(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
GREECE REITERATED THEIR PREFERENCE FOR ONE THOUSAND BQ/KG BUT SAID THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO MOVE IF THERE WAS SOME REFERENCE IN THE MINUTES SUGGESTING THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD CONTRIBUTE TO COMPENSATION FOR PRODUCE DESTROYE
ITALY SAID THAT THE FIGURE PROPOSED FOR MILK WAS TOO HIGH, AND SUGGESTED A SPECIAL THIRD CATEGORY FOR BABY FOOD.
PORTUGAL SAID SHE WAS NOT YET IN A POSITION TO ACCEPT A
COMPROMISE.
FRANCE REITERATED HER ATTACHMENT TO PROPER EURATOM PROCEDURES, AND TO THE VALIDITY OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE ARTICLE 31 EXPERTS. SHE HAD ALREADY MOVED A LONG WAY TO
COME DOWN TO 1000 BQ/KG. SHE COULD MOVE NO FURTHER.
BEFORE TAKING A
(G)
THE U.K SPOKE AS..(?)..INSTRUCTED. FINAL POSITION IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT DRIED MILK PRODUCTS WOULD BE ASSESSED ON MILK EQUIVALENT RATHER THAN ON DRY WEIGHT AND TO KNOW WHICH ISOTOPES THE COMPROMISE COVERED (IN REPLY THE PRESIDENCY MADE IT CLEAR THAT BOTH CAESIUM ISOTOPES TOGETHER WERE INCLUDED). WERE LOOKING FOR A FIGURE OF 500 BQG/KG FOR MILK.
WE
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THE COMMISSION MADE IT CLEAR. THAT IT COULD SUPPORT THE
COMPROMISE.
IN REPLY TO MY QUESTION THE COMMISSION MADE IT CLEAR THAT MILK PRODUCTS SHOULD BE ASSESSED ON MILK EQUIVALENT. I ASKED THAT THIS BE WRITTEN INTO THE REGULATION IN SOME WAY.
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REGIME.
8. CALAMIA (ITALY) RAISED THIS. THERE WAS A CLEAR LINK BETWEEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TRADE. THE COMMUNITY SHOULD AGREE ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT THEY WOULD APPLY NO MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS FOR INTRA- COMMUNITY TRADE THAN THOSE THEY APPLIED TO TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES. IT WAS AGREED THAT THERE BE A STATEMENT IN THE MINUTES TO THIS EFFECT (TEXT BY BAG). LARSEN (DENMARK), LYMBEROPOULOS (GREECE) AND SCHEER (FRANCE) SUPPORTED THE VIEW THAT THERE WAS A CLEAR LINK, AND SEEMED TO BE PRESSING FOR A COMMITMENT NOW THAT STANDARDS FOR THE TWO SHOULD BE SET AT THE SAME LEVEL. UNGERER (GERMANY) POINTED OUT THAT OVER THREE WEEKS OF DISCUSSION IT HAD BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO ARRIVE AT AN AGREED POSITION ON INTERNAL NORMS. I AGREED. THE EXTERNAL FIGURES PROPOSED, EVEN IF AGREED, COULD ONLY BE DEFENDED AS AD HOC CONSERVATIVE STANDARDS TO COVER TRADE FOR A VERY TEMPORARY PERIOD WITH STATES WHICH HAD EXPERIENCED A GREAT DE AL OF CONTAMINATION. RUTTEN (PRESIDENCY) SUGGESTED THAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE SOLVED BY APPENDING TO THE REGULATION TWO STATEMENTS FOR THE MINUTES. ONE WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO PUT FORWARD, BEFORE
CONFIDENTIAL
/EXPIRY
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