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FV UKREP BRUSSELS 261425Z
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TO ROUTINE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 3172 OF 26 MAY
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ESC/ROMANIA TEXTILES: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS
1. THE COMMISSION YESTERDAY MET THE ROMANIAN NEGOTIATORS FOR A FINAL SESSION IN AN ATTEMPT TO SETTLE OUTSTANDING POINTS OF DIFFERENCE ON THE ECC/ROMANIA TEXTILE AGREEMENT. IN PRIOR COMMUNITY CO-ORDINATION WE WERE ASKED IF WE COULD AGREE TO LIFT OUR INSISTENCE ON A SUB-CEI→ LING FOR FINISHED CLOTH IN CATEGORY 2 OF 40 TONNES (OUT OF A TOTAL QUOTA OF 73 TONNES), SINCE THE ROMANIANS CONTINUED TO INSIST THAT THEY HAD BEEN PROMISED SUCH A GESTURE BY DEPARTMENT OF TRADE OFFIC-
IALS IN APRIL.
2. AFTER CONSULTATION ROBERTS/MC CLUNEY WE TOLD THE COMMISSION THAT THEY COULD IF NECESSARY RAISE OUR SUB-CEILING. IN THE EVENT AGREE MENT WAS FINALLY REACHED ON A SUB-CEILING FOR THE UK OF 70 TONNES. OTHER SHALL ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO OTHER MEMBER STATES SUB-CEILINGS (DETAILS BY BAG). A MEMORANDUM WAS ACCORDINGLY INITIALLED THIS MORN-
ING BY BOTH SIDES.
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HELLINGS, SPENCER CRE1, HAINES CRE4
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