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tree! t in their merke te where such action would ma counter to the burden-sharing principle refered to in paragraph 6 abre or would affect the issue of compensation, inirs of bettor accesu in other razkets, fur those countries which already have taff predorencer in individual, dovalopad markets. The Group consider that there should be at uuïerstanding or gent‘onsula agwemant between major äcner countries) that, in Oxeruising the rights granted to thew by any GANT waiver, they would not pick and choona hetwɗon olalıæntu for special taziff treatyoffs except on the growls referred to in the previous paragraph. In his way it would be possible to prevent ay posibility of complaint that individual doner countries were making use of the absence of aký internationally agreed list of developing countries to escape taking on their fair share of the "burden" of helping developing countries to increase their export eaminge.
15. · The Group think it wise at this point in their mport to stress that they are not proposing that donur cotntries simuld act without regard for the views of the developing counties. They recognise that it would not be sexible to introduce new arrangements unless the developiîs countries were reasonably content with them. Nevertheless, they consider it essential to put their view on vacord about the status of any
special turi£f treatment in unambiguous temas,
Product Covaraca
16. The Group agreed that as far as manufactures and semi-manufactures were concerned, chapters 25-03 of the Brussels: Nozenclature should be the basis for the coverage of Hiy now arrangement, and that any list of exceptions should be as short as possible. 17. An regards products in the cadlier chapters of the Brussels Nomenclaturi, the position was me couplex. For many developing countries, the greatest importance will be attached to the inclusion of those processed agricultural products in which they have a particular interest, and some of those countries might expect to benefit very littlə initially from the grant of special taxiff treatment unless certain.. processed agricultural products were included. Again, for many developing countries, their trafe in čincentuated in agricultural and prine y products, and the inclusicHS of those products would also eliminate or reduce differences in the treatment of ĉeveloping conatzios in developed country markets. But agricultural policies throughout the world, and their effects on markat conditions in relation to agricultural products, mˆke it difficult to consider any new arrangement for the se