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(A) THE STATE OF THE COMMUNITY AND MEMBER STATES' CEILINGS FOR THE
SIX GROUP 1 PRODUCTS, ON WHICH THE COMMISSION STILL ASSER
THAT THE LEVELS IN THE DIRECTIVE HAVE NOT BEEN BREACHED. THE
COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS FOR SHARING OUT THE EXCESS OF COTTON
YARN AND COTTON CLOTH AMONG MEMBER STATES SHOULD ALSO BE
RE-CALCULATED.
(B) IF POSSIBLE THE COMMISSION SHOULD PRODUCE SIMILAR INFORMATION FO
THE OTHER PRODUCTS. THE UK (BROWN) SUGGESTED THAT THE COMMISSION
COULD CONSIDER TWO ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THIS TASK. CNE
APPROACH WAS THAT MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE GIVEN THE FINAL
COMMISSION FIGURE FOR PRODUCTS (EXCLUDING THOSE IN GROUP 1)
BROKEN DOWN BY SUPPLIER COUNTRIES. ALTERNATIVELY, ON A
PRODUCT BY PRODUCT BASIS, THE COMMISSION COULD SET OUT THE
OVERALL GROWTH IN ACCESS THEY HAD CONCEDED FOR THE COMMUNITY AS
A WHOLE COMPARING THE 1973 QUOTA WITH THE 1976 TRADE.
(C) MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE GIVEN DETAILS OF ALL DEPARTURES FROM
THE DRAFT MODEL AGREEMENT (EXCLUDING THAT IN THE CASE OF HONG KONG WHICH WAS ALREADY KNOWN), COVERING DEPARTURES THAT HAD
ALREADY BEEN MADE AND THOSE WHICH THE COMMISSION CONTEMPLATED.
(D) THE COMMISSION SHOULD ARTICULATE IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL THEIR
PROPOSALS FOR DEALING WITH NEW SUPPLIERS.
COMMENT.
4. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE COMMISSION'S SERVICES WILL BE ABLE
TO COMPLETE THIS REVISION EXERCISE IN TIME. THEIR RESOURCES ARE
VERY THIN AND ARE ALREADY AT FULL STRETCH. ACCORDINGLY, WHEN COUNSELLOR EXTERNAL TRADE SPOKE THIS EVENING TO CASPARI (COMMISSION)
IN THE TERMS AGREED AT SIR L.PLIATSKY'S MEETING LAST NIGHT HE WAS
SYMPATHETIC BUT THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR
THE COMMISSION TO DIVERT ANY EFFORT AWAY FROM THEIR CURRENT TASKS
TOWARDG A CHECK OF UK CALCULATIONS. HE NEVERTHELESS UNDERTOOK TO
EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY PERSONALLY WITH HIS STAFF AT 0900 TOMORROW
AND WILL CONTACT US AGAIN THEREAFTER. THE PROSPECTS FOR AN EARLY
SILATERAL MEETING ARE THUS NOT GOOD: BUT THE SUGGESTIONS WE MADE
TODAY (PARA 3(B) ABOVE) ARE INTENDED TO GIVE US A BASIS ON WHICH
TO CONSTRUCT OUR OWN REASONABLY ACCURATE CALCULATIONS.
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