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(d) to reach special agreements aimed at facilitating enlarged frontier traffic and local exchanges of certain quantities of characteristic products and goods between Austria and Italy. ANNEX V. WATER SUPPLY FOR GORIZIA AND VICINITY (See Article 13) i. Yugoslavia, as the owner, shall maintain and operate the springs and water supply installations at Fonte Fredda and Moncorona and shall maintain the supply of water to that part of the Commune of Gorizia, which under the terms of the present Treaty remains in Italy. Italy shall continue to maintain and operate the; reservoir and water distribution system within Italian territory which is supplied by the above-mentioned springs and shall maintain the supply of water to those areas in Yugoslavia which, under the terms of the present Treaty, will be transferred to that State and which are supplied from Italian territory. 2. The water so supplied shall be in the amounts which have been customarily supplied (to the region in the past. Should consumers in either State require additional supplies of water, the two Governments shall examine the matter jointly with a view to reaching agreement on such measures as may reasonably be required to satisfy these needs. Should there be a temporary reduction in the amount of water available due to natural causes, distribution of water from the above-named sources to the consumers in Yugoslavia and Italy shall be reduced in proportion to their respective previous consumption. 3. The charges to be paid by the Commune of Gorizia to Yugoslavia for the water supplied to it, and the charges to be paid by consumers in Yugoslav territory to the Commune of Gorizia, shall be based solely on the cost of operation and maintenance of the water supply system as well as new capital expenditures which may be required to give effect to these provisions. 4. Yugoslavia and Italy shall, within one month from the coming into force of the present Treaty, enter into an agreement to determine their respective responsibilities under the foregoing provisions and to establish the charges to be paid under these provisions. The two Governments shall establish a joint commission to supervise the execution of the said agreement. 5. Upon the expiration of a ten-year period from the coming into force of the present Treaty, Yugoslavia and Italy shall re-examine the foregoing provisions in the light of conditions at that time in order to determine whether any adjustments should be made in those provisions, and shall make such alterations and additions as they may agree. Any disputes which may arise as a result of this re-examination shall be submitted for settlement under the procedure outlined in Article 8y of the present Treaty. ANNEX VI. PERMANENT STATUTE OF THE FREE TERRITORY OF TRIESTE (See Article 21) ARTICLE I. AREA OF FREE TERRITORY The area of the Free Territory of Trieste shall be the territory within the frontiers described in Articles 4 and 22 of the present .Treaty as delimited in accordance with Article 5 of the Treaty. ARTICLE 2. INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE The integrity and independence of the Free Territory shall be assured by the Security Council of the United Nations Organization. This responsibility implies that the Council shall \