EC/TURKEY
7. AGREED THAT JUNE FAC WILL FIX DATE FOR ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
FOLLOW UP TO TOKYO SUMMIT (X)
8. LUNCH-TIME DISCUSSION ALLUDED ONLY TO TOKYO DECLARATION ON
NUCLEAR SAFETY.
GATT: NEW ROUND
9. GENERAL DEBATE. FRANCE CONTINUED TO INSIST ON MARCH 1985 DECLARATION AS AN ADEQUATE EC POSITION, BUT STRESSED WILLINGNESS TO ENTER GATT NEGOTIATIONS ON ALL SUBJECTS, INCLUDING AGRICULTURE. CONSIDERABLE SUPPORT FOR UK LINE THAT EC SHOULD COMPLETE INTERNAL DISCUSSION AT JUNE FAC, AND SHOULD NOT IMPOSE PRECONDITIONS FOR LAUNCHING THE ROUND. PRESIDENCY CONCLUDED THAT MINISTERS ATTACHED IMPORTANCE TO TAKING A FINAL VIEW ON THE OVERALL APPROACH IN JUNE.
EC/US (X)
10. NO DISCUSSION. DE CLERCQ REPORTED ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, AND WAS ANXIOUS TO AVOID DEBATE. THE PRESIDENCY
CONCURRED.
COMMUNITY BUDGET AND OWN RESOURCES
11.
PREDICTABLE SPEECHES BY COMMISSION, ITALY, IRELAND AND GREECE. PRESIDENCY CONCLUDED FIRMLY THAT THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF AN INCREASE IN THE 1.4 PER CENT VAT LIMIT BEFORE JANUARY 1988 AND THAT ALL DELEGATIONS SHOULD NOW ACCEPT THIS. PRESIDENCY CONFIRMED PRIVATELY THAT PLANS FOR AN 11 JUNE BUDGET COUNCIL HAVE BEEN
ABANDONED.
DECLARATION AGAINST RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA (X)
12.
FAC AGREED TEXT OF DECLARATION FOR SUBSEQUENT JOINT SIGNATURE IN THE NAMES OF THE COUNCIL, MEMBER STATES IN COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COMMISSION. PRESIDENCY DID NOT SAY WHEN JOINT SIGNATURE WILL TAKE PLACE, BUT THERE MAY NOW BE A DELAY OF ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE EP TO COMPLETE ITS PROCEDURES.
OTHER BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL NATURAL RUBBER AGREEMENT
13. COMMISSION AGREED THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT ACCEPT AN UNREALISTIC AGREEMENT. UK POINTS TO BE STUDIED BY EXPERTS.
EUROPEAN POLITICAL COOPERATION:
LIBYAN MEASURES AGAINST EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS
14.
BRIEF DISCUSSION ON THE RESPONSE TO ANNOUNCEMENT BY LIBYAN GOVERNMENT ON 12 MAY OF EXPULSION OF A NUMBER OF EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS IN TRIPOLI. MEMBER STATES GENERALLY DISPOSED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST LIBYA. GREECE WAS ALONE IN URGING CAUTION. VAN DEN BROEK (PRESIDENCY) CONCLUDED THAT IN RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS HE WOULD EXPRESS REGRET: AND THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE SHOULD WORK OUT THE
RESPONSE OF THE TWELVE. CONFIDENTIAL
/PHILIPPINES