Items discussed include: items discussed include: activities of the Association, agriculture, association of Finland with EFTA, relations between the Six and the Seven, fish and other marine products, Council of Europe, study of Convention timetable, origin criteria subject to a time limit, EFTA information activities in the US, quantitative import restrictions, Swiss social security, hallmarking, accession of Iceland to the Convention, OECD Economic Policy Committee, temporary economic measures in the UK, Portuguese common market, application by the UK to restore import duty on sulphafurazole, changes in Portuguese import duties, drawback, internal taxes, prohibition of export duties, quantitative export restrictions, Economic Commission for Latin America
Text of Press communiqué (London) under the of Ministerial meeting Chairmanship of the President of the Board of Trade Rt. Hon. Reginald Maudling on the Association’s aim to achieve economic integration as a whole in the form of a single European market (3/8/61), Danish reservation on acceleration.
Declaration (Geneva) at Ministerial level re-examining if their common objective – a single European market – could be achieved by way of negotiation for membership of, or association with, the EEC (31/7/61.)
Implementation of the London communiqué and the Geneva declaration.
Statement made by Mr F.T. Wahlen, President of the Swiss Confederation (speaking on behalf of Switzerland, and two other neutral EFTA countries, Sweden and Austria on belief that the negotiations with the EEC must not affect the achievements accomplished by the Member States of EFTA……..and the neutrality status problems in relation to the EEC (5/1/62).
Discours prononcé par Monsieur José Corrêa de Oliveira à la 36ème réunion du Conseil, 20/11/61 : la libre circulation des marchandises et le système de paiements inter-régionaux sur le territoire portugais.

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