COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON THE REVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROLS - EXCEPTIONS PROCEDURES, 23RD JULY 1959

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• Publication Date: July 28, 1959
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28th July, 1959.
COORDINATING COIyflVIITTEE
RECORD OF DISCUSSION
COCOM Document 2869105.
THE REVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROLS - EXCEPTIONS PROCEDURES.
23rd July 19 59
Present: Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands,
United Kingdom, United States.
References: COCOM 471 Revised, 1473, 2869.5, 13, 55, 62, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83,
86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102,
103, 104, Secretariat paper 104 Revised.
Approval of draft COCOM 3620.
1. The COMMITTEE approved the draft document on exceptions to the
security controls (COCOii 3620) with the exception of paragraph 15(a).
2. The UNITED KINGDOM Delegate stated that his authorities could not
accept the draft version of paragraph 15(a) for reasons which he had already
given (COCOM 2869.1(,2, para 6). They therefore proposed the following new
text for paragraph 15(a) :
"All shipments of List I items above 4150 in value must be
submitted to the Committee for consultation prior to authorisa-
tion. Exceptions of more than a minimal value or quantity may
be submitted to the Committee undo-2 this procedure where the
exporting country is satisfied that the proposed export is of
no consequence from a security point of view. The Committee will
pay particular regard to the security consequences of proposed
exports submitted under this procedure as well as to their quan-
tity or value. The procedure will be applied with due regard to
the cumulative effect of exceptions."
3. The FRENCH Delegate said that his personal impression. was that the
United Kingdom proposal was clear, concise and easy to understand. He was sure
that it would be acceptable to his authorities.
4. The GERAAN Delegate said that his impression was that the United
Kingdom text did not involve any substantive change. He could accept it.
5. The CANADIAN and NETHERLANDS Delegates accepted the United Kingdom
text. The JAPANESE Delegate accepted ad referendum.
6. The UNITED STATES Delegate said that at first reading he could not
tell whether the differences in the United Kingdom wording were purely editorial
or substantive, although in either case they might not be serious in practice.
There was no mention of the historical concept, nor of the need to demonstrate
to the Committee that the proposed export was of no consequence from the secu-
rity point of view. It seemed that the security consequences were to be con-
sidered independently of quantity or value. Finally, the United Kingdom version
omitted the greater part of the last sentence. In any case he questioned the
need or desirability of such extensive revision at this date.
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7. The CHaIRMJN made the following compromise proposal: the first
sentence of the draft should remain, the second sentence should be replaced
by the second sentence of the United Kingdom draft, the third and fourth
sentences should remain, the last line of the itst sentence should be amended
to read: "... comprises a smaller number of items than before."
8. All Delegations except the United States accepted the Chairman's
compromise proposal. The United states Delegate accepted it ad referendum.
9. The COiVAiITTEE agreed to continue the discussion on July 27th.
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