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TO ROUTINE CERTAIN MISSIONS AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES TELNO GUIDANCE & OF 3 JANUARY 1976.
MY GUIDANCE 213 OF 16 NOVEMBER.
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1. THE EEC SIGNED A RENEWED MULTIFIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA) ON 20 DECEMBER. NEW QUOTAS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY MEMBER STATES WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 BY A COMMISSION REGULATION WHICH WE EXPECT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ON 6 JANUARY. THIS WILL NEED TO BE CONFIRMED BY A SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL REGULATION WITHIN SIX WEEKS, FURTHER DETAILS OF NEW AGREEMENT FOLLOW BY BAG.
2.. BECAUSE OF THE TIGHT TICTADLE WE ARE STILL AWAITING FULL DETAILS OF UK QUOTAS UNDER THE NEW AGREEMENTS. AS A PROVISIONAL MEASURE A NOTICE TO IMPORTERS HAS DEEN PUBLISHED SHOWING QUOTA COVERAGE TO THE UK (COPIES BY BAG FOR INFORMATION),
3. IN COMMUNICATING THE EEC'S AGRIEMENT TO REMEWAL OF THE FA THE COMMISSION HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE EEC'S AGREEMENT IS BASED ON THE TERMS OF THE NEW BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, THAT THE REC WILL ONLY APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF THE 'FA IN RESPECT OF INDIVIDUAL, SUPPLYING COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE CONCLUDED SATISFACTORY DILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT THE EEC FULLY RESERVES ITS RIGHTS VIS A VIS SUPPLYING COUNTRIES WHICH DO NOT CONCLUDE SATISFACTORY AGREEMENTS.
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