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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 1442 OF 28 JUNE

INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA AND PARIS

PRIORITY COPENHAGEN ROME DUBLIN BONN THE HAGUE AND UK DIRECTOR (IMF/IBRD WASHINGTON).

TEXTILES: FRENCH GATT ARTICLE XIX FROPOSALS: CONSULTATIONS

29 JUNE.

1. A) TO ENSURE THAT DOMESTIC PRODUCERS BENEFIT FROM THE MEASURES WHICH THE COMMISSION ENVISAGES IN PLACE OF UNILATERAL ACTION BY

FRANCE:

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2) TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMISSION AND OTHER PEMBER STATES TO DISSUADE THE FRENCH FROM ACTING UNILATERALLY:

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C) IF FRANCE PERSISTS IN ACTING UNILATERALLY, TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMISSION TAKES EFFECTIVE ACTION TO PREVENT DIVERSTON INTO THE UK

MARKET:

D) TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO AVOID USE OF ARTICLE XIX 1 DEALING WITH RESIDUAL PROBLEMS RAISED BY A FEW SMALL

SUPPLIERS.

LINE TO TAKE.

2. THE APPROACH INDICATED BY THE COMMISSION ON 23 JUNE SEEMS AN APPROPRIATE MAY OF COPING WITH THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE FRENCH MARKET, ALTHOUGH BEFORE ANY DECISION IS TAKEN ON THE USE OF CATT ARTICLE XIX THE PROWA LE CONSEQUENCEC SHOULD BE CAREFULLY

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