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7. CANNOT ACCEPT LONGER TRANSITION PERIOD FOR ELIMINATING ANY

INFANT INDUSTRIES' DUTIES THAN FOR TARIFF TRANSITION GENERALLY.

BACKGROUND

EXTERNAL RELATIONS (T/TAP/84-86)

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CONF-P/25/82 AND MRS DRAGE'S LETTER TO EVANS OF 12 MAY.

NO COMMENTS NECESSARY ON T/TAP/85, A PRISE-DE-POSITION PAPER OR ON T/TAP/84 WHICH RECORDS PORTUGAL'S (OFTEN INADEQUATE)

JUSTIFICATIONS FOR HER REQUEST TO MAINTAIN LIMITED QUANTITATIVE

RESTRICTIONS FOR A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD POST-ACCESSION. WE CAN

GENERALLY ACCEPT COMMISSION'S JUDGEMENT OF WHAT WILL OR WILL NOT

BE DEFENSIBLE IF THIRD COUNTRIES COMPLAIN TO GATT, THOUGH AS QRS WILL ONLY BE A TRANSITIONAL CONTINUATION OF EXISTING QRS (P3) WE

BELIEVE ANY PROBLEMS ARE UNLIKELY. OR DO REMARKS (P17) IMPLY

PORTUGAL MAY SUBSEQUENTLY ASK FOR THEM TO BE INCORPORATED IN EC

LIST? WSORTH A CHECK WITH COMMISSION IN MARGINS. REGULATION 926/79

HAS OR COURSE BEEN REPLACED BY 288/82.

10. GATT QRS (P3). WE PRESUME THAT T/TAP/84 IS THE SUPPLEMEN- TARY JUSTIFICATION TO WHICH PARA (III) REFERS, BUT IT INCLUDES NO SUPPLEMENTARY JUSTIFICATIONS FOR 85.19.01 OR 15. SOMEONE MAY

PICK THIS UP: WE ARE UNCONCERNED. 115 AND 7 SHOULD READ 85.19 EX 13: AND 17 'EX13, 15, 16'.

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JAPANESE QRS. PORTUGAL'S CASE TO MAINTAIN QRS ON 73.29.02 AND 03 AND 83.09.01 AND 02 LOOKS AS GOOD AS ON TWO ACCEPTED CATEGORIES. COMMISSION MAY REVEAL FURTHER DETAILS AND REASONING

AT MEETING.

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IF MACAO IS RAISED YOU SHOULD MAKE CLEAR THAT WE WOULD NOT BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT ANY BETTER STATUS FOR MACAO THAN WAS GIVEN TO HONG KONG.

CUSTOMS UNION (CONF-P/24/82)

13: IN VIEW OF IMPORTANCE OF OBTAINING AN INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR SPAIN OF NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS AND PREFERABLY MUCH LESS NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS SHOULD BE OFFERED TO PORTUGAL. TACTICALLY WE WOULD PREFER AN OFFER OF LESS, DESPITE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL TO OFFER 5 YEARS TO SPAIN (TO BE DISCUSSED SHORTLY) WHICH WE WILL SIMILARLY BE OPPOSING AS TOO GENEROUS FOR A START-

ING OFFER.

PYM

FRAME EXTERNAL

ECD (E)

SED

FED HK & GD

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