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710 COMITE MARITIME INTERNATIONALThe Travaux Préparatoires of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rulesto any bill of lading if the contract contained in or evidenced by the bill of lading providesthat the Rules of this Convention or legislation giving effect to them are to governthe contract”.[734]CONN. 31Original: EnglishAmendment submitted by the delegation of BelgiumIn substitution of Article 5 of the Draft protocol.“Each Contracting State shall applies the provisions of this Convention to everybill of lading issued in any of the Contracting [735] States whatever may be the nationalityof the ship, the carrier, the consignee or any other interested person.In any event, each Contracting State shall apply the provisions of this Conventionto any bill of lading if the contract contained in or evidenced by the bill of lading providesthat the rules of this Convention or legislation giving effect to them are to governthe contract.”[192]Document No. 3Article 5Comments by the Government of the Federal Republic of GermanyThe Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, according to the procedureoutlined by the Final Act of the XIIth session of the Diplomatic Conference, submitsthe following comments in respect of Article 5 of the Draft protocol:As regards the scope of application, the Federal Government supports the jointamendment of the Delegations of Denmark, Finland, Norway, Japan, Sweden, theUnited Kingdom and the United States of America (Doc. CONN 25).This version leaves to each Contracting State the possibility to enact the conventioninto its national legislation with a wider scope of application, if it deems that necessary.[198]Document No. 8Article 5Comments by the Netherlands GovernmentThe Netherlands Government sees no reason for deviating from the proposals ofthe Stockholm draft of the Comité Maritime International.Deuxième Séance Plénière -19 Février 1968[49]M. le Président: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cela dit, nous abordons ces après-midile deuxième point qui est à notre ordredu jour et qui vise la proposition dontSecond Plenary Session -19 February 1968[49]Mr. Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Having said that, we will address thisafternoon the second point on our agenda,which deals with the proposition that