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EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONSTITUTING

AN AGREEMENT IN

ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECOND PROTOCOL CON-

CERNING TRADE RELATIONS

nd

No. 1

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Japanese Ambassador

design); and rated, as from

Affairs to

S.W. 1, aber 14, 1962.

ency's Note of

Government

ited Kingdom

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Your Excellency.

Foreign Office, S.W. 1,

November 14, 1962.

I have the honour to refer to the recent discussions between representatives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Japan relative to the Treaty of Commerce, Establishment and Navigation and the Second Protocol concerning Trade Relations. signed today. It is the understanding of the Government of the United Kingdom that as a result of these discussions, agreement has been reached in the following terms:

The Government of the United Kingdom may continue to restrict imports of products originating in Japan shown in the first column of the attached schedule, subject to the following conditions:

(a) During the period commencing on the date of coming into force of the Treaty and ending on 31st December, 1963, the Government of the United Kingdom shall issue licences so as to allow importation of Japanese products at the annual rate indicated against each product in the column headed 1963 ";

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(b) During succeeding years the amounts to be licensed annually for each product shall be those indicated in the appropriate column of the schedule:

(c) Where no amounts are shown in the schedule for a year, the amounts to be licensed for that year will be determined, aiming at reasonable increase, under the agreement of the two Governments.

If no agreement is reached on a higher level, the amounts to be licensed for that year shall be at least those agreed as the amounts for the preceding year; and

(d) Restrictions may not be retained on any product after the date shown against that product in the column of the schedule under the heading "Date of liberalisation ".

If the foregoing equally represents the understanding of the Government of Japan in this matter, I have the honour to propose that the present Note together with Your Excellency's reply to that effect shall be regarded as constituting an Agreement between the two Governments concluded in accordance with the afore-mentioned Protocol and that it shall come into force on the date of coming into force of the Protocol.

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