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7. SUPPORTED BY PAOLI (COMMISSION) HOPE ALSO REMINDED THE MEETING THAT TRADE BETWEEN THE UK AND THE SEVEN EXPORTING COUNTRIES HE HAD
PAKISTAN. HONG-KONG, EGYPT, JAPAN,
RESTRICTIONS CORTARD DE SI AGREMENTS SHOULD BE REVIEWED IN THE
THESE
LIGHT OF THE UNCERTAIN INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, AND IF POSSIBLE,
ELIMINATED. THE UK DID NOT BELIEVE IN PERMANENT TRADE RESTRICTIONS.
FOR THESE AGREEMENTS WE WERE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 1973, BUT THE PRO- BLEM REMAINED OF COTTON YARU IMPORTS FROM OTHER SOURCES, ABOUT
WHICH THE UK HAD WARNED THE COMMISSION SOME MONTHS AGO. THE UK
STILL AWAITED A FIRM REPLY FROM THE COMMISSION ON WHAT ACTION SHE COULD TAKE TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE UK TEXTILE INDUSTRY. REGULATION 1925/70 WAS UNCLEAR, AND OBVIOUSLY HAD NOT BEEN DRAFTED WITH THE
UK'S PROBLEMS IN MIND.
8. AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE JURIDICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM,
PAOLI SUMMED UP ON THE LINES OF PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE. HE TURNED
DOWN KEVERS' REQUEST FOR A NOTE SETTING OUT THE LEGAL POSITION,
SAYING THAT THE COMMISSION'S OPINION WOULD BE IN THE MINUTES OF
THE PRESENT MEETING.
9. OTHER BUSINESS.
FRIEDRICHS (GERMANY) EXPLAINED THAT GERMANY WAS NOT RECEIVING ITS FULL QUOTA OF TEXTILE GOODS (GROUP 2 CATEGORY) FROM INDIA, ALTHOUGH THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT HAD SAID IT HAD AUTHORISED THE QUOTA TO BE
FULFILLED. HE ASKED WHETHER THE COMTISSION WOULD AUTHORISE RAISING
THE QUOTA BY ANOTHER 500 TONS, IN ORDER TO ENABLE GERMAN MAIL-
ORDER HOUSES TO IMPORT AT LEAST AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE
LAST YEAR, UNDER LICENCE. HE INVITED THE COMMISSION SERVICES TO
DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH THE INDIANS. AS REGARDS GERMANY'S AGREEMENT
WITH HONG KONG, FRIEDRICHS SAID THERE HAD BEEN A MISCALCULATION
OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF QUOTAS ON LOW-COST TEXTILE GOODS, BRIEFLY,
HE WANTED TO TRANSFER THE UNUSED QUOTAS IN CATEGORIES E7 AND ES
TO CATEGORIES E4 AND E6, AND SOUGHT THE AGREEMENT OF THE COMMISSION
AND OF THE MEMBER STATES TO DO THIS.
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