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We therefore proposed a modification on the lines put

forward by the Delegate of the Netherlands, which now appears af

second proviso in Paragraph 3 (a).

The Netherlands Delegation pointed out that if any separate

customs territory were included now in the list of the metropol-.

ten territories at the time of the Signature of the Aereement,

and if such territory should acquire complete autonomy in the

future regarding the matters which now appear in the Agreement and

therefore become a separate customs territory, with full autonomy

meant here, this should be provided for. If it happened

Zuring the period of the application of the Agreement, it ought to

be provided for and the same treatment ought to be given to that

new separate territory as that which existed at the time of the

Agreement if that separate customs territory were included in the

list of the metropolitan territories.

This is the object of the second proviso appearing in Fragraph 3 (a), stating that "Provided further that if any of the

customs territories on behalf of which a contracting party has

accepted this Agreement possesses or acquires full autonomy in the conduct of its external commercial relations and of the other

matters provided for by this Axreement," etc.

The Sub-committee further thought that the provision included in Peragraph 3 (), stating that the separate customs territories should be allowed tɔ send representatives to the Contracting Parties (with capital letters), was insufficient, because it did not take into account the rights and obligations of