§ Mr. David Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list all current Government sponsored trading agreements with the Soviet Union, and with each of its Eastern European COMECON partners.
§ 7. Mr. Parkinson[pursuant to his reply, 2 November 1979, c. 709]: There are no existing bilateral trade agreements with the CMEA countries, because responsibility for concluding trade agreements on behalf of the member of the European Economic Community rests with the European Commission.
However, the United Kingdom has a number of long-standing economic and industrial agreements with the CMEA countries. The main ones are:
USSR
Long Term Agreement for Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technological Co-operation (1974).Bulgaria
- (a) Agreement on the Development of Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technological Co-operation (1974).
- (b) Programme for the Development of Long Term Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technological Co-operation (1975).
Czechoslovakia
- Co-operation Agreement between United Kingdom and Czechoslovakia (1972).
German Democratic Republic
- Agreement on the development of Economic, Industrial Scientific and Technological Co-operation (1973).
Hungary
- Economic, Industrial and Technological Co-operation Arrangement (1972).
Poland
- (a) Long Term Agreement for the Development of Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technical Co-operation (1973).
- (b) Long Term Programme for the Further Development of Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technical Co-operation (1975).
- (c) Five Year Agreement on Economic Co-operation (1976).
Romania
- (a) Long Term Agreement for Economic Collaboration and Industrial and Technological Co-operation (1975).
- (b) Long Term Programme for further development of Economic Collaboration and Industrial and Technological Co-operation (1977).