RESTRICTED
13. MOROCCO. NEGOTIATIONS BROKE OFF AFTER A FEW HOURS ON 21 OCTOBER,
THE MOROCCANS CLAIMING THAT THE COMMUNITY'S APPROACH JEOPARDIZED THE EEC/MOROCCO AGREEMENT.
14. INDIA. THE INDIAN DELEGATION HAVE LEFT, AND WILL RETURN NEXT
MONTH.
C. ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE.
15. APART FROM HEARING REPORTS FROM COUNTRY NEGOTIATORS, THE
COMMITTEE CONCENTRATED ON DISCUSSING THE COMMISSION'S DRAFT
AGREEMENT (COPIES ALREADY IN WHITEHALL: FURTHER COPIES BY WEEKEND BAG),
WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO MEMBER STATES AND
THIRD COUNTRY DELEGATIONS. THE DRAFT GENERALLY FOUND FAVOUR WITH
MOST DELEGATIONS, THOUGH WE IN PARTICULAR HAVE TROUBLE WITH
ARTICLE 3, ON WHICH WE HAVE TELEGRAPHED SEPARATELY. FURTHER
DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY.
16. THE COMMISSION (TRAN) RAISED A PROBLEM OVER THE PROPOSED USE
OF THE U.S. CLAUSE FOR GROUPS 3-5. TRAN SAID THAT IT WAS OBJECTION-
ABLE TO SOME NEGOTIATING PARTNERS WHO THOUGHT IT TOO VAGUE. TRAN
PROPOSED THE USE OF A 55 EXIT THRESHOLD FOR ALL PRODUCTS IN THESE
GROUPS. THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED FURTHER BY THE COMMITTEE.
MAITLAND
FRAME EXTERNAL EID (1)
--3- RESTRICTED
ADDITIONAL DISTN FRAME