22.10.77 NoL270/15 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
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COUNCIL
COUNCILDECISION
of18October1977
authorizingprolongation ortacitrenewalofcertainTradeAgreements
concludedbetweentheMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(77/657/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16
December1969ontheprogressivestandardization of
Agreementsconcerningcommercialrelationsbetween
MemberStatesandthirdcountriesandonthenegotia­
tionsofCommunityAgreements(•),andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthetransi­
tionalperiodhasalreadybeenauthorizedinthecase
oftheAgreementslistedintheAnnexheretobythe
CouncilunderitsDecisionsof28January1969(2),26
June1969(3),30June1969(4),15September1969(5),
17October1969(*),8December1969(7),20
December1969(8),6February1970(9),8June
1970(10),13July1970(n),29September1970(12),23November1970(13),25October1971(14),18October
1972(15),28April19736December1973(»7),9
December1974(18),7October1975(,9)and4
October1976(20);
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhave,witha
viewtoavoidinginterruptionintheircommercialrela­
tionswiththethirdcountriesconcernedbasedon
agreement,requestedauthorization toprolongor
renewtheabovementioned Agreements ;
Whereasauthorizationhastobegrantedonlytomain­
taincommercialrelationsbetweentheMemberStates
andthethirdcountriesconcernedonthebasisof
Agreements,pendingtheirreplacementbyCommu­
nityAgreementstobenegotiated;whereassuch
authorization shouldnot,therefore,adverselyaffect
theobligationincumbentupontheMemberStatesto
avoid,and,whereappropriatetoeliminate,anyincom­
patibilitybetweensuchAgreementsandtheprovi­
sionsofCommunitylaw;
Whereastheprovisionsoftheinstrumentstobe
eitherprolongedorrenewedwouldnot,furthermore,
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,constitutean
obstacletotheimplementation ofthecommon
commercialpolicy;
(13)OJNoL262,3.12.1970,p.18.
(,4)OJNoL248,9.11.1971,p.7.
(15)OJNoL250,6.11.1972,p.1.
(")OJNoL124,10.5.1973,p.20andOJNoL220,8.8.!)OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
2)OJNoL43,20.2.1969,p.15.
')OJNoL159,1.7.1969,p.20.
4)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.2.
5)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,p.9.
*)OJNoL266,24.10.1969,p.32.
7)OJNoL323,24.12.1969,p.10.
»)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1.
')OJNoL36,14.2.1970,p.29.
10)OJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14.
»)OJNoL157,18.7.1970,p.29.
>2)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24.1973,p.25.
(17)OJNoL30,4.2.1974,p.1.
(lg)OJNoL352,28.12.1974,p.37.
(")OJNoL265,14.10.1975,p.19.
(20)OJNoL283,14.10.1976,p.22.

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WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclared
thattheprolongationortacitrenewaloftheseAgree­
mentswouldnotconstituteanobstacleeithertothe
openingofCommunitynegotiationswiththethird
countriesconcernedortothetransferofthecommer­
cialfabricthereoftoCommunityAgreements,nor
wouldit,duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,
hindertheadoptionofthemeasuresnecessaryto
completethestandardization oftheimportarrange­
mentsappliedbythevariousMemberStates;
Whereasattheconclusion oftheconsultations
providedforinArticle2oftheDecisionof16
December1969itwasestablished,astheaforesaid
declarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,thatthe
provisionsoftheAgreementstobeprolongedor
renewedwouldnot,duringtheperiodunderconsidera­
tion,constituteanobstacletotheimplementation of
thecommoncommercialpolicy;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,theAgreements
concernedmaybeeitherprolongedortacitlyrenewed
foraperiodnotexceedingoneyear,HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheTradeAgreementsandProtocolsbetween
MemberStatesandthirdcountrieslistedintheAnnex
heretomaybeprolongedortacitlyreneweduptothe
datesspecifiedineachcaseintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18October1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET

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