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3. WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN PREFERENTIAL COUNTRIES (TURKEY, GREECE, PORTUGAL AND SPAIN) NEGOTIATIONS HAD BEEN DIFFICULT. WITH TURKEY
SATISFACTORY COMMITMENTS ON QUANTITIES HAD BEEN OBTAINED BUT THE
ARRANGEMENT WAS WEAK ON PROVISIONS FOR SURVEILLANCE AND FOR ROLLING
THE AGREEMENT FORWARD TO LATER YEARS, THE COMMISSION WOULD IF NECESSARY USE THE SAFEGUARD CLAUSE. SIMILARLY, IF NO AGREEMENT WAS REACHED WITH PORTUGAL AND SPAIN BY 1 JANUARY, THE COMMISSION INTENDED TO SET OUT UNILATERALLY THE QUANTITIES THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE
PREPARED TO ADMIT. IF THESE QUANTITIES WERE EXCEEDED AND IF MARKET DISRUPTION OCCURRED AS A RESULT, THE COMMISSION WAS PREPARED TO APPLY, AT THE REQUEST OF ANY MEMBER STATE, THE SAFEGUARD CLAUSE IN THE AGREEMENT. TO ENSURE THAT THE ARRANGEMENT WITH GREECE WAS
SECURELY EXTENDABLE INTO LATER YEARS THE COMMISSION WOULD IN ITS
FORTHCOMING CONTACTS WITH THE GREEKS EMPHASISE THE COMMUNITY'S
INTENTION TO MAINTAIN ITS POLICY.
4. IT WOULD BE IDLE TO PRETEND THAT AT THIS STAGE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
TO RE-OPEN ANY OF THE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS IN THE HOPE OF REDUCING
THE FIGURES. THE CREDIBILITY AND NEGOTIATING ABILITY OF THE
COMMISSION, AND THE COMMUNITY, AS A WHOLE, WERE NOW AT STAKE.
5. DAVIGNON ADDED THAT THE COUNCIL, IN ACCEPTING THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL, MUST ALSO ACCORD THE COMMISSION. THE NECESSARY BUDGETARY
MEANS FOR THEM TO SET UP THE APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT SURVEILLANCE
MACHINERY. THIS WOULD INVOLVE RECRUITING EXTRA STAFF FOR THE
DURATION OF THE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS. IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THE COMMISSION COULD NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY
FOR POLICING THE AGREEMENTS.
6. VON DOHMANYI (FRG) CONFIRMED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT COULD ACCEPT
THE RESULTS ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT WITHOUT THEIR PROBLEMS FOR GERMANY
HE SAW THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED FOR OTHER DELEGATIONS BUT
EMPHASISED THAT IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S VIEW THE MATTER HAD TO BE SETTLED
AT THIS COUNCIL. SUCH DIFFICULTIES AS NOW REMAINED WOULD HAVE TO BE
OVERCOME: WE WOULD ALL HAVE TO MAKE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO HELPING IN
THIS DIRECTION.
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