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INFO UKMIS GENEVA

COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (FOREIGN AFFAIRS): 26 JULY

TEXTILES: ''FRENCH MEASURES''

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1. AFTER DISCUSSION IN THE WORKING GROUP THE COUNCIL ENDORSED COMPRO-

MISES ON ALL THE MAIN OUTSTANDING POINTS. SUBJECT TO FINAL TIDY ING

UP, THE COREPER SHOULD ADOPT THE REGULATION BY THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE

LATER IN THE WEEK,

DISCUSSION

2. THE FOLLOWING WERE THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS REACHED.

3. THE GERMANS SAID THAT THE IR LEGAL RESERVES (PAGES 2 AND 4 OF DOC- UMENT S/1272/77) SHOULD NOT FORM AN OBSTACLE TO THE ADOPTION OF AN

AGREED PACKAGE OF MEASURES, PROVIDED IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE FRENCH

WOULD DROP THEIR UNILATERAL MEASURES.

4. THE ITALIANS EXPLAINED THEIR GENERAL RESERVE (PAGE 2 OF THE DOC- UMENT) ON TURKEY AND GREECE. IMPORTS OF COTTON YARN FROM THESE

TWO COUNTRIES WERE THE MAIN PROBLEMS IN THE PACKAGE AFFECTING THEM

AND THEY WOULD HAVE PRESENTATIONAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE ADOPTION OF

A DECISION BY THE COUNCIL WHICH DID NOT MENTION THESE PROBLEMS. IT

WAS AGREED TO REFER TO TURKEY IN THE PREAMBLE AND TO PUT A DECLARAT-

ION IN THE MINUTES ABOUT GREECE.

5. THE DANES DID NOT PRESS THE IR RESERVE ON EGYPTIAN COTTON YARN (PAGE 4 OF THE DOCUMENT) AND THE FRENCH ACCEPTED THE FIGURE RESULTING FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE CONSULTATION CLAUSE (957 TONNES).

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