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5. LATER IN THE DAY YUGOSLAVIA CIRCULATED A SET OF DRAFT

CONCLUSIONS OF THE COOPERATION COUNCIL. THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THEM. WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION TO LIFT THE BAN. RUTTEN SAID HE WOULD TRY TO AVOID HAVING ANY FORMAL CONCLUSIONS, BUT IN CASE OF NEED PROPOSED A REDRAFT WITH A MUCH MORE CAUTIOUS REFERENCE TO THE COMMISSION'S RAPIDLY EXAMINING CURRENT AND FUTURE INFORMATION FROM YUGOSLAVIA AND MAKING ANY APPROPRIATE PROPOSALS. RUTTEN ADDED THAT THE YUGOSLAVS HAD CIRCULATED INFORMATION ON RADIATION LEVELS IN MILK AND MEAT ON 14 MAY TO ADD TO THE GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF RADIOACTIVITY LEVELS IN YUGOSLAVIA

UP UNTIL 9 MAY.

6. THERE FOLLOWED A DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFTING PRODUCING A TEXT WHICH GAVE NOTHING AWAY. KRENZLER AND GRAY (COMMISSION) WARNED AGAINST EXPECTATIONS OF A DECISION AT THE 20 MAY REVIEW SINCE EXPERTS WERE NOT DUE TO MEET AGAIN UNTIL 21 MAY. I REJECTED THIS AND INSISTED THAT THE COMMUNITY'S POSITION WOULD BE INDEFENSIBLE UNLESS IT COULD PROMISE A SERIOUS REVIEW ON 20 MAY. CALAMIA, UNGERER AND RUTTEN AGREED WITH ME AND EVENTUALLY GRAY UNDERTOOK TO CIRCULATE SOME IDEAS TO EXPERTS FORM THE MEMBER STATES WITH A VIEW TO MAKING SERIOUS PROPOSALS FOR THE 20 MAY REVIEW. AT CALAMIA'S SUGGESTION COMMISSION AGREED TO HOLD A WORKING MEETING WITH THE YUGOSLAVA IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COUNCIL.

COOPERATION COUNCIL

7. AT THE COUNCIL RUTTEN EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING FOR YUGOSLAV CONCERNS, STRESSED THAT THE MEASURES WERE BASED PURELY ON OBJECTIVE CRITERIA RELATING TO CONCERN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND DREW ATTENTION TO THE PROVISION FOR REVIEW OF THE BAN FOR WHICH A CONTINUING FLOW OF INFORMATION FROM YUGOSLAVIA WOULD BE ESSENTIAL.

8. KOROSEC (YUGOSLAVIA) REFERRED TO THE STATEMENT OF THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REGRETTING THE IMPORT BAN AND CALLING FOR A RETURN TO NORMAL. TECHNOLOGICAL STANDARDS FOR MEASURING RADIOACTIVITY LEVELS IN YUGOSLAVIA AND TAKING THE NECESARY MEASURES WERE HIGH. HE CHALLENGED THE BAN ON LEGAL AND POLITICAL GROUNDS AND ALLEGED THAT IT WAS BASED ON OTHER THAN OBJECTIVE CRITERIA. THE BAN HAD A CONSIDERABLE POLITICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT, INCLUDING THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF TOURISM.

9. RUTTEN REJECTED THE ALLEGATION THAT THE BAN WAS BASED ON OTHER THAN OBJECTIVE CRITERIA PARTS OF YUGOSLAVIA UNFORTUNATELY FELL WITHIN THE 1000. KILOMETRE RADIUS. ON TOURISM HE CITED THE AGREED ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS FORM THE COMMUNITY. HE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO PERSUADE KOROSEC THAT NO FORMAL CONCLUSIONS OF THE MEETING WERE NECESSRY. THERE THEN FOLLOWED A HAGGLE AND FURTHER COMMUNITY COORDINATION AS A RESULT OF WHICH THE CONCLUSION IN MIFT (NOT TO ALL) WAS AGREED. THIS IS TO BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS. THE MEETING ENDED WITH MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON THE NEED TO AVOID ALLOWING THIS PROBLEM TO IMPEDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD EC/YUGOSLAVIA RELATIONS. THE YUGOSLAVS WILL BE PURSUING TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS WITH

THE COMMISSION ON 16 MAY.

HANNAY FRAME GENERAL

Ean (E)

NED FRO

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