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AGRICULTURAL ATTACHES, 6 MAY: CHERNOBYL.

SUMMARY

1. BASIC STRUCTURE OF DRAFT REGULATIONS ON IMPORTS FROM EASTERN EUROPE AGREED. FOLLOWING POINTS TO BE SETTLED AT COREPER TOMORROW:

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THE LIST OF COUNTRIES WHOSE EXPORTS WOULD BE CONTROLLED (B) THE PRECISE LIST OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AFFECTED (C) THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE REGULATION

(D) THE DECISION PROCEDURE FOR RE-EXAMINATION IN DUE COURSE

OF THE WORKING OF THE REGULATION

2. THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION ALSO CAUSED NO PROBLEM TO MEMBER STATES BUT THERE WAS DISAGREEMENT OVER THE PERMITTED ACTIVITY LEVELS SET OUT IN IT. COREPER TO DISCUSS.

DETAIL

3. THE GROUP SPENT MOST OF THE DAY DISCUSSING THE DRAFT COMMUNITY REGULATION ON THE SUSPENSION OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FROM CERTAIN EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. MAIN POINTS MADE WERE AS FOLLOWS:

GENERAL

THE

FINDING NO SUPPORT FOR SUGGESTION THAT A SYSTEM OF SURVEILLANCE WAS PREFERABLE TO IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF IMPORTS, THE U.K, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LONDON, SAID THAT IT COULD GO ALONG WITH THE GENERAL THRUST OF THE REGULATION ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS A VERY PROVISIONAL MEASURE SUBJECT TO EARLY RE-EXAMINATION WHEN GREATER INFORMATION ON CONTAMINATION LEVELS IN THE THIRD COUNTRIES AFFECTED WAS AVAILABLE. MEMBER STATES SHOULD POOL SUCH INFORMATION. GERMANY AND OTHERS EXPLICITLY SUPPORTED THIS POINT. NO ONE OPPOSED. THE PRESIDENCY SAID THAT THE UNDERTAKING TO RE-EXAMINE COULD TAKE THE FORM OF AN ENTRY IN THE MINUTES. COREPER WOULD FINALLY DECIDE.

THIRD COUNTRIES AFFECTED.

THE COMMISSION EXPLAINED THAT THE LIST OF COUNTRIES IN THE

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