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HONG KONG AND THE GATT : PROPOSED CONTRACTING PARTY STATUS :

ARTICLE XXVI (v)(c)

DRAFT DECLARATIONS TO THE GATT

(A) UK DECLARATION

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"I

am

instructed by Her Majesty S principal Secretary of State

for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to declare,

in

1

accordance

with Article XXVI (v) (c) of the General

the general Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, that Hong Kong, being a customs territory in

respect of

Agreement,

external

which the United Kingdom

possesses full autonomy

commercial relations

provided for in

the Agreement,

has accepted the

the conduct of its

in

and of the other matters

and that it could with effect

be deemed to be a

from the date of this communication

contracting party to the Agreement.

(B) HONG KONG DECLARATION

"I

am instructed to refer to Article XXVI (v) (c) of the

General 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

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"I am

instructed by

to refer to the general Agreement

to

the Joint Declaration

People's Republic of China

on Fariffs and Trade (the Agreement),

of the Government of the

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 communication which the United

Kingdom Mission in Geneva

has

today addressed to the Director

General.

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