For a period of 20 years the existing Turkish customs tariff shall remain in force throughout the whole of the blue and red areas, as well as in areas (a) and (b), and no increase in the rates of duty or conversions from ad valorem to specific rates shall be made except by agreement between the two powers.
As a result of this efficiency, high-priority complaints were addressed faster, resources were strategically deployed, and the rate for vacating illegal conversions jumped from 13 percent to 70 percent with no increase in the operating budget.