TNAG-0630-FCO40-778-Effect-of-GATT-Multi-Fibre-Arrangement-on-Hong-Kong-negotiat-1988 — Page 72

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THE 1974 FORMULA FOR BURDEN-SHARING ((1)) AMONG THE MEMBER STATES WILL BE APPLIED BOTH TO THE INTERNAL GLOBAL CEILINGS AND TO THE RESTRICTIONS LAID DOWN FOR EACH SUPPLIER COUNTRY, THE BURDEN TO BE BORNE BY EACH MEMBER STATE BEING DETERMINED BY THE AVERAGE OF THESE TWO OPERATIONS, ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS WILL BE MADE TO THE RESULTS BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT ((2)).

((1)) SEE S/1872/1/74 (COMER 209 REV 1)

((2)) IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE WORKING PARTY WAS ABLE TO AGREE ON THE ALLOCATION OF INTERNAL GLOBAL CEILINGS AMONG THE VARIOUS SUPPLIER COUNTRIES.

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REGARDING THOSE COUNTRIES WITH WHICH A COMPREHENSIVE AGREE- MENT" WILL BE SOUGHT, 1.E. HONGKONG, INDIA, KOREA (TAIWAN EQUALS UNILATERAL MEASURES) BRAZIL, YUGOSLAVIA, PAKISTAN ((1)), THERE WILL IN PRINCIPLE BE A COMMUNITY LINEAR GROWTH RATE OF 4 PERCENT PER ANNUM, THE BURDEN-SHARING FORMULA BEING APPLIED FOR EACH SUPPLIER COUNTRY.

(11) REGARDING THE OTHER SUPPLIER COUNTRIES, THE RATE WILL IN PRINCIPLE BE DETERMINED BY THE SHARE EACH HAS OF THE COMMUNI TY MARKET.

3. GROUPS 3 AND 4: REGARDING THOSE COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THERE WILL BE 'COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENTS'', COMMUNITY RATES OF GROWTH WILL NORMALLY BE BETWEEN 6 AND 3 PERCENT (FOR THE OTHER COUNTRIES THERE IS NO NEED TO PROVIDE FOR TARGET GROWTH RATES).

4. GROUP 5 PRODUCTS IN GROUP 5 WILL, WITH A FEW RARE EXCEPTIONS IN THE CASE OF A PARTICULAR COUNTRY DOMINIATING, BE SUBJECT TO ''BASKET'' ARRANGEMENTS (SEE CHAPTER 111, POINT 3, BELOW): IN GENERAL THERE WILL BE NO FIGURES FOR BASKETS IN GROUPS, EXCEPT IN THE CASES OF HONGKONG, INDIA AND KOREA. IT IS ONLY IN THE CASE OF THE LAST THREE COUNTRIES THAT THE QUESTION ARISES AS TO

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