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6. THE FOLLOWING FIGURES WERE AGREED, BY WAY OF COMPROMISE, ON TO FRENCH MEASURES: COTTON YARN FROM SPAIN: 1,000 TONNES: COTTON YARN FROM GREECE: 2,000 TONNES: T-SHIRTS FROM SPAIN: AVERAGE OF FRENCH AND COMMISSION FIGURES: SHIRTS FROM MOROCCO: 250,000 PIECES: SHIRTS
FROM TUNISIA: 200,000 PIECES.
THE FRENCH ALSO AGREED TO THE EXCLUSION OF T-SHIRTS UNDER TARIFF HEADING 60.05 PROVIDED THAT STRICT MONITOR ING WAS INTRODUCED. ANY IMPORTS OF T-SHIRTS UNDER 60.05 SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS DIVERSION OF TRADE. IT WAS AGREED TO NEGOTIATE RESTRAINTS. FOR FRANCE ON BLOUS- ES FROM MOROCCO AND TUNISIA AT THE LEVELS PROPOSED BY THE FRENCH.
7. THE BENELUX INSISTED IN THE GROUP ON RESTRAINTS ON COTTON YARN FROM SPAIN BUT FINALLY AGREED IN THE COUNCIL THAT SINCE THEIR IM- PORTS HAD DROPPED IN 1977 THEY WOULD NOT PRESS THIS REQUEST PROVIDED
THE COMMISSION AGREED TO STRICT MONITORING OF IMPORTS,
8. THE DUTCH EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE TURKS HAD NOT BEEN RESPECT- ING THE AGREEMENT REACHED IN MARCH ABOUT PRICES AND LEVELS OF YARN EXPORTS. THIS SITUATION COULD NOT BE ACCEPTED AND THE WORKING GROUP SHOULD STUDY THE SITUATION AND DECIDE ON THE NECESSARY MEASURES.
THIS WAS AGREED.
2. THE COMMISSION CONFIRMED THAT WE WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSULTATIONS ON SHIRTS FROM SINGAPORE. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE FIGURE FOR T-SHIRTS IMPORTED INTO THE UK FROM GREECE (281,000) HAD ALREADY BEEN GIVEN TO THE GREEKS.
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