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and the importing country concerned and if those countries fail to agree on the currency in which payment is to be made, the Council shall decide the issue. (e) In case of disagreement between an exporting country and an importing country on the quantity of wheat-flour to be included in a particular transaction being negotiated in compliance with the Council's decision under subparagraph (c), or on the relation of the price of such wheat-floUr to the minimum prices of wheat grain specified in or determined under Article VI, or on the conditions on which the wheat grain and/or wheat-flour shall be bought and sold, the matter shall be referred to the Council for decision. Article VI Prices 1. The basic minimum and maximum prices for the duration of this Agreement shall be : Crop-year. Minimum. Maximum. 1949-50 $l-50 $l-80 1950-51 sl*4o $l-80 1951-52 $l-30 $l-80 1952-53 $l-20 $l-80 Canadian currency per bushel at the parity for the Canadian dollar, determined for the purposes of the International Monetary Fund as at March 1, 1949, for No. 1 Manitoba Northern wheat in bulk in store Fort William/Port Arthur. The basic minimum and maximum prices, and the equivalents thereof hereafter referred to, shall exclude such carrying charges and marketing costs as may be agreed between the buyer and the seller. 2. The equivalent maximum prices for bulk wheat for: (a) No. 1 Manitoba Northern wheat in store Vancouver shall be the maximum price for No. 1 Manitoba Northern wheat in bulk in store Fort William/Port Arthur specified in paragraph 1 of this Article; (,b) F.a.q, wheat f.o.b. Australia, sample wheat of France (minimum natural weight seventy-six kilograms per hectolitre; minimum protein content ten per cent; maximum dockage and moisture content two per cent, and fifteen per cent, respectively) f.o.b. French ports, and f.a.q. top grade wheat f.o.b. Uruguay, shall be whichever is the lower of: (i) The maximum price for No. 1 Manitoba Northern wheat in bulk in store Fort William/Port Arthur specified in paragraph 1 of this Article converted into the currency of Australia, France, or Uruguay, as the case may be, at the prevailing rate of exchange, or