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the view that the trade has been placed in an impossible Dosition through no fault of its own and that the Hong Kong
Government must therefore do whatever is necessary to ensure the maintenance of trade in the interim period.
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With this object in mind, the Hong Kong Government has decided that it will classify exports falling within these problem areas by following the classification practices set out in the following paragraph, until such time as further consultations between Hong Kong and the Community have resulted in the resolution of these problems. In this connection, the Hong Kong Government is obliged to request the Commission to notify the Member States of the details of the classification practices which will be followed by Hong Kong during the period between the present time and the resumption of consultations on this subject, and to ensure that shipments so classified by Hong Kong would enter the Community unhindered. Furthermore, the Hong Kong Government must ask the Commission for an assur- ance of its good offices if consignments are held up in Miember States in the course of this interim period.
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Classification practices which will be applied by Hong Kong in the interim period are:-
(a) Windcheaters/jackets
Garments which will be classified by Hong Kong as wind- cheaters in Category 21 are those which have weatherproofed shell material and have tightening facilities both at the hem and at the cuffs. Garments which resemble the above description but which lack the characteristic of being weatherproofed will be licensed as jackets under Category 15b or 17 as appropriate.
(b) Children's overalls, woven
Hong Kong believes that children's overalls should be excluded from the coverage of Category 76, and be classified under Category 78 or 81 as appropriate. However, pending a settlement of this question, Hong Kong will continue to apply the Community rules as conveyed to Hong Kong in November 1977, i.e. they continue to be classified in Category 76.
(c) Knitted tracksuits/leisure suits
The Commission has agreed to ask the Nomenclature Committee to reconsider the definition of tracksuits. In the mean- time, Hong Kong will apply the definition which it put forward during the consultations on 25 July 1978. That is to say, tracksuits are those garments which featured narrow tapered legs and which have loops at the bottom of the trouser legs to hold them in place. Other two piece suits which have some but not all the characteristics of track- suits will be appropriately classified in other categories.
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