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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TEL NO 2370 OF 15 DECEBER
INFO UKMIS GENEVA.
COREPER 16 DECEMBER: TEXTILES RENEWAL OF THE HULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT.
UK OBJECTIVE.
1. A) TO ENSURE IT IS FULLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE UK FOSITION FOR THE
COUNCIL OF NINISTERS' DISCUSSION ON 30 DECEMBER HAS NOT YET
BEEN DETERMINED AND THEREFORE
TO GIVE NO INDICATION WHETHER OR NOT THE UK CAN ACCEPT THE PACKAGE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL.
C) TO GIVE AN OUTLINE OF THE UK'S MAJOR FROBLEMS.
LINE TO TAKE.
THE COUNCIL WHEN IT DISCUSGEG TEXTILES ON SO DECEMBER, WILL HAVE TO TAKE A NUMBER OF VERY JEYPORTANT DECISIONS THICH HAVE MANY IMPLI- CATIONS FOR MEMPER STATES. UK OPINTARS ARE CONSIDERING THESE IPL- ICATIONS IN GREAT DEPTH. ME ANI. NOT YET ABLE TO GIVE ANY INDICATION OF THE POSITION THEY WILL ADOPT AT THE CONCIL.
DE NEVERTHELESS BELIEVE THAT THE DECISION PHICH MINISTERS IN THE UK AND OTHER MEMBER STATES NOW HAVE TO TAKE HAS BEEN MADE CONSIDER- ABLY HORE DIFFICULT DECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF PRECICE STATISTICAL
INFORMATION. WE REALISE THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE COFISGION IN UNDERTAKING THIS MASSIVE STATISTICAL EXERCISE. WE NEVERTHELESS URGE THEM TO PRODUCE THE REQUIRED FIGURES FOR NEMBER STATES WITH THE
UTMOST SPEED.
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