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TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 4201 OF 12 SEPTEMBER, 1973.
MY TEL NO 4007:
GROUP ON GENERALISED PREFERENCES, 12 SEPTEMBER.
1. THIS WAS A GENERALLY INCONCLUSIVE MEETING.
2. ROMANIA.
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THE FRENCH EXPRESSED CONCERN AT THE DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIONS BEING MADE TO MEMBER STATES AND TO THE COMMISSION BY ROMANIA, AND FEARED THIS MIGHT PLACE ROMANIA ON A DIFFERENT FOOTING FROM OTHER BENEFICIARIES IN THE 1974 GSP. THE COMMISSION, EMPHASISING THAT THESE TALKS WERE PURELY INFORMATIVE, MADE TWO PROPOSALS: (A) THAT ROMANIA WOULD RECEIVE PREFERENCES ON PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS AND NON-SENSITIVE MANUFACTURES AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES,
AND
(B) THAT ALL NECESSARY EXCLUSIONS WOULD DE EFFECTED NOT BY HAVING A SEPARATE REGULATION FOR ROMANIA, BUT SIMPLY BY OMITTING HER NAME FROM THE LIST OF BENEFICIARIES ATTACHED TO THE RELEVANT
REGULATIONS.
ALL DELEGATIONS (INCLUDING THE UK) SAID THAT THESE PROPOSALS, PRIMA FACIE, SEEMED ACCEPTABLE BUT COULD NOT BE FORMALLY ENDORSED
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CAPITALS.
3. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
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THE GROUP CONSIDERED ITEM BY ITEM THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS (COMER 355) FOR IMPROVEMENTS | THE GSP FOR 1974 ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (BTM 1 - 24). ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE 72 MAIN TARIFT HEADINGS INVOLVED ATTRACTED RESERVATIONS OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER (MOSTLY FIRM), MATLY FROM THE ITALIANS AND FRENCH, WITH THE BELGIANS IM THIRD PLACE. SINCE A REPETITION OF THIS EXERCISE IS SCHEDULED FOR 24 SEPTEMBER, WE CONFINED OURSELVES TO SUPPORTING TH COMMISSION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PINEAPPLES AND PACKETED TEA TO
MALAYSIA AND SRI LANKA RESPECTIVELY. WE ALSO MADE A GENERAL STATEMENT REFERRING TO THE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS MENTIONED
IN THE REPORT OF THE GROUP ON DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, AND
SAYING THAT OUR RELATIVE SILENCE WAS INTENDED TO UNDERLINE INC
FACT THAT NOT ONLY COULD WE ACCEPT THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL.
IN TO TO AS FAR AS IT WENT, DUT THE PRECISE COVERAGE AND DETAI
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