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FILE NAME: Eternit (ETER) DATE: 1981 DOC#: ETER106 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Asbestos International Association Memo - The Asbestos Problem1 U A SB E ST O S IN T E R N A T IO N A L A SSO C IA T IO N ' M KM ORANIIH IM , Pive ir. nf:~/ 17)01 & iW VP. ) ? p w M y y p A n j- A Jrrr*rr j i;:v a ao / n t l& i.m of_lhe M Mint i-.f. f;vtc>rs n i ce i the asbestos iniiusirv".' J.2 U1j.it fin Im* done about these? ,/j|lillsl rf '* Ib m n t. S i Umt ion mere arc win)' conTl ictrinfj l:i:C in te re s t:; which cau . ilisaj-reiv-tu ajinne Ilov>ver, environm ental p ro te c tio n n,.d brtpUce' heVt), i r e * :i?itr0/ch^t linc7i ~*j1' itlcntj^ttyt e or sf vi'ncwwshiich .ill i|:C c s t n l ^ S bove a t-o.t,,o P-V .skilfully fr'irul wilfully) equating enviroiinsental tullniii,, ( i L. n, u tr,, S r'* * - Asbestos a sn.al1 industry wttli "us ttio11ouii onslaught and is Tew political fmrMs. s vulner-.'hle to therefore a potentially easy v clin i (intuii,-ir cuijiinni ,.u -m .........- * Y . >.v?L 1,CT 1in a a S 3 r. " * 5,ny *> " TM W W S i f f B S l - w X ! 1'15 l w n * 1* t0 ,lra l " i t h " * J,roU )* J 1* l l i c r . r o l o s t rmportiint A u th o ritie s ihe opinions o f s u p ra n a tio n a l a u th o ritie s '(KHO, TM . FC e tc 1 a re n r nrinv. f d n i ' S ? r f ' , p i,rt C,ll`, r I r .n to r * such s 2 3 "- o r K r ^ S S A S -,TM ;= S ,S i-5 ,, 3 1 S "" L=S='k : ''thin the EEC two I n s titu tio n s a re in c re asin g tb3t a u th o r ity :- 8_1 Ihc Council o f Mini srfr^ ' ' ~ ----- f ^ cre _ ta lk o f .flj S rcretary -G en eral f o r CORIiPliR' R-2 7he European P arliam ent (note rece n t use of tHaJget pow ers). Influence in the HEC 11le/ i A. h3S 3Cqui^ c dib l H t y with the HEC sail jiicvuld continue to be , I t o A f E E S Z " dUSt' r - * " " fho 'J . c L o c l s * 9.1 T h e ^ o m c j^ ^ P P R (the p rin c ip le o f u n a ^ y can he invoked a t th is iSSiitr f u t t F S liX ig ,f " tod" n3> * - '" -- nr > n f' . l Tir ' ' ^ u n e r s AFA/4/PR Pre c is of In lcr-Mm.n;fhf-nt Rei or page T~ & (power is shi f l i ng from here lo the found 1). f`, 5 T:i- k i i vj v- i i ] i j ^i_i fi1' 1! i t i c a l p u r l i c s s h o u l d he lohhii.-d) `.'.1 p- i . 11 ( i f p o s s i b l e uni i orini i l y lo fi.'ir iona] i ly) !'.S 1. u ' tJ) (I<th l.r f t'f / ii' i ,ilr. and out siile f eehnol ogi sis ) `.'.ti I! :..k ** u `in*rsJ c. 7 q:-.i i.m i t : fH.luM jy (slmwl li meet the Come il and the '.i.R i'.i i -.''vj'vts' ,"f._vi- * f o r t he Aplx- s t o s In d u s t r y 10. flic p a y ;- '-i.'v-ivsts i v o s u i t o r i o s which c o u ld govern f u t u r e ?ictic)n by Ih.c .'u.':; - l i i i i i i s i j-y: - b 1- 1 \tv ^ o f : i c i;iIs have a lre a d y m/idc up th e i r minds to ],-t> f i t f u l a s h e s to s , Hius The trend wi l l be to linn nnd s u b s titu te . Tie. Y.'tufe fo r ;.i.she5t05 w ill be very 1ini le d . 1Q.2 H. 'Jlicre w ill be a swing hncfc from the p u b lic 's fa'l 3" t`ino* iona.1 fe a rs o f cancer. The only an ti-a sb e sto s th erv o i? .will he th e tr a d e u n io n s and certain - p o litic ia n s and jbnn-`. : i l i s t s , Coirmori sense w ill p re v a il and tlve future for ;sUv-vios wj l l l j e i n " c o n tr o l" . II. In Mr. 'liic 'il's view J0.1 scents more r e a l i s t i c fo r th e following rc a s o n s :11.1 7my m d u siry has l i t t l e in flu en ce o r s ig n ific a n c e . 11.2 line industry is not u n ited enough. 11.3 7 i ndustry has l e f t m atters too la te . 11.4 7itro in d u stry lacJks the confidence o f th e medical world. 