FLASH
GR 1309
CYPHER/CAT A
FM UKREP BRUSSELS Ø7178OZ
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PA
13 OCT
AA 15110
FRAME EXTERNAL
TO FLASH
FCO TEL NO 5909 OF 7/10
INFO PRIORITY ALL EEC POSTS
COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES (DEPUTIES): 7 OCTOBER
TEXTI LES
SUMMARY
1.
IN THE FACE OF FORMAL UK RESERVATIONS ON FOUR IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE DIRECTIVES FOR THE BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS (TEXT IN OUR TEL NO 5893), AND OF A GENERAL FRENCH RESERVATION, COREPER WAS UNABLE TO AGREE THE MANDATE, THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET AGAIN ON MONDAY MORNING
IN THE HOPE OF SEEING RESERVATIONS LIFTED.
2. THE FRENCH RESERVATION CAME AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND WAS
EXPRESSED IN GENERAL TERMS. ALL OTHER DELEGATIONS LIFTED THEIR
OUTSTANDING RESERVATIONS AND WE ARE EFFECTIVELY ISOLATED.
DI SCUSSION
3.
(A) COTTON YARN
THE COMMISSION (TRAN) REPEATED THAT THEY COULD NOT NEGOTIATE ON THE
BASIS OF A MANDATE WHICH INCLUDED A COMMUNITY GROWTH RATE OF ZERO
PERCENT FOR COTTON YARN. IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES HE WAS AUTHORISED
TO SAY THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD HAND BACK THE MANDATE TO THE COUNCIL. ABEL (GERMANY) SAID THAT HIS COLLEAGUES HAD MADE
CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS AND HAD TAKEN A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY IN
WORKING OUT THE COMPROMISE NOY ON THE TABLE: THE BALANCE WAS
FRAGILE, IF CAPITALS WERE GIVEN TOO LONG TO CONSIDER ALL THE FIGURES THE BARGAIN MIGHT COLLAPSE. GOLDSMITH (UK) SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED IN YOUR TEL NO 1365. WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE EFFORTS THAT
HAD BEEN MADE BY THE COMMISSION AND BY MEMBER STATES TO HELP US.
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