RESTRICTED
́ ́(A) THE EXTENDED COVERAGE TO WOOL AND MAN-MADE FIBRES,
B) THE ABANDONMENT OF THE MFA CRITERIA OF MARKET DISTRUPTION
(THEY COULD ACCEPT CONSULTATION WHEN CERTAIN LIMITS WERE REACHED BUT NOT AUTOMATIC TRIGGERS/RESTRAINTS),
(C) GROWTH RATES BELOW THE MFA MINIMUM OF 6%,
(D) RESTRAINTS ON HANDLOOM PRODUCTS OTHER THAN SHIRTS, BLOUSES,
DRESSES AND SKIRTS (SEE ALSO PARAGRAPH 13).
THUS EVEN WITH THE COMMUNITY'S LATEST INCREASED OFFER ON THE FIGURES, THERE IS STILL A WIDE GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND INDIA'S POSITION.
10.
HONG KONG: THE COMMISSION REPORTED THAT THE HONG KONG
DELEGATION HAD RETURNED TO BRUSSELS ON 21 NOVEMBER AND INFORMAL CONTACTS HAVE BEEN RESUMED. FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS WILL START ON 24 NOVEMBER. AT THIS STAGE, HONG KONG APPEAR TO BE SEEKING REASSURANCES ON FOUR MAIN POINTS:
(A) CUT-BACK (WHARE ARE STILL THEIR MAJOR CONCERN):
(B) THE COMMUNITY'S PRODUCT CATEGORISATION:
(C) EXPORT CONTROL OF QUOTAS AND MAINTENANCE OF HONG KONG'S SYSTEM
OF EXPORT AUTHORISATIONS:
(D) ADEQUATE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.
C. ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE
11.
WOVEN TROUSERS: TRAN (COMMISSION EXPLAINED THAT SEVERAL SUPPLIERS HAD COMPLAINED THAT COMMUNITY'S IMPORT FIGURES WERE TOO LOW FOR TROUSERS. THIS IS BECAUSE MEMBER STATES APPEARED TO HAVE UNDERESTIMATED THEIR IMPORTS OF WOMENS' TROUSERS IN 1976 WHEN NO SEPARATE STATISTICS FOR THESE TROUSERS WERE AVAILABLE, THE
COMMISSION'S CALCULATIONS BASED ON 1977 FIGURES SUGGESTED THAT
A FURTHER 8.7 M PAIRS WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDED TO THE 1978 CEILING.
MEMBER STATES ACCEPTED THIS IN PRINCIPLE. 70% OF THE INCREASE WILL
GO TO THE FEDERAL GERMAN REPUBLIC AND THE NETHERLANDS WHICH ARE
MAIN IMPORTERS. ALLOCATION OF THE REMAINDER OF THE INCREASE WILL BE
DECIDED BILATERALLY BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION.
MEMBER STATES WERE ALSO ASKED TO SUPPLY AN ESTIMATE OF THEIR IMPORTS OF SHORTS WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS CATEGORY.
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