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(A) THE STATE OF THE COMMUNITY AND MEMBER STATES' CEILINGS FOR THE

SIX GROUP 1 PRODUCTS, ON WHICH THE COMMISSION STILL ASSER

THAT THE LEVELS IN THE DIRECTIVE HAVE NOT BEEN BREACHED. THE

COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS FOR SHARING OUT THE EXCESS OF COTTON

YARN AND COTTON CLOTH AMONG MEMBER STATES SHOULD ALSO BE

RE-CALCULATED.

(B) IF POSSIBLE THE COMMISSION SHOULD PRODUCE SIMILAR INFORMATION FO

THE OTHER PRODUCTS. THE UK (BROWN) SUGGESTED THAT THE COMMISSION

COULD CONSIDER TWO ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THIS TASK. CNE

APPROACH WAS THAT MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE GIVEN THE FINAL

COMMISSION FIGURE FOR PRODUCTS (EXCLUDING THOSE IN GROUP 1)

BROKEN DOWN BY SUPPLIER COUNTRIES. ALTERNATIVELY, ON A

PRODUCT BY PRODUCT BASIS, THE COMMISSION COULD SET OUT THE

OVERALL GROWTH IN ACCESS THEY HAD CONCEDED FOR THE COMMUNITY AS

A WHOLE COMPARING THE 1973 QUOTA WITH THE 1976 TRADE.

(C) MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE GIVEN DETAILS OF ALL DEPARTURES FROM

THE DRAFT MODEL AGREEMENT (EXCLUDING THAT IN THE CASE OF HONG KONG WHICH WAS ALREADY KNOWN), COVERING DEPARTURES THAT HAD

ALREADY BEEN MADE AND THOSE WHICH THE COMMISSION CONTEMPLATED.

(D) THE COMMISSION SHOULD ARTICULATE IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL THEIR

PROPOSALS FOR DEALING WITH NEW SUPPLIERS.

COMMENT.

4. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE COMMISSION'S SERVICES WILL BE ABLE

TO COMPLETE THIS REVISION EXERCISE IN TIME. THEIR RESOURCES ARE

VERY THIN AND ARE ALREADY AT FULL STRETCH. ACCORDINGLY, WHEN COUNSELLOR EXTERNAL TRADE SPOKE THIS EVENING TO CASPARI (COMMISSION)

IN THE TERMS AGREED AT SIR L.PLIATSKY'S MEETING LAST NIGHT HE WAS

SYMPATHETIC BUT THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR

THE COMMISSION TO DIVERT ANY EFFORT AWAY FROM THEIR CURRENT TASKS

TOWARDG A CHECK OF UK CALCULATIONS. HE NEVERTHELESS UNDERTOOK TO

EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY PERSONALLY WITH HIS STAFF AT 0900 TOMORROW

AND WILL CONTACT US AGAIN THEREAFTER. THE PROSPECTS FOR AN EARLY

SILATERAL MEETING ARE THUS NOT GOOD: BUT THE SUGGESTIONS WE MADE

TODAY (PARA 3(B) ABOVE) ARE INTENDED TO GIVE US A BASIS ON WHICH

TO CONSTRUCT OUR OWN REASONABLY ACCURATE CALCULATIONS.

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