(J) CAESTUM WAS NOW THE RIGHT ISOTOPE TO CONCENTRATE ON. DUE TO ITS SHORT HALF LIFE, THE IODINE PROBLEM WAS VIRTUALLY OVER AND THE PROPORTION OF STRONTIUM TO CAESIUM WAS LOW
(K) THE COMMISSION HAD CONSIDERED SETTING A SPECIAL LEVEL FOR CHEESE BUT HAD DECIDED AGAINST IN THE LIGHT OF ITS LIKELY IMPACT ON EXPORTS
TO THE US.
7. THERE WAS THEN A BRIEF FURTHER EXCHANGE OF VIEWS. I SAID THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CLEARLY SEPARATE THE PROBLEMS OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL TRADE. IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE'' CLAUSE AN ARTICLE MIGHT BE INSERTED INTO THE DRAFT SAYING THAT THE EXTERNAL MEASURES COULD BE AMENDED IN THE LIGHT OF CHANGES TO THE INTRA COMMUNITY REGIME. CALAMIA (ITALY) AND LYMBEROPOULOS (GREECE)
SUPPORTED THIS IDEA.
8. WHEN THE MEETING RESUMED AT 5 P.M. MEMBER STATES SET OUT THEIR POSITIONS MORE SYSTEMATICALLY AS FOLLOWS:
(A) LUXEMBOURG: WANTED LEVEL OF 375 BQ/KG. SAW DANGER IN SETTING A LEVEL HIGHER THAN THAT SET BY US
(B) BELGIUM: THERE WAS AN INEVITABLE LINK BETWEEN THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNITY REGIMES, ALTHOUGH AGREEMENT ON THIS REGULATION NEED NOT AWAIT AGREEMENT ON INTRACOMMUNITY TRADE. CURRENT THRESHOLDS SET BY BELGIUM WERE 300 BQ/KG FOR GENERAL FOODSTUFFS AND 50 BQ/KG FOR MILK. NO PRODUCTS TESTED FAILED TO MEET THESE STANDARDS. (C) FRANCE: NO FINAL INSTRUCTIONS. MEMBER STATE MONITORING MIGHT PROVE INSUFFICIENT AND NEED TO BE SUPPLEMENTED BY SOME FORM OF CERTIFICATION. PROPER EURATOM PROCEDURES SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR SETTING CONTAMINATION STANDARDS. OPPOSED USE OF ARTICLE 113 AS LEGAL
BASE.
(D) ITALY: POSITION OF 'GENERAL ENCOURAGEMENT '' FOR COMMISSION
PROPOSAL
(E) NETHERLANDS: EURATOM PROCEDURES TOO CUMBEROUS TO SET LEVELS. COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR THESE TOO LAX. RESERVED POSITION ON
DURATION AND NATIONAL CONTROLS
(F) UK: LEVEL SHOULD BE AT LEAST 1000 BQ/KG FOR ALL PRODUCTS INCLUDING MILK. NATIONAL MONITORING LIKELY TO PROVIDE INSUFFICIENT PROTECTION. WHAT SCOPE DID THE DRAFT GIVE FOR SYSTEMS OF CERTIFICATION? (THE COMMISSION RESPONDED THAT THIS SORT OF DETAIL SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES)
(G) DENMARK: GENERAL RESERVE WHILE PROPOSAL WAS EXAMINED IN DETAIL. IMPORTANT THAT IT PERMIT CONTINUATION OF EXISTING NATIONAL MEASURES. COULD ACCEPT PROPOSED LEVELS. DURATION PROBABLY TOO LONG. USE OF
ARTICLE 113 UNACCEPTABLE.
(H) GERMANY: PREFER LEGAL BASIS TO BE WHOLE TREATY. LIST OF PRODUCTS COVERED SHOULD BE NARROWED. LEVEL OF 500 BQ/KG A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION'. DECISIONS ON MODIFICATION OF REGIME SHOULD BE MADE BY BODY CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE, NOT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES. USE OF QUALIFIED MAJORITY UNACCEPTABLE TO DECIDE ON PROLONGATION OF MEASURE (1) GREECE: STILL EXAMINING MEASURE. WOULD PREFER WHOLE TREATY AS LEGAL BASIS. OPPOSED TO QUALIFIED MAJORITY FOR PROLONGATION. LEVEL SHOULD BE 1000 BQ/KG FOR ALL PRODUCTS, BUT MIGHT COME DOWN. (J) PORTUGAL: LEVELS SHOULD BE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, BUT COULD GO
ALONG WITH ANY CONSENSUS.
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