1.   The agreement should have very positive results in the long term.

2.   An official Iranian statement said that the defence agreement had vast dimensions and help to stabilize peace in the region.

3.   The agreement initially had the support of the leader of the Comit de forces vives, Albert Zafy, who was named president of the High Authority.

4.   GATT said that such preferential agreements could have a far-reaching impact on world trade.

5.   All agreements have to be registered with the Office of Fair Trading, where it is decided at what stage a registered agreement should be brought before the Court.

6.   The revaluation at a common date has helped, as has agreement in practice to arrive at comparable results.

7.   The agreement had to be given a purposive construction.

8.   Any new agreement would have to return to the spirit of those agreements, it insists.

9.   Such agreements have financial benefits as the cost of development is shared, but friction and disagreement can sometimes arise between members of the agreement.

10.   An agreement has yet to be reached, Miles said.