asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to what extent the Commercial Co-operation Agreement between EEC and India involves immediate trade concessions to India, other than those in the final EEC generalised system of preferences for 1974.

I have been asked to reply.Tariff reductions in addition to those incorporated in the Community's generalised preference scheme for 1974 were contained in the recent jute textiles agreement. The Commercial Co-operation Agreement was designed to provide the framework for further reduction of trade barriers in the future.