Agreement between the Canton Basel-Landschaft and the Schweizerischen Rheinsalinen (United Swiss Saltworks) on rights of salt deposits and brines in the Canton Basel-Landschaft.

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German

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LEX-FAOC153022

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Article 1 of the above-mentioned Agreement establishes that the Canton Basel-Landschaft grants the joint stock company United Swiss Saltworks the right to exploit salt deposits in the Canton. The text consists of 17 articles as follows: Granting of concession (1); Concession areas (2); Expropriation right (3); Mining monopoly (4); Compensation (5); Maintenance and production duties (6); Concession power (7); Elimination or insignificance of the salt monopoly (7a); Reduction of concession fees (7b); Omissis; Transferability, duration, withdrawal (11); Procedures at end of contract (12); Board membership (13); Transitional and final provisions (14); Concession fees (15); omissis; Entry into force (17).