerning the
application of the agreement on social security
of March 2, 1987.
Signed at Washington October 21, 1987.
Entered into force July 1, 1988.
TIAS 12106.
SPACE COOPERATION
FRANCE — SPACE COOPERATION^
Memorandum of understanding for cooperation
in the Jason program.
Signed at Washington and Paris December 14
and 20, 1996.
Entered into force December 20, 1996.
TIAS 12823.
FRANCE — SPACE COOPERATION^
Memorandum of understanding for cooperation
in the CALIPSO Mission.
Signed at Paris June 18, 2003.
Entered into force June 18, 2003.
TIAS
FRANCE — SPACE COOPERATION^
Agreement concerning the use of Istres Le Tube
125 Air Base as a transoceanic abort landing
site.
Signed at Washington June 7, 2005.
Entered into force June 7, 2005.
TIAS
TAXATION
FRANCE — TAXATION^
Agreement relating to relief from taxation of
United States Government expenditures in
France in the interests of common defense.
Exchange of notes at Paris June 13, 1952.
Entered into force June 13, 1952.
3 UST 4828; TIAS 2655; 181 UNTS 3.
Amendment
November 27, 1956 (7 UST 3405; TIAS 3712;
265 UNTS 356).
FRANCE — TAXATION^
Agreement relating to the payment by the United
States of taxes on electricity provided the
surplus commodity housing units in France.
Exchange of notes at Paris August 1, 1963.
Entered into force August 1, 1963.
15 UST 727; TIAS 5595; 527 UNTS 89.
FRANCE — TAXATION^
Convention for the avoidance of double taxation
and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect
to taxes on estates, inheritances and gifts.
Signed at Washington November 24, 1978.
Entered into force October 1, 1980.
32 UST 1935; TIAS 9812; 1234 UNTS 187.
Amendment
December 8, 2004.
FRANCE — TAXATION^
Convention for the avoidance of double taxation
and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect
to taxes on income and capital, with exchanges
of notes.
Signed at Paris August 31, 1994.
Entered into force December 30, 1995.
TIAS; 1963 UNTS 67.
Amendment
December 8, 2004.
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