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1971

GLADRALISED PREFERINC

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BENEFICIARIES

INTRODUCTION

1 The subordinate legislation in the Autumn to introduce our

scheme will have to specify the countries and territories that will

be beneficiaries. The enabling powers, in Clause 1 of the Finance

Dill, give discretion to the DAI to specify the beneficiaries and

limits the choice only to those countries that have claimed

developing status.

Cur principal difficulty is that we shall

probably have to make our choice before we know the final

intentions of all the other major donor countries, but certain

broad conclusions can be reached.

2 The BBC are the only donor to have announced a decision.

Their beneficiaries will initially be confined to the so-called

Group of 77 of UNOTAD, and to dependent territories. The

Community wishes to discuss with other donor countries in OECD

aindicati the question of the inclusion of other countries, with a view

to reaching a decision by 1 July 1972.

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3 Japan will shortly be announcing its beneficiaries.

expected that these will comprise all the countries that have

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lodged a claim (Japanese imports from most, other than those

in Asia, of manufactured goods are generally small), but that

dependent territories - all the Commonwealth colonies as well as

Hong Kong will initially be excluded, with the prospect that

they may be included with limitations in a year's time.