TNAG-0385-FCO40-431-Trade-relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-EEC-1974 — Page 144

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1. MEYNELL (COMMISSION) HAS GIVEN US A PRIVATE BRIEFING ON THE.

PAPER ON A FUTURE TEXTILE POLICY WHICH THE COMMISSIONERS DID NOT

REACH AT THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK AND AGREED TO SETTLE BY WRITTEN

PROCEDURE. SINCE THE OPERATIONAL DIRECTORATES HAVE AGREED WITH THE

PAPER IT SHOULD GO THROUGH WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

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2. THE PAPER DOES NOT CONTAIN A UPAFT COUNCIL DECISION BUT

INVITES THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THESE GUIDE-LINES' (CRIENTATIONS).

3. IT PICKS UP THREE HEADINGS WHICH SET THE PARAMETERS FOR A NEW

FOLICY - PROGRESSIVE LIBERALISATION OF IMPORTS SUBJECT TO A SAFE-

GUARD CLAUSE: THE MEGOTIATION OF A NEW TEXTILE ARRANGEMENT AND

UNDER IT OF NEW BILATERAL AGREEMENTS: AND THE GPS FOR TEXTILES

IN 1974. CALLING ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO CREATE A SINGLE MARKET THE PAPER SPEAKS OF TWO FEATURES - FREE CIRCULATION WITHOUT EXCEPT-

IONS AND THE SUB-DIVISION OF COMMUNITY QUOTAS INTO NATIONAL SHARES

WHICH SHOULD PROGRESSIVELY REDUCE DISPARITIES AMONG MEMBER STATES.

THE PAPER ENVISAGES A FIXED PERIOD WITHIN WHICH MEASURES IEADING

TO THESE AIMS SHOULD APPLY AND IT SAYS THAT THIS PERIOD POURRAIT

POUR L'ESSENTIEL BE THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD UNDER THE TREATY

CF ACCESSION.

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