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28 MAY 1986
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INFO PRIORITY EUROPEAN COMMUNITY POSTS,
INFO ROUTINE EASTERN EUROPEAN POSTS, UKMIS VIENNA
FRAME GENERAL
COREPER (AMBASSADORS), 27 MAY: CHERNOBYL : E.C FOOD BAN.
SUMMARY
1. DEADLOCK ON LEVELS. TEN MEMBER STATES SUPPORT PRESIDENCY COMPROMISE OR ARE PREPARED TO MOVE TO IT. U.K AND FRANCE INSIST
LEVEL MUST BE 1,000 BQ/KG.
2.
EFFECTIVE AGREEMENT ON REST OF TEXT.
3. COREPER TO RESUME DISCUSSION BRIEFLY AT 11 A.M 28 MAY. IN ABSENCE OF AGREEMENT PRESIDENCY WILL CONVENE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
AT 3 P.M ON 30 MAY.
4. SEE MIFT.
DETAIL
TEXT OF REGULATION.
5. THERE WAS A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON THE TEXT. PASSAGES WERE ADDED TO THE THIRD AND SIXTH WHEREAS'' CLAUSES MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE REGULATION APPLIED ONLY TO FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. FINAL PHRASE OF ARTICLE VII (WITH THE EXPLICIT REFERENCE TO UNANIMITY) WAS DROPPED AS BEING SUPERFLUOUS, AND LIKELY TO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH THE PARLIAMENT. ALL DELEGATIONS THEN MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY COULD ACCEPT THE TEXT EXCEPT THE U.K AND PORTUGAL WHO PLACED SCRUTINY RESERVES (THE LATTER BEING LIFTED LATER).
LEVELS.
6.
INITIAL TOUR DE TABLE WENT AS FOLLOWS:
(A)
(B)
THE
SPAIN, THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, IRELAND AND DENMARK SAID THEY COULD ACCEPT THE PRESIDENCY COMPROMISE. DENMARK MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WAS THEIR ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM.
BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG REFERRED TO THE LEVELS THEY HAD BEEN PRESSING FOR YESTERDAY AND SAID THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE SLIGHTLY FROM THIS AS PART OF AN OVERALL
COMPROMISE.
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