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FM UKREP BRUSSELS 181408Z
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1973
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TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 4324 OF 18 SEPTEMBER, INFO SAVING HONG KONG BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE) NEW DELHI.
MY TEL NO 4038
MEETING OF WORKING GROUP ON TEXTILES : 17 SEPTEMBER.
JUTE AND COTTON YARN,
AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION THE GROUP ACCEPTED THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS PERMITTING THE UK TO MAINTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPORT OF JUTE AND COTTON YARN UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1973. THE REGULATIONS
THEREFORE GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL WITHOUT DISCUSSION,
COTTON TEXTILES.
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2. THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE NOTIFICA- TION BY THE COMMUNITY TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE GATT OF ITS
AGREEMENT TO THE PROLONGATION OF THE LONG-TERM ARRANGEMENT ON COTTON TEXTILES UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1973 WAS ALSO AGREED. THERE WAS HOWEVER SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SUGGESTION CONTAINED IN THE ''EXPOSE DES MOTIFS' THAT IT WAS NOT NECESSARY FOR MEMBER STATES TO NOTIFY THEIR ACREEMENT TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF GATT IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY'S NOTIFICATION. WE AND THE DANES RAISED THE QUESTION OF THE NEED FOR SEPARATE NOTIFICATION IN VIEW OF THE
EXISTENCE OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS UNDER THE LTA CONCLUDED BY US BEFORE THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS ALSO THE PROBLEM
CF OUR NEED TO NOTIFY OUR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG. SCHLON (COUNCIL LEGAL SERVICES) SAID THAT HE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER
THIS QUESTION FURTHER AND IT WAS AGREED TO DISCUSS IT AGAIN AT
THE NEXT MEETING. HE ADDED THAT THIS NEED NOT PREVENT THE DRAFT DECI-
SION FROM GOING FORWARD TO THE COREPER AND COUNCIL SINCE THE 'EXPOSE
DES MOTIFS' DID NOT FORM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROPOSED DECISION.
13. NO DECISION
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