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177333 MDLOAN 4120
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FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1746
OF 181423Z DEC 92
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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 2852 AND OUR TELNO 1737: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES ON MERCHANT SHIPPING
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1 WE HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING ITEM 13.7 (INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES OF LAW RELATING TO BILLS OF LADING, BRUSSELS 1924).
2. IT SEEMS THAT HONG KONG IS ACTUALLY NOT/NOT COVERED BY THE UK DENUNCIATION OF THIS CONVENTION, AND THEREFORE THAT THE CONVENTION STILL APPLIES TO HONG KONG. AS FOR THE PROTOCOLS: THE 1968 PROTOCOL STILL APPLIES TO BOTH THE UK AND HONG KONG, BUT THE 1979 PROTOCOL HAS NOT YET COME INTO FORCE INTERNATIONALLY BECAUSE ONLY TWO COUNTRIES HAVE ACCEPTED IT CIT NEEDS FIVE).
3. OUR ASSUMPTION REMAINS THAT WHEN THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT 1971 AND OTHERS (EG THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1981) ARE LOCALISED, THE CONVENTION AND THE 1968 PROTOCOL WILL BECOME OBSOLETE (IF THEY ARE NOT SO ALREADY) AND WILL NOT NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 1997. IF THIS IS A CORRECT ASSESSMENT OF THE LEGAL POSITION THEN ITEM 13.7 CAN BE DELETED.
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