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C. ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE
11. GLOBAL CEILINGS. THE COMMISSION'S STATEMENT ON PERU CAVE RISE TO HEATED DISCUSSION IN THE ARTICLE 13 COMMITTEE MEETING. TRAN SAID THAT HE HOPED THAT MEMBER STATES WOULD NOW ACCEPT THAT 1976 WAS AN UNREALISTIC BASE YEAR FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS. SEVERAL DELEGATIONS SAID THAT AN EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE NOW TO REACH AGREEMENT WITH PERU, EVEN IF THIS MEANT EXCEEDING GLOBAL CEILINGS, RATHER THAN HAVE TO RELY ON MFA CRITERIA AT A LATER DATE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PROT- ECTION AGAINST IMPORTS FROM PERU. WE SAID THAT WHETHER OR NOT AGREEMENT WAS REACHED WITH PERU, IT REMAINED ESSENTIAL TO RESPECT FOR THE GLOBAL CEILINGS. HOW WOULD THE COMMISSION SECURE CEILINGS AGAINST ADDITIONAL IMPORTS FROM SUPPLIERS WITH WHOM WE HAD NOT CON- CLUDED AGREEMENTS? TRAN REPLIED THAT SMALL SUPPLIERS SUCH AS PERU CARRIED A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF POLITICAL WEIGHT. IT WAS UN- REALISTIC TO SUPPOSE THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD TAKE EFFECTIVE UNIL- ATERAL MEASURES AGAINST SUCH SUPPLIERS WHO THREATENED TO BREACH
THE CEILINGS,
12. TIMETABLE FOR NEGOTIATIONS. NEGOTIATIONS WILL NOW CONTINUE
UNTIL DECEMBER 2.
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