13. ON THE INFORMATION POINT, THE COMMISSION REMINDED MEMBER STATES OF THE SYSTEM OF RAPID EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON FOOD STUFFS BASED IN LUXEMBOURG, AND CIRCULATED RELEVANT CONTACT NOTES (FOLLOWING BY MUFAX). MEMBER STATES UNDERTOOK TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION FULLY AND REGULARLY THROUGH THIS CHANNEL.
14. THERE WAS THEN AN EXTENDED DRAFTING SESSION, FIRST OF THOSE MOST IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED, AND THEN THE WHOLE OF COREPER, TO PRODUCE A DECLARATION FOR THE MINUTES BASED ON THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND MEETING ITALIAN, FRENCH AND GERMAN NEEDS. THE RESULT IS IN MIFT. ELLIOTT SAID THAT THE UK MIGHT WISH TO ADD A UNILATERAL STATEMENT TO THE MINUTES EMPHASISING THAT WE REGARDED THE COMMISSION'S TOLERANCE LEVELS AS PROVISIONAL. GALLI SAID THAT HE WOULD RECOMMEND THE TEXT TO HIS AUTHORITIES BUT DOUBTED THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT IT. MARTIN SAID THAT THE WHOLE PACKAGE, INCLUDING THE REGULATION, STOOD OR FELL TOGETHER. VAN BEUGE SAID IF IT FELL, TE THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE FAILED TO YIELD AGREEMENT, THEN THE FAC WOULD
TAKE THE MATTER UP ON MONDAY.
COMMENT
15. THE DRAFT COUNCIL DECLARATION CLEARLY IMPLIES THAT THE TOLERANCE LEVELS IN THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIN ARE PROVISIONAL AND THAT THEY WILL BE RE-EXAMINED AT AN EARLY EXPERTS MEETING (9 MAY AT 10.30). IN OUR REPLY TO THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE TELEX WE COULD MAKE THIS EXPLICIT WITH A UNILATERAL DECLARATION STATING OUR VIEW THAT
THE FIGURES ARE PROVISIONAL.
HANNAY
ADVANCE
GORDON NED FCO
SHEPHERD FCO
EVANS ECDE FCO
WALL ECDI FCO
JAY CAB
BRECKNELL ECIP DTI
SHARP ICP DTI
ATTRIDGE MAFF
HADLEY MAFF
GURD (EMERGENCY UNIT) MAFF
BIRD TSY
PONSFORD DOE
FEATES DOE
MORPHET D/EN
GODFREY CUSTOMS
SMITH DHSS
FIELDER DHSS
ADVANCED AS REQUESTED
RUBERY DHSS
MAIN
FRAME GENERAL ECD(1)
NED UCLNAN 1979
COPIES TO : ADVANCE
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ADDRESSES
ONFIDENTIAL