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(11) QUOTE IF THE APPROACH IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED, BUT IN THE EVENT PROVES IN PRACTICE INCAPABLE OF ENSURING THAT THE INTERNAL GLOBAL IMPORT CEILINGS ARE NOT EXCEEDED, THEN THE COUNCIL WOULD SIMILARLY RECOGNISE THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE OTHER MEASURES. UNQUOTE
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5. THE FRENCH COULD POSSIBLY DROP THEIR INSISTENCE ON GLOBALISATION AT THIS MEETING. JF THEY DO NOT, YOU SHOULD LAY PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE NEED FOR AN EARLY DECISION. REPORTS FROM PARIS ARE THAT THE FRENCH HAVE NOT TAKEN FINAL DECISIONS, BUT A MAJORITY IN COREPER FOR THE COMMISSIONS PROPOSALS COULD WEIGH HEAVILY WITH THEM. THE FRENCH ARE LIKELY TO WANT FIRM GUARANTEES.
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