144. The representative of Canada recalled that the European Communities had noted in its written answers that a fair amount of detailed work had been done and that there was no need to look at these issues. He said that he agreed that a fair amount of work had been done on the joint proposal and previous proposals, but the European Communities' new ideas created the need for more work to understand how the new concepts could affect the areas mentioned in this cluster. Canada was prepared to engage in that work to better understand the implications of the European Communities' new ideas and their relation to the joint proposal.
145. On the question of "modalities", the European Communities had said that a number of issues needed to wait until key decisions had been taken. His delegation did not agree with that point. If, as with the joint proposal, a full written proposal from the European Communities and the co-sponsors were made available, Members would be in a good position to look at all of the issues in this third cluster. It behoved Members to take advantage of the time available to do this work when there was time for it.
146. His delegation had flagged a number of questions for the European Communities, some of which had been addressed elsewhere and under other issues. Regarding questions 11 and 19 on costs, his delegation had given some indication of what it believed would happen in the realm of costs, and would be interested in other countries' assessments of how this proposal would affect their costs. Questions on dispute settlement had not received a satisfactory response from the European Communities, and his delegation would appreciate a response in that respect as well.
