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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 2121 OF 15 NOVEMBER
COREPER 16 NOVEMBER: TEXTILES
OBJECTIVE
1. TO INFORM THE COMMITTEE OF THE POINTS MINISTERS MAY NEED TO
RAISE AT THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL ON 21 NOVEMBER AND TO EXPRESS
OUR CONCERN ON CERTAIN OTHER POINTS.
LINE TO TAKE:
2. UK MINISTERS MAY FEEL IT NECESSARY TO RAISE SOME OR ALL OF
THE FOLLOWING POINTS WHEN THE COMMISSION MAKES ITS PROGRESS
REPORT TO THE 21 NOVEMBER COUNCIL:
(1) WE ATTACH THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO THE OBJECTIVE OF
STABILISATION OF IMPORT PENETRATION REPRESENTED BY THE INTERNAL
GLOBAL CEILINGS FOR GROUP 1. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE CURRENT
POSITION IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL INEVITABLY MEAN THAT THE CEILINGS
APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL WILL BE EXCEEDED. WE EXPECT THE COMMISSION
TO GIVE AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THIS DANGER IN THE REPORT THEY
WILL MAKE TO THE COUNCIL ON 21 NOVEMBER. MINISTERS MUST BE GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER WHAT ACTION WILL BE NECESSARY.
(11) WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE TERMS ON WHICH AGREEMENT IS
BEING REACHED ON PRODUCTS OUTSIDE GROUP 1. IN A VERY LARGE
NUMBER OF CASES THE GROWTH RATES FOR THE PERIOD 1976-81, WHICH
WERE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS MAXIMA, HAVE BEEN. EXCEEDED AS A RESULT
OF AN OVER-GENEROUS CALCULATION OF 1978 LEVELS. WE ARE PARTICULARLY
UNHAPPY ABOUT THE PROPOSED FINAL OFFER TO POLAND WHERE THE ORIGINAL MAXIMA ARE BEING EXCEEDED BY SUBSTANTIAL MARGINS.
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