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THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG IN THE CENERALISED PREFERENCE SC THOUGH NO DOUBT WITH SOME QUALIFICATIONS, THE COMMUNITY AIMED TO MAKE SOME STATEMENT IN THIS GENERAL SENSE AT THE DEPUTIES? MEETING ON 4 NOVEMPER.
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(11) GIBRALTAR, THE COMMUNITY WERE CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD SUGGEST AT THE DEPUTIES MEETING ON THE 4TH NOVEMBER THAT,
IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SECONDARY LEGISLATION EXERCISE, THE COMMISSION COULD BE INVITED TO CONSIDER, IN CONTACT WITH US, QUOTE THE HELIGOLAND SOLUTION UNQUOTE, MUELLER-THUNS VOLUNTEERED THAT THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY FELT STRONGLY THAT THIS WAS THE SOLUTION FOR WHICH WE SHOULD AIM,
111) MUELLER-THUNS DID NOT THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY SIDE WOULD HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY UNDER THE HEADING QUOTE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES UNQUOTE AT THIS STAGE,
(C) E.C.S.C. MUELLER-THUNS SAID THAT A WORKING GROUP OF THE
SIX ON THIS SUBJECT HAD BEEN SET UP DE THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES:
AND THE COMMISSION HAD PROMISED TO MAKE PROPOSALS TO THIS GROUP
BY ABOUT 12 NOVEMBER. THE COMMUNITY SIDE WOULD THEREFORE
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PROBABLY SAY ́ON 4 NOVEMBER THAT THEY HAD THIS SUBJECT UNDER
CONSIDERATION,
(D) PERIODIC REPORTS ON SECONDARY LEGISLATION - THIS WOULD BE AGREED IN PRINCIPLE. THE COMMISSION TENDED TO FAVOUR REPORTS ON EACH SECTOR AS THE WORK ON IT WAS COMPLETED RATHER THAN TWO MONTHLY REPORTS INDICATING THE GENERAL STATE OF PLAY: BUT I SEE DIFFICULTIES IN THIS, AS DID MUELLER- THUNS WHEN I EXPLAINED THEM AMD, WITH HIS ENCOURAGEMENT, I SHALL BE DISCUSSING THIS FURTHER WITH CASPARI SHORTLY,
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