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CONFIDEN THE

CONSIDERED. WE BELIEVE HOWEVER THAT THE MEASURES ENVISAGED BY THE COMMISSION SHOULD APPLY IN THOSE REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE SIMILAR DISRUPTION AND DAMAGE ARE BEING CAUSED. FOR THREE OF THE

FOUR PRODUCTS UIDER DISCUSSION THE UK HAS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER IMPORT PENETRATION THAN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND CUMULATIVE DISRUPTION IS OCCURRING IN OUR MARKET IN ALL FOUR:

3. WE DELIEVE THERE IS A CASE OF STATISTICAL GROUNDS FOR SEEKING

RESTRAINTS ON BEHALF OF THE UK NOW AGAINST THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:

COTTON YARN

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KNITTED SHIRTS

WOVEN SHIRTS

PAKISTAN, UGANDA

ISRAEL, GREECE, TURKEY

CYPRUS

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FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES, WE WOULD LIKE THE OPENING OF

CONSULTATIONS, THOUGH THESE NEED NOT NECESSARILY LEAD TO IMMEDIATE

RESTRAINTS:

COTTON YARN

KNITTED SHIRTS

YUGOSLAVIA

MALTA

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES, ALTHOUGH A STATISTICAL CASE DOES NOT EXIST FOR IMMEDIATE RESTRAINTS WE WOULD WANT ACTION WITHIN 3 MONTHS

IF THE UK EXPERIENCED A SHARP AND SUDSTANTIAL INCREASE IN IMPORTS:

COTTON YARN

KNITTED SHIRTS

WOVEN PLOUSES

MALTA, EGYPT MALAYSIA

HALTA, GREECE.

(PAKISTAN, YUGOSLAVIA, EGYPT AND MALTA ARE PEA SIGNATORIES: UGANDA BELONGS TO THE LOME CONVENTION: ISRAEL HAS A PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY: THE REMAINDER ARE ASSOCIATES). WE WILL OF

COURSE HAVE TO STUDY THE WHOLE PACKAGE AS IT IS PRODUCED TO TAKE

ACCOUNT OF OUR WISHES AND THOSE OF OTHER MEMPER STATES. IN

CONSIDERING ACTION AGAINST PAKISTAN, WE HAVE IN MIND THAT SHE IS

ONE OF THE POOREST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND WILL THEREFORE WANT TO LOOK CAREFULLY BEFORE IMPOSING A SEVERE PESTRAINT IN THIS

CASE.

4. WE WOULD LIKE CONFIRMATION THAT WHATEVER LEVELS OF RESTRAINT

THE COMMISSION SEEKS TO ACHIEVE FOR 1977 THESE HOULD POT AFFECT

THE GLOBAL CEILINGS FOR 1978 AND SURSEQUENT YEARS, AMD HEMDER STATES. SHARES OF THER, WHICH ARE BEING WORKED OUT TY TUS TEXTILE MOPKING

CROUP.

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