GRS 2000 CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKREP BRUSSELS
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1758
OF 2319OOZ MAY 26
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INFO ROUTINE BONN, COPENHAGEN, DUBLIN, LUXEMBOURG, PARIS, THE HAGUE INFO ROUTINE LISBON, MADRID, ATHENS, ROME, WASHINGTON, UKMIS VIENNA INFO ROUTINE WARSAW, MOSCOW, SOFIA, BUCHAREST, BUDAPEST, BELGRADE
INFO ROUTINE EAST BERLIN
INFO SAVING BRUSSELS
FRAME GENERAL
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ник RECEIVED:
28 MAY 1986
COREPER (AMBASSADORS) 23 MAY
INDEX
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SUMMARY
1. COMMISSION PRESENT GREATLY SIMPLIFIED PROPOSAL ON IMPORTS FROM
THIRD COUNTRIES UNDER WHICH FIXED CONTAMINATION LIMTS FOR IMPORTS
WOULD BE SET, AND ENFORCED BY MEMBER STATES.
2. ON CONTAMINATION LIMITS PROPOSED, THREE MEMBER STATES (UK,
GREECE AND IRELAND) SUGGEST THEY SHOULD BE RAISED, THREE (NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG) WANT THEM LOWERED, MOST OTHERS
SEEMED WILLING TO ACCEPT COMMISSION PROPOSAL. OBJECTIONS TO THE
PROPOSED LEGAL BASE AND DURATION.
3. FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT 3 P.M. ON 26 MAY. WE WILL NEED
INSTRUCTIONS THERE ON HOW CLEARLY WE NEED THE REGULATION TO SPELL
OUT OUR RIGHT TO INTRODUCE A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION IF
NECESSARY, AS WELL AS ANY POSITION YOU MAY WISH TO TAKE ON THE
VARIOUS PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS RAISED AND ON THE PROPOSED DURATION.
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4. BESELER (COMMISSION) PUT FORWARD A DRAFT REGULATION (COPY BY
BAG) WHICH DIFFERED IN A NUMBER OF KEY RESPECTS FROM THE IDEAS AIRED
ON 22 MAY. IT HAD THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
(A) IT COVERED IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF ALL FOODSTUFFS ERGA
OMNES
(B) CONTAMINATION LIMITS WERE SET OF 100 BQ/KG FOR MILK AND BABY
FOODS AND 500 BQ/KG FOR ALL OTHER GOODS
(C) ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE LIMITS WOULD BE FOR MEMBER STATES
(D) THE REGIME IN ANY OF ITS PARTICULARS COULD BE VARIED BY THE
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES
(E) THE REGULATION WOULD LAST FOR ONE YEAR, UNLESS PROLONGED BY THE
COUNCIL ACTING BY QUALIFIED MAJORITY
(F) IT WOULD REPLACE REGULATION 1398/86
(G) THE LEGAL BASIS WAS ARTICLE 113
5. IN AN INITIAL ROUND OF COMMENTS I ASKED WHAT WAS THE BASIS OF
THE LEVELS PROPOSED, AND OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO LEVELS.
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