TNAG-0628-FCO40-776-Effect-of-GATT-Multi-Fibre-Arrangement-on-Hong-Kong-negotiat-1977 — Page 59

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T SHIRTS (EX 61.04 AND EX 61.05)

TUNISIA

SPAIN

TURKEY

766,000

776,000

648,000

MOROCCO 2,640,000

· COTTON YARN

EGYPT

523 TONNES

- SPAIN 766 TONNES

THE GERMANS WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE PROPOSED REDUCTION ON EGYPTIAN COTTON YARN, BUT OTHERWISE HAD NO COMMENT. IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS (PARTICULARLY FOR SHIRTS FROM MOROCCO AND TUNISIA) WE RESERVED THE RIGHT TO COME BACK ON THE FIGURES

IN COREPER. THERE WERE NO OTHER OBJECTIONS.

5. WE ASKED ABOUT THE POSITION ON T SHIRTS FROM TURKEY. HOFFMAN (COMMISSION) SAID THE TURKS WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT A FIGURE BEING

PUBLISHED BUT THE AMBASSADOR HAD GIVEN A FORMAL UNDERTAKING

(NOT IN WRITING) THAT TURKEY WOULD RESPECT A LEVEL OF 135,000

PIECES FOR THE UK IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1977. IT WAS AGREED

SUBSEQUENTLY IN RESPONSE TO FRENCH AND BELGIAN REQUESTS TO

RECOMMEND THE INCLUSION OF EX 60.05 IN THE PRODUCT CATEGORY. IF ACCEPTED BY THE COUNCIL THIS WOULD MEAN SOME CHANGE IN THE FIGURES. WE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE TIMETABLE FOR THE VARIOUS CONSULTATIONS

ENVISAGED. THE COMMISSION SAID THESE HAD ALREADY BEGUN WITH

ISRAEL AND GREECE AND WOULD BE ARRANGED BEFORE THE SUMMER BREAK

WITH MALTA AND CYPRUS.

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6. WE ASKED FOR A PROGRESS REPORT ON CONSULTATIONS WITH

PHILIPPINES AND BRAZIL. THE COMMISSION MAY ARRANGE SOMETHING

WITH THE LATTER IN GENEVA THIS WEEK. WE ALSO ASKED FOR ADVICE ON

OUR PROBLEMS OVER THE INDIAN MILLMADE BLOUSE QUOTA AND THE CONVERSION FACTOR BEING USED.( THE COMMISSION PROMISED AND

ANSWER AT THE GROUP DE GESTION NEXT WEEK,

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