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FOR CERTA IN PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES WITH MFA BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, THE BINDING CONSULTATION CLAUSES SHOULD BE USED.

HAVING BROKEN BACK OF THE PROBLEM IN THIS WAY, ANY RESIDUAL DIFFICULTIES COULD BE EXAMINED FOR POSSIBLE ARTICLE XIX ACTION. (IN CASPARI'S VIEW, THE ONLY CASE UNDER THIS HEAD WOULD

RELATE TO SRI LANKA, FOR WHICH IT WOULD BE ABSURD TO CONTEMPLAE ARTICLE XIX MEASURES).

ANY ACTION WOULD NEED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE INTERESTS OF ALL THE MEMBER STATES, NOT JUST FRANCE.

3. CASPARI HOPED THAT PROPOSALS ON THESE LINES, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE NO IMMEDIATE RESTRAINTS, WOULD NOT POSE DIFFICULTIES FOR MEMBER STATES OTHER THAN FRANCE. HE CONCEDED THAT THE FRENCH MIGHT FIND IT DIFFICULT TO GO ALONG WITH SUCH A COURSE, BUT DREW ATTENTION TO THE FRENCH AND GERMAN ENTRIES IN THE COUNCIL MINUTES (PUT FORWARD ONLY LAST WEEK AND ADOPTED AT YESTERDAYS COUNCIL) DECLARING THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD NOT TAKE ARTICLE XIX ACTION BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR (MY TELNO 4106)

4. THE TIME OF THE CONSULTATION MEETING HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED.

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PEARSON, HARRIS.

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RIDLEY, HUDSON, FARRY, BROWN.

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ABRAMSON, WRIGHT, MISS MACFARLANE, GRAY.

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