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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 5857 OF 6 OCTOBER
MIPT: TEXTILES WORKING GROUP, 6 OCTOBER: OTHER ITEMS DI SCUSSED
1. "'BASKET' SYSTEM (PAGE 6)
YESTERDAY'S PROPOSALS (PARA 4 OF MY TELNO 5941) WERE SLIGHTLY MOD-
IFIED, THE THRESHOLD FIGURE OF 0.5% OF COMMUNITY EXPORTS WHICH
SHOULD BE REACHED BEFORE THE CRITERIA FOR EXIT FROM THE BASKET’*
ARE TRIGGERED WILL BE PLACED IN A FOOTNOTE TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
**IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WILL NORMALLY APPLY FOR PRODUCTS
WITH 58 IMPORT PENETRATION AT COMMUNITY LEVEL'',
2. THERE WAS A LENGTHY DISCUSSION OF THE EXIT THRESHOLD FOR PRODUCTS
IN GROUPS 3-5. ALL DELEGATIONS EXCEPT THE GERMANS WERE ABLE TO AGREE
ON FLOOR AND CEILING FIGURES OF 2% AND 4% FOR BOTH GROUPS 3 AND 4
AND 4 AND 7% FOR GROUP 5. IN VIEW OF THE GERMAN RESERVATION, TRAN (COMMISSION) PROPOSED TO RETURN TO A UNITED STATES-TYPE' CLAUSE
(A CONSULTATION CLAUSE ALONG THE LINES OF THE RECENT US-HONG KONG TEXTILES AGREEMENT) FOR THESE GROUPS OF PRODUCTS. SEVERAL DELEGAT-
TONS INCLUDING OURSELVES PLACED RESERVATIONS ON THIS.
FCO ADVANCE TO:
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