Question about frame rates in Flash

If I create a Flash animation using 12 frames per second set in the Flash properties and I then export the timeline as a quicktime movie at PAL settings (25 frames per second) so that I can use it in a Premiere Pro timeline with other PAL video clips shot with a camcorder, does that affect the speed at which the original Flash timeline will play when converted to a quicktime movie?
I don't want to have to animate the Flash clip at 25 frames per second in Flash because it requires about twice as much drawing, but I also want to preserve whatever sense of action timing there is in the Flash action and not have it play too fast or too slow when incorporated into a video project.
Thanks for any advice on how best to do this.

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