NoL124/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.5.73
COUNCILDECISION
of28April1973
authorizingthetacitextensionofcertaintradeagreementsconcludedbetweenthe
MemberStatesandthirdcountries
(73/105/EEC)
Whereasauthorization hastobegrantedforthe
extensionoftradeagreementswiththirdcountries
beyondthetransitionalperiod,butwithoutaffecting
theotherobligationsincumbentupontheMember
StatesconcernedunderCommunitylaw;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclared
thatextensionoftheseAgreementswouldnotcon­
stituteanobstacletotheopeningofCommunity
negotiationswiththethirdcountriesconcernedand
thattheyarewillingtohavecommercialmatters
coveredbytheircurrentbilateralagreementscovered
insteadbysuchCommunityagreementsasmaybe
negotiated ;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultationspro­
videdforinArticle2oftheCouncilDecisionof
16December1969,itwasestablished,astheaforesaid
declarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,thatthe
provisionsoftheinstrumentstobeextendedwould
not,duringtheperiodofextensionenvisaged,con­
stituteanobstacletoimplementation ofthecommon
commercialpolicy;
WhereasinthesecircumstancestheAgreementscovered
maybetacitlyextendedforaspecifiedperiod;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16December
1969(*)ontheprogressivestandardization ofagree­
mentsconcerningcommercialrelationsbetween
MemberStatesandthirdcountriesandonthe
negotiationsofCommunityagreements,andinpar­
ticularArticle3thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthetran­
sitionalperiodhasalreadybeenauthorizedinthecase
oftheAgreementslistedintheAnnexheretobythe
CouncilunderitsDecisionsof28January1969(2),
12May1969(3),8June1969(4),29June1969(5),
30June1969(6),15September1969(7),20December
1969(8),8June1970(9),29September1970(10),
1March1971(n)and25April1972(12);
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhaverequested
that,withaviewtoavoidinginterruptionintheircom­
mercialrelationswiththethirdcountriesconcerned
basedonagreement,andpendingfinalizationof
theprogrammeforCommunitynegotiationscurrently
beingstudied—whichaimsatthegradualreplace­
mentofMemberStates'agreementsbyCommunity
agreements—thusbeauthorizedtoextendthe
abovementioned Agreements ;HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
ThetradeagreementsbetweenMemberStatesand
thirdcountrieslistedintheAnnexheretomaybe
extendeduptothedatespecifiedineachcasein
thesaidAnnex.
Article2x)OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
2)OJNoL43,20.2.1969,p.15.
3)OJNoL117,16.5.1969,p.9.
4)OJNoL133,28.5.1969,p.14.
5)OJNoL159,1.7.1969,p.20.
6)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.2.
7)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,p.9.
8)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1.
9)OJNoL133,16.8.1970,p.14.ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,28April1973.
(10)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24.
(u)OJNoL56,1.3.1971,p.8.FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS (12)OJNoL112,14.5.1972,p.10.

10.5.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL124/23
ANNEX
MemberState ThirdCountry TypeandDateofAgreement Extendeduntil
BENELUX Honduras TradeAgreement 30.1.196927.5.1974
Morocco TradeAgreement 5.8.195830.6.1974
Yugoslavia TradeAgreement 18.6.195830.6.1974
DENMARK Indonesia CommercialAgreement 9.9.195230.6.1974
Madagascar TradeAgreement 10.12.196525.6.1974
Morocco TradeAgreement 26.7.196130.6.1974
Senegal TradeAgreement 11.4.196210.7.1974
Spain TradeAgreement 1.7.196030.6.1974
Tunisia TradeAgreement 8.6.196031.5.1974
FRANCE ARE(ArabRepublic
ofEgypt)TradeAgreement 10.7.196410.7.1974
Greece TradeAgreement 9.6.196230.6.1974
GERMANY Afghanistan TradeAgreement 31.1.195831.5.1974
Iceland TradeAgreement 20.5.195430.6.1974
Philippines TradeAgreement .28.2.196412.8.1974
Sweden AgreementonMovementsofGoods 26.1.195130.6.1974
Turkey AgreementonMovementsofGoods 16.2.195230.6.1974
Yugoslavia TradeAgreement
Protocol11.6.
16.7.1952
1964j30.6.1974
ITALY Austria TradeAgreement
Exchangeofletters19.5.
14.11.1949
1961J30.6.1974
Columbia ModusVivendi 19.6.195219.6.1974
Greece TradeAgreement 10.11.195430.6.1974
Somalia Agreementoncommercial ,
economicandtechnical
cooperation 1.7.196030.6.1974
Spain TradeAgreement
Protocol28.6.
1.4.1960
1967j8.6.1974
Turkey TradeAgreement 24.I.1952 31.5.1974
UNITED
KINGDOMZaïre Agreementoncommercial
andeconomiccooperation 18.3.197021.6.1974