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3

-

TeX TO

5.

The CPG would claim

that the BL itself remained

intact and

unamended.

The

annexes would be presented as

measures designed

to clarify the pre-1997

supplementary

period during which the BL itself does not apply. The

propriety of such an approach would be defended along the

following lines:

(a) The

NPC

and

its Standing

Committee are

empowered

to

decide on the "systems" for an

(b)

SAR and to interpret the law generally.

In any case, CPG domestic statutes are often

enabling

legislation, which are implemented

through

subsidiary

administrative measures.

(c) Furthermore,

the

legislation

and

international business

community has become familiar wich the PRC

practice

of signing commercial contracts whose

provisions are revised or amplified (generally

to

meet the PRC's

series of annexes.

convenience) through a

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