Minutes of Council and Joint Council simultaneous meetings, items discussed: participation of members of parliament from the principality of Liechtenstein; Revision of the Finnish import levy system on agricultural products; Vienna follow-up with particular reference to on-tariff barriers to trade; Finnish cash payment scheme; EFTA industrial development fund for Portugal; Registration of pharmaceutical products; Revision of the Finnish import levy system on agricultural products; Icelandic import equalisation tax; Devaluation of Portuguese escudo and measures taken by the Portuguese government under its credit squeeze policy; Budget estimates for the financial year 1978-79; Contribution of Finland to the budget of EFTA; Expert group on trade mark law; Portuguese balance of payments difficulties: phasing out of the import surcharge; Changes in the so-called Finnish cash payment scheme; Annual review of trade in agricultural goods 1978.

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