[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 37 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
[Page 1777]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Senate Transmitting the France-United States Taxation 
Convention

September 15, 1994

To the Senate of the United States:

    I transmit herewith for Senate advice and consent to ratification 
the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the French Republic for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
Income and Capital, signed at Paris on August 31, 1994, together with 
two related exchanges of notes. Also transmitted for the information of 
the Senate is the report of the Department of State with respect to the 
Convention.
    The Convention replaces the 1967 income tax convention between the 
United States of America and the French Republic and the related 
protocols and exchanges of notes. The new Convention more accurately 
reflects current income tax treaty policies of the two countries.
    I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration 
to the Convention and related exchanges of notes and give its advice and 
consent to ratification.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 15, 1994.