Dotting the i's: Cepa II's Legal Text and Annexes Signed

October 31, 2004 | BY

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The framework for the second round of the Mainland-Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement was concluded in August. Now, the two sides have signed the "Legal Text", which has three annexes.

By Claudio de Bedin, Partner, and Susan Lavender, Associate, Dibb Lupton Alsop, Hong Kong

Last month we discussed the framework agreement reached between the PRC and Hong Kong governments (the Sides) on August 27 2004 (hereafter CEPA II 27/8/04). The agreement further extended the ambit of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA).