Minutes of Council and Joint Council simultaneous meetings, items discussed: minor imports by travellers; Cooperation between EFTA enterprises in third markets; Portuguese request for the introduction or re-introduction of Portuguese import duties on certain products; Information policy of EFTA; Notification of non-tariff barriers; Relations between the EFTA countries and the EC: rules of origin, free access to supplies, technical barriers to trade; Introduction of a temporary import deposit scheme by Iceland; Trade mark law; Budget estimates for the financial year 1979-80; European Trade Union Institute: request for financing of studies; Draft scheme for the mutual recognition of evaluation reports on pharmaceutical products; Portuguese import regime for motor vehicles; Multilateral trade negotiations (MTNs) in GATT and EFTA’s role therein; Revenue duties in Portugal.

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