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which will begin work on their examination and clarification
about the middle of July, with further meetings throughout
September, with a view to reporting to the Trade Committee
on 27th October. Although this is a very optimistic time-table
accepted under pressure from the E.E.C., it was agreed that
the developing countries should be told that the aim would
be to provide them with whatever "substantive documentation"
was available early in November to enable intensive consultations
then to take place in the Special Committee. At the 3rd Session
of the Special Committee on Preferences on 30th June 3rd July
this time-table was accepted but it was left for decision later
when the intensive consultations should start and whether, in
the Committee or in working groups.
U.K. Submission
4. The U.K. illustrative lists tabled on 1st March were
subject to the proviso that countries in the Commonwealth
Preference Arca would waive to the extent required their
contractual rights to preferences, and that developing Common-
wealth countries would receive sufficient advantages in other
markets to compensate them for sharing their existing preferences
in the U.K. market. It provided for duty free entry for all
products within Chapters 25-99 of the Brussels Nomenclature
other than cotton goods, haematite and foundry pig iron and
ogg albumin.
The offer on textiles other than cotton goods
was, however, to be withdrawn and reconsidered if other major
donors would not similarly grant duty free entry to imports
from all countries and territories claiming developing status
without quota or other restrictions, while the offer on iron
and steel products was to depend on comparable offers within
this sector by other major donors. Duty free entry
50 per cent cut in the case of certain items of special interest
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