GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE
L/5986
24 April 1986
Limited Distibution
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ADMISSION OF HONG KONG AS A CONTRACTING PARTY
Certification by the Director-General
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The following communication from the Permanent Represent stive of the United Kingdom was received by the Secretariat on 23 Ap
; an instructed by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to refer to the Declaratior made ✓ the United Kingdom on 28 June 1948 concerning the application of Gener Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to Hong Kong, and to declare that Hong Kong, being a separate customs territory, respect of which the United Kingdom has accepted that Agreemen
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tions and of the other matters provided for in the Agreement. *cordance with the provisions of Article XXVI (5) (c) ̃ ̃of the Adreement and with the wisher of Hong Kong, Hong Kong will, with
from the date of this communication, be deemed to be acting party to the Agreement.
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e also instructed to state that, having regard to the leint tion of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great sorthern Ireland and the Government of the People's Repub
on the question of Hong Kong, signed in Beijing on
the United Kingdom will restore Hong Kong to Republic of China with effect from 1 July 1997 and Kingdom will continue to have international responsibility Key until that date.
that
Since the conditions required by Article XXVI:5(c) have been Hong Kong has become a contracting party; its rights and obligations date from 23 April 1986.
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A new Schedule LXXXII relating to Hong Kong and comprising the concessions specified in the Hong Kong Section of Schedule XIX-United Kingdom will formally be established through the procedure certification of changes to hedule to the General Agreement.
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