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TO ROUTINE COI TEL NO RETRACT 879 OF 29 JANUARY

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FOR NEWS DEPT DUTY OFFICER Fco.

ITEM. EEC MEETING FACES MAJOR ISSUES

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RECA REGISTRY No. 51

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BY LPS DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT

FURTHER STEPS TOWARDS ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC

COMMUNITY ARE LIKELY TO BE TAKEN AT TUO MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS NEXT

WEEK,

ON MONDAY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE SIX COMMON MARKET

COUNTRIES IS MEETING PRIOR TO ANOTHER MEGOTIATING SESSION WITH

BRITAIN THE FOLLOWING DAY,

THE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY'S OVERALL NEGOTIATING

POSITION ON A NUMBER OF MAJOR ISSUES: TRANSITIONAL PERIODS, COMMUNITY

FINANCE AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEW ZEALAND'S DAIRY PRODUCE AND

COMMONWEALTH SUGGAR EXPORTS.

ALTHOUGH THE DEPUTIES, MEETING THIS WEEK, AGREED ON A DRAFT AGENDA

FOR THE TUESDAY MEETING OF BRITAIN AND THE SIX, MUCH OF THE

DISCUSSION THEN WILL, IN FACT, DEPEND ON THE OUTCOME OF THE SIX'S

TALKS ON MONDAY.

THE MARKET COUNTRIES WILL HAVE BEFORE THEM THE COMMISSION'S

REPORT PREPARED LAST NOVEMBER, PROPOSING A SOLUTION OF MAJOR

P GELERS WITHIN A FIVE-YEAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD,

/COMMUNITY JODINE

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