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7. REPLYING TO THESE INTERVENTIONS DAVIGNON WARNED THAT THE COMMUN-
ITY WAS ALREADY AT THE VERY LIMITS OF WHAT COULD BE SECURED: IF THE
PACKAGE WERE REOPENED THE COMMUNITY WOULD COME OFF FAR WORSE. CERT- AIN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES (IE THE USA) WOULD NOT BE UNHAPPY TO
SEE SOME OF OUR BILATERAL AGREEMENTS COME TO PIECES. THE COUNTRY-BY
COUNTRY FIGURES FOR GROUP 1 WOULD BE COMMUNICATED TO MEMBER STATES
AS THE CALCULATIONS WERE FINISHED BUT FOR OTHER GROUPS THERE WERE
NO DEVIATIONS FROM THE KNOWN BURDEN-SHARING FORMULA AND MEMBER
STATES SHOULD WORK THESE FIGURES OUT FOR THEMSELVES. HE CONFIRMED IN
ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION THAT IF THE MFA WERE RENEWED IT WOULD BE AS
QUALIFIED BY THE RENEWAL PROTOCOL. IT HAD TO BE CLEARED UP BEFORE
THE COUNCIL ON 19 DECEMBER WHICH COUNTRIES WOULD BE PREPARED TO
SIGN THIS PROTOCOL.
8. IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM RIBERHOLDT (DENMARK) DAVIGNON SAID
THAT PROPOSALS FOR THE RESTRUCTURING OF COMMUNITY TEXTILE INDUST-
RIES WOULD COME UP FOR CONSIDERATION IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH, BUT THE
COMMISSION HOPED THAT THIS MONTH'S COUNCIL WOULD REAFFIRM THE
IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL ADJUSTMENTS.
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