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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 7794 OF 15 DECEMBER
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA.
MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT: BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE, 14 DECEMBER
SUMMARY
1. LENGTHY DISCUSSION OF THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS FOR SHARING OUT
THE INCREASED CEILINGS FOR COTTON YARN AND COTTON CLOTH, THE
COMMISSION CIRCULATED A REVISED DRAFT OF THEIR REPORT FOR THE
COUNCIL ON THE NEGOTIATIONS. NO PROGRESS WITH PORTUGAL.
2. THE COMMITTEE SPENT THE DAY CONSIDERING THE COMMISSION'S
REPORT AND ANNEXES. WE, THE FRENCH AND THE GERMANS ONCE AGAIN ·
EMPHASISED THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT MEMBER STATES SHOULD HAVE
THE BREAK-DOWN OF COMMUNITY FIGURES BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE. THE COMMISSION SAID THAT THEY WOULD PRODUCE A REVISED
BREAK-DOWN BY MEMBER STATES OF GROUP 1 CEILINGS BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.
3. COTTON YARN AND COTTON CLOTH
THE COMMISSION DISTRIBUTED, PAFERS (COPIES BY BAG) SETTING OUT
ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF SHARING THE INCREASED CEILINGS FOR COTTON YARN
AND CLOTH AMONG MEMBER STATES. THESE ALTERNATIVES WERE BASED ON THE
HYPOTHESIS ON PAGE 9 OF THE COMMISSION'S REPORT THAT THE U.K.
SHOULD GET PELATIVELY FAVOURABLE TREATMENT ON COTTON YARN IN
EXCHANGE FOR CONCESSIONS ON COTTON CLOTH. THE ITALIANS AND OURSELVES
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