association, of the kind exemplified by the Arusha Convention; or commercial agreement to facilitate and expand trade with the Community. The countries concerned are:
Barbados
Guyana
Botswana
Jamaica
Fiji
Kenya
Gambia
Lesotho
Ghana
Malawi
Mauritius Nigeria
Trinidad and Tobago
Tonga
Sierra Leone
Uganda
Western Samoa
Zambia
Swaziland
Tanzania
They will not need to make their choice immediately and it has been agreed that until 31 January 1975 (when the present Yaoundé Convention expires) the present trading arrangements between us and these countries can be maintained.
118. All British dependent territories (and the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides) will be offered association under Part IV of the Treaty of Rome, except for Gibraltar and Hong Kong. The territories concerned are:
Bahamas
Bermuda
British Antarctic Territory
British Honduras
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Solomon Island Protectorate
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Central and Southern Line Islands Falkland Islands and Dependencies
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
Montserrat
New Hebrides (with France)
Pitcairn
St. Helena and Dependencies
(Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) Seychelles
Turks and Caicos Islands
West Indian Associated States
Dominica,
Grenada,
(Antigua, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, St. Kitts- Nevis-Anguilla)
Gibraltar will be covered by Article 227 (4) of the Treaty of Rome which enjoins that the Treaty provisions should apply to the European territories for whose external relations a member state is responsible. But, since Gibraltar is not a part of the United Kingdom's customs territory, it has been agreed, at Gibraltar's request, that she should not be included in the customs territory of the enlarged Community. The Community agreed, as a result of the negotiations, to help Hong Kong by including her within the scope of their scheme of generalised preferences from the date of its implementation.
119. India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Malaysia and Singapore. We and the Community have said that it will be our continuing objective to expand and reinforce existing trade relations with these countries. The Community will be ready after enlargement to examine with them trade problems (including the question of Indian exports of sugar to the enlarged Community) which might arise, taking into account the scope of the Generalised Preference Scheme, from which they will derive considerable benefit. The continued suspension of the Community tariff on tea, which has been secured in the negotiations, is also of considerable importance to India and Ceylon.
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