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CONFIDENTIAL

Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement

Hong Kong France

At

JLG

they had no

XXII, the Chinese side formally indicated that

objection to the Hong Kong Government being

authorised to negotiate investment promotion and protection

with a number of relevant countries,

agreements

(IPPAS)

including France, on the basis of an agreed model text.

2.

A Hong Kong Government delegation, under the authority of an entrustment from the Government of the United Kingdom, met

with a delegation from the Government of France in February On 4 February 1993, the heads of the two delegations initialled an IPPA. The initialled text is at Annex A.

1993.

The text is

3.

An

article-by-article

substantively similar to the model IPPA.

comparison is at Annex B. In accordance

made at JLG XX, the British side would

like to consult the Chinese side on the initialled text and

grateful to receive any

with the arrangements

would be

have.

views the Chinese side may

April 1993

A