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NEUTRAL
TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 42 OF 2 FEBRUARY 1972
INFO ROUTINE UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS.
GATT: EEC ENLARGEMENT.
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THE GATT SECRETARIAT GAVE US YESTERDAY DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENE FOR A WORKING PARTY TO CONSIDER THE ACCESSION TREATY. THE SECRETARIAT
HOPE THE WORKING PARTY WILL BE ESTABLISHED AT A COUNCIL MEETING
ABOUT 15 FEBRUARY.
2.
THEY BASED THEIR DRAFT (COPIES BY BAG TO FCO, DTI AND UKDEL BRUSSELS) ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED I 1957 TO EXAMINE THE TREATY. THEY INTENDED TO CONSULT THE COMMUNITY AND OURSELVES AND AFTERWARDS OTHER MAJOR CONTRACTING PARTIES, PARTICULARLY THE US AND JAPAN, BEFORE SUBMITTING THE TEXT TO THE COUNCIL. HOWEVER PATTERSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL, HAS NOW TOLD US THAT AFTER GIVING THE TEXT BY TELEPHONE TO LUYTEN OF THE COMMISSION IN BRUSSELS HE BELIEVES THE PRESENT DRAFT MAY BE ABANDONED. LUYTEN'S REACTION WAS THAT SIMPLER TERMS OF REFERENCE BASED ON THOSE USED FOR WORKING PARTIES SET UP TO STUDY MORE RECENT EEC AGREEMENTS PRESENTED TO THE GATT UNDER ARTICLE XXIV WOULD BE
MORE APPROPRIATE.
3.
GENEVA OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION EXPECTS THAT THE COMMUNITY
COORDINATION ON THIS MATTER ILL BE HANDLED IN BRUSSELS RATHER THAN HERE. I SHALL TELEGRAPH ANY REVISED GATT SECRETARIAT DRAFT
AS SOON AS RECEIVED.
ADVANCE COPIES TO MASON (EID) AND ALLOTT (DTI).
MASON
/ADVANCED AS REQUESTED/
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