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respect of which an Export Authorisation is issued must be made before

the expiry of the Export Authorisation.

Export Authorisations will be

Export Licences are valid for

valid for a period of three months.

only twenty-eight days. The actual goods must therefore be exported

within four months from the issue of the Export Authorisation.

4.

The Department will forward fortnightly returns to the

Norwegian Government showing, by item and with as much detail as is

practical within each item, the quantities covered by Export

Authorisations issued to Hong Kong exporters.

5.

The Hong Kong Government will, on request by the Norwegian

Government at any time, discontinue the issue of Export Authorisations

If such for any of the items concerned or for any part of them.

request is accompanied by a request for consultations under the

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Hong Kong Government will,

pending the holding of such consultations, issue Export Licences for

the items concerned only in respect of those shipments covered by

Export Authorisations already issued.

6.

It is, as I explained, an essential part of this system that

the importing country should undertake to admit imports of all goods

covered by Export Authorisations issued before the time at which the

importing country requests that such issue should be discontinued.

7.

The Hong Kong Government will also forward to the Norwegian

Government fortnightly returns of licences issued for exports of -

(a) Hong Kong

Statistical

(b) Description

Classifica-

tion No.

841 462

841 844

Jackets, jumpers, sweaters, cardigans

and pullovers, knitted or crocheted, wholly or mainly of wool, men's and boys' wear

Under garments, knitted or crocheted,

not elastic nor rubberised, wholly or mainly of synthetic textile materials, women's and girls' wear

/8.