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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 6354 OF 25TH OCTOBER 1977.
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YOUR TELNO 1974: TEXTILES: DRAFT BILATERAL AGREEMENTS: ARTICLE 113
COMMITTEE, 24 OCTOBER.
SUMMARY,
1. THE COMMISSION ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTION OF INITIALLING
MINUTES WITH SUPPLIER COUNTRIES WHO WERE WILLING TO CONCLUDE
AGREEMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY. IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE FROM MEMBER
STATES THE COMMISSION ALSO GAVE ORAL ASSURANCES ABOUT RECOURSE TO
GATT ARTICLE XIX, TO BE FOLLOWED IN WRITING TODAY.
DISCUSSION
2. TRAN (COMMISSION) SAID THAT CERTAIN SUPPLIER COUNTRIES (HE
MENTIONED URUGUAY, ARGENTINA, SINGAPORE, MACAO, AND POSSIBLE COLOMBIA) MIGHT SHORTLY DE IN A POSITION TO INITIAL AGREED
MINUTES RECORDING THE ECONOMIC CONTENT OF AN AGREEMENT ON TEXTILE
SUPPLIES WITH THE COMMUNITY, PENDING INITIALLING OF FORMAL DRAFT
AGREEMENTS AT THE END OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. THE TEXT OF THE AGREED
MINUTE WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS:
"IF THE EEC FAILS TO SATISFY THE OBJECTIVES IT HAS SET ITSELF OF
CONCLUDING BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE SUPPLIERS OF A SUFFICIENT
PROPORTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S IMPORTS, AND IS THEREFORE FORCED TO
MAKE AUTONOMOUS ARRANGEMENTS, THE COMMISSION WILL SEE TO IT THAT
THE APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES ARE ADOPTED WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY TO ASSURE TO
THE BENEFITS OF THE QUANTITATIVE
LIMITS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX TO THE AGREED MINUTE.''
CONFIDENTIAL
/TRAN STRESSED
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