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INFO IMMEDIATE EC POSTS
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Action Taken
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER: EC BAN
1. IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL SECRETARIAT TELEX NO 1496/86,
PLEASE CONVEY THE UK RESPONSE IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS:
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A) THE UNITED KINGDOM AGREES TO THE USE OF THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE
FOR THE ADOPTION OF A COUNCIL REGULATION ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE
IMPORT OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN
THIRD COUNTRIES.
B) THE UNITED KINGDOM CONFIRMS THAT IT IS PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE
PROPOSED DRAFT REGULATION BUT WISHES THE FOLLOWING POINTS TO BE
RECORDED IN THE COUNCIL MINUTES.
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I) WE WISH TO STATE OUR VIEW THAT WE DO NOT REGARD THE USE OF
THE WHOLE EEC TREATY AS THE LEGAL BASE FOR THE REGULATION AS
CONSTITUTING A PRECEDENT.
II) WE ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO THE REVIEW OF THE REGULATION DUE TO
TAKE PLACE NO LATER THAN 20 MAY. THIS SHOULD CONSIDER BOTH
COUNTRY AND PRODUCT COVERAGE IN THE LIGHT OF THE LATEST
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