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COREPER (AMBASSADORS), 22 MAY 1986 : SUMMARY TELEGRAM.
NB (X) DENOTES ITEM NOT REPORTED ELSEWHERE.
(1) POINTS (X)
1. CLEARED.
CHERNOBYL.
2.
AFTER A LAMENTABLE PERFORMANCE IN THE MORNING, IN WHICH IT QUITE CLEARLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO, THE COMMISSION IN THE AFTERNOON SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE BRINGING FORWARD A PROPOSAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PROBABLY TOMORROW, ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES:
(A) A THRESHOLD WOULD BE SET OF 500 BG/KG FOR CAESIUM 134 AND
137 FOR THIRD COUNTRY IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
E.C.S.C.
3.
A SPECIAL THRESHOLD OF 100 BG/KG FOR MILK AND BABY FOOD. THESE WOULD APPLY TO ALL FOODSTUFFS ERGA OMNES. CONTAMINATION LEVELS WOULD BE CONTROLLED BY SAMPLING BY
THE EXPORTING COUNTRY.
FOR A SPECIAL LIST OF COUNTRIES (E.G EASTERN EUROPE) CERTIFICATES WOULD BE DEMANDED CONFIRMING THAT THRESHOLDS
WERE BEING RESPECTED. IN CASE OF VIOLATION THERE WOULD BE SANCTIONS INCLUDING, IN THE WORST CASE, A BAN ON IMPORTS.
COREPER TO DISCUSS FURTHER AT 1100, 23 MAY.
EXPERTS REPORT CONCLUDED THAT ECSC RESERVES COULD NOT BE DRAWN ON FOR OTHER PURPOSES, SUCH AS COAL SOCIAL MEASURES. PROPOSAL FOR BUDGETARY TRANSFER FOR DISCUSSION IN COREPER NEXT WEEK, AND THEN
3 JUNE COUNCIL.
NEW COMMUNITY ENERGY OBJECTIVES.
4. MOST PROBLEMS WELL ON THE WAY TO SOLUTION. U.K TEXT ON
CURRENT UNCERTAINTIES GENERALLY WELL RECEIVED. GENERAL DISPOSITION
TO SUPPORT PRESIDENCY COMPROMISE ON ENVIRONMENT. COMPROMISE ON OIL
CONSUMPTION FIGURES IN SIGHT. SOME DIFFERENCES OF VIEW REMAIN ON
REFERENCE TO NUCLEAR ENERGY. FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK.
NEW RULES FOR STATE AIDS TO THE COAL INDUSTRY.
5.
EXPERTS REPORT ON SPANISH SUBITUMINOUS COAL LEAD TO
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE CLASSIFIED AS COAL.
WIDESPREAD, BUT NOT TOTAL, ACCEPTANCE OF PRESIDENCY COMPROMISE
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