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(vi) Malta and Cyprus
33. As independent European countries,
Malta and Cyprus are eligible for full
membership of the Community under Article
237 of the Rome Treaty, or for association .
under Article 238. In 1962 Cyprus applied
for association. No progress had been made
on her application by the time that
negotiations were broken off.
34.. Malta has now entered negotiations
with the Community for the conclusion of a
customs union in two stages. The EEC
Commission have recommended that Malta be
treated outside the framework of the
enlargement negotiations. Cyprus have been
considering asking the Community for a
preferential trade agreement on citrus
fruits, with a view to applying again for
associate membership if Britain was
becoming a full member of the enlarged
Community.
However recent troubles within
the GATT over such agreements may make
Cyprus reconsider in terms of moving
straight way to an arrangement like the
Maltese one.
(vii) Dependent Territories excluding Hong
Kong and Gibraltar
35. The Si agreed in the 1962 negotiations
that association under Part IV of the Rome
Treaty (see paragraph
above) would be
available for all our dependent territories
with the exception of Hong Kong, Gibraltar
and the three former High Commission
territories. Hong Kong and Gibraltar are
dealt with below and the former High
Commission territories at (iii) above.
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