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RECOYED IN
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RY No. C1
26 JUL 1977
TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 384 OF 20 JULY 1977.
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS
INFO ROUTINE PARIS
MY TELNO 374: ''FRENCH MEASURES: MEETING OF TEXTILE WORKING
GROUP : 19 JULY
1. THE GROUP SPENT MOST OF THE DAY DISCUSSING THE COMMISSION
PACKAGE OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES NOW EMBODIED IN COMMISSION REGUL- ATION 1566/77 OF 12 JULY AND THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL
REGULATION WHICH WILL CONFIRM MOST OF THESE. THE FRENCH SAID
THEIR AUTONOMOUS MEASURES WOULD REMAIN IN FORCE UNTIL THE
COUNCIL HAD TAKEN A DECISION. DISCUSSION CONCENTRATED ON THE
LEGAL BASIS FOR THE MEASURES AND DEMANDS BY MEMBER STATES FOR
ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF THE FOUR PRODUCTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
PACKAGE. THE GROUP WILL REPORT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO COREPER
ON 22 JULY WITH A COMMISSION RESERVE ON ALL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
LEGAL BASIS
2. THE FRENCH QUESTIONED THE LEGAL VALIDITY OF A REGULATION
BASED SOLELY ON REGULATION 1439 WHEN THREE OF THE PRODUCTS WERE
NOT LIDERALISED. WE AND THE GERMANS SUPPORTED THIS QUERY. THE
COMMISSION LEGAL ADVISER MAINTAINED THAT THE EMERGENCY PROVIS--
JONS ́ IN-ARTICLE 12 OF REGULATION 1439 COULD APPLY TO ALL PRODUCTS.
THE COUNCIL LEGAL SERVICES DID NOT AGREE AND SUGGESTED THAT THE
DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATIONS SHOULD BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE A REFER-
ENCE TO ARTICLE 113 IN THE PREAMBLE AND IN THE TEXT. THIS
WOULD PROVIDE A LEGAL BASIS FOR MEASURES ON PRODUCTS COVERED BY DECISION 455/72, THE GROUP AGREED THAT THIS WOULD BE MORE
SATISFACTORY AND WILL RECOMMEND SUCH AN AMENDMENT TO COREPER, THE GERMANS HAVE A PROBLEM OVER GOODS IN TRANSIT (ARTICLE 2 OF COMMISSION REGULATION 1566/77) WHICH MAY BE RESOLVED IF THE
CONFIRMING COUNCIL REGULATION IS NOT MADE RETROACTIVE AND THE
FIGURES ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
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/ADDITIONAL DEMANDS