18 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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(2) The Minister’s letter reads:
“As part of the negotiations on the proposed Closer Economic Relationship with Australia, it has been decided to set down guidelines within which we would wish the Commission to consider general questions relating to deferral from CER, and the terms under which products initially deferred from CER will become subject to the normal CER formulae.

Therefore, I advise the Commission that in regard to the possible deferral from CER of industries or products with respect to which the Government has requested or will be requesting the Commission to report, the guidelines within which we would wish the Commission to consider general questions relating to deferral from CER, and the terms under which products initially deferred from CER will become subject to normal CER formulae, are as follows:

(a) Deferral may be recommended by the IDC for up to two years, or up to three years where an extra year is needed for assessing results from import testing; or, in the most exceptional circumstances, deferral may be recommended for periods longer than three years;

(b) Deferral shall not be recommended to the Government without substantive reason;

(c) There shall be no recommendations for interim deferral periods (which would involve subsequent reviews to examine when deferral might end);

(d) Deferral shall not be recommended in the case of industries referred to the IDC after agreement on the terms of any CER has been reached between the two governments;

(e) In the case of goods for which the IDC wishes to recommend deferral, it may recommend interim movement in access for Australia goods less than, or different from, that provided for in the CER formulae.”

(3) Parties to current and future inquiries undertaken by the Commission should have regard to these guidelines when making submissions to the Commission on the question of CER.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of March 1982.

J. R. JENNER,
Secretary, Industries Development Commission.
P.O. Box 27-046, Wellington.

Industries Development Commission Notice No. 1982/2—Study of the New Zealand Canned Fruit Industry

(1) In a letter of 4 February 1982, the Minister of Trade and Industry requested the Commission to undertake an inquiry into the canned fruit industry in New Zealand.

(2) The Commission is asked to prepare a development plan for the canned fruit industry. The Minister’s letter reads:
“As part of the negotiations on the proposed Closer Economic Relationship with Australia, I have received a request from J. Wattie Canneries Ltd. that the Industries Development Commission inquire into and report on the canned fruit industry in New Zealand. When the company made its request it was in the context of having its request for deferral of canned fruit from CER examined by the IDC. In view of the dominant position Watties holds within the canned fruit industry and the importance of fruit growing and processing to certain regions in New Zealand, it has been decided to accede to the company’s request.

Therefore, I request the Commission:

(a) To inquire into and report on the present situation of the canned fruit industry in New Zealand, and its potential for development, also taking into account the interests of fruit growers, consumers, and the distributive trade;

(b) To recommend lines of development considered desirable and the nature and extent of assistance, if any, by way of protective devices or otherwise it considers appropriate for this industry;

(c) In particular the Commission should also consider and report on the place of such products in the proposed CER with Australia, and to recommend conditions under which they should be included in CER at the end of any period of deferral agreed by the Government after receipt of your report;

(d) For the purposes of this inquiry and report the term canned fruit may be taken to include those products covered by Item Code 20.035 of the 1981/82 Import Licensing Schedule, namely, apricots, apples, berryfruit, fruit salad, peaches, pears, and plums. These products fall within Tariff Items 20.06.061 (apricots) and 20.06.071 (the other canned fruits specified above) in the New Zealand Customs Tariff. Any other fruit canned in New Zealand such as may fall within Tariff Item 20.06.089, being part of Item Code 20.010, may also be included should the Commission deem this appropriate.

I request that the Commission report to the Government on this matter no later than 30 September 1982.

In undertaking this inquiry the Commission may take evidence on and otherwise have regard to any other material or product it considers relevant to the inquiry, or exclude from its considerations any material or product it might consider not relevant to its inquiry.

I have written separately to you to advise you of the guidelines within which we would wish the Commission to consider general questions relating to deferral from CER, and the terms under which products initially deferred from CER will become subject to normal CER formulae. These guidelines will, therefore, apply to the reference on canned fruit in relation to CER.”

(3) The Commission invites parties who have an interest in any of the areas covered by the above to register that interest in writing with the Commission not later than 31 March 1982.

Registration should include the following:

(a) Name and address of party registering interest;

(b) The goods to which the interest relates;

(c) Status of interest under one or more of the following classes:

New Zealand processor of goods under reference;
Importers;
Distributors;
Fruit Growers;
Trade Unions;
Trade Organisations;
Other (specify).

(4) The Commission will, as soon as possible, distribute detailed guidelines for submissions and advise the timetable and procedures it intends to follow in undertaking this study.

(5) These procedures will involve the preparation and public distribution of a draft report based on the submissions received in response to the guideline questionnaires. This draft report will then be the subject of a public hearing following which the Commission will prepare its final report.

(6) Attention is also drawn to Industries Development Commission Notice No. 1982/1 which contains guidelines given by the Minister of Trade and Industry for the deferral of products from any Closer Economic Relationship with Australia.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of March 1982.

J. R. JENNER,
Secretary, Industries Development Commission.
P.O. Box 27-046, Wellington.

The Standards Act 1965—Standard Specification Proposed for Revocation

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned New Zealand standard specifications have been recommended for revocation pursuant to the provisions of the Standards Act 1965.

Any person who may be affected by the proposal to revoke these standard specifications, and who wishes to object to their revocation, is invited to submit comments to the Standards Association of New Zealand, Private Bag, Wellington, not later than 15 April 1982.

Number and Title of Specification

NZS 833:1954 (BS 1548:1953) Certified samples for metallurgical analysis.

NZS 1092:1968 (BS 844:1965) Methods of sampling and testing vegetable adhesives.

These British Standards have been withdrawn by the British Standards Institution.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of March 1982.

DENYS R. M. PINFOLD,
Director, Standards Association of New Zealand.

(S.A. 114/2/6)

Consent to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

PURSUANT to the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956, the undersigned Deputy Secretary to the Treasury, acting under powers delegated to the Secretary to the Treasury by the Minister of Finance, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authorities, mentioned in the Schedule hereto, of the whole or any part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.