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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 1974 OF 24 OCTOBER.
YOUR TELMO 6305
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TEXTILES: DRAFT BILATERAL AGREEMENT: ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE 24
OCTOBER
OBJECTIVE
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1. TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHTS TO USE G A T T ARTICLE
XIX ARE NOT WAIVED IN THE NEW BILATERAL AGREEMENTS.
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2. THE UK ACCEPTS THAT ARTICLE 18 OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT IS A RESERVATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S G A T T RIGHTS. NEVERTHELESS THE DRAFT ARTICLE 3 IS A WAIVER OF THOSE RIGHTS IN SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, WE BELIEVE THIS GOES BEYOND THE REFERENCE IN THE CRAFT DIRECTIVE (S/1509 ANNEX 11 PARA. 1(A) SECOND TIRET) TO THE COMMUNITY UNDERTAKING NOT TO INTRODUCE NEW IMPORT RESTRICTIONS OUTSIDE THE PROCEDURES AGREED IN THE NEW AGREEMENT. THIS ITSELF
GOES NO FURTHER THAN THE STANDARD ARTICLE 2 IN EXISTING
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS OR INDEED THE EXISTING M F A ITSELF, 3. THE UK ACCEPTS THAT IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO NEGOTIATE
SATISFACTORY AGREEMENTS WITH THE 30 COUNTRIES NOW IN QUESTION IF THEY COULD BE GIVEN THE SECURITY THAT, SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTORY WORKING OF THE NEW AGREEMENT FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION, ARTICLE XIX ACTION WILL NOT BE TAKEN AGAINST THEM, BUT AGAINST THIS MUST BE BALANCED THE COUNTER ARGUMENT THAT THE THREAT OF ARTICLE XIX WILL ALWAYS HELP TO KEEP AGREEMENTS WORKING SATISFACTORILY. WE NOTE THAT THE NEW U.S. AGREEMENTS CONTAIN NO WAIVER OF GATT
ARTICLE XIX RIGHTS,
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