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(b)
(c)
14.
CONFIDENTIAL
some other form of association
including reciprocal rights and
obligations, notably in respect of
trade; or
trade agreements to facilitate and
develop trade between such countries
and the Community
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However, The Opinion of the EEC
Commission, revised in 1969, on the U.K.
application for membership states:
"Those independent Commonwealth countries
whose structure and production are compar-
able with those of the associated states
of the Yaoundé Convention would qualify
for association with the enlarged
Community"! A footnote makes clear that
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the Commonwealth countries in this
instant are "states in Africa south of the
Sahara and in the Caribbean"
15. A confidential supplementary under-
standing was also agreed by the EEC
Council of Ministers when they approved
the Declaration of Intent, to the effect
that the Six intended the alternative
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