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05ATHENS430
2005-02-10 12:56:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Athens
Cable title:  

WOOD PACKAGING MATERIAL (WPM): GREECE SUPPORTS EC

Tags:  EAGR ETRD GR 
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UNCLAS ATHENS 000430

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/ABT/JACANIN
STATE PASS USTR/FEDCHOCK AND WHITE
ROME FOR AGATT
USDA FOR APHIS/KACKERMAN AND FAS/DYOUNG

C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (Addressee Added)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD GR
SUBJECT: WOOD PACKAGING MATERIAL (WPM): GREECE SUPPORTS EC
PROPOSAL

REF: STATE 219755

On February 8, the Ministry of Agriculture's Secretary
General for Policy, Christos Avgoulas, reported to Econcouns
and FAS specialist that the Greek permrep in Brussels has
been instructed to support the EC's proposal suspending the
debarking requirement for one year. He mentioned that Greek
cargo shippers, major consumers of U.S. wood packaging
material, had expressed their concerns about the possible
disruptive effects on their industry of implementing the
debarking requirement.
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