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Council might therefore agree the lines of a reassuring

public statement which Member States can use with

their domestic opinion. It might be on the following lines:

"The Council agreed the broad lines of a

Commission approach to the forthcoming bilateral

negotiations which will be conducted with the

Community's main textile suppliers. The Community's

bread aim will be to conclude comprehensive

agreements which offer security against increases

of import penetration, particularly in the area of

sensitive products, to the Community textile industry.

At the same time, the comprehensivity of the

Commission's proposals will offer a valuable security

of quota access to the Community's supplying

countries. The Community's aim will be to stabilise

import penetration at 1976 levels. Growth rates will

be accorded in proportion to the degree of

sensitivity of individual products on the Community

market."