TNAG-1655-FCO40-2303-Hong-Kong-and-the-Customs-Co-operation-Council-(CCC)-1987 — Page 72

Annex I to Doc. 34.024 E

UNITED KINGDOM DECLARATION TO THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL

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I am instructed by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to refer to Article Customs Co- II (A) (ii) of the

the Convention establishing the operation Council and to inform you that Hong Kong is a separate

in is autonomous

of conduct

its Customs territory and

as The United Kingdom,

the external commercial relations. contracting party to the Convention which has responsibility for the formal conduct of Hong Kong's diplomatic relations, there- fore proposes that, in accordance with the said Article II (A) (ii) and with the wishes of Hong Kong, Hong Kong be admitted to the Council as a separate member.

I am also instructed to state that, having regard to the of the United Kingdom of joint declaration of the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of The People's Republic of China on the question of Hong Kong, signed in Bejing on 19 December 1984, the United Kingdom will restore Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China with effect from 1 July 1997 and that the United Kingdom will continue to have international responsibility for Hong Kong until that date.

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