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COUNCILDECISION
of9December1974
authorizingextensionortacitrenewalofcertaintradeAgreementsconcludedbetween
MemberStatesandthirdcountries
(74/646/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16
December1969ontheprogressivestandardization
ofagreementsconcerningcommercialrelations
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesandon
thenegotiationofCommunityAgreements ,andin
particularArticle3thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthe
transitionalperiodhasalreadybeenauthorizedinthe
caseoftheAgreementsandProtocolslistedinthe
AnnexheretobytheCouncilunderitsDecisionsof
28January1969(2),26June1969(3),30June
1969(4),15September1969(5),17October1969(6),
8December1969(7),20December1969(8),6February
1970(9),8June1970(10),13July1970("),29
September1970(12),23November1970(13),25
October1971(14),18October1972(15),28April
1973(16)and6December1973(17);WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhave
requestedauthorization toextendorrenewthese
Agreementswithaviewtoavoidinginterruptionin
theircommercialrelationswiththethirdcountries
concernedbasedonagreement;
Whereasauthorizationhastobegrantedonlyforthe
maintenance oftraderelationsbetweentheMember
Statesandthethirdcountriesconcerned,basedon
agreements ,'pendingtheirreplacement .by
CommunityAgreementstobenegotiated ;whereas
suchauthorizationwouldnot,therefore,inanyway
modifytheobligationoftheMemberStatestoavoid
and,whereappropriate ,eliminateanyincompatibility
betweensuchagreementsandtheprovisionsof
Communitylaw;
Whereasfurthermore ,theprovisionsofthe
instrumentstobeeitherextendedorrenewedshould
not,duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,constitute
anobstacletotheimplementation ofthecommon
commercialpolicy;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclared
thattheextensionortacitrenewalofthese
Agreementswouldpreventneithertheopeningof
Communitynegotiationswiththethirdcountries
concernednorthetransferofthecommercialfabric
thereoftoCommunityAgreements ,norwouldit,
duringtheperiodenvisaged,hindertheadoptionof
themeasuresnecessarytocompletethe
standardization oftheimportsystemsoftheMember
States;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultations
providedforinArticle2oftheCouncilDecisionof
16December1969,itwasestablished ,asthe
aforesaiddeclarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,
thattheprovisionsoftheAgreementstobeextended
orrenewedwouldnot,duringtheperiodenvisaged,
constituteanobstacletotheimplementation ofthe
commoncommercialpolicy;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,theAgreementsmay
beeitherextendedortacitlyrenewedforalimited
period,(»)OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
(2)OJNoL43,20.2.1969,p.15.
(3)OJNoL159,1.7.1969,p.20.
(4)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.2.
(5)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,p.9.
(6)OJNoL266,24.10.1969,p.32.
(7)OJNoL323,24.12.1969,p.10.
X*)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1.
(9)OJNoL36,14.2.1970,p.29.
(10)OJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14.
(»)OJNoL157,18.7.1970,p.29.
(12)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24.
(13)OJNoL262,3.12.1970,p.18.
(14)OJNoL248,9.11.1971,p.7.
(15)OJNoL250,6.11.1972,p.1.
(16)OJNoL124,10.5.1973,p.20,andOJNoL220,
8.8.1973,p.25.
(17)OJNoL30,4.2.1974,p.1.

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HASADOPTED THISDECISION : Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
Article1DoneatBrussels,9December1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNETThetradeAgreementsandProtocolslistedinthe
AnnexheretobetweenMemberStatesandthird
countriesmaybeextendedortacitlyrenewedupto
thedatesspecifiedineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.

