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COUNCIL
COUNCILDECISION
of4October1976
authorizingextensionortacitrenewalofcertaintradeagreementsconcluded
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(76/803/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,October1971(>4),18October1972(15),28April
1973(u),6December 1973(17),9December1974(18)
and7October1975(19);
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhaverequested
authorization toextendorrenewtheseagreements
withaviewtoavoidinginterruptionintheircommer­
cialrelationswiththethirdcountriesconcernedbased
onagreement ;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16
December1969ontheprogressivestandardization of
agreementsconcerningcommercialrelationsbetween
MemberStatesandthirdcountriesandonthenegotia­
tionofCommunityAgreements('),andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereasextensionortacitrenewalbeyondtheendof
thetransitionalperiodhasalreadybeenauthorizedin
thecaseoftheagreementsandprotocolslistedinthe
AnnexheretobytheCouncilunderitsDecisionsof
28January 1969(2),26June1969(3),30JuneWhereasauthorization -hastobegrantedonlyforthe
maintenance oftraderelationsbetweentheMember
Statesandthethirdcountriesconcerned,basedon
agreements,pendingtheirreplacementbyCommu­
nityAgreementstobenegotiated ;whereassuch
authorizationwouldnot,therefore,inanywaymodify
theobligationoftheMemberStatestoavoidand,
whereappropriate,eliminateanyincompatibility
betweensuchagreementsandtheprovisionsof
Communitylaw;1969(4),15September1969(5),17October1969(fe),8
December1969(7),20December 1969(8),6February
1970(9),8June1970(,0),13July1970(n),29
September1970(12),23November1970(13),25
(')OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
(2)OJNoL43,20.2.1969,p.15.
(})OJNoL159,1.7.1969,p.20.Whereasfurthermore ,theprovisionsoftheinstru­
mentstobeeitherextendedorrenewedshouldnot,
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,constitutean
obstacletotheimplementation ofthecommon
commercialpolicy;(4)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.2.
(5)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,p.9.
0)OJNoL266,24.10.1969,p.32.
(7)OJNoL323,24.12.1969,p.10. (14)OJNoL248,9.11.1971,p.7.
(15)OJNoL250,6.11.1972,p.1. (8)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1.
(9)OJNoL36,14.2.1970,p.29. ('<•)OJNoL124,10.5.1973,p.20,and,NoL220,8.8.
1973,p.25. (i°)OJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14.
(")OJNoL157,18.7.1970,p.29.
(I2)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24.
13OJNoL262,3.12.1970,p.18.(17)OJNoL30,4.2.1974,p.1.
(18)OJNoL352,28.12.1974,p.37.
(19)OJNo-L265,14.10.1975,p.19.

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HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
Thetradeagreementsandprotocolslistedinthe
AnnexheretobetweenMemberStatesandthirdcoun­
triesmaybeextendedortacitlyreneweduptothe
datesspecifiedineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclared
thattheextensionortacitrenewaloftheseagreements
wouldpreventneithertheopeningofCommunity
negotiationswiththethirdcountriesconcernednor
thetransferofthecommercial fabricthereofto
CommunityAgreements ,norwouldit,duringthe
periodenvisaged,hindertheadoptionofthemeasures
necessarytocompletethestandardization ofthe
importsystemsoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultations
providedforinArticle2oftheCouncilDecisionof
16December1969,itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid
declarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,thatthe
provisionsoftheagreementstobeextendedor
renewedwouldnot,duringtheperiodenvisaged,
constituteanobstacletotheimplementation ofthe
commoncommercialpolicy;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,theagreementsmay
beeitherextendedortacitlyrenewedforalimited
period,Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,4October1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE

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