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SIGNED FIRST AND HE WOULD THUS CO ALONG WITH THE FIRST OF THE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS THAT HAD DESA MADE IN THIS RESPECT BY THE
COMMISSION IN COREPER ON 19 DECEMBER (WY TELNO 7868).
BUT IF ANY EXPORTING COUNTRY FAILED TO SIGN. THE COMMISSION WOULD BE UNDER RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE UNILATERAL ACTION.
5. DAVIGNON (COMMISSION), PICKING UP THIS AND M.DENIAU'S POINT ABOUT ADHERENCE TO THE PROTOCOL, STATED AND IT WAS EVENTUALLY
AGREED THAT EQUIVALENT SECURITY AND A SOUNDER LEGAL COMMUNITY POSITION WOULD BE OBTAINED BY FOLLOWING THE METHOD SUGGESTED BY THE COMMISSION OF SIGNING THE PROTOCOL SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATION ON THE PRIOR SIGNATURE OF THE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS. DAVIGNON ALSO SAID THAT THE COMMISSION COULD NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE NEW TEXTILE REGIME UNLESS THE COUNCIL PROVIDED THE NECESSARY RESOURCES.
6. THE ITALIANS PRESSED A DETAILED POINT ON THE PROBLEM OF DETERMINING THE ORIGIN OF PRINTED FABRIC, WHICH THE COMMISSION BRUSHED ASIDE FOR SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION. THE COMMISSION'S REVISED LANGUAGE TO COVER THE GENERAL ORIGIN PROBLEM WAS ACCEPTED. COMPLEMENTARY ITALIAN AND COMMISSION ENTRIES IN THE COUNCIL MINUTES WERE DEVISED TO BURY AN ITALIAN DEMAND FOR MORE AUTOMATICITY IN THE OPERATION OF ARTICLE 115,
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7. THE COUNCIL THEN AGREED THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD PROCEED AS RECORDED IN PARAGRAPH 1 AND THAT PRIORITY SHOULD BE ACCORDED TO STRENGTHENING THE COMMISSION'S STAFF TO CARRY THROUGH THE NECESSARY
WORK IN THE TEXTILE FIELD.
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