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Subject: 1979 Generalized preference scheme for textiles

Statement by the Commission representative at the meeting on 6 December 1978 of the Article 113 Committee/Working Party on Textiles

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The Commission representative informed the Article 113. Committee/Working Party on Textiles (meeting on

6 December 1978) of the difficulties which the Commission

was experiencing, within the framework of the proceedings on the GSP for textiles, in including Romania in the transitional arrangements as from 1 January 1978. He made the following statement on the whole problem of using the GSP during negotiations on textiles:

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"The undertakings given by the negotiator are based upon the

Commission proposal (see Annex 1) and on the directives adopted by the Council (see Annex 2). The appearance of the GSP in textile negotiations was a consequence of preliminary contacts made in Rawalpindi, Delhi, Bangkok (ASEAN), Hong Kong, Seoul and Brasilia in August 1977. practice followed during the negotiations was to use the GSP in the course of bargaining in restricted sessions connected with the Article 113 Committee: this was in order to avoid linking the GSP to the negotiations and thus to ensure that it remained autonomous rather than mutually agreed, which would not be possible at formal sessions

The negotiator raised the question of the GSP with most delegations, and in specific terms with the following countries in particular:

India, Pakistan, Asean, Brazil, Hong Kong, South Korea, Yugoslavia, Romania, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Mexico, Uruguay

and Guatemala."

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