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Furthermore, we thought that Peragraph 3 (u) should also be We therefore proposed a modification on the lines put. orward by the Delegate of the Netherlands, which now appears að

"second proviso in Paragraph 3 (a).

The Netherlands Delegation pointed out that if any separate austoma territory were included now in the list of the metropol- Fitan territories at the time of the Signature of the Agreement,

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

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

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Curing the period of the application of the Agreement, it ought to be provided for and the same treatment ought to be given to that Thew 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 ragraph 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 oɔmmercial relations and of the other

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The Sub-committee further. thought that the provision included in Pṛragraph 3 (e), 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