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5. KITTEL (FRG) SHARED FRANCE'S CONCERN. THE FRG WAS MORE
STRINGENT ABOUT VEGETABLES. MEMBER STATES WERE FREE TO PROTEST
THROUGH THE RELEVANT CHANNELS. VAN BEUGE (PRESIDENCY) COMMENTED THAT
SOME VEGETABLES ARRIVING IN THE NETHERLANDS FROM THE FRG HAD A
HIGHER LEVEL OF CONTAMINATION THAN THAT TOLERATED IN THE FRG.
7. IN REPLY TO VAN BEUGE THAT, DESPITE LONG DISCUSSIONS NO
AGREEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED IN THE EXPERTS MEETING, GRAY (COMMISSION)
SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THAT HIGH DEGREES OF CONTAMINATION STILL
EXISTED IN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO AGREE ON CONTAMINATION LEVELS. AT THE EXPERTS MEETING DELEGATIONS HAD DENIED
THAT NATIONAL MEASURES WERE BEING TAKEN. THE COUNCIL REGULATION WAS
BEING STRICTLY ADHERED TO. THE COMMISSION WAS READY TO INTERVENE IF
GIVEN DETAILS OF SPECIFIC CASES.
8. KITTEL ASKED THE NETHERLANDS TO REPORT ANY CASES OF GOODS
EXPORTED FROM THE FRG WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF CONTAMINATION THAN
PERMITTED IN THE FRG.
9. LEPOIVRE (BELGIUM) POINTED OUT CERTAIN INACCURACIES IN THE
TEXT OF THE REGULATION AS IT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED (6834/86). THE LIST
OF BANNED IMPORTED PRODUCTS INCLUDED ''FRESH PRODUCES'' INSTEAD OF
''FRESH FRUIT''. SOME CCT FIGURES WERE INCORRECT WHICH MADE IT
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IMPORTS. THESE MISTAKES SHOULD BE CORRECTED ONE
WAY OR THE OTHER. VAN BEUGE CONFIRMED THAT THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL
VERSION CLEARLY STATED FRESH FRUIT''. THE MISTAKES COULD BE
TREATED EITHER AS MATERIAL ERRORS OR ARTICLE 3 COULD BE APPLIED.
10. MARCHINI-CARMIA (COMMISSION) SAID THE JOINT MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE WOULD MEET ON 16 MAY TO ADOPT THE IMPLEMENTING RULES OF
THE REGULATION. THE ERRORS IN THE TEXT COULD BE CORRECTED THEN.
HANNAY
ADVANCE
EVANS ECD E FCQ
GORDON NED FCO
JAY CAB
NASH C/E
BRECKNELL ECIP DTI
SHARP ECIP DTI
ATTRIDGE MAFF
HADLEY MAFF
GURD EMERGENCY UNIT MAFF
BIRD TSY
PONSFORD DOE
FEALES DOE
MORPHET D/EN
FIELDER DHSS
RUBERRY DHSS
MAIN
FRAME GENERAL
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