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and associate members of the enlarged
Communities where they now enjoy
preferences.
2: This would carry different implica-
tions for different Commonwealth countries
The CET on many raw materials is nil; and
duty-free access to the U.K. market of
Commonwealth exports of such items as wool,
iron ore, tropical oil seeds, sisal, hides,
skins and crude rubber would not be
impeded.
Manufactured goods would, how-
ever, be subject to the CET and this would
apply particularly to exports of such
products from Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, the Asian Commonwealth countries
and Hong Kong. The CET would also apply
to a wide range of tropical products.
3. The Commission have proposed that
there should be a freeze on the applica-
tion of the CET to those developing
Commonwealth countries seeking association,
until at latest 31 January, 1975 (the
date of expiry of the present Yaoundé
Convention), to allow them time to
complete their negotiations. In this
case the CET would not affect them unless
their association negotiations failed.
(For the countries potentially falling
into this category see parcs 13-16 below).
(ii) Aid
The Treaty of Rome commits the
Community to contribute to the progressive
development of the associated states and
the dependent territories of member states.
With the exception of Luxembourg, the BEC
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