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Why did the Commission declare in particular that Hongkong imports into the Community had seriously threatened to disrupt the market, in spite of statistical evidence that in 1972 textile imports from Hongkong into the Community accounted for only 2% of the textile retail
trade turnover in the Community?
Why has the Commission not taken account of the fact that even Hongkong textile exports to the Federal Republic of Germany constituted only 3% of the textile retail trade turnover of the Federal Republic, made up 80% of sales from Hongkong to the Community?
Why has the Commission not taken account of the objective of the Council of Ministers and the national governments of the Community to promote imports in the interest of a policy of stability, an objective to which Hongkong too could make a modest contribution?
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Why is the Commission trying, as can be seen from point 4 of its justification of the abovementioned
recommendation, to create within the framework of trade
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