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FM COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUTES EUROPENNES MO19 RUXELLES
TO ROUTINE FCO LONDON TELNO U/N
OF 06150OZ NOVEMBER 1990
L
INDL
1500
COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUTES EUROPEENNES (L2) BRUXELLES. NOV 6 15:22
ANSWER GIVEN BY MR ANDRIESSEN
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION
(30 OCTOBER 1990)
FOR INFORMATION ONLY
Mr Hagne
надева
us?
Charis witly спосіб
7/18
ALL NATIONALS OF A MEMBER STATE OF THE EC MAY BENEFIT FROM THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES FORESEEN IN COMMUNITY REGULATIONS, SUCH AS REGULATIONS 1612/68 AND 1408/71.
THIS IS ALSO THE CASE WITH PORTUGUESE CITIZENS OF MACAO ORIGIN. IN FACT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PORTUGUESE LAW REGULATING PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY AND APPLIED TO THE TERRITORY OF MACAO AS FROM 21 NOVEMBER 1981, ANY PERSON BORN IN MACAO BEFORE 3 OCTOBER 1981 (THIS CUT-OFF DATE BEING THE RESULT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC TIES BETWEEN BEIJING AND LISBON), CAN OBTAIN PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY, ON CONDITION THAT THE APPROPRIATE REGISTRATION PROCEDURE HAS BEEN DULY COMPLETED.
WITH REGARD TO HONG KONG CITIZENS, THEY ARE NOT COVERED BY THE DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM 'NATIONALS' FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE APPLICATION OF THE EEC TREATY, WHICH WAS MADE AT THE TIME OF THE SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION, AND WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW DECLARATION(1) IN VIEW OF THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981. HONG KONG CITIZENS, IN OTHER WORDS, CANNOT CURRENTLY RELY ON COMMUNITY LAW. THIS WILL NOT CHANGE AFTER 1997.
UNDER THE BRITISH NATIONALITY CHONG KONG) ACT 1990, ENACTED ON 26 JULY 1990, 50 000 PERSONS WITH THEIR SPOUSES AND MINOR CHILDREN WILL BE REGISTERED AS BRITISH CITIZENS. THEY WILL ENJOY THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS OTHER BRITISH CITIZENS AND, THEREFORE, ARE COVERED BY REGULATIONS 1612/68 AND 1408/71.
Mr Mofris
Entirely news to me. But subgrance ok.
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Brussels.
Jay- 7/11
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