DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AND EU

UNCLAS VIENNA 000364

SIPDIS

USDA FOR APHIS/K.ACKERMAN AND FAS/D.YOUNG
STATE PASS USTR FOR FEDCHOCK AND WHITE
STATE FOR EB/ABT/JACANIN
USEU BRUSSELS FOR AGRICULTURE
GENEVA FOR USTR, PASS AGRICULTURE
EU MEMBER STATES FOR AGRICULTURE

NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD AU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AND EU
PERMREPS ON WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS (WPM)

Ref: State 20468


1. Per reftel, Embassy Vienna delivered the wood
packaging materials talking points to our contacts
at the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, and Ministry of Economics. Embassy
Vienna's primary contacts; Hans Kordik, Head of
Division III (EU-Coordination and Planning),
Ministry of Agriculture; Albert Engelich, Deputy
Head of the Department for EU Council Matters and
Common Trade Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
and Gabriela Habermayer, Head of Multilateral Trade
Affairs Division, Ministry of Economics, will
respond at a later date.
BROWN