§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last discussed the issue of origin marking with the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. ForthThere has been contact with the EC Commission which resulted in changes, last December, to United Kingdom origin marking requirements in order to comply with our obligations under the treaty of Rome. We then undertook to explore with other member states and the EC Commission the feasibility of an EC origin marking regime for certain third country goods. My Department is considering the responses to that approach.