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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 334 OF 18 OCTOBER, INFO IMMEDIATE NEW DELHI (FOR BUTLER) UKREP TO ALL OTHER EEC POSTS.
FOLLOWING FROM MAITLAND (UKREP BRUSSELS).
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STATEMENT BY MR DELL ON TEXTILES
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1. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE COMMUNITY'S OBJECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE MULTI FIBRE ARRANGEMENT
NAMELY STABILISATION
AS AGREED BY THIS COUNCIL LAST JUNE OF DISRUPTIVE IMPORTS IN A WAY WHICH SAFEGUARDS BOTH THE COMMUNITY'S INDUSTRIES AND THE REASONABLE ASPIRATIONS OF EXPORTING COUNTRIES. WE HAVE ALSO AGREED THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD SEEK TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES THROUGH BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PRINCIPAL EXPORTING COUNTRIES,
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THE NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVE ((IN S/1509/77 AND ITS ADDENDA)) WHICH THE COUNCIL IS ASKED TO APPROVE IS COMPLEX: MOREOVER
AS I BELIEVE THE CHAIRMAN OF COREPER HAS ALREADY OBSERVED IT IS A FRAGILE EDIFICE, WE WERE FRANKLY IN GENUINE DIFFICULTY IN ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF THIS DIRECTIVE ON THE UNITED KINGDOM WHICH, IN COMMON WITH SOME OTHER MEMBER STATES AND I KNOW WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS, HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF IMPORT PENETRATION FROM LOW COST SOURCES.
3. OVER THE LAST WEEK WE HAVE, WITH THE HELP OF THE COMMISSION, GIVEN FURTHER STUDY TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE DRAFT DIRECTIVE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN THE LIGHT OF THIS FURTHER WORK WE HAVE
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