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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 6365 OF 22 OCTOBER
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ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE (TEXTILES): 20/21 OCTOBER
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DRAFT BILATERAL TEXTILES AGREEMENT - GATT ARTICLE XIX
1. IN FRIDAY'S MEETING OF THE ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE, ABBATE (COMM- ISSION LEGAL SERVICES) REPLIED BRIEFLY TO THE INITIAL COMMENTS THAT HAD BEEN MADE BY THE UK THE PREVIOUS DAY. HE DEFENDED THE DRAFT ON ALL POINTS, IN PARTICULAR THE UNDERTAKING IN ART. 3 THAT THE COMM- UNITY WILL NOT INTRODUCE QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS, IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE AGREEMENT, UNDER ARTICLE XIX OF THE CATT. ABBATE SAID THAT ARTICLE 13 OF THE DRAFT RESERVED THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHTS UNDER GATT BUT THE KEY WAS ARTICLE 20, WHICH PERMITTED PART- !ES TO THE AGREEMENT TO DENOUNCE IT AFTER 90 DAYS NOTICE. ABBATE
ENDORSED THE GERMAN VIEW THAT RECOURSE TO GATT ART XIX WOULD BE UNNECESSARY IF THE COMMUNITY COULD CONCLUDE 32 B1 LATERAL AGREEMENTS
ON THE BASIS OF THE DIRECTIVES.
2. WE HAVE ODJECTED PRIVATELY TO THE COMMISSION THAT SUCH A FUN04M- ENTAL POINT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANDATE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FRENCH DELEGATION ON TWO OCCASIONS REVEALED SIMILAR DOUBTS ON THEIR PART, BUT THEY ARE THIS WEEKEND CONSIDERING THE ESCAPE OFFERED IN ARTICLE 20 AND MAY NOT SUP-
PORT US IF WE OPPOSE ANTICLE 3 IN MONDAY AFTERNOON'S MEETING.
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