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TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO. 3477 OF 18 JULY/INFO UKMIS GENEVA INFO SAVING BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE H K OFFICE).
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MEETING OF WORKING GROUP ON TEXTILES: 17 JULY.
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1. THE GROUP.DISCUSSED BURDEN SHARING BRIEFLY BUT AGREED TO
DEVOTE THE WHOLE OF ITS NEXT MEETING (ON 24 JULY) TO THIS SUBJECT. (SEE ALSO MY TEL NO. 3449). THE CHAIRMAN TRIED TO PIN US DOWN TO AN OVERALL RATE OF GROWTH FOR OUR QUOTAS. IF WE COULD NOT ACCEPT
3%, COULD WE ACCEPT 1% OR 0.5% ? WE POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE
FORMULA WHICH WE SUPPORTED WE WOULD HAVE VERY LOW GROWTH RATES
FOR PRODUCTS OF WHICH WE TOOK AN UNDULY HIGH PROPORTION OF THE
MARKET BUT THAT WHERE OUR SHARE OF THE QUOTA WAS NEAR TO OUR
ECONOMIC SHARE UNDER THE KEY OUR GROWTH RATE WOULD APPROACH THAT
OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, THE COMMISSION CIRCULATED A HELPFUL
SET OF FIGURES ILLUSTRATING THIS POINT WITH EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM
YUGOSLAVIA WHERE ITALY IS THE LARGEST IMPORTER AND OUR BASE LEVEL
IS VERY LOW. FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IN THE COMMITTEE OF
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES (MY TELNO. 3449) THE ITALIANS SAID THAT
THEY COULD ONLY ACCEPT INCREASES BASED ON 'ECONOMIC REALITIES''.
2. THE FRENCH RAISED THE QUESTION OF THE TREATMENT OF IMPORTS
FOR RE-EXPORT IN DETERMINING BASE LEVELS FOR RESTRAINTS IN THE
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS. IT WAS AGREED THAT ALL MEMBER STATES
SHOULD SUPPLY FIGURES FOR TEMPORARY ADMISSIONS SO THAT THE
COMMISSION COULD RECALCULATE BASE LEVELS NET OF RE-EXPORTS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE MULTIFIBRE AGREEMENT. IN A
BRIEF DISCUSSION ON MANAGEMENT OF RESTRAINTS THE GERMANS ARGUED
FOR AN IMPORTER-ADMINISTERED SYSTEM. WE AND THE DANES ARGUED FOR
QUOTAS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY EXPORTERS AS IN THE PAST. THE FRENCH
FAVOURED A MIXED SYSTEM.
3. THE FORM OF WORDS IN ANNEX 1 OF DOCUMENT S/831/74 CONCERNING
THE NEGOTIATION OF A CONSULTATION CLAUSE TO COVER REGIONAL
RESTRAINTS WAS SLIGHTLY RE-DRAFTED AND THE REFERENCE TO PREDETER
MINED LEVELS OF CONSULTATION WAS DROPPED.
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