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GPS529 IMMEDIATE

EN CLAIR

UKMIS GENEVA 1417162

UNCLASSIFIED

[FRAME EXTERNAL)

[FRAME ECONOMIC]

HKK 121/616/1

16DECM

(413)

DESKBY 141093Z

TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELO 671 OF 14 DECEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS

MIPT: TEXTILES/MF A

1.

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FOLLOWING IS APPROXIMATE TEXT OF SUTTON'S UNILATERAL DECLARATION

IN TEXTILES COMMITTER TODAY.

1. THE COMMUNITY HAS TAKEN NOTE OF THE CONSENSUS REACHED IN THE

COMMITTEE.

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2. AS COMMUNITY NEGOTIATOR THE COMMISSION WILL SUBMIT THIS TEXT

TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, TOGETHER WITH THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY'S DILATERAL NEGOTIATION, FOR THE COUNCIL'S DECISION.

IN THE EVENT OF THE COUNCIL'S APPROBATION THE COMMUNITY'S ADHERENCE

TO THE RENEWED MFA WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU,

3. THE COMMISSION, AS NEGOTIATOR, IS CONFIDENT THAT THE TEXT OF

DOCUMENT BEFORE US WOULD PROVIDE A SECURE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL

BASIS UPON WHICH THE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED BY THE COMMUNITY COULD BE FOUNDED, SHOULD THEY EVENTUALLY BE APPROVED

EY THE COUNCIL. SUCH APPROBATION WOULD BE ACCORDED ON THE CLEAR

UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED RESPECT IN SPIRIT

AND LETTER THE MEA AS RENEWED.

4.

HATURALLY, ONCE THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY'S BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WERE APPROVED BY THE EEC COUNCIL, WE WOULD LOOK

FORWARD RAPIDLY TO SIMILAR RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENTS BY ALL THE

COMMUNITY'S EXPORTING PARTNERS WITH WHOM WE HAVE NEGOTIATED..

5. THE COMMUNITY'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE RENEWAL OF THE MFA WOULD

NECESSARILY HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE STATUS OF THE AGREEMENTS

IT HAD NEGOTIATED AND WOULD FULLY RESERVE THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHTS

VIS A VIS EXPRTING COUNTRIES FOR WHOM SUCH AGREEMENTS, WHICH WOULD FORM THE BASIS OF THE COMMUNITY'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE MFA,

DID NOT ENTER INTO AND REMAIN IN FORCE.

/6. THE TEXT

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