NoL124/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.5.73
COUNCILDECISION
of28April1973
authorizingthetacitextensionofcertaintradeagreementsbetweentheMemberStates
andthirdcountries
(73/104/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16December
1969(x)ontheprogressivestandardization ofagree­
mentsconcerningcommercialrelationsbetweenMem­
berStatesandthirdcountriesandonthenegotiation
ofCommunityagreements ,andinparticularArticle3
thereof;
HavingregardtotheProposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthetran­
sitionalperiodhasalreadybeenauthorized,inthe
caseoftheAgreementslistedintheannexhereto,
bytheCouncilunderitsDecisionsof28Januarythetransitionalperiod,butwithoutaffectingtheother
obligationsincumbentupontheMemberStatescon­
cernedunderCommunitylaw;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclared
thatextensionofthoseAgreementswouldnotcon­
stituteanobstacletotheopeningofCommunity
negotiationswiththethirdcountriesconcernedand
thattheyarewillingtohavecommercialmatters
coveredbytheircurrentbilateralagreementscovered
insteadbysuchCommunityagreementsasmaybe
negotiated ;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultationspro­
videdforinArticle2oftheCouncilDecisionof
16December1969,itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid
declarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,thatthe
provisionoftheinstrumentstobeextendedwould
not,duringtheperiodofextensionenvisaged,con­
stituteanobstacletoimplementation ofthecommon
commercialpolicy;
Whereasinthesecircumstances theAgreementscon­
cernedmaybetacitlyextendedforaspecifiedperiod;1969(2),26June1969(3),8December1969(),
20December1969(5),13July1970(6),29September
1970(7),23November1970(8),25October1971(9)
and28February1972(10);
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhaverequested
that,withaviewtoavoidinginterruptionintheircom­
mercialrelationswiththethirdcountriesconcerned
basedonagreement,andpendingfinalizationof
theprogrammeforCommunitynegotiationscurrently
beingstudied—whichaimsatthegradualreplace­
mentofMemberStates'agreementsbyCommunity
agreements—theycanbeauthorizedtoextendthe
abovementioned Agreements ;
Whereasauthorizationhastobegrantedfortheexten­
sionoftradeagreementswiththirdcountriesbeyondThetradeagreementsbetweenMemberStatesand
thirdcountrieslistedintheAnnexheretomaybe
extendeduptothedatesspecifiedineachcaseinthe
saidAnnex.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
(2)OJNoL43,20.2.1969,p.15.
(3)OJNoL159,1.7.1969,p.20.
(4)OJNoL323,24.12.1969,p.10.
(5)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1.
(6)OJNoL157,18.7.1970,p.29.
C)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24.DoneatLuxembourg ,28April1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS(8)OJNoL262,3.12.1970,p.18.
(9)OJNoL248,9.11.1971,p.7.
(10)OJNoL56,7.3.1972,p.10.

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ANNEX
MemberState ThirdCountry TypeandDateofAgreement Extendeduntil
BENELUX Czechoslovakia Extensionfor1973oftheProtocol
annexedtotheTrade
Agreementof 6.4.197231.12.1973
Sweden TradeAgreement 27.4.195728.2.1974
Switzerland TradeAgreementof
andExchangeofNotesof21.6.1957
5.5.1961}31.3.1974
Tunisia TradeAgreement 1.8.195831.3.1974
BLEU USSR TradeAgreement 18.2.194831.12.1973
FRANCE IndiaH TradeAgreementandExchangeof
Letters 19.10.195931.12.1973
Iraq TradeAgreement 25.9.196725.3.1974
Lebanon TradeAgreement 25.3.195510.4.1974
Paraguay TradeAgreement 11.9.195612.4.1974
SouthAfrica(-1) ExchangeofLetters 18.4.196431.12.1973
SouthKorea ExchangeofLetters 12.3.196331.3.1974
GERMANY Indonesia TradeAgreement 22.4.195331.3.1974
SouthKorea TradeAgreement 8.4.1965 7.4.1974
Spain TradeAgreement 20.6.196030.4.1974
ITALY Dominican
Republic TradeAgreement 18.2.195411.3.1974
ElSalvador TradeAgreement
AdditionalProtocol30.3.1953
21.12.1955}31.3.1974
Indonesia TradeAgreement 23.3.195131.3.1974
Iran ExchangeofNotes
and29.1.1958
23.3.1961J9.2.1974
Israel TradeAgreement
ExchangeofLetters
Protocol
and5.3.1954
5.1.1956
21.10.1956
11.2.1964j31.3.1974
Norway TradeAgreement
Protocol
ExchangeofNotes20.5.1953
31.8.1959
10.5.1962j31.3.1974
SouthKorea TradeAgreement 9.3.1965 8.3.1974
Yugoslavia TradeAgreement
Protocolandsubsequent
ExchangeofLetters1.7.1967
30.4.1969j31.12.1973
THE
NETHERLANDSFinland
USSR(2)TradeAgreement
AgreementonTradeandPayment
andlaterProtocols8.12.1956
2.7.194831.3.1974
31.12.1973
f1)ExtendedbyExchangeofNotes.
(2)Theauthorization forextensionbecomevoidifanewprotocolfor1973isconcludedbefore31December1972.