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TELNO 1716
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INFO 1MMEDIATE EASTERN EUROPEAN POSTS
INFO ROUTINE BONN, COPENHAGEN, DUBLIN, LUXEMBOURG, PARIS, THE HAGUE INFO ROUTINE LISBON, MADRID, ATHENS, ROME, UKMIS VIENNA, WASHINGTON INFO SAVING BRUSSELS
(FRAME GENERAL)
COREPER (AMBASSADORS) 22 MAY: CHERNOBYL
SUMMARY
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AFTER A LAMENTABLE PERFORMANCE IN THE MORNING, IN WHICH IT QUITE CLEARLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO, THE COMMISSION IN THE AFTERNOON SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE BRINGING FORWARD A PROPOSAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PROBABLY TOMORROW, ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES:
(A) A THRESHOLD WOULD BE SET OF 500 BQ/KG FOR CAESIUM 134 AND 137
FOR THIRD COUNTRY IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
(B) A SPECIAL THRESHOLD OF 100 BQ/KG FOR MILK AND BABY FOOD. (C) THESE WOULD APPLY TO ALL FOODSTUFFS ERGA OMNES.
(D) CONTAMINATION LEVELS WOULD BE CONTNROLLED BY SAMPLING BY THE
EXPORTING COUNTRY.
(E) FOR A SPECIAL LIST OF COUNTRIES (EG EASTERN EUROPE) CERTIFICATES
WOULD BE DEMANDED CONFIRMING THAT THRESHOLDS WERE BEING RESPECTED. IN CASE OF VIOLATION THERE WOULD BE SANCTIONS INCLUDING, IN THE WORST CASE, A BAN ON IMPORTS.
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COREPER TO DISCUSS FURTHER AT 1100 23 MAY.
3. EXPRESSION OF CONCERN AT FAILURE TO AGREE JOINT STATEMENT IN VIENNA. PRESIDENCY WILL LOOK AT PROCEDURES WHICH MIGHT ACHIEVE BETTER RESULTS NEXT TIME.
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FOOD IMPORTS
4. IN THE MORNING DISCUSSION IT BECAME QUITE CLEAR THAT THE COMMISSION HAD NO PRECISE ADEAS AS TO HOW TO BRING THE FOOD BAN TO AN END. THEY CAME UNDER HEAVY CIRITICISM FROM A NUMBER OF MEMBER STATES FOR THIS. RUTTEN (PRESIDENCY) AND UNGERER (GERMANY) BOTH EMPHASISED THE DAMAGE THAT THE PRESENT SITUATION WAS DOING TO THE
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