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INFO UKMIS GENEVA DJAKARTA COLOMBO BUDAPEST BANGKOK BUENOS AIRES
KUALA LUMPUR SEOUL NEW DELHI.
MULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT:
BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS PROGRESS REPORT NO 9 (16-21 NOVEMBER)
A. SUMMARY
1. AGREEMENT INITIALLED WITH INDONESIA AND MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING INITIALLED WITH ARGENTINA. RETURN OF HONG KONG
TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. INDIA PROVOKED INTO DISCUSSING FIGURES
BUT THE GAP REMAINS WIDE. THE COMMISSION OUTLINES POSSIBLE WAYS OF
CALCULATING 1973 QUOTAS FOR AUTONOMOUS MEASURES.
B. BILATERALS
2 INDONESIA: AN AGREEMENT HAS NOW BEEN INITIALLED WITH INDONESIA.
3. SRI LANKA: INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS ARE CONTINUING WITH SRI LANKA, ACCORDING TO THE COMMISSION, THESE DISCUSSIONS HAVE NOW REACHED A DELICATE STAGE.
HUNGARY: BOTH SIDES APPEAR TO BE CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON FIGURES,
IN THE ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE, THE UK SUPPORTED BY FRANCE STRESSED
THAT EXTREMELY LOW GROWTH RATES SHOULD BE NEGOTIATED FOR LINEN
WHICH COVERED A NUMBER OF PRODUCTS OF A WIDE RANGE OF SENSITIVITIES.
THE UK SUGGESTED THAT ONLY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN
THE FIRST AGREEMENT WITH HUNGARY AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE PROVISION
FOR A SPEARATE PROTOCOL AT A LATER STAGE FOR OTHER PRODUCTS. THE
COMMISSION SAID THAT THEY WOULD OFFER A 3% GROWTH RATE ON LINEN.
THE HUNGARIANS CONSIDER THAT THE PRESENT DRAFT-AGREEMENT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMUNITY IS AN OUTRAGE'' DISCUSSION THIS WEEK WILL
CENTRE AROUND THIS AGREEMENT.
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