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CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKREP BRUSSELS
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELNO 1838
OF 292003Z MAY 86
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RECEIVED IN R
29 MAY 1986
REGISTRY
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INFO ROUTINE EASTERN EUROPEAN POSTS, WASHINGTON, UK IS VIENNA INFO ROUTINE COPENHAGEN, THE BAGUE, ROME, DUBLIN, PARIS BONN INFO ROUTINE LUXEMBOURG, ATHENS, LIBSON, MADRID"
INFO SAVING BRUSSELS
FRAME GENERAL
COREPER (AMBASSADORS), 29 MAY.
CHERNOBYL : E.C FOOD BAN.
SUMMARY
1. REGULATION AND AGREED STATEMENTS FOR THE MINUTES APPROVED BY
COREPER. FOR WRITTEN PROCEDURE, TO TERMINATE AT 1500 HOURS 30 MAY.
REGULATION WILL THEN BE PUBLISHED AND COME INTO EFFECT ON 31 MAY.
DETAIL
2. CALAMIA (ITALY) POINTED OUT THAT THE MILK INCLUDED IN THE 370 BQ/KG CATEGORY SHOULD BE OF ALL TYPES, NOT ONLY FRESH. AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION IT WAS AGREED TO MAKE THIS AMENDMENT WHILE ALSO ADJUSTING THE FOOTNOTE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT DEHYDRATED MILK WOULD BE ASSESSED ON ITS LIQUID EQUIVALENT. AT A LATER STAGE CALAMIA, WITH DUTCH SUPPORT, ASKED THAT THE BABY FOOD INCLUDED IN THE 370 BQ/KG CATEGORY BE EXTENDED TO COVER FOOD FOR INFANTS UP TO 18 MONTHS. I, AND OTHERS, POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD REQUIRE FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
CONCLUDED THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE PURSUED.
THE PRESIDENCY
FRANCE
3. THE DISCUSSION THEN TURNED TO LEVELS. SCHEER (FRANCE) SAID THAT HIS AUTHORITIES WERE CONCERNED THAT THE MEASURES NOW PROPOSED MIGHT REAWAKEN EXAGGERATED PUBLIC FEARS ABOUT CONTAMINATION. WAS READY TO ASSOCIATE ITSELF WITH ANY DECISION TAKEN ON A REASONABLE SCIENTIFIC BASIS AND THROUGH PROPER EURATOM PROCEDURES. THEY HAD TWO CENTRAL CONCERNS IN THE PRESENT DISCUSSION, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE INTERNAL MARKET. THEY COULD NOT ACCEPT NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES WHICH WOULD AFFECT THE LATTER. THEY WOULD THEREFORE NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF THE ADOPTION
OF THE PRESENT DECISION ON 3 CONDITIONS:
(A)
(B)
ITS AD HOC AND EMERGENCY NATURE SHOULD BE EMPHASISED.
THE TERM 'STANDARDS' SHOULD BE DROPPED.
(C) THE COMMISSION SHOULD PUT FORWARD EARLY PROPOSALS FOR A
MODIFICATION OF THE EURATOM BASIC STANDARDS UNDER THE
ARTICLE 31 PROCEDURES.
CONFIDENTIAL
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