Notes by the Secretariat for meetings of the Consultative Committee mainly concerning practical arrangements, informal records of discussions and programmes, also includes: reports by the Chairman on the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Cooperation between EFTA enterprises in third markets, of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Relations with Yugoslavia; Interim report by L. Uchtenhagen, Chairwoman of the Economic and Social Sub-Committee to the 43rd meeting of the Consultative Committee; Report by S. Blomqvist, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Group on Origin Rules; Remarks by M. Cabral, Confederation of Portuguese Industries: "The Newly-Industrialising Countries and the Future of International Trade"; Introductory statement by K.M. Frederiksen, Federation of Norwegian Industries, on relations between EFTA countries and the Community; Comparability of EFTA statistics with those of the EC; Report by S. Stray on "Trade Protectionism – Causes and Effects"; Multilateral trade negotiations: status of acceptances; Implications for EFTA of the GATT Agreement on technical barriers to trade; Notes by the Secretariat: "The economies of the EFTA countries in 1979 and 1980" and "Social Partnership in Austria"; record of discussion on the problems and consequences of the 2nd enlargement of the EC.

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