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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7751

5 July 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bananas
Commission to propose to Council to decide to comply with WTO verdict on a transitional quota system "first come, first serve", in view of passing after six years to exclusively tariff regime

Brussels, 04/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission should present a communication on the reform of the banana import regime demanded by the WTO, drawing the conclusions on half a year of fruitless talks around the solution which it favoured. It is thus prepared to say to the Council, which on Monday 10 July will bring together the Foreign Ministers, that the time has come to give up the quota management system based on licences with historic references, in the...

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