LINES OF THE PROPOSAL ON 19/20 SEPTEMBER. MEANWHILE THE GROUP SHOULD
GET TO GRIPS WITH THE DETAILED ANNEXES, THE MANDATE SHOULD BE
FINALLY ADOPTED BY ABOUT THE END OF THE MONTH AND NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD START IN THE SECOND HALF OF OCTOBER AND BE COMPLETED D
THE END OF NOVEMBER. THIS WOULD GIVE SOME TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO
ASSESS THE RESULTS AND TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SIGN THE PROTOCOL
EXTENDING THE MFA OR, IF THE RESULTS HAD NOT BEEN SATISFACTORY,
TO ADOPT AUTONOMOUS MEASURES. WHICH THE COMMISSION WOULD PREPARE.
4. TRAN SAID THE APPROACH IN THE MANDATE WAS TO TAKE AN OVERALL
VIEW OF IMPORT PENETRATION FOR EACH TEXTILE PRODUCT AND TO PUT
PRODUCTS INTO ONE OF FOUR CATEGORIES. ALL PRODUCTS WOULD BE.
COVERED BY THE AGREEMENTS. THE CATEGORIES WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS: (A) THE EIGHT HIGHLY SENSITIVE PRODUCTS FOR WHICH GROWTH WOULD BE ONE TO TWO PERCENT: (B) A FURTHER FIFTEEN SENSITIVE PRODUCTS WITH
IMPORT PENETRATION OF MORE THAN TWENTY PERCENT. INCLUDING THOSE
SENSITIVE IN CERTAIN REGIONS. GROWTH WOULD BE AT FOUR PERCENT: (C) PRODUCTS WITH IMPORT PENETRATION OF BETWEEN FIVE AND TWENTY
PERCENT WITH GROWTH AT SİX PERCENT. THERE WOULD BE COMMUNITY
CEILINGS FOR ALL PRODUCTS WITH 'BUTOIRS' FOR MEMBER STATES FOR
WHOM THE PRODUCTS WERE PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE, WHERE NECESSARY: AND (D) ALL OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THERE WOULD BE A
SINGLE COMMUNITY CEILING BUT WITH PROVISIONS TO PREVENT CONCENTRATION
ON ANY ONE PRODUCT. THE ANNEXES TO THE PROPOSAL WOULD INCLUDE A MODEL TEXT OF AN AGREEMENT, THE MASTER LIST OF PRODUCTS, A BREAKDOWN OF PRODUCTS INTO THE FOUR CATEGORIES, AND THE QUOTA
LEVELS FOR ALL SUPPLYING COUNTRIES AND MEMBER STATES.
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5. IN DISCUSSION IT WAS AGREED THAT THE GROUP SHOULD MEET IN
ALMOST CONTINUOUS SESSION FROM NEXT TUESDAY IN ORDER TO EXAMINE THE
COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UNILATERAL MEASURES SECOND TRANCHE.
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6. THE GERMANS SAID THEY WERE VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT THE
MEASURES TAKEN ON 10 AUGUST, THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION
FOR MANY OF THE MEASURES AND THE COMMISSION HAD MADE NO EFFORT TO PUT THEM ON A COMMUNITY-WIDE BASIS. FOR EXAMPLE THERE WERE CASES
2 RESTRICTED
WHERE
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