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DESKBY 050800Z JUN 25
FM UKMIS GENEVA 04153OZ JUN 85
TO IMMEDIATE DESKBY FCO
TELNO 221 OF 4 JUNE 1985
AND TO IMMEDIATE DESKBY DTI
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON
MIPT: GATT AND HONG KONG: DRAFT EXCO PAPER
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
1. DRAFT DECLARATIONS
AMEND AS FOLLOWS:
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A) UK DECLARATION, FINAL SENTENCE:
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QUOTE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAID ARTICLE, HONG KONG WILL, WITH EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION, IF IT SO WISHES,
✓ BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT. UNQUOTE
B) HONG KONG DECLARATION:
QUOTE: I AM INSTRUCTED TO REFER TO ARTICLE XXVI.5(C) OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARRIFS AND TRADE AND TO THE COMMUNICATION WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM MISSION IN GENEVA HAS TODAY ADDRESSED TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, AND TO CONFIRM THAT HONG KONG WISHES TO BE DEEMED A CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT. UNQUOTE
C) PRC DECLARATION:
PARAGRAPH 1, PENULTIMATE LINE:
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PARAGRAPH 2:
QUOTE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION, HONG KONG WILL, ON 1 JULY 1997, BECOME A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY AND TO POSSESS THE SAME DEGREE OF AUTONOMY AS AT PRESENT IN THE CONDUCT OF ITS EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND OF ALL OTHER MATTERS PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CONSIDERS THAT THESE ARRANGEMENTS WILL NOT ALTER THE STATUS OF HONG KONG IN THE GATT.
UNQUOTE
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