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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 812 OF 29 OCTOBER INFO UKDEL EEC, UKMIS GENEVA AND BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE).
YOUR TELNO 806 OF 25 OCTOBER: EEC GPS.
1. WHILE SHARING YOUR CONCERN, WE BELIEVE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS THAT RECOMMENDED AT PARAGRAPH 4 OF TELNO UKDEL 370 TO FCO. THE EEC CAN CLAIM THEY HAVE GIVEN FAIR WARNING THAT THE EXCLUSION OF PRODUCTS YOU LISTED WOULD BE SOUGHT AT SOME TIME.
2. OF THE 12 ITEMS 6 WERE DESCRIBED AS 'SENSITIVE PRODUCTS FROM HONG KONG THAT APPEAR UNLIKELY TO MEET THE ORIGIN RULES'' AND LISTED IN TABLE 3 OF THE REPORT DATED 16 DECEMBER 1970 OF THE COMMUNITY'S WORKING GROUP ON HONG KONG, SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AND PASSED TO YOU THROUGH DODGE.
3. ON 26 JANUARY 1971, THE COMMUNITY STATED (CODEL 45) THAT IT: ''ENVISAGED THAT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PRODUCTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM PREFERENCE IF THEY DID NOT FULFIL THE ORIGIN RULES ENVISAGED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SCHEME. THE COMMUNITY DELEGATION STATED AGAIN THAT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PRODUCTS COMING FROM HONG KONG DID NOT SEEM TO FULFIL THESE CONDITIONS'', ON 2 FEBRUARY (CODEL 71) THE COMMUNITY OFFERED TO INCLUDE HONG KONG BUT REITERATED THE CONDITIONS STATED IN CODEL 45
ABOUT SENSITIVE PRODUCTS. IN REPLY, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER (CODEL 72) ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THESE RULES OF ORIGIN WOULD BE APPLIED ON A NON-DISCRIMINATORY BASIS. AND FOR TECHNICAL CONTACTS BETWEEN OFFICIALS REGARDING THEIR PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION.
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