Notes by the Secretariat and Member Country delegations on: EFTA trade in agricultural products, import duty removal, temporary exemption of certain products from UK import duty, alternative arrangements for certain goods imported into Norway, patents, drawback on goods covered by bilateral agreements, also includes: Note by the Swedish delegation; Introductory note 4 to schedule II to Annex B of the Convention; Exchange of notes on the Swiss-Danish bilateral agreement on agriculture: extension of liberalisation; Cooperation between EFTA and Yugoslavia – Note by the Secretary General; Terms for chemical substances – note by the Swiss Delegation; Organisation and staffing of the Secretariat. Second report by the UK Treasury Organisation and Methods Division; Cooperation between EFTA and Yugoslavia. Report on the exploratory informal talks, 12 -14 April 1967; Withdrawal of certain items from Annex G to the Convention; Government regulations on food and drink – report by the working party; Division of Europe study: first meeting of the group of experts on methodological problems; Proposal of a law concerning labeling of consumer goods in Norway: agreement between the Government of Sweden and Denmark; Exchange of notes on the Portuguese- Swedish bilateral agreement on agriculture; Consumer information.
Continuation of the study of the effects on prices of tariff dismantling, activities of the association, statement of account for the financial year 1966 -1967, reduction of import duties, technical barriers to trade, quantitative import restrictions, `alteration of Portuguese import duties, also includes: the effects of EFTA on the Economies of Member States; Discussion in the Economic Committee of the economic aspects of specific EFTA problems – note by the Secretariat; Dumped and subsidized imports – report by the working party; Note to the Council by the working party on government aids on the effects of UK investment grants for shipping; Change in Portuguese import duty; Working party on patents, Geneva 28-29 Sept 1967; Establishment – text of letter from the Chairman of Joint Deputies to the Chairman of the Council and Joint Council; Modification de droits de douane Portugais a l’importation. Note de la delegation Suisse; Application of the EFTA Convention to the FAROE Island; Trade in fish and other marine products; The hall-marking of articles of precious metal in Sweden; EFTA information policy – note by the Secretariat

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