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REVISED PROVISIONAL AGRICULTURAL OFFER (MY TELS UNDER REFERENCE) AND A NEW COVER NOTE.
3. YOU SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE CHANGES IN THE ILLUSTRATIVE INDUSTRIAL OFFER ARE PURELY PRESENTATIONAL AND SHOULD DRAW ATTENTION TO THE STATEMENT IN THE COVER NOTE THAT IT IS APPARENT THAT THE CONDITIONS TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT WILL NOT BE SATISFIED AND THAT IT WILL THEREFORE NEED TO BE MODIFIED. YOU SHOULD ALSO CONFIRM THAT THE REVISED PROVISIONAL AGRICULTURAL OFFER IS UNCHANGED EXCEPT THAT AARIFF HEADING 17.04(B) (OTHER SUGAR CONFECTIONERY NOT CONTAINING COCOA), WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED FROM THE COPIES PREVIOUSLY HANDED OVER, HAS NOW BEEN REINSTATED.
4. YOU SHOULD AGAIN EMPHASISE THAT, AS STATED IN THE COVER NOTE, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WE HAVE ATTACHED TO THE GRANTING OF PREFERENCES IS THAT WE SHOULD OBTAIN THE CONSENT OF COUNTRIES WITHIN THE COMMON- WEALTH PREFERENCE AREA WITH RIGHTS TO MARGINS OF PREFERENCE ON CERTAIN PRODUCTS TO WAIVE THESE RIGHTS TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED FOR PREFERENCES TO BE EXTENDED TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. IF ASKED WHY WE ARE TABLING OUR SUBMISSION BEFORE THE CONCLUSION OF DISCUSSIONS ON CONTRACTUAL PREFERENCES YOU SHOULD SAY THAT IT WAS AGREED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE UNCTAD SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PREFERENCES THAT THE DOCUMENTATION TO BE GIVEN TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ON 15 NOVEMBER SHOULD CONTAIN AS MUCH DETAILED INFORMATION AS WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. GIVEN THE INTENTION OF THE EEC AND OTHER COUNTRIES (INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND), TO INCLUDE THEIR DETAILED SUBMISSIONS IN THE SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTATION WE DID NOT FEEL ABLE TO HOLD BACK OUR OWN LISTS. WE HAVE HOWEVER MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE STILL SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION ON A NUMBER OF GROUNDS. (PRETORIA ONLY)
YOU MAY CONFIRM THAT WE ARE READY FOR DISCUSSIONS AND ARE AWAITING THE SOUTH AFRICAN PROPOSALS (THEIR NOTE OF 17 OCTOBER).
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