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Mr Ying said there were also useful discussions on administrative arrangements for the implementation of Article 2 of the ATC.

"The two sides reached agreement on further areas of administrative arrangements for notification to the TMB. The US needs further consideration on a couple of points raised by us, and the two sides agreed to return to those points later,"

⚫ he said.

Under the ATC, he said, Members had to agree bilaterally on a set of administrative arrangements they deemed necessary for the implementation of provisions on quantitative restrictions in Article 2 of the ATC. Such arrangements reached by Members have to be notified to the Textiles Monitoring Body established under the ATC, he added.

Mr Ying said: "On US call on our Category 440, the US provided further information in attempting to justify the call. We pointed out that the new information does not change our view that the call is unjustifiable both in principle, because it contravenes the relevant provisions in the ATC, and in practice because the facts show that our very limited imports cannot have caused any damage to the US industry.

"We therefore repeated our demand for the call to be revoked. The US said they would revert to us. We hope that they will withdraw the call. Otherwise, the matter will be reviewed by TMB meeting now scheduled for early September."

In 1994, Hong Kong's Category 440 exports to the US was 5,046 dozens or 2.3 per cent of the total US market.

End/Tuesday, August 29, 1995

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