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(b)

(c)

14.

CONFIDENTIAL

some other form of association

including reciprocal rights and

obligations, notably in respect of

trade; or

trade agreements to facilitate and

develop trade between such countries

and the Community

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However, The Opinion of the EEC

Commission, revised in 1969, on the U.K.

application for membership states:

"Those independent Commonwealth countries

whose structure and production are compar-

able with those of the associated states

of the Yaoundé Convention would qualify

for association with the enlarged

Community"! A footnote makes clear that

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the Commonwealth countries in this

instant are "states in Africa south of the

Sahara and in the Caribbean"

15. A confidential supplementary under-

standing was also agreed by the EEC

Council of Ministers when they approved

the Declaration of Intent, to the effect

that the Six intended the alternative

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