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RECA REGISTRY No. 51
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BY LPS DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT
FURTHER STEPS TOWARDS ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY ARE LIKELY TO BE TAKEN AT TUO MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS NEXT
WEEK,
ON MONDAY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE SIX COMMON MARKET
COUNTRIES IS MEETING PRIOR TO ANOTHER MEGOTIATING SESSION WITH
BRITAIN THE FOLLOWING DAY,
THE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY'S OVERALL NEGOTIATING
POSITION ON A NUMBER OF MAJOR ISSUES: TRANSITIONAL PERIODS, COMMUNITY
FINANCE AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEW ZEALAND'S DAIRY PRODUCE AND
COMMONWEALTH SUGGAR EXPORTS.
ALTHOUGH THE DEPUTIES, MEETING THIS WEEK, AGREED ON A DRAFT AGENDA
FOR THE TUESDAY MEETING OF BRITAIN AND THE SIX, MUCH OF THE
DISCUSSION THEN WILL, IN FACT, DEPEND ON THE OUTCOME OF THE SIX'S
TALKS ON MONDAY.
THE MARKET COUNTRIES WILL HAVE BEFORE THEM THE COMMISSION'S
REPORT PREPARED LAST NOVEMBER, PROPOSING A SOLUTION OF MAJOR
P GELERS WITHIN A FIVE-YEAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD,
/COMMUNITY JODINE