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UK DECLARATION

CONFIDENTIAL

DSR 11C

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I am instructed by Her Majesty's Principal

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

to declare, in accordance with Article XXVI(v)(c)

of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, that

Hong Kong, being a customs territory in respect of

the which the United Kingdom has accepted that Agreement,

possesses full autonomy in the conduct of its external

commercial relations and of the other matters provided

for in the Agreement, and that it should with effect

from the date of this [Note] [letter] be deemed to be

a contracting party to the Agreement.

CONFIDENTIAL