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BENELUX HAVE ANNOUNCED INTENTION TO PRESENT CASE AND SEEK

CONSULTATIONS ON MEN'S AND BOYS' SYNTHETIC RAINWEAR, OTHER OUTERGARMENTS (ANORAKS AND SIMILAR JACKETS?), AND TROUSERS. EXPLAINED BASIS ON WHICH WE HAVE CONCEDED IN OTHER MARKETS, EMPHASISING ARTICLE XIX-TYPE CRITERIA, AND ASSURED THEM WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO CONSULT. THEY SAID AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT I DO NOT THINK THEY EXPECT US TO BE ABLE TO DO SO UNTIL JANUARY.

STEWART

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

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