8TH DECEMBER, TO WOODHEAD AND GATT DOC. L/3289 REFER). THE PROCEDURES
AGREED ARE ACCEPTABLE TO US FOR 1970 BUT BEYOND THAT WE WISH TO RESERVE
OUR POSITION IN VIEW OF THE RECENT JACKSON REPORT AND PENDING SOME REVIEW
OF OVERHEADS BY THE UN ACABQ.
ITEM NO. 4. ARTICLE XXVIII : RENEGOTIATIONS: EXTENSION of
TIME LIMIT.
SOME
THERE HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN ROUTINE EXTENSIONS OF THE TIME LIMIT
TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS COMMENCED IN 1967 TO BE COMPLETED.
OF THESE ARE STILL NOT COMPLETED AND A FURTHER FORMAL EXTENSION IS
THEREFORE REQUIRED. WE CAN AGREE TO THIS FOR A FURTHER YEAR.
ITEM NO. 4 (REPEAT 4) (IN GATT/AIR/763).
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CONSULTATIONS:
REPORTS ON
SPAIN.
SINCE THE CONSULTATION, SPAIN HAS INTRODUCED AN IMPORT DEPOSITS
SCHEME. THERE MAY BE REFERENCE TO THIS WHEN THE REPORT ON TE
CONSULTATION IS TAKEN. WE NERD NOT INTERVENE.
ITEM NO. 5. (IN GATT/AIR/763). ITALIAN ADMINISTRATIVE AND
STATISTICAL FEES.
ROME'S
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 32 TO HONG KONG REFERS. WE HAVE CONSULTED ROME BY
TELEPHONE ON THE QUESTION OF RAISING UNDER THIS ITEM HONG KONG'S COMPLAINT
REGARDING CONSULAR FEES FOR ENDORSEMENT OF CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN.
ADVICE, WITH WHICH WE AGREE, IS THAT IT IS AS YET TOO EARLY TO ASSUME THAT IN
THE ABSENCE OF A REPLY THAT THE PRESENTATION OF AN AIDE, MEMOIRE AND OUR
OTHER ACTION HAS BEEN TO NO AVAIL. IF WE RAISE THE MATTER IN GATT BEFORE
A DEFINITE REPLY IS RECEIVED IN ROME, THIS MAY STIFFEN THE ITALIAN
ATTITUDE. WE ARE CONSIDERING THE SENDING OF AN EARLY REMINDER IN ROME.
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