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COUNCIL
COUNCIL DECISION
of25April1977
authorizingextensionortacitrenewalofcertaintradeagreementsconcluded
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(77/341/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16
December 1969ontheprogressivestandardization of
agreementsconcerningcommercialrelationsbetween
MemberStatesandthirdcountriesandonthenegotia­
tionofCommunityAgreements('),andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthetransi­
tionalperiodhasalreadybeenauthorizedinthