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 (1 SrAr.] FNEItAL A(IItEILIMENT ON TAltIFFS AND TRAI)E-(( "IT . 3. 1!)47 A1071 SCEUg2 X= - fITED KIm2MP This Schedule is authentic only in the English languae Section A. Metropolitan Territory PAST I Most-Pavoured-Nation Tariff 1. Where any article listed in Division I of this Part of this Schedule is liable in whole or in part on the date of this Agreement to the duties on cocoa, hydrocarbon oil, silk, artificial silk, spirits or sugar set forth in Part 6 of "Customs and Excise Tariff of the United Kingdom of great Britain and northern Ireland in operation on the 1st January, 1947, published under the authority of the Comidssioncrs of His Majesty's Customs and Bmiso, it shall, unless expressly excepted in this Schedule, oontinue to be subject to such duties at rates now in force, or as ubaequently changed by the law. 2. Where, Jhwervr, any article listed in Division i of this Part of this Sehe dle. (a) being an article of apparel, other than stockings and socks, is made wholly or partly of silk or artificial silk; or (b) oocaists wholly or partly of lace or lace net of any kind, or consists wholly or partly of material by whatever process or stitch made which in appearance or pattern resembles lace or laoe net; or has at any stage of manufacture been subjected, as to the whole or a part thereof, to a process of embroidery by hand or machine needlework or to a process producing a similar effect; or has at any stage of mauofacture been subjected, as to the whole or a part thereof, to a process of stiletto work, borer work, out work or drawn thread work, or to a process producing a similar effect; or (c) being an article of apparel, is made wholly or pertly of feathers, then, except as provided by paragraph 3, paragraph i shall not apply, but unless there is express provision to the contrary in this Schedule such article may be charged either at the appropriate rate of duty set out in Division 1 or at a r.te not higher than the appropriate rate, or the highest appropriate rate, set out in Division 2. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, paragraph 1 shall apply in the case of any article, other than tissue or apparel, whioh is made wholly of silk or artificial silk, or in respect of which the value of the silk or artificial silk oonponent or the cggregate of the values of all such components, as the case may be, exceeds 20 of the agregant of the values of all the components of the artiole. 4. The rates of duty set out in Division 2 shall not operate as maiimn rates in respect of any articles which aru not listed or provided for in DiiLAion 1.

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