(iii) Voting Procedure
The Council is required to act by unanimity under Article 235
EEC.
Policy Implications
8.
The Government welcome closer cooperation between the
Community and Macao, and support this proposal.
Financial Implications
9.
Activity under the Agreement will be funded from within
existing budgetary provisions.
Timetable
10. The Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with Macao by a decision of 28 April 1992. The agreement was initialled on 12 May. We expect the agreement to be signed in
the margins of the June Foreign Affairs Council.
Tristan Garel-Jones
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