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TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 358 OF 16 NOVEMBER
INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS
TEXTILES
1. AT THE ARTICLE 113 COMMITTEE ON 16 NOVEMBER, THE COMMISSION INFORMED MEMBER STATES THAT THE GATT SECREARIAT HAD PUT FORWARD
A FORMAL PROPOSAL FOR AN EARLY RECONVENING OF THE GATT TEXTILES
COMMITTEE IN GENEVA, PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.
2. THE COMMISSION STATED TO MEMBER STATES THAT IT INTENDED TO
INDICATE THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD NOT WELCOME A MEETING AT THIS
STAGE. THEY WOULD HOWEVER BE PERFECTLY PREPARED TO TAKE PART IN
A FORMAL MEETING AFTER THE CURRENT ROUND OF COMMUNITY BILATERAL
NEGOTIATIONS IS COMPLETED AT THE END OF NOVEMBER,
3. THIS POSITION RECEIVED THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF MEMBER STATES. WE FIRMLY SUPPORT THE COMMISSION'S ATTITUDE.
4. GRATEFUL FOR ANY CONFIRMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE AND ANY INFORMATION
YOU HAVE ABOUT RECENT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUPPLYING COUNTRIES WITH
THE GATT TEXTILES COMMITTEE.
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