GRS 1000
CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKREP BRUSSELS
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1633
OF 151915Z MAY 86
CONFIDENTIAL
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16 MAY 1986
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Action Taken
INFO IMMEDIATE BELGRADE
INFO ROUTINE BONN, COPENHAGEN, DUBLIN, LUXEMBOURG, PARIS, THE HAGUE INFO ROUTINE LISBON, MADRID, ATHENS, ROME, WASHINGTON, UKMIS VIENNA INFO ROUTINE BUDAPEST, MOSCOW, PRAGUE, WARSAW, EAST BERLIN
INFO ROUTINE BUCHAREST, OSLO, STOCKHOLM, HELSINKI
INFO SAVING BRUSSELS
FRAME GENERAL
COREPER (AMBASSADORS) : 15 MAY 1986
EC/YUGOSLAVIA COOPERATION COUNCIL : CHERNOBYL
SUMMARY
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1. YUGOSLAVIA PRESSED FOR LIFTING OF IMPORT BAN. EC MADE NO COMMITMENT OTHER THAN TO REVIEW, AND EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING FOR YUGOSLAV CONCERNS AND ASKED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHAT COULD BE DONE. UNDER PRESSURE FORM PRESIDENCY, UK AND OTHERS, COMMISSION AGREED THAT 20 MAY REVIEW WOULD BE A SERIOUS ONE.
DETAIL
COMMUNITY COORDINATION
2.
AT COREPER, RUTTEN (NETHERLANDS PRESIDENCY) PROPOSED THAT AT THE COUNCIL HE WOULD TAKE THE LINE WITH THE YUGOSLAVS THAT THE IMPORT BAN WAS BASED ON PUBLIC HEALTH GROUNDS UNDER ARTICLE 34 OF THE EC/YUGOSLAVIA COOPERATION AGREEMENT, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE PRIOR CONSULTATION. HE WOULD REFER TO THE PROVISION IN THE COUNCIL DECISION FOR A REVIEW BY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PROCEDURE AND WOULD INVITE THE YUGOSLAVS TO SUPPLY THE NECESSARY FURTHER INFORMATION. IN ADDITION HE WOULD REFER TO THE CONCERN OF SOME MEMBER STATES THAT PRODUCE FROM OTHER EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TRANSITTED YUGOSLAVIA AND WAS RE-EXPORTED AS BEING OF YUGOSLAV
ORIGIN.
3. I SUPPORTED THIS LINE: IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHOW UNDERSTANDING FOR THE YUGOSLAVS' CONCERNS. THEY HAD ALREADY PROVIDED MUCH
INFORMATION ON RADIOACTIVITY LEVELS. SINCE THE YUGOSLAVS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT ON TOURISM THE PRESIDENCY COULD REFER TO THE ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS AGREED AT THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE ON 14 MAY WHICH DID NOT SUGGEST ANY SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR VISITORS TO
YUGOSLAVIA.
4. RUTTEN AGREED WITH THIS SUGGESTION, THOUGH IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO AVOID BEING ACCUSED OF INCONSISTENCY IN BANNING THE IMPORT OF PRODUCE FROM YUGOSLAVIA YET NOT DISCOURAGING TRAVELLERS FROM GOING THERE. UNGERER (FRG) SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT TO STRESS THE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA WHICH LED TO THE INCLUSION OF YUGOSLAVIA IN THE
BAN.
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