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In these circunstances the representative of the Commission Jeclared
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that, having regard to the extent of the reservations, it would seem
eppropriate for the formel propose is to be presented shortly by the Comission
to the Council to be examined, not by agricultural experte ac before, but
at a level which notdã allow decisions of a
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with regard to the guidelines to be followed on the cuestim of salomuzi
procedures, the representative of the Commission informed the Group that the
Com:i: sion Agencies had laid before the experts the following linen wich
aight be followed in this field;
c) For processed agricultural products e specifio sufocurrů clause should
be provided, which would make it possible to ruspend the benefit of
preference temporarily and on a discriminatory basis in the ouse of
disruption or risk of disruption f the arket;
b) It would cantirus to be the case that the granting of groferences
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does not prevent the application of the safeguard clauses specified .
by the common agricultural policy."
e) Ber products not subject to common organize tion of the market, the
safeguard procedures qucified by the General Agree ent would of
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course cuttime to reply.
Following this statement, several delegations expressed the opinion
that the propon:ls of the Comission. Agencies should be ensidered as
the minimum offer the Community could make. They therefore invited the
other delegatione tu riosusidur their titude on ell these questions, 20
es to enaule the Community to adopt a more constructive attitude to the
developing countrics(1).
(1) It should be r soalled that at the meeting of the sub-roup the idea
We put forward that for certain products liable to e sm11 import charge freedom of witly might be granted abortion (bɔve 2 threefold to pe determined.
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