*GR 1150
CYPHER/CAT A
RESTRICTED
UKREP BRUSSELS 231010Z
RESTRICTED
FRAME EXTERNAL
HKK......
121/1
RECZIVE EASE D
24 JAN 1978
Jess
251
s
DESK OFFY BO INDEX
No
18
TO ROUTINE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 361 OF 23 JANUARY
INFO SAVING UKMIS GENEVA AND ANKARA.
TEXTILES: MEETING OF ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE, FRIDAY 21 JANUARY
A. MANAGEMENT OF BILATERAL RESTRAINT AGREEMENTS
1. TRAN (COMMISSION) WARNED THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD SHORTLY BE
BRINGING FORWARD PROPOSALS FOR STRENGTHENING THEIR RESOURCES SO
THAT THEY COULD PROPERLY MANAGE THE BILATERAL RESTRAINT AGREEMENTS.
THE TASK OF NEGOTIATING THESE AGREEMENTS HAD BEEN ONEROUS: BUT ALL
THIS LABOUR WOULD BE WASTED IF THE SYSTEM WAS NOT EFFICIENTLY
MANAGED. THE DECEMBER FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAD AGREED THAT THE
COMMISSION SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED IN THIS RESPECT, THE COMMISSION
EXPECTED ITS DEMANDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND NOT WHITTLED DOWN IN BUDGET COMMITTEES. THEIR ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS HAD TO BE SET
AGAINST THE HEAVY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COST OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT THAT
WOULD SURELY ENSUE IF THE AGREEMENTS WERE NOT ADEQUATELY POLICED. WITHOUT THE NECESSARY RESOURCES THE COMMISSION WOULD NOT FOR INSTANCE BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE AGREED TRIGGER LEVELS. MEMBER STATES ALSO HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN OFFICIAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS SO AS TO COOPERATE IN THE GENERAL EFFORT.
B. COUNCIL REGULATION
2. THE SECOND COMMISSION REGULATION EMBODYING IN ITS ANNEXES THE
QUOTA LEVELS FOR MEMBER STATES IMPORTS WAS DISTRIBUTED AT THE MEETING, HAVING BEEN SIGNED THE PREVIOUS DAY BY DAVIGNON, BY GENERAL AGREEMENT THE COMMISSION HAD DECIDED NOT TO PUBLISH THIS REGULATION BUT THE LEGAL SERVICES OF THE COUNCIL EMPHASISED THAT
THIS WOULD BE ILLEGAL AND WOULD JEOPARDISE THE VALIDITY OF THE SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL REGULATION. THE DILEMMA WILL BE SOLVED BY TRANSFORMING THE COMMISSION REGULATION INTO A COMMISSION DECISION (WHICH UNDER THE TREATY DOES NOT NEED TO BE PUBLISHED TO BE VALID).
RESTRICTED
13. THE COMMISSION