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Hkkaill
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• 5 MAR 1978
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300
MMEDIATE
EN CLAIR
FROM FCO 1418ØØZ
UNCLASSIFIED
DESKBY 150900Z
INDEA
No
2.5. 296
TO IMMEDIATE UK REP BRUSSELS TELNO 375 OF 14 MARCH 78
ARTICLE 115
MEN'S 100 PERCENT COTTON WOVEN JEANS FROM HONG KONG
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF AN ARTICLE 115 APPLICATION FOR
RECEIPT BY THE COMMISSION BY 15 MARCH 1978.
1. THE UNITED KINGDOM AUTHORITIES WISH TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSION TO A SITUATION IN WHICH ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES
OF THE KIND FORESEEN IN ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY OF ROME ARE
LIKELY TO ARISE AND TO SEEK AUTHORISATION TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE
MEASURES.
2. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION TO IMPORT VIA WEST GERMANY 1792 PARIS (VALUE POUNDS STERLING 8900) OF MEN'S
100 PERCENT WOVEN COTTON JEANS UNDER TARIFF HEADING 6101: 7610
AND ORIGINATING IN HONGKONG. WE WISH TO REJECT THIS APPLICATION
AND ANY FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR SIMILAR IMPORTS IN 1978 FOR
THE REASONS SET OUT BELOW.
3. FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL'S DECISION ON 19/20 DECEMBER 1977, THE
UNITED KINGDOM MAINTAINS A STRICT QUOTA ON IMPORTS OF TROUSERS AND
JEANS ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG. ALTHOUGH THIS FREE CIRCULATION
APPLICATION ONLY REPRESENTS 0.008 PERCENTS OF THE 1978 UK QUOTA, IF ALLOWED WILL IN OUR VIEW CAUSE THE UK GLOBAL CEILING FOR THIS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE GROUP I PRODUCT TO BE EXCEEDED.
TO DATE THE 1978 QUOTA HAS BEEN 13. PERCENT LICENSED.
lui HONG KONG
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