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COUNCIL
COUNCILDECISION
of21December 1976
authorizingprolongation ortacitrenewalofcertainTradeAgreements
concludedbetweentheMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(76/972/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16
December1969ontheprogressivestandardization of
Agreementsconcerningcommercialrelationsbetween
MemberStatesandthirdcountriesandonthenegotia­
tionofCommunityAgreements (1),andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereasprolongationortacitextensionbeyondthe
endofthetransitionalperiodhasalreadybeenautho­
rizedinthecaseoftheAgreementslistedinthe
AnnexheretobytheCouncilunderitsDecisionsof
28January1969(2),12May1969(*),8June1969(4),
26June1969(5),30June1969(6),15September
1969(7),20December1969(8),8June1970(9),29
September1970(10),1March1971(u),25April1972(12),28April1973("),21March1974(14),17
February1975(15)and24February 1976(l6);
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhaveagain,
withaviewtoavoidinginterruptionintheirtraderela­
tionswiththethirdcountriesconcerned,basedon
Agreements ,requestedauthorization toprolongor
tacitlyrenewtheabovementioned Agreements ;
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegrantedtomaintain
traderelationsbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
thirdcountriesconcerned,onthebasisofAgreements ,
pendingtheirreplacementbyaCommunityconven­
tionalorautonomoussystem;whereassuchauthoriza­
tionshouldnot,therefore,adverselyaffecttheobliga­
tionoftheMemberStatestoavoidand,whereappro­
priate,toeliminateanyincompatibility betweensuch
AgreementsandtheprovisionsofCommunitylaw;
Whereastheprovisionsoftheinstrumentstobe
eitherprolongedortacitlyrenewedwouldnot,further­
more,duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,consti­
tuteanobstacletotheimplementation ofthe
commoncommercialpolicy;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavestated
thattheprolongationortacitrenewaloftheseAgree­
mentswouldnotbelikelytoconstituteanobstacleto
eithertheopeningofCommunitynegotiationswith
thethirdcountriesconcernedorthetransferofthe
commercialfabricthereoftoCommunityAgreements ,(!)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.
*)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.2.
7)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,p.9.
8)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1.
9)OJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14.(12)OJNoL112,14.5.1972,p.10.
(13)OJNoL124,10.5.1973,p.22.
(>«)OJNoL93,4.4.1974,p.23.
(10)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24. (15)OJNoL62,7.3.1975,p.32.
(16)OJNoL58,5.3.1976,p.14. (")OJNoL56,1.3.1971,p.8.

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HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheTradeAgreementsbetweenMemberStatesand
thirdcountrieslistedintheAnnexheretomaybe
prolongedortacitlyreneweduptothedatesspecified
ineachcase.
Article2norwouldit,duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,
hindertheadoptionofthenecessarymeasuresto
completethestandardization oftheimportsystemsof
theMemberStates;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultations
providedforinArticle2oftheDecisionof16
December1969,itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid
declarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,thatthe
provisionsofthestatementsbytheMemberStatesdo
not,therefore,duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,
constituteanobstacletotheimplementation ofthe
commoncommercialpolicy;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,theAgreementsmay
beeitherprolongedortacitlyrenewedforaperiodnot
exceedingoneyear,ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,21December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE

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BILAG—ANHANG—ANNEX—ANNEXE—ALLEGATO—BIJLAGE
Medlemsstat Tredjeland AftalensartogdateringUdløbefterforlængelseeller
stiltiendevidereførelse
Mitgliedstaat Drittland ArtundDatumdesAbkommens AblaufnachVerlängerungoder
stillschweigender Verlängerung
MemberState Thirdcountry TypeanddateofAgreementProlongedortacitly
reneweduntil
Étatmembre Paystiers Natureetdatedel'accord Échéanceaprèsprorogation
outacitereconduction
Statomembro Paeseterzo Naturaedatadell'accordo Scadenzadopolaproroga
oiltacitorinnovo
Lid-Staat Derdeland AardendatumvanhetakkoordVervaldatum naaldanniet
stilzwijgendeverlenging
BENELUX Honduras Handelsakkoord 30.1.1959
Accordcommercial27.5.1978
Joegoslavië Handelsakkoord 18.6.1958 30.6.1978
Jougoslavie Accordcommercial
Marokko Handelsakkoord 5.8.1958 30.6.1978
Maroc Accordcommercial
DANMARK Indonesien Handelsaftale 9.9.1952 30.6.1978
Madagaskar Handelsaftale 10.12.1965 25.6.1978
Marokko Handelsaftale 26.7.1961 30.6.1978
Senegal Handelsaftale 11.4.1962 10.7.1978
Spanien Handelsaftale 1.7.1960 30.6.1978
Tunesien Handelsaftale 8.6.1960 31.5.1978
DEUTSCHLAND Afghanistan Handelsabkommen 31.1.1958 31.5.1978
Island Handelsabkommen 20.5.1954 30.6.1978
Jugoslawien Handelsabkommen 11.6.1952
Protokoll 16.7.196430.6.1978
Philippinen
Schweden
TürkeiHandelsabkommen 28.2.1964
Abkommen überWarenverkehr 26.1.1951
Abkommen überWarenverkehr 16.2.195212.8.1978
30.6.1978
30.6.1978
FRANCE Grèce
RAE(république)
arabed'ÉgypteAccordcommercial 9.6.1962
Accordcommercial 10.7.196430.6.1978
10.7.1978
ITALIA Austria Accordocommerciale 19.6.1949
Scambiodilettere 14.11.196130.6.1978
Colombia
GreciaModusvivendi 19.6.1952
Accordocommerciale 10.11.195419.6.1978
30.6.1978
Somalia Accordocommerciale edi
cooperazione economicaetec­
nica 1.7.1960 30.6.1978
Spagna Accordocommerciale 28.6.1960
Processoverbale 1.4.19678.6.1978
Turchia Accordocommerciale 24.1.1952 31.5.1978