GENERAL AGREEMENT on 15 September 1965 TARIFFS and TRADE Limited Distribution
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RESTRICTED L/2464/Add.3 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON 15 September 1965 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution Original: English/Spanish WORKING PARTY ON AUSTRALIAN REQUEST TO GRANT PREFERENCES FOR LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES Notifications from Governments Addendum Since the circulation of L/2464 and Addenda 1 and 2 the following notifications have been received from the delegations of Spain and the United Kingdom. Spain: In connexion with document L/2443 of 4 June 1965 which contains the Australian request for a waiver from the General Agreement in order to permit it to establish a system of preferential duties on imports of manufactures and semi- manufactures from countries which the CONTRACTING PARTIES consider as developing countries, and having regard to paragraph 14 of the above-mentioned document L/2443 and to the statement made by the Australian representative at the meeting of the Working Party on 29 June last, and likewise the list of countries in Annex I of document L/2443 and those which subsequently asked to be included in the list whose economic development is similar to that of Spain, I have the honour to inform you, in accordance with the procedure set forth in paragraph 18 of document L/2457 that my country wishes to be included in the list of countries to receive the preferences proposed by the Australian Government. United Kingdom: I have been asked by my authorities to point out that the following terri- tories (which are listed in L/2071/Rev.1) seem to have been inadvertently missed out from the annex attached to the Australian paper: L/2464/Add.3 Page 2 Bahrein (Bahrein, Muharraq, Sitra, Nabi Saleh: Protected States), Qatar (Sheikdom of Qatar: Protected State), Tonga (Protected State), Tristan da Cunha,Trucial States (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Qaiwan,Al Fujairah: Protected States). In addition "Aden" should be amended to read "Aden and Protectorates of South Arabia"..