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7. AT GREEK REQUEST, COREPER REVERTED TO THE SUBJECT AT 8 P.M. LYMBEROPOULOS EMPHASISED THE GREEK ATTACHMENT TO THE VIEW OF THE ARTICLE 41 COMMITTEE BUT RECOGNISED THE DIFFICULTY OF THE SITUATION. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE VALUES IN THE REGULATION. THEY WOULD HOWEVER MAKE A STATEMENT FOR THE MINUTES TO THE EFFECT THAT SINCE THE COMMUNITY HAD SETTLED ON THESE VALUES ON NO SCIENTIFIC GROUNDS, GREECE RESERVED THE RIGHT TO PURSUE FINANCIAL COMMPENSATION FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LOSSES WHICH THEY MIGHT

CAUSE TO GREEK FARMERS.

8. THERE WAS THEN A FARCICAL EPILOGUE IN WHICH CALAMIA

REINTRODUCED HIS CONCERN ABUT BABY FOOD AND ATTEMPTED TO HAVE

WRITTEN INTO THE REGULATION REFERENCE TO A CUSTOMS TARIFF WITH WHICH

NONE OF THE AMBASSADORS WERE FAMILIAR. I, IN THE COMPANY OF OTHERS, MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A TECHNICAL MATTER THAT SHOULD BE

PURSUED BY TECHNICAL MEANS. RUTTEN FINALLY CONCLUDED THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD CONVENE A MEETING OF CUSTOMS EXPERTS AT 10.30 AM

ON 30 MAY TO CONSIDER THE PRECISE CUSTOMS TARIFF DEFINITION OF BABY

FOODS AS DESCRIBED IN THE REGULATION SO THAT THE COMMISSION COULD

SEND APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS TO NATIONAL CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES.

CALAMIA SAID HE WOULD RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE OF THE REGULATION ON THIS

BASIS.

9. RUTTEN THEN SUMMED UP THAT 11 DELEGATIONS ACCEPTED THE

REGULATION AND 1 ABSTAINED. IT WOULD NOW BE APPROVED BY WRITTEN

PROCEDURE WITH A DEADLINE OF 1500 HOURS 30 MAY. MEMBER STATES

SHOULD RESPOND WITH TWO WORDS: ''YES' TO THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE AND

''YES'' OR ''ABSTAIN'' TO THE REGULATION. IF THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE

SUCCEEDED THE REGULATION WOULD BE PUBLISHED AND COME INTO EFFECT ON

31 MAY.

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