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TO ROUTINE F CO TELNO. 2797 OF 14 JUNE/INFO SAVING BRUSSELS (FOR
DODGE, HONG KONG OFFICE) AND OTHER EEC POSTS UKMIS GENEVA
PLAST.
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GOVERNOR HONG KONG.
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YOUR TELNO. 558:
660
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY Mjagi
HK fel 660
19 JUN1974
[TO HONG KONG]
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(HKK 6/398/1 ) PA
1.
GSP FOR HONG KONG.
18.50
DODGE (HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE), ACCOMPANIED BY DE FONBLANQUE (UKREP), CALLED ON TRAN IN THE COMMISSION ON 14 JUNE AND HANDED OVER THE HONG KONG MEMORANDUM (TEXT IN HONG KONG ATELNO. 642 WITH AMENDMENTS IN TELNO. 653 THEY STRESSED THE NEED
FOR SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN HONG KONG'S POSITION IN THE GSP, TRAN OUTLINED THE PROPOSALS WHICH THE COMMISSION WILL SHORTLY BE PUTTING FORWARD BUT THERE WAS LITTLE SIGN OF FURTHER FLEXIBILITY ON THE PART OF THE COMMISSION.
2. TRAN SAID THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD PROPOSE THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG AS A BENEFICIARY FOR THE FOOTWEAR ITEMS FROM WHICH THEY ARE NOW EXCLUDED. THE 3 PRODUCTS CONCERNED WOULD BE ON THE SENSITIVE LIST (WHICH WILL CONTAIN SEVEN PRODUCTS IN ALL) AND THE COMMISSION WILL PROPOSE A QUOTA AT THIS YEAR'S LEVEL WITH THE ADDITION OF AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PRESENT BUTOIR. TRAN EXPECTED CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY IN GETTING EVEN THIS PROPOSAL AGREED BY MEMBER STATES AND SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS SECTOR
FOR FRANCE, IN PARTICULAR THE COMMISSION COULD NOT PROPOSE ANY FURTHER INCREASE IN THE QUOTA. NEVERTHELESS THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL, IF ACCEPTED, WOULD PUT HONG KONG ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH OTHER BENEFICIARIES AS REGARDS FOOTWEAR.
3. ON TEXTILES TRAN WAS FIRM IN MAINTAINING THE COMMISSION'S INTENTION TO PROPOSE THE CONTINUATION OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM FOR NEXT YEAR. THIS WAS A VERY SENSITIVE PROBLEM AND HE SAV NO POSSIBILITY OF GOING FURTHER AT THE PRESENT TIME, HOWEVER SPEAKING PERSONALLY, HE WOULD CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF PROPOSING LATER IN THE YEAR THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG FOR A FEW OF THE TEXTILE ITEMS ON THE SEMI-SENSITIVE LIST, THIS WOULD BE A START IN THE PRINICPLE THAT HONG KONG IS EXCLUDED FOR TEXTILES. THE COMMISSION WOULD BE MAKING PROPOSALS FOR A MORE RADICAL CHANGE IN
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