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Discussion then turned to individual notifications (as before, in the order of the French text).
The UAR came first and the unfortunate U.K. representative speaking for Hong Kong
I cutlined the was once more required to be the first accuser. position as it was at present known to us and nointed out that
We were the requirements for endorsement and the fees involved were cherous for exporters of small quantities of goods. also not clear on the extent to which these requirements might be more onerous en Hong Kong exports than on those of some other countries. The UK representative reolied that the requirements were world wide and not applicable to one particular country. lie said that consultations had been held on the question with Hong Kong (I presume by this he meant with the British Embassy
Draft legislation which in Cairo on behalf of Hong Kong). would provide for the cancelling of ad valorem fees had now As the charging of fees on an ad valorem been introduced. basis was our major complaint, I thanked the representative for his statement and expressed the hope that the legislation would soon be enacted.
3. ARGENTINA was the next in the dock. The US, Sweden (for
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