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FRENCH REQUESTS FOR REDUCTIONS IN QUOTA FIGURES
5. THE UK COULD AGREE IN THE LAST RESORT SUBJECT TO TWO ASSURANC...
FROM THE COMMISSION:
A) THAT THEY WOULD ACT QUICKLY WHERE IMPORTS INTO ANOTHER
MEMBER STATE INCREASED QUICKLY AS A RESULT OF DIVERSION SEMICOLON.
D) THAT THE QUOTA LEVELS RESULTING DO NOT AFFECT IN ANY WAY
THE LEVELS TO BE PROPOSED FROM 1973 UNDER THE GLOBAL IMPORT CEILINGS.
EGYPT
4. THE UK NOTES GERMAN AND BELGIAN ARGUMENTS (PARA 7 OF UKMI S
GENEVA TELNO 384). BUT MATTERS HAVE GONE TOO FAR IN GENEVA FOR A
WITHDRAWAL OF RESTRAINTS ON EGYPT TO HAVE ANY AFFECT ON THE M F A
NEGOTIATIONS.
BACKGROUND
7. SUBJECT TO THE ASSURANCES IN PARA 5 ABOVE, WE COULD ACCEPT AN
INCREASE OF UP TO 100 TONNES IN THE UK RESTRAINT LEVEL ON EGYPTIAN
COTTON YARN IF THIS WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUATION OF A COMMUNITY
QUOTA,
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