§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister for Trade, pursuant to his reply of 28 March, Official Report, c. 19, if he will ask the European Community Commission what procedures it intends to adopt to ensure that the voluntary restraint agreement with the Japanese on the quantity and price of imported video recorders is adhered to in the absence of any decision by the Japanese firms on the floor price which they are operating.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to the reply, 11 April 1983, c. 288]: The Commission will be having regular consultations with the Japanese Government to monitor the implementation of the agreement, including the effectiveness of the Japanese floor price on exports of VTRs.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister for Trade whether the French Government's special import procedures based on Poitiers and designed to stop the importation of Japanese video recorders have been abandoned following the voluntary restraint agreement made between the Commission and the Japanese; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to the reply, 11 April 1983, c. 288]: No; however I understand this is being considered by the French Government which has yet to announce its intentions.