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T SHIRTS (EX 61.04 AND EX 61.05)
TUNISIA
SPAIN
TURKEY
766,000
776,000
648,000
MOROCCO 2,640,000
· COTTON YARN
EGYPT
523 TONNES
- SPAIN 766 TONNES
THE GERMANS WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE PROPOSED REDUCTION ON EGYPTIAN COTTON YARN, BUT OTHERWISE HAD NO COMMENT. IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS (PARTICULARLY FOR SHIRTS FROM MOROCCO AND TUNISIA) WE RESERVED THE RIGHT TO COME BACK ON THE FIGURES
IN COREPER. THERE WERE NO OTHER OBJECTIONS.
5. WE ASKED ABOUT THE POSITION ON T SHIRTS FROM TURKEY. HOFFMAN (COMMISSION) SAID THE TURKS WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT A FIGURE BEING
PUBLISHED BUT THE AMBASSADOR HAD GIVEN A FORMAL UNDERTAKING
(NOT IN WRITING) THAT TURKEY WOULD RESPECT A LEVEL OF 135,000
PIECES FOR THE UK IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1977. IT WAS AGREED
SUBSEQUENTLY IN RESPONSE TO FRENCH AND BELGIAN REQUESTS TO
RECOMMEND THE INCLUSION OF EX 60.05 IN THE PRODUCT CATEGORY. IF ACCEPTED BY THE COUNCIL THIS WOULD MEAN SOME CHANGE IN THE FIGURES. WE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE TIMETABLE FOR THE VARIOUS CONSULTATIONS
ENVISAGED. THE COMMISSION SAID THESE HAD ALREADY BEGUN WITH
ISRAEL AND GREECE AND WOULD BE ARRANGED BEFORE THE SUMMER BREAK
WITH MALTA AND CYPRUS.
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6. WE ASKED FOR A PROGRESS REPORT ON CONSULTATIONS WITH
PHILIPPINES AND BRAZIL. THE COMMISSION MAY ARRANGE SOMETHING
WITH THE LATTER IN GENEVA THIS WEEK. WE ALSO ASKED FOR ADVICE ON
OUR PROBLEMS OVER THE INDIAN MILLMADE BLOUSE QUOTA AND THE CONVERSION FACTOR BEING USED.( THE COMMISSION PROMISED AND
ANSWER AT THE GROUP DE GESTION NEXT WEEK,
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