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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 6 OF 22 JULY 1977.
MY TELNO 391: MFA NEGOTIATIONS
1. THERE WAS A FURTHER CO-ORDINATION MEETING OF THE ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE AT 3PM ON 21 JULY TO PREPARE FOR THE 7+7 AT 4PM. TRAN (COMMISSION) EXPLAINED IN MORE DETAIL THE LATEST VERSION OF THE TEXT. IN ADDITION TO THE AMENDMENT TO PARAGRAPH ? (FORMER PARAGRAPH 3) DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF MY TUR, THERE ARE A FEW OTHER MINOR CHANGES:
PARAGRAPH 5-FIRST SENTENCE NOW READS "'... THE TC RECOGNISED THAT SUGH(UNDERLINED) PROBLEMS SHOULD BE RESOLVED
LAST SENTENCE NOW READS THE COMMITTEE AFFIRMED THAT IN SEEKING SUCH SOLUTIONS THE INTERESTS OF THE LEAST DEVELOPED PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES, NEW ENTRANTS AND SMALL SUPPLIERS SHALL BE RECOGNISED (UNDERLINED)
PARAGRAPH 7 SECOND SENTENCE NOV ENDS WITH A DIRECT QUOTE DROM ARTICLE 1 (2) OF THE MFA **. AVOIDING DISRUPTIVE
EFFECTS (UNDERLINE NOW TO END OF SENTENCE) O INDIVIDUAL
MARKETS AND ON INDIVIDUAL LINES OF PRODUCTION IN BOTH IMPORTING AND EXPORTING COUNTRIES''.
PARAGRAPH 9 PERIOD FOR RENEWAL OF THE MFA IS NOW SHOWN AS
FOUR YEARS?
2. MEMBER STATES WERE STILL NOT PREPARED TO LIFT THEIR RESERVES ON PARAGRAPH 9 AND IN ANY CASE TRAN SAID HE WOULD NOT COMMIT THE COMMUNITY TO ANY TEXT AT THE 7+7 MEETING. TRAN ALSO SAID HE WOULD MAKE A CLEAR DECLARATION IN THE TEXTILE COMMITTEE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO RENEWAL OF THE MFA BY THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT FULL SATISFACTION. AND THERE WAS GENERAL WELCOME FOR A GERMAN SUGGESTION THAT A SIMILAR DECLARATION MIGHT BE ENTERED IN THE COUNCIL RECORD ON 26 JULY. AS BOTH THESE DECLAR- ATIONS WOULD BE MADE IN PRIVATE SESSION TRAN SAID THAT THE
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