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4. COMMENTING ON THE FRENCH INTERVENTION (WHICH IS TO BE WRITTEN FORMALLY INTO THE MINUTES) TRAN SAID THAT THIS CAUSED HIM NO
PROBLEMS. THE TWO-STAGE APPROACH SEEMED REASONABLE BUT THE SECOND
STAGE SHOULD FOLLOW AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SINCE SUPPLIER COUNTRIES
ALSO NEEDED TO KNOW THE DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES. HE ADDED
THAT IT WAS ONLY POSSIBLE TO WORK OUT THE DETAILED SHARE FOR EACH
MEMBER STATE AT THE END OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WHEN THE GROWTH RATE
FOR EACH PRODUCT HAD BEEN AGREED WITH INDIVIDUAL SUPPLIER COUNTRIES.
ESTIMATES, HOWEVER, WERE NOW GOING THROUGH THE COMPUTER.
5. ¡N A TOUR DE TABLE ALL OTHER DELEGATIONS INDICATED THEIR
ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVES, SOME E.G. GERMANY MAKING
IT CLEAR THAT THEY DID SO WITH RELUCTANCE.
€. GOLDSMITH (UK) SAID THAT IN THE SHORT TIME AVAILABLE SINCE
THE COMMITTEE'S PREVIOUS MEETING, THE UK AUTHORITIES HAD NOT BEEN
ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR STUDY OF EVERY POINT IN THE MANDATE NOR OF
THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UK OF THE POSITION IN WHICH WE FOUND
OURSELVES AFTER FRIDAY'S MEETING. HE WAS HOWEVER ABLE TO WITHDRAW
OUR RESERVATION ON THE DEFINITION OF THE REVISION CLAUSE FOR
SENSITIVE PRODUCTS, AND OUR RESERVATION ON THE DESCRIPTION AND
APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF BASKETS FOR PRODUCTS IN GROUPS 3-5
(THE SO-CALLED US CLAUSE). HE ALSO SOUGHT AND OBTAINED CONFIRMATION FROM THE COMMISSION, (ALBEIT SOMEWHAT GUARDED) ON ENFORCEMENT OF
GROWTH RATES FOR REGIONALLY SENSITIVE PRODUCTS AS INSTRUCTED IN
PARAGRAPH 4(11) OF YOUR TELNO 1376. ON COTTON YARN GOLDSMITH SPOKE
AS INSTRUCTED. THE IMPLIED OFFER TO CONSIDER THE TERMS OF A FRESH
DEAL DID NOT, HOWEVER, EVOKE ANY RESPONSE FROM OTHER DELEGATIONS,
ON THE NEED FOR FIGURES GOLDSMITH NOTED THE COMMISSION'S
STATEMENT THAT ESTIMATES WERE BEING PREPARED, AND URGED THAT MEMBER
STATES MUST BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THESE FIGURES BEFORE THE BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WENT AHEAD. SCHEER, DREW ATTENTION TO HIS POINT (IV) AS OFFERING A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO OUR CONCERN, WHICH HE UNDERSTOOD.
IT WAS OPEN TO US TO PROTECT OUR INTERESTS IN THE INTERNAL
DISCUSSIONS THAT WOULD BE PURSUED IF THIS SCHEDULE WAS FOLLOWED.
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