4.4.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL93/23
COUNCIL DECISION
of21March1974
authorizingprolongationortacitrenewalofcertaintradeagreementsconcluded
betweentheMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(74/187/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclared
thattheprolongationortacitrenewaloftheseAgree­
mentswouldnotcontributeanobstacletoeitherthe
openingofCommunitynegotiationswiththethird
countriesconcernedorthetransferofthecommercial
fabricthereoftoCommunityAgreements ,norwould
it,duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,hinderthe
adoptionofthenecessarymeasurestocompletethe
standardization oftheimportsystemsoftheMember
States;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultations
providedforinArticle2oftheDecisionof16
December1969,itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid
declarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,thatthe
provisionsoftheAgreementstobeprolongedor
renewedwouldnot,duringtheperiodunderconsidera­
tion,constituteanobstacletoimplementation ofthe
commoncommercialpolicy;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,theAgreementsmay
beeitherprolongedortacitlyrenewedforaperiodnot
exceedingayear,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16
December1969(')ontheprogressivestandardization
ofagreementsconcerningcommercial relations
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesandon
thenegotiationsofCommunityAgreements ,andin
particularArticle3thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthetransi­
tionalperiodhasalreadybeenauthorizedinthecase
oftheAgreementslistedintheAnnexheretobythe
CouncilunderitsDecisionsof28January 1969(2),12
May1969(3),8June1969(4),26June1969(5),30
June1969(6),15September 1969(7),20December
1969(8),8June1970(9),29September1970(10),1
March1971("),25April1972(12)and28April
1973(l3);
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhave,witha
viewtoavoidinginterruptionintheircommercialrela­
tionswiththethirdcountriesconcernedbasedon
agreement,requestedauthorization toprolongor
renewtheabove-mentioned Agreements ;
Whereasauthorizationhastobegrantedonlytomain­
taincommercial relationsbetweentheMemberStates
andthethirdcountriesconcerned ,onthebasisof
Agreements ,pendingtheirreplacementbyCommu­
nityAgreementstobenegotiated ;whereassuch
authorization shouldnot,therefore,adverselyaffect
theobligationoftheMemberStatestoavoidand,
whereappropriate ,toeliminateanyincompatibility
betweensuchagreementsandtheprovisionsof
Communitylaw;
Whereastheprovisionsoftheinstrumentstobe
eitherprolongedorrenewedwouldnot,furthermore ,
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,constitutean
obstacletotheimplementation ofthecommon
commercialpolicy;HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
ThetradeagreementsbetweenMemberStatesand
thirdcountrieslistedintheAnnexheretomaybe
prolongedortacitlyreneweduptothedatesspecified
ineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,21March1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
}.ERTL
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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.
OOJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14.
(I0)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24.
(")OJNoL56,1.3.1971,p.8.
(12)OJNoL112,14.5.1972,p.10.
(13)OJNoL124,10.5.1973,p.22.

NoL93/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.4.74
ANNEX
MemberState Thirdcountry TypeanddateofAgreementDateofexpiry
afterprolongation
orrenewal
BENELUX Honduras TradeAgreement 30.1.1959 27.5.1975
Morocco TradeAgreement 5.8.1958 30.6.1975
Yugoslavia TradeAgreement 18.6.1958 30.6.1975
DENMARK Indonesia CommercialAgreement 9.9.1952 30.6.1975
Madagascar TradeAgreement 10.12.1965 25.6.1975
Morocco TradeAgreement 26.7*1961 30.6.1975
Senegal TradeAgreement 11.4.1962 10.7.1975
Spain TradeAgreement 1.7.1960 30.6.1975
Tunisia TradeAgreement 8.6.1960 31.5.1975
FRANCE ARE(ArabRepublic
ofEgypt) TradeAgreement 10.7.1964 10.7.1975
Greece TradeAgreement 9.6J1962 30.6.1975
GERMANY Afghanistan TradeAgreement 31.1.1958 31.5.1975
Iceland TradeAgreement 20.5.1954 30.6.1975
Philippines TradeAgreement 28.2.1964 12.8.1975
Sweden AgreementonMovements
ofGoods 26.1.1951 30.6.1975
Turkey AgreementonMovements
·.ofGoods 16.2.1952 30.6.1975
Yugoslavia TradeAgreement 11.6.1952f3Λ6197ÇProtocol 16.7.1964
ITALY Austria TradeAgreement 19.6.1949f1ΛC1Q7C
Exchangeofletters 14.11.1961>Ju.O/J
Columbia ModusVivendi 19.5.1952 19.6.1975
Greece TradeAgreement 10.11.1954 30.6.1975
Somalia Agreementoncommercial,
economicandtechnical
cooperation 1.7.1960 30.6.1975
Spain TradeAgreement 28.6.1960(861975Protocol 1.4.19671
Turkey TradeAgreement 24.1.1952 31.5.1975
UNITED Zaïre Agreementoncommercial
KINGDOMandeconomiccooperation 18.3.1970 21.6.1975