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IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL SECRETARIAT TELEX NO 1666 OF 29 MAY,

PLEASE CONVEY THE UK RESPONSE IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

(A) QUESTION: DOES THE UK AGREE THAT THE REGULATION IN QUESTION BE SUBMITTED TO THE WRITT.

ANSWER: YES.

EN VOTE PROCEDURE?

(B) QUESTION: DOES THE UK AGREE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE REGULATION (DOC 7200/86) AND TO THE DECLARATION FOR ENTRY IN THE MINUTES CONTAINED IN COUNCIL SECRETARIAT TELEX 1666/86?

ANSWER: YES.

2. PLEASE ALSO CONVEY THE FOLLOWING UK STATEMENT FOR THE MINUTES

(SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE FRENCH):

BEGINS: THE UK REGARDS THE TOLERANCE LEVELS SET OUT IN ARTICLE

3 OF THE REGULATION AS PROVISIONAL AND AS CONSTITUTING NO

PRECEDENT FOR THE LONGER TERM. FOR THE FUTURE, THE UK EXPRESSES THE HOPE THAT THE USUAL ARTICLE 31 (EURATOM)

PROCEDURES WILL BE FOLLOWED. ENDS

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