TNAG-0762-FCO40-966-Effect-of-GATT-Multi-Fibre-Arrangement-(MFA)-on-Hong-Kong-ex-1978 — Page 125

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• 5 MAR 1978

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MMEDIATE

EN CLAIR

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2.5. 296

TO IMMEDIATE UK REP BRUSSELS TELNO 375 OF 14 MARCH 78

ARTICLE 115

MEN'S 100 PERCENT COTTON WOVEN JEANS FROM HONG KONG

THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF AN ARTICLE 115 APPLICATION FOR

RECEIPT BY THE COMMISSION BY 15 MARCH 1978.

1. THE UNITED KINGDOM AUTHORITIES WISH TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSION TO A SITUATION IN WHICH ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES

OF THE KIND FORESEEN IN ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY OF ROME ARE

LIKELY TO ARISE AND TO SEEK AUTHORISATION TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE

MEASURES.

2. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION TO IMPORT VIA WEST GERMANY 1792 PARIS (VALUE POUNDS STERLING 8900) OF MEN'S

100 PERCENT WOVEN COTTON JEANS UNDER TARIFF HEADING 6101: 7610

AND ORIGINATING IN HONGKONG. WE WISH TO REJECT THIS APPLICATION

AND ANY FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR SIMILAR IMPORTS IN 1978 FOR

THE REASONS SET OUT BELOW.

3. FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL'S DECISION ON 19/20 DECEMBER 1977, THE

UNITED KINGDOM MAINTAINS A STRICT QUOTA ON IMPORTS OF TROUSERS AND

JEANS ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG. ALTHOUGH THIS FREE CIRCULATION

APPLICATION ONLY REPRESENTS 0.008 PERCENTS OF THE 1978 UK QUOTA, IF ALLOWED WILL IN OUR VIEW CAUSE THE UK GLOBAL CEILING FOR THIS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE GROUP I PRODUCT TO BE EXCEEDED.

TO DATE THE 1978 QUOTA HAS BEEN 13. PERCENT LICENSED.

lui HONG KONG

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