28.12.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL352/39
BILAG—ANHANG—ANNEX—ANNEXE—ALLEGATO —BIJLAGE
Medlemsstat Tredjeland AftalensartogdateringUdløb
efterforlængelse
Mitgliedstaat Drittland ArtundDatumdesAbkommensAblauf
nachVerlängerung
MemberState Thirdcountry TypeanddateofagreementExtended
until
Étatmembre Paystiers Natureetdatedel'accordÉchéance
aprèsreconduction
Statomembro Paeseterzo Naturaedatadell'accordoScadenza
dopoilrinnovo
Lid-Staat Derdeland AardendatumvanhetakkoordVervaldatum
naverlenging
BENELUX Autriche Accordcommercialdu 29.6.195731.3.1976
Espagne Accordcommercialdu 2.6.1960 14.4.1976
Norvège Accordcommercialdu 28.5.195730.4.1976
Suède Accordcommercialdu 27.4.195728.2.1976
Suisse Accordcommercialdu
etéchangedenotes21.
5.6.
5.1957
1961J31.3.1976
Tunisie Accordcommercialdu 1.8.195831.3.1976
DANMARK Bulgarien Forlængelseforåret1975afprotokolaf
15.12.1972,tilhandelsoverenskomsten af31.8.197031.12.1975
Island Vareudvekslingsaftale 4.6.1948 31.12.1975
Norge Vareudvekslingsoverenskomst
ogtillægsprotokol hertil30.
2.3.
8.1946
1966j31.12.1975
Polen Forlængelseforåret1975afprotokolaf
7.11.1972,tillangtidshandelsaftale af 3.12.1970 '31.12.1975
Rumænien Forlængelseforåret1975afprotokolaf
23.10.1972,tillangtidshandelsaftale af21.8.197031.12.1975
Schweiz Vareudvekslingsaf tale 15.9.1951 31.12.1975
Sverige Vareudvekslingsoverenskomst 11.3.1948 31.1.1976
Sovjetunionen
N.Forlængelseforåret1975afbrevvekslingaf
28.12.1972,tillangtidshandelsaftale af24.10.1969 31.12.1975
DEUTSCH­
LAND Indonesien Handelsabkommen vom 22.4.195331.3.1976
Spanien Handelsabkommen vom 20.6.196030.4.1976
Südkorea Handelsabkommen vom 8.4.1965 7.4.1976
FRANCE AfriqueduSudi1)Échangedelettresdu 18.4.1964 •31.12.1975
CoréeduSudÉchangedelettres 12.3.1963 31.3.1976
Inde(*) Accordcommercialetéchangedelettres 19.10.1959 31.12.1975
Irak Accordcommercialdu 25.9.1967 25.3.1976
Liban Accordcommercialdu 25.3.1955 10.4.1976
(*)Prorogationparéchangedenotes.

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Medlemsstat Tredjeland AftalensartogdateringUdløb
efterforlængelse
Mitgliedstaat Drittland ArtundDatumdesAbkommensAblauf
nachVerlängerung
MemberState Thirdcountry TypeanddateofagreementExtended
until
Étatmembre Paystiers Natureetdatedel'accord ·Échéance
aprèsreconduction
Statomembro Paeseterzo Naturaedatadell'accordoScadenza
dopoilrinnovo
Lid-Staat Derdeland AardendatumvanhetakkoordVervaldatum
naverlenging
IRELAND Austria Tradeagreementconcludedby
exchangeofnotes 6.10.195031.12.1975
Finland Tradeagreement 1.6.195131.12.1975
Iceland Tradeagreement 2.12.195031.12.1975
Sweden Tradeagreement 25.6.194931.12.1975
ITALIA CoreadelSudAccordocommerciale 9.3.1965 8.3.1976
ElSalvador Accordocommerciale
protocolloaddizionale30.3.1953
21.12.1955J31.3.1976
Indonesia Accordocommerciale 23.3.1951 31.3.1976
Iran Scambiodinote
e29.
23.1.1958
3.1961J9.2.1976
Israele Accordocommerciale
scambiodilettere
processiverbali
e5.3.1954
5.1.1956
21.10.1956
11.2.1964j31.3.1976
Iugoslavia Accordocommerciale
protocolloescambio 1
dinotesuccessivo J1.
30.7.1967
4.1969j31.12.1975
Norvegia Accordocommerciale
protocollo
scambiodinote20.
31.
10.5.1953
8.1959
5.1962j31.3.1976
Repubblica
dominicanaAccordocommerciale 18.2.1954 11.3.1976
NEDERLAND Finland Handelsakkoord 8.12.195631.3.1976
UNITED
KINGDOM USSR Prolongationfortheyear1975oftheexchange
oflettersof21.12.1972underthelong-term
tradeAgreementof 3.6.196931.12.1975