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FAROES
10.
THE COUNCIL REFERRED TO COREPER FOR URGENT DISCUSSION THE QUESTION OF HOW TO TREAT FAROESE FISHING IN COMMUNITY WATERS ONCE THE FAROESE HAD RESPONDED TO THE COMMUNITY REQUEST TO ALLOW MORE BRITISH BOATS IN THEIR "BOXES'' AND TO LIFT ALLEGED RESTRICTIONS
ON FRENCH SAITHE FISHING.
FISHERIES INTERNAL
11.
THE IRISH REPORTED THAT THIS ISSUE WAS BEING REFERRED TO THE EUROPEAN COURT. THE COMMISSION SAID THEY WERE CONSIDERING
SIMILAR ACTION.
12. THIS LED TO AGREEMENT IN THE COUNCIL ON THE NEED FOR URGENT SETTLEMENT OF THE PERMANENT FISHERIES REGIME. THE COMMISSION STRESSED THAT IN ADDITION TO THEIR BASIC PROPOSALS OF LAST OCTOBER, THEY WOULD SHORTLY BE PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL PAPER WHICH SHOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE NECESSARY DISCUSSIONS. THERE WAS SOME DIFFERENCE OF VIEW ON WHETHER THIS WAS PRIMARILY A MATTER FOR FOREIGN OR AGRICULTURE MINISTERS BUT EH SUBJECT WILL BE TAKEN
FIRST IN THE AGRICULTURE COUNCIL ON 16 MAY.
STEEL
13.
DESPITE STRONG OPPOSITION FROM ITALY, THE COMMISSION'S CONSULTATION OF THE COUNCIL ON THE INTRODUCTION OF MINIMUM PRICES FOR REINFORCING BARS UNDER ARTICLE 61(B) OF THE TREATY OF PARIS WAS COMPLETED. THE COMMISSION AGREED TO PUBLISH NEW REFERENCE PRICES FOR OTHER STEEL PRODUCTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND TO CONSIDER AT ITS MEETING ON 4 MAY WHETHER THE 1 MAY PRICES SHOULD BE
PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
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14. THE COUNCIL FAILED TO RESOLVE THE LONGSTANDING DEADLOCK BETWEEN THOSE FAVOURING A BILATERAL" APPROACH AND THOSE FAVOURING A GLOBAL' APPROACH IN THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS IN GENEVA, THE FRENCH IN PARTICULAR MAINTAINING THEIR RESERVE ON THE COMMISSION'S NEW COMPROMISE APPROACH. DUT THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE CONSULTATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER
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