1?. Jlowuvrr.. V-i bath cusps i t i s im portant to fig h t fo r asbestos and th i s should be don; Ihe .an e la b o r a te .stra te g y to be supported and jo in tly executed by a l l the na: it 1 asKys unTTridhst f tp s (in th e f j'C j . This means r- 12.1 lawci Jmciiier co u n try to be s tro n g ly c aa m itted . 12.Z iatt-ijtnal i n d u s t r i a l i s t s to p lay a b ig g er p a r t in LiC m atters. 12.3 Tate l 9ad to be spread more evenly between n a tio n a l members. I Mipt ember ISrO "ASBESTOS i HEALTH" l a t h e S . S . C S i t u a t i o n a b. c 1 9 J A N . 198 1 ck, Sop t I 0 J l CT Wor k o n C0HH1SS10N LEVEL (Dr.(cl*j [ propo.!. i r I . C . l . J W o r k on C.QUNCIL LEVEL CobbuI.Ii tlo, irrti( a*.iull*l'lon CklM\Ul l i r U a l i t r r ' #f Trip. Ad*. W.rt Cobof t C d kj U t t.MUfll. ' Of tk. turop** of i k r ,K.t 4 l#cll (Lu,..V.vrx) f u V l u t b i Cb111 M UM l u I ds f lt d kp %7COllllk lk Ca,w<1\ U m H i -*. IIC !* fcc. t ll DC- T A. &lrcdv U n i t i n g rlctlng *d t **W**lo* **d **k. rduc( * r .r v ^A V / y ron knxnful u t o i u r i (a t r Ltod) X rio. io TU. X rla. Me. 11. X t- : f h ttnAm*Uvii*iki fe**r.*a.*lUi-ji v + in H i i n s Mm K*. (l fTftTTTt ? I1ITT #e. t lire X, Cotcrel of *b*Cd*. tolAilot* Ir*a planta odl v.V dlayoaol lts (*urof>th cot*biUi oo ik quality et l i l i " ) srre f, tivlrobBiaul Uf u l timiatKt HEV/MB 19.01.81 lo ta .tore la ftsiriM (adl ruutrd) (not r^ki t r d) 5 X* 1.1 fTe 1T,B s i i f>r o{r i ('S 1 11 _____________ r' - . FEBRUARY 9 , I 9 8 I 11 N o.A .1 3 ' 1 3 7 cvm/ rdns PLEASE MOTE TO THE ATT. OF MR. J . D . FROGGATT FVRTHER TO MY LETTER DATED JANUARY 2 1 , I HAVE TO INFORM TSUI THAT THERE I S A CHANGE CONCERNING THE MEETINC POINT FOR TUBS DAv" TEH 21 IN BRUSSELS. " '----- VE WILL MEET AT 1 2 . 3 0 AT THE SHERATON HOTEL, PLACE ROGIEE 3 , IN THE ' 'T I N T O R E T O ' 1 LOUNGE, 2ND FLOOR. LUNCH VILL ALSO BE IVAt Eil AT THE SHERATON. BEST REGARDS, R . DORNER. 27931 AMSER CH ! *. I e / R h HS ' " " T - '/* A M IA N T U S A S B E S T O S S E R V IC E S S . A. ' i Adreu* pollili : CM potili* Ti CH-12M HYOH T4I. 022) 81 47 41 Tilox 27 924 bui eh Tlgr, ASBESTOS GENEVE RM. ; No. A. 10'035-HD/chw Mr. J. D. F ro g a tt T urner it Newall Ltd, 20, St. M ary's P a r sonnage CB - M a n c h e s t e r M3 2ML HYON/Suiii* , J a n u a r y 2 1 , 1 9 8 1 Au Uftrien II "Tour d 'horizon Meeting" D ear David, u V*. T his la- to confirm that the 'T w ir d'florlzon Meeting" betw een T&K, SGPM antf E te m lt will bo held inJBniSBhls on Tuesday F ebruary 24th. I believe your plane from ft&utchestor arriv es around noon and we, therefore, propose to m eet at the Wnt3J T rade C enter at 12.30 h o r s h o rtly a fte r a s Boon a s you can make It from flue a irp o rt. The meeting point w ill be tbe re c e p tio n deBk a t the main entrance**! wo will then s ta r t with lunch. T he m eeting should tie finished by 17. 00 h whic3i will allow you to catch the 18.10 h plane back to M anchester. . -2 The E te m lt delegates will fee M essrs. J. Cuvellor, J. M. E m aens, M. Graf, * A P . Audebert, E . do Bruy&tt&i m yself. SGPM will be re p re s e n te d :^ M essrs. A. de Meta and B. Glboln. f ij ft On the other hand, we have received your lis t of delegates and have been very o II*t ' ' *V \J pleased to learn that Mesan^Mowton and 3 om ervllle will a ls o a s s is t. , ' Ci' MT . I suppose that the agenda viOl vsaentlally consist of the su b je c t "A sbestos and : E nvironm ent" a s well aB TC^wolopmont and P rospects on tbe A sbestos and'- - *r .A sbestos-C em ent Market" to tho aebestos production's s ta tis tic s , I would like to update It including'ife*;f>ar 1950.- May I ask fo r your a ssista n c e In this _ O - re s p e c t, ;to give mo aijy prcrAiotlol figures you can make av ailab le for 1980 Thank you In advance. Looking forw ard seeing you^ I roHialtx with best reg a rd s, :erely, ` Mr R. Dorner ;