DRAFT
Agreed Minute on "rade
between the United Kingdom and the Benelux
Countries
Representatives of the Government of the United Kintdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland and representatives of the
Government of the Fingdom of the Netherlands and of the
Government of the Kingdom of Belgium (acting also for the
Government of the Grand Dudy of Luxembourg) convened in
on
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in order to discuss arrangements for trade between the United
Kingdom and those territories for whose international relations
the Government of the United Kingdom are responsible (hernafter
referred to as "Dependent Overseas Territories" on the one hand
and on the other hand the Netherlands and those territories for
whose international relations the Government of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands are responsible, Belgium and Luxembourg
(herinafter referred to as the Benelux countries). They reached
the following understanding.
2. The application of the provisions contained in this
Agreed Minute to Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles shall be
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subject to the approval of their respective Governments.
approval shall be understood to have been given unless the
Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands within three months
from the beginning of the period of validity of this Agreed
Minute, or from the beginning of each subsequent period of
validity if this Agreed Minute is automatically renewed, shall
have notified the Government of the United Kingdom to the
contrary.
3.
In respect of products which are still subject to import
quota restrictions the Government of the United Kingdom will
approve imports from the Bonelux countries, and the Governments of
the Benelux countries will approve imports from the United
Kingdom and its Dependent Overseas Territories, during the period
of validity of this Agreed kinute, in accordance with the quotas
shown in the Annex to this Agreed Minute.
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