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DECREASES) TO BE DISCRETIONARY, THE COMMISSION SAID THAT THEIR
PROPOSAL WAS A SAFEGUARD FOR THE COMMUNITY IF CONSUMPTION FELL,
ADDING HOWEVER THAT WE HAD TO PLAY THE GAME FAIRLY WITH THE SUPPLIER COUNTRIE IF THE CONTRARY OCCURRED. VAN SWINDEREN (NETHERLANDS) SAID THAT THEY SAW NO NECESSITY FOR ANY SUCH CLAUSE AND WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DIFFERENT WORDING: BUT HE COULD RELUCTANTLY WITHDRAW
HIS RESERVATION.
7. (D) DESCRIPTIONS AND APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF BASKETS GOLDSMITH EXPLAINED OUR OBJECTIONS TO THE US CLAUSE. IT WAS POSSI BLE
FOR A REGION TO HAVE DISRUPTIVELY HIGH IMPORT PENETRATION IN A PROD- UCT WHICH WAS, ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL, FAR FROM SENSITIVE. THE PROBLEM WITH THE US CLAUSE WAS TO DECIDE THE PRECISE CIRCUMSTANCES AND MANNER
IN WHICH IT WOULD BE INVOKED AND APPLIED. TRAN SAID THAT THE US CLAUSE WAS DRACONIAN IN ITS EFFECT AND FAR PREFERABLE FROM THE POINT
OF VIEW OF MEMBER STATES TO A COMPULSORY CONSULTATION CLAUSE WHICH
HAD NEVER WORKED. VAN SWINDEREN AND SARDI JOINED US HOWEVER IN
PRESSING FOR A PRECISE EXPLANATION OF HOW IN COMMUNITY TERMS A US
CLAUSE COULD BE ACTIVATED. THE DISCUSSION WAS RESOLVED ON THE BASIS THAT THE ISSUE SHOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR INTERNAL DISCUSSION IN ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE AND SHOULD NOT THEREFORE BE ALLOWED TO HOLD UP THE MANDATE. WE MAINTAINED A RESERVE ON THIS, AND ON THE PROVISIONS FOR APPLICATION OF THE BASKET SYSTEM IN GROUPS 3-5.
8. (E) OTHER RESERVATIONS
THE DANISH RESERVE ON THE QUESTION OF ORIGIN AND THE FRENCH RESERVE
ON THE TEXT OF THE PREAMBLE WERE LIFTED.
9. (F) FRENCH RESERVATION
COLDSMITH SAID THAT HE WOULD REPORT IN DETAIL TO HIS AUTHORITIES STRESSING THE FACT THAT THE UK WAS ISOLATED, HE DID NOT WANT TO RAISE HOPES THAT OUR PROBLEMS COULD BE RESOLVED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVEN NECESSARILY OVER THE WEEKEND BUT WE WOULD DO OUR BEST. IN RES- PONSE TO A SUGGESTION FROM THE CHAIR, HOWEVER, THAT THE EVENTUAL LIFTING OF THE UK RESERVATIONS WOULD REPRESENT A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN INEARNEST, SCHEER (FRANCE) SAID THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD NOT ASSUME THIS TO BE THE CASE. HE DREN ATTENTION TO THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN DOCUMENT 9/1552 THAT SEVERAL DELEGATIONS INDICATED THAT NEGOTIATIONS COULD ONLY BE UNDERTAKEN FOLLOWING AN
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