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OFFICIAL COMMITTEE ON THE APPROACH TO EUROPE

Negotiating Brief on Problems for Commonwealth

countries and dependent territories raised by

British application for membership of the EEC

This paper deals with those problems for

Commonwealth countries which are not covered

in other negotiating briefs. It does not

touch upon capital movements, the movement of

labour, the special problems of New Zealand

or the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement.

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The paper consists of three sections:

The measures which, in the absence of

special arrangements, we should have to apply

to Commonwealth countries and dependent

territories if we joined the EEC;

B. the arrangements made by the Six for

certain developing countries under the Rome

Treaty;

C.

the arrangements which it would be our

aim to secure in order to safeguard essential

Commonwealth interests in terms of individual

countries, or groups of countries.

A.

Measures we should have to apply:

(i)

Tariffs and preferences:

Membership of the Communities would

involve the application of the Common

External Tariff (CET) to British imports

from the Commonwealth. Except to the

extent that special arrangements can be

made, Commonwealth countries would face

positive tariffs on many commodities

where they now enjoy free entry, and

reverse preferences in favour of members

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