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Draft Exchange of Letters

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UNLESS they decide to exclude HR from operation of Agreed Munte

The previous Agreed Minutes contained a number of statements,

undertakings etc. of unlimited duration. Some of these are now

obsolete or are already covered in the draft Agreed Minute in

general terms. In any event it seems unnecessary to repeat them

year by year and it is accordingly proposed to place them in an

Exchange of Letters.

None of the items is of particular importance

and we need not make a major issue if the Benelux countries wish ·

to retain these points in the Agreed Minute itself.

2. We undertook that the present arrangements for freely

licensing all types of processed milk would continue for three

months following the end of each period of application of previous

Agreed Minutes. We also undertook prior consultation should we

reimpose bilateral quotas. Processed milk was and is imported on

individual licences which are freely issued. It thus has not

been liberalized within the meaning of paragraph 4 of the draft

and we are therefore already bound to maintain this policy by

virtue of this paragraph. The first part of the undertaking has

exchange of letters therefore been omitted in the draft. The undertaking concerning

the reimposition of bilateral quotas has been maintained on the

draft Exchange of Letters.

3.

References were made to changes in 1964 in United kingdom

controls on jute imports in Agreed Minutes from that year onwards.

These references now seem unnecessary at this distance from the

event. A statement was also made that it was our intention to

continue to licence freely imports of Benelux jute yarn. Jute

yarn is imported under individual licenses and is thus also

covered by paragraph 4 of the draft Agreed Minute. The under-

taking referred to in the previous sentence has therefore not been

repeated.

The reference to imports of canned and bottled apples has

been retained unchanged from previous Agreed Hinutes.

5. The reference to consultations concerning; Bacon imports to

the United Kingdom, which appeared in previous Agreed Minutes,

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