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PEKING TELNO 2365 AND YOUR TELNOS 4117-8 AND 4132:

ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT

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1.

THANK YOU FOR TURS.

2.

PEKING TUR. WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD REFER TO QUOTE

PRINCIPAL TRAVEL AND IDENTITY DOCUMENTS UNQUOTE. WE DO NOT SEE A

PROBLEM OVER THE REFERENCE IN THE TEXT TO CONSULTATION ON THE

CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL. THE JLGV COMMUNIQUE REFERS CLEARLY

TO EXCHANGES ON THE CCC. AS DRAFTED, THE SENTENCE DOES NOT SEEM

TO US TO IMPLY THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED.

3.

YOUR SECOND TUR. WE AGREE WITH YOUR POINTS (A), (B) AND

(D). ON POINT (C), THE FINAL SENTENCE WOULD BE RATHER AMBIGUOUS

FOR MOST READERS AS THEY WOULD NOT KNOW WHETHER IT WAS A GOOD OR

A BAD THING THAT THE 50 HECTARE LIMIT HAD BEEN EXCEEDED.

THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT THIS SENTENCE SHOULD READ:

WE

QUOTE THE PROGRAMME AGREED WAS 57.58 HECTARES. AS WITH

THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THIS WAS ABOVE THE ANNUAL LIMIT OF 50

HECTARES SPECIFIED IN ANNEX III TO THE JOINT DECLARATION.

THUS FOR THE SECOND SUCCESSIVE YEAR THE LAND COMMISSION

HAS MADE SENSIBLE USE OF THE PROVISION IN ANNEX III WHICH

PERMITS FLEXIBILITY IN THE APPLICATION OF THE ANNUAL

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