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TRADE, THAT HONG KONG, BEING A SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY IN

RESPECT OF WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS ACCEPTED THE AGREEMENT,

POSSESSES FULL AUTONOMY IN THE CONDUCT OF ITS EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL

RELATIONS AND OF THE OTHER MATTERS PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT.

with

It follows that IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAID ARTICLE, HONG KONG MAT, WITH EFFECT

FROM THE DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION,

CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT.

(B) HONG KONG DECLARATION

fur semishe

BE DEEMED TO BE A

'I AM INSTRUCTED TO REFER TO ARTICLE XXVI (V)(C) QF THE GENERAL

to The Communication which the Umbed AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE, AND TO CONFIRM THAT HONG KONG

WISHES TO BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT'

(C) PRC DECLARATION

•

'I AM INSTRUCTED BY

TO REFER TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON

TARIFFS AND TRADE (THE AGREEMENT), TO THE JOINT DECLARATION OF

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN

IRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, SIGNED IN PEKING ON 19

DECEMBER 1984, AND TO THE COMMUNICATIONS WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM

MAS MISSION IN GENEVA HAL TODAY ADDRESSED TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION HONG KONG WILL, ON

1 JULY 1997, BECOME A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND WILL CONTINUE OPEN SQUARE

BRACKETS TO POSSESS THE SAME DEGREE OF AUTONOMY

AS AT PRESENT IN THE CONDUCT OF

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misszen in

Genera has today

addressed to the

Director General

and

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to be a separate customs Territory and to

ITS EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND OF ALL THE OTHER MATTERS

PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT.CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS OPEN SQUARE

BRACKETS BEGIN UNDERLINING OR OTHER AGREED FORMULA CLUSE SQUARE

BRACKETS END UNDERLINING. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S

The these arrangements will not alter REPUBLIC OF CHINA ACCORDINGLY CONSIDERS THAT THE HONG KONG status of the Territory SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA in The GATT SHOULD, WHEN ESTABLISHED, CONTINUE TO BE DEEMED TO BE A

CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT'.

HOWE LIMITED

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COPIES TO:

HKGD- LONDON

MR FIFOOT

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