Brussels, 02/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 2 September, the European Commission still awaited a compromise between the Member States on the proposals put forward by Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson for resolving the Chinese textile crisis (EUROPE 9015/9018). Mandelson's spokesperson said they continued to hope the Member States would reach an agreement to allow progress to be made on the basis of Mr Mandelson's proposals. Furthermore, the Committee 133 textiles commission was discussing the Commission's proposals on Friday afternoon. At this stage, an agreement between Member States still seemed difficult because of the differences dividing them. A blocking minority composed of textile producer Member States - France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece - remains opposed to unblocking, without anything in return, of the products held at the Union's border, and demands that quotas reviewed upwards for 2005 be deducted from the exportable volumes in 2006-2007. Also, a majority of Member States traditionally keen on free trade - Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Finland - are in favour of raising import ceilings for Chinese textiles for 2005. A new negotiation session between Chinese and Europeans will be held on Sunday morning in Beijing, with the participation of Peter Mandelson and his Chinese counterpart, Bo Xilai.