4. IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES, YOU MAY DRAW FREELY ON THIS TELEGRAM.
LINE TO TAKE.
5. THE RESULTS OF THE BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS REPRESENT A FAIR BALANCE BETWEEN THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES. THE TERMS OF THE PREVIOUS BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WERE EXCESSIVELY FAVOURABLE TO THE SUPPLIERS IN THAT THEY ALLOWED SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN LOW COST IMPORTS DURING A PERIOD OF SEVERE RECESSION FOR THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY.
ADDITIONAL POINTS.
6. IN THE NEW AGREEMENTS THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES HAVE DEEN ASKED TO ACCEPT SOME REDUCTION IN THE LEVELS OF ACCESS WHICH THEY MIGHT HAVE ENJOYED UNDER THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN- THE CONTINUING VIABILITY OF THE EEC TEXTILE INDUSTRY. IN RETURN THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN GIVEN SECURE MINIMUM LEVELS OF ACCESS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WITH A GUARANTEE OF SOME ANNUAL GROWTH.
7. FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SIMILAR RATIFICATION BY ALL THE SUPPLYING COUNTRIES WITH WHOM THE EEC HAS NEGOTIATED.
8. THE EEC'S ACCEPTANCE OF RENEWAL OF THE MFA IS BASED ON THE RESULTS ACHIEVED IN THE BILATERALS. THE EEC WILL ONLY APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF THE MFA AS EXTENDED BY THE PROTOCOL OF RENEWAL IN RESPECT OF INDIVIDUAL SUPPLYING COUNTRIES WHICH NOW GO ON TO CONCLUDE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS.
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