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HONG KONG AND THE GATT : PROPOSED CONTRACTING PARTY STATUS :
ARTICLE XXVI (v)(c)
DRAFT DECLARATIONS TO THE GATT
(A) UK DECLARATION
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"I
am
instructed by Her Majesty S principal Secretary of State
for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to declare,
in
1
accordance
with Article XXVI (v) (c) of the General
the general Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, that Hong Kong, being a customs territory in
respect of
Agreement,
external
which the United Kingdom
possesses full autonomy
commercial relations
provided for in
the Agreement,
has accepted the
the conduct of its
in
and of the other matters
and that it could with effect
be deemed to be a
from the date of this communication
contracting party to the Agreement.
(B) HONG KONG DECLARATION
"I
am instructed to refer to Article XXVI (v) (c) of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and to confirm that
Hong Kong wishes to be deemed to be a contracting party to the Agreement".
(C) PRC DECLARATION
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"I am
instructed by
to refer to the general Agreement
to
the Joint Declaration
People's Republic of China
on Fariffs and Trade (the Agreement),
of the Government of the
and the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland on the question of Hong Kong, signed in Peking on 19
December 1984, and to
the communication which the United
Kingdom Mission in Geneva
has
today addressed to the Director
General.
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