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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 7954 OF 20TH DECEMBER 1977
INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, ROUTINE PARIS.
BONN, ROME.
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (FOREIGN AFFAIRS): TUESDAY 29 DECEMBER 1977.
TEXTILES,
MY TELNO 7992, /510,
SUMMARY.
1. IN DISCUSSION RESUMED FROM MONDAY THE COUNCIL AUTHORISED. THE COMMISSION TO SIGN THE PROTOCOL RENEWING THE GÅTT MULTI-SIBRE
ARRANGEMENT (MFA) ON INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE TRADE THE COMMUNITY'S
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE TO BE IN THE TERMS REPORTED IN PARA 11 OF MY
TELNO 7868. (THIS MEANS THAT WILLINGNESS BY THE COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE
MFA RULES WOULD BE CLEARLY DEPENDENT, IN EACH CASE, UPON FRICR ACCEPTANCE BY EXPORTING COUNTRIES OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS NECOTIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THOSE, WITH INDIA, PAKISTAN. BRAZIL AND EGYPT, SO FAR SETTLED AD REFERENDUM), IN AGREEING TO THIS, THE
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE TOOK ACCOUNT NOT ONLY OF THE THUS
AGREED COMMUNITY CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE MEA WOULD BE RENEWED. BUT ALSO OF FURTHER UNDERSTANDINGS AND ARRANGEMENTS (DESCRIBED IN MIFT)
ACRCED DURING AND BETWEEN THE EXTENDED COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS OVER THE
TWO DAYS.
DISCUSSION.
2. THE COMMISSION HAD CIRCULATED NEW PAPERS ON
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