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RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON W.21/6 6 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution

CONTRACTING PARTIES Twenty-first Session

ARTICLE XVIII -EXTENSION OF RELEASE FOR CEYLON At the meeting of the CONTRACTING PARTIES on 2 March 1964 it was agreed to extend the release granted to Ceylon in 1958 under Section C of Article XVIII. The Executive Secretary was requested to prepare the text of a Decision. The following text is proposed;

Considering that, by Section 3 of the Decision of the CONTRACTING PARTIES of 22 November 1958, as amended by Section 3 of the Decision of 20 and by the Decision of 23 September 1960, the.CONTRACTING PARTIES concurred in the application by the Government of Ceylon of the Industrial Products Act No. 18 of 1949, as amended, to certain specified textile products subject to the terms and conditions laid down in those Decisions; and

Considering that, by the Decision of 18 , the CONTRACTING PARTIES extended until the close of the twenty-first session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES the period of validity of the Decision of 22 November 1958, as amended by the Decision of 20 November 1959 and by the Decision of 23 September 1960; and

Considering further that the Government of Ceylon has notified the CONTRACTING PARTIES pursuant to Section C of Article XVIII that, in order to achieve the objectives for which the measure was originally taken, it will be necessary to maintain the regulation under the Industrial Products Act of the products specified above for a further period of time; and Noting that the circumstances taken into consideration in the Decisions referred to above remain substantially unchanged with regard to these products; The CONTRACTING PARTIES; acting pursuant to the provisions of Section C of Article XVIII of the General Agreement;

Decide to extend, in respect of the items specified in Section 3 of the Decision of the CONTRACTING PARTIES of 22 November 1958, as amended by Section 3 of the Decision of 20 November 1959 and by the Decision of 23 September 1960, the period of validity of these Decisions until 27 August 1968.

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