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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 386 OF 20 JULY 1977.
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS
MIPT: TEXTILES: MFA NEGOTIATIONS
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1. FOLLOWING ARE REVISED TEXTS OF PARAGRAPHS 4,5 AND 8a
PARAGRAPH 4
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P/A 16
RECOYED IN REGITRY
26 JUL 1977
SOME PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES, IMPORTING AS WELL AS EXPORTING, FELT THAT THERE WAS NEED FOR MODIFICATION TO BE
MADE TO THE TEXT OF THE MEA. OTHERS WERE OF THE OPINION THAT ANY
DIFFICULTIES THAT MAY HAVE ARISEN WERE DUE TO PROBLEMS OF
IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE MFA ARE ADEQUATE
TO DEAL WITH SUCH DIFFICULTIES. IT WAS AGREED THAT ANY SERIOUS
PROBLEMS OF TEXTIL TRADE SHOULD BE RESOLVED THROUGH CONSULTATIONS
AND NEGOTIATIONS,
PARAGRAPH 5- AS REGARDS WHAT WAS DESCRIBED BY ONE MAJOR IMPORTING
PARTICIPANT IN ITS STATEMENT TO THIS COMMITTEE AS ITS PRESSING
IMPORT PROBLEMS THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE RECOGNISED THAT
THESE PROBLEMS SHOULD BE RESOLVED BILATERALLY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 4, OR ARTICLE 3(3) AND 3 (RL4) BY THE PARTICIPANTS CONCERNED.
THE COMMITTEE NOTED ONE MAJOR IMPORTING PARTICIPANT'S STATEMENT CONCERNING THE BASIS UPON WHICH IT INTENDED TO ACHIEVE ITS
STATED OBJECTIVES BY BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS AND
NOTED THE EXPRESSIONS OF GOODWILL AND FLEXIBILITY MADE
BY CERTAIN EXPORTING PARTICIPANTS WHICH CURRENTLY HAVE A
DOMINANT MULTIFIDRE TEXTILE SHARE OF THAT IMPORTING PARTICIPANTS
MARKET.
THE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT ANY SUCH CONSULTATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS
SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN A SPIRIT OF EQUITY AND FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK AND PROVISIONS OF THE MFA (NOT EXCLUDING
THE POSSIBPLITY OF REASONABLE DEPARTURE FROM PARTICULAR
ELEMENTS IN PARTICULAR CASES) WITH A VIEW TO REACHING MUTUALLY
ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS.
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