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10. KITTEL (GERMANY) THANKED THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR IMPRES YE
EFFOTS. BUT THOSE COULD ONLY BE JUSTIFIED IN THE LIGHT OF THE OBJEC- TIVES, AND THESE WERE AS THE FIRST PRIORITY TO RENEW THE MFA. EQUAL
PRIORITY SHOULD HOWEVER BE GIVEN TO THE PREPARATION FOR AUTONOMOUS
MEASURES IF THESE BECAME REGRETTABLY NECESSARY. AS REGARDS THE INTER-
NAL GLOBAL CEILINGS MEMBER STATES SHOULD NOT LOOK TO SEE THE MAND-
ATE EXECUTED IN EVERY LETTER AND DETAIL BUT IN THE LIGHT OF THE BASIC
OBJECTIVES. HE HOPED THAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS DOING IN THE
TEXTILES FIELD WOULD NOT CREATE A PRECEDENT.
11. LARSEN (DENMARK) AGREED WITH THE GERMAN INTERVENTION. HE WARN-
ED THAT AUTONOMOUS MEASURES WOULD HAVE REPERCUSSIONS ON THE COMMUN-
ITY'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE RELATIONS. MEMBER STATES NEEDED TIME
TO REFLECT ON THIS MATTER. HE ASKED WHAT LEGAL BASIS THE COMMISSION
COULD USE IN DEFENDING AUTONOMOUS MEASURES INTERNATIONALLY AND
QUERIED THE USE OF 1973 AS A BASE YEAR.
12. SCHEER (FRANCE) WAS BROADLY SATISFIED WITH MUCH OF WHAT TRAN HAD SAID, THOUGH HE HAD SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE COURSE OF ACTION PROPOSED FOR THE PREFERENTIAL COUNTRIES. HE SHARED THE UK
CONCERN ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIRECTIVES. IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT
THERE SHOULD BE NO BREACH OF THE INTERNAL GLOBAL CEILINGS WITHOUT
A DECISION BY THE COUNCIL. HE CHALLENGED TRAN'S SUGGESTION THAT COVERAGE OF 75% OF IMPORTS FROM LOW COST SOURCES WOULD REPRESENT
ACCESS. FRANCE WANTED 100%. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT WOULD IN ANY CASE
GO OVER THE AGREEMENTS REACHED WITH A FINE TOOTH-COMB BEFORE BEING
ABLE TO DECIDE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHETHER OR NOT THE PACKAGE
WAS ACCEPTABLE.
13. VAN SWINDEREN (NETHERLANDS) SAID THAT THE PROBLEM OF THE TREAT-
MENT TO BE ACCORDED TO THE PREFERENTIAL COUNTRIES WENT BEYOND THE
TEXTILE SPHERE. IT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN OTHER COMMITTEES OR PER- HAPS BY COREPER (AMBASSADORS).
14. DE SMAEL (BELGIUM) STRESSED THAT WHEN THE BELGIAN AUTHORITIES
EVALUATED THE FINAL RESULTS THEY WOULD CERTAINLY FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO ACCEPT ANY THAT RESULTED IN DISCRIMINATION AMONGST MEMBER STATES
AGAINST BELGIUM,
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