TNAG-0388-FCO40-434-Exports-of-knitwear-from-Hong-Kong-to-the-UK-1973 — Page 36

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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 214 OF 64 JANUARY 1973.

MY TELEGRAM 2715

COTTON TEXTILES - ADAPTATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S LTA AGREEMENTS.

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1. AS REPORTED IN TELEPHONE CONVERSATION DE FONBLANQUE/POWNALL

ON 3 JANUARY, THE MEETING OF TEXTILE EXPERTS ON 11 JANUARY WILL.

IN ADDITION TO OTHER ITEMS ON ITS AGENDA CONSIDER THE COMMISSION'S

PROPOSALS FOR INCREASING THE CEILINGS IN ITS LTA AGREEMENTS UNDER

REGULATION 1023. MY TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE RECORDS THE DECISION

OF THE REGULATION 1823 COMMITTEE ON 20 DECEMBER THAT COMMENTS ON

THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED TO THEM BY 8 JANUARY. WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIRE

THEM BY CLOSE OF PLAY 5 JANUARY. THEY SHOULD INCLUDE ANY PROPOSALS

VE MAY WISH TO PUT FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT THE ENLARGED QUOTAS ARE

SUFFICIENT TO COVER OUR TRADE IN KNITTED GOODS AS WELL AS ANY

CHANGES IN OUR JAPANESE FIGURES TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE GAP IN THE

FIGURES DUE TO THE FACT THAT COTTON CLOTHING IS NOT EXPRESSED (IN THE FIGURES WE GAVE TO THE COMMISSION) IN METRIC TONNES.

2. WE ALSO UNDERTOOK TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSION'S REQUEST FOR ..

THE TEXTS OF THOSE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ON TEXTILES ENTERED INTO

BEFORE DECEMBER 31 WHICH WE REGARD AS CO-EXISTING WITH THE COMMUNITYS

I.TA AGREEMENTS. WE SHOULD CLEARLY TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM

THE COMMISSION OF THE ADDITIONAL BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WHICH WE

CONCLUDED AT THE END OF 1972 WITH S. KOREA EGYPT AND PAKISTAN. WE

THEREFORE REQUIRE INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT WE SHOULD SAY ABOUT THESE

AGREEMENTS AT THE MEETING ON 11 JANUARY, INCLUDING OUR VIEWS ON

HOW THEY STAND UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION.

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