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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSLES.
ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE
98 JULY.
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TEXTILES: DISCUSSION IN GENEVA ON
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KLARTC (COMMISSION) GAVE AN ACCOUNT OF INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS
BETWEEN THE COMMISSION, THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES AND THE US. FOR THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES GARRIDO (MEXICO) HAD PROPOSED A
CHAIRMAN'S SUMMING UP WHICH AMOUNTED TO A WAIVER APPLICABLE TO
THE EEC ONLY AND OPERABLE ONLY AGAINST THE MAJOR EXPORTING
COUNTRIES TË KOREA AND HONG KONG. THIS PROPOSAL HAD CLEARLY BEEN
INSPIRED BY THE US WHO HAD MADE THE SAME SUGGESTION BUT COULD NOT
ACCEPT THAT THE WAIVER SHOULD ONLY APPLY TO THE EEC. THE COMMISSION
HAD EXPLAINED THAT AS IT STOOD THIS PROPOSAL WAS INSUFFICIENT
SINCE THE COMMUNITY WOULD NEED SOMETHING COVERING ALL EXPORTING
COUNTRIES AND WOULD NEED PROVISIONS RELATING TO REFERENCE PERIODS.
THEY HAD NOT HOWEVER TOTALLY REJECTED THE APPROACH BUT HAD LEFT
THE EXPORTERS AND THE US TO COME FORWARD WITH FURTHER PROPOSALS
IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
2. THE MEMBER STATES WERE AGREED THAT PROVISIONS ALONG THE LINES
OUTLINED WERE INADQUATE BOTH IN RESPECT OF THEIR LEGAL BASIS AND
AS REGARDS CONTENT. A SPECIAL WAIVER FOR THE EEC WOULD ALIENATE
US FROM OTHER IMPORTING COUNTRIES IN THE COURSE OF THE IMPLE-
MENTATION OF THE NEW MFA. IT WAS ALSO AGREED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY
FOR THE 113 COMMITTEE TO PROCEED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO AN
CLABORATE ION OF THE MECHANISMS BY WHICH THE COMMUNITY WOULD PUT
ITS MANDATE INTO PRACTICE. THIS WORK WILL BE PURSUED BY THE 113
COMMITTEE IN GENEVA NEXT WEEK,
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