US embassy cable - 05ATHENS430

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WOOD PACKAGING MATERIAL (WPM): GREECE SUPPORTS EC PROPOSAL

Identifier: 05ATHENS430
Wikileaks: View 05ATHENS430 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Athens
Created: 2005-02-10 12:56:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAGR ETRD GR
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

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. 
RIES 

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