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2.

In these circunstances the representative of the Commission Jeclared

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that, having regard to the extent of the reservations, it would seem

eppropriate for the formel propose is to be presented shortly by the Comission

to the Council to be examined, not by agricultural experte ac before, but

at a level which notdã allow decisions of a

Political

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with regard to the guidelines to be followed on the cuestim of salomuzi

procedures, the representative of the Commission informed the Group that the

Com:i: sion Agencies had laid before the experts the following linen wich

aight be followed in this field;

c) For processed agricultural products e specifio sufocurrů clause should

be provided, which would make it possible to ruspend the benefit of

preference temporarily and on a discriminatory basis in the ouse of

disruption or risk of disruption f the arket;

b) It would cantirus to be the case that the granting of groferences

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does not prevent the application of the safeguard clauses specified .

by the common agricultural policy."

e) Ber products not subject to common organize tion of the market, the

safeguard procedures qucified by the General Agree ent would of

Agreement

course cuttime to reply.

Following this statement, several delegations expressed the opinion

that the propon:ls of the Comission. Agencies should be ensidered as

the minimum offer the Community could make. They therefore invited the

other delegatione tu riosusidur their titude on ell these questions, 20

es to enaule the Community to adopt a more constructive attitude to the

developing countrics(1).

(1) It should be r soalled that at the meeting of the sub-roup the idea

We put forward that for certain products liable to e sm11 import charge freedom of witly might be granted abortion (bɔve 2 threefold to pe determined.

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