CODE 18-77
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The Commission said that the 5. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay problem of imports of wool tops from these suppliers was a matter for the 113 Committee (Textiles) but noted that, in their view, a limitation should only cover certain member states and not the Community as a whole. There was no response to this from either
The Commission also informed the French or Italian delegations. member states that the Argentinians had complained about the level of their quotas for cotton yarn and this matter too would be raised at a future 113 Committee (Textiles) meeting.
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Basket Extractor Cases. The UK reminded the Commission of their request for a restraint on imports of regenerated filament yarn (category 42) from India. The UK provided information relating to recent imports and to the state of the relevant sector of the industry. The Commission replied that they would come to a decision on this case by the time of next week's meeting.
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The Italians tabled a new series of requests for basket exits and pressed the Commission to take action in certain cases which had
The Commission agreed to look at been rejected the previous week. these new requests but noted that in most cases threshold levels had
Moreover, either not been exceeded or were set at extremely low levels. in one case the request concerned a Mediterranean preferential supplier. The new Italian requests covered India (Categories, 5,24 and 68),
The French delegation Spain (Category 64) and Yugoslavia (Category 23). asked the Commission to send a Note Verbale to Macao requesting a suspension of exports to France of gloves (Category 11).
R. Mc Irres
N MCINNES
CT
12 October 1978
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