On 29 February 1972, Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg Minster for Foreign Affairs and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities, replies on behalf of his colleagues to the letter sent on 29 October 1971 by the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gregorio López-Bravo, to his counterparts in the European Economic Community. In his reply, he assures the Spanish Minister that the Council will give careful consideration to the problems that the enlargement of the Community could cause for the Trade Agreement concluded with Spain in 1970.