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ALL COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES CLAIMING DEVELOPING STATUS WITHOUT ANY FORM OF QUOTA OR OTHER LIMITATION. IF OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NOT

PREPARED TO DO SO THE U.K. WILL RECONSIDER ITS POSITION, ANY GRANT

OF PREFERENCES IN RESPECT OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OTHER THAN THE

PIG-IRON MENTIONED ABOVE WILL BE CONDITIONAL UPON THE OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BEING PREPARED TO GRANT BROADLY SIMILAR TREATMENT

TO THESE PRODUCTS.

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3. AS THERE IS NO GENERALLY AGREED DEFINITION OF A PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT WE HAVE BASED OUR LIST OF POSITIVE OFFERS IN THIS SECTOR ON THE LIST OF SEMI-MANUFACTURES AND MANUFACTURES WITHIN CHAPTERS 1-24 OF THE BRUSSELS NOMENCLATURE DRAWN UP BY THE UNCTAD SECRETARIAT. FOR CONTENTS OF LIST SEE M.1.F.T. EXCEPT WHERE OTHER OFFERS ARE SPECIFIED (E. G. A 53% CUT IN THE TARIFF) THE BASIS OF THE OFFER IS UNRESTRICTED DUTY-FREE ENTRY. CERTAIN ITEMS ARE INCLUDED SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC RESERVATIONS. THE FORM OF SAFEGUARDS FINALLY AGREED WILL BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN

DETERMINING WHETHER CERTAIN ITEMS ARE FINALLY INCLUDED IN THE LIST.

4. OUR OFFER OF PREFERENCES DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE REVENUE

DUTIES ON BEER HOPS, HYDROCARBON OILS, SPIRITS, TOBACCO AND WINE.

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5. IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE OFFERS IS DEPENDENT ON THE THREE

CONDITIONS IN PARA 16 OF THE BACKGROUND NOTE ENCLOSED WITH

MCKELVIE'S LETTER AND ON THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS:-

(1) TO THE EXTENT THAT THE INITIAL OFFERS TABLED BY OTHER PROSPECTIVE ·

DONORS DO NOT MATCH OUR OWN WE SHALL BE FREE TO MODIFY OUR INITIAL

OFFERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BURDEN-SHARING PRINCIPLE SO THAT

THE PREFERENCES GRANTED WILL BE BROADLY COMPARABLE IN COVERAGE AND

DEPTH WITH THOSE OF OTHER DONORS.

(11) PREFERENCES GRANTED BY THE UK SHALL NOT BE BINDING AND CAN BE WITHDRAWN UNDER THE SAFEGUARD ARRANGEMENTS THAT ARE

GENERALLY AGREED. ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WE SHALL HAVE TO BEAR

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