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CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER: EC BAN

1. IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL SECRETARIAT TELEX NO 1496/86,

PLEASE CONVEY THE UK RESPONSE IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

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A) THE UNITED KINGDOM AGREES TO THE USE OF THE WRITTEN PROCEDURE

FOR THE ADOPTION OF A COUNCIL REGULATION ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE

IMPORT OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN

THIRD COUNTRIES.

B) THE UNITED KINGDOM CONFIRMS THAT IT IS PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE

PROPOSED DRAFT REGULATION BUT WISHES THE FOLLOWING POINTS TO BE

RECORDED IN THE COUNCIL MINUTES.

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I) WE WISH TO STATE OUR VIEW THAT WE DO NOT REGARD THE USE OF

THE WHOLE EEC TREATY AS THE LEGAL BASE FOR THE REGULATION AS

CONSTITUTING A PRECEDENT.

II) WE ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO THE REVIEW OF THE REGULATION DUE TO

TAKE PLACE NO LATER THAN 20 MAY. THIS SHOULD CONSIDER BOTH

COUNTRY AND PRODUCT COVERAGE IN THE LIGHT OF THE LATEST

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