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