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CONFIDENTIAL
TO FLASH UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 1597 OF 25 JULY
27/0
FOR PS/MR JUDD
FOLLOWING IS COUNCIL BRIEF ON TEXTILES
DISCUSSION DOCUMENT: $1272/77. DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION FOR
COMMUNITY QUOTA MEASURES FOR 1977 (THE QUOTE
FRENCH MEASURES UIIQUOTE). (TO BE SUPPLIED BY UKREP BRUSSELS),
REFERENCES:
AVAILABLE IN UKREP
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COMMUNITY'S MANDATE FOR THE RENEWAL OF
THE MEA,
BRUSSELS
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MR DELL'S MINUTE 21 OF JULY TO THE
PRIME MINISTER ON TSHE MFA.
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INTRODUCTION,
1. THE SUBJECT IS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE APPROVAL OF COMMUNITY
MEASURES ON 4 PRODUCTS (COTTON YARN, T-SHIRTS, LADIES' BLOUSES AND MEN'S WOVEN SHIRTS) WHICH ARE TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE ILLEGAL FRENCH MEASURES ANNOUNCED ON 18 JUNE, THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR SOME
SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE REFERRED TO A
WORKING GROUP DURING THE COUNCIL,
2. THERE IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS IN
THE GATT TEXTILES COMMITTEE FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE GATT MULTI «FI BRE
ARRANGEMENT, WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE BROKEN DOWN, IT WILL PROBABLY
CONCENTRATE ON HOW THE COMMUNITY SHOULD PROCEED NO. THERE MAY BE
BECRIMINATION SINCE THE FRENCH SPOKE UP ALONE AT THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE ON 24 JULY, CONTRARY TO ARTICLE 113 OF THE TREATY OF ROME,
WIIICH MAKES THE COMMISSION THE COMMUNITY'S SOLE SPOKESMAN IN SUCH
NEGOTIATIONS.
CONFIDENTIAL
JOBJECTIVES.