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THE GROWTH RATES TO BE LAID DOWN TO ACHIEVE AN AVERAGE RATE OF

6 PERCENT FOR ALL PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE THREE AGREEMENTS.

(1)) AGREEMENTS WITH A SIMILAR EFFECT WILL BE NEGOTIATED WITH

ROMANIA, HUNGARY AND POLAND.

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ili. IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS ENVISAGED AND CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION

A. DESCRIPTION OF ARRANGEMENTS

THE AGREEMENTS WILL INVOLVE THE THREE FOLLOWING SETS OF IMPORT

ARRANGEMENTS:

1.

"'QUOTA'' ARRANGEMENTS

FOR PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO SUCH ARRANGEMENTS, QUOTAS WILL BE

INTRODUCED WHICH WILL BE ENTIRELY ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES.

FOR THE PRODUCTS IN GROUP 1, THIS ALLOCATION AMONG THE MEMBER

STATES IS BASED ON APPLICATION OF THE BURDEN-SHARING FORMULA AS

OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 11.1. ABOVE.

FOR THE OTHER GROUPS OF PRODUCTS, THE ALLOCATION WILL BE MADE BY

APPLICATION OF THIS SAME FORMULA FOR EACH SUPPLIER COUNTRY.

2.

**BUTOIR-CEILING** ARRANGEMENTS

THIS INVOLVES COMMUNITY CEILINGS WHICH WILL NOT IN ANY CASE BE

EXCEEDED. SUCH CEILINGS WILL NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED PROVIOUSLY

AMONG THE MEMBER STATES. ''BUTOIRS' WILL HOWEVER BE INTRODUCED AS

FOLLOWS:

- FOR MEMBER STATES WHOSE OPERATIONS IN 1976 EXCEED THEIR

THEORETICAL SHARE ((1)), THE "BUTORS' WILL BE DETERMINED ON

THE BASIS OF OPERATIONS PLUS A GROWTH RATE TO RE AGREED ON, WHICH WILL IN PRINCIPLE BE SOMETHING APPROACHING THAT RESULTING FROM

APPLICATION OF THE BURDEN-SHARING FORMULA :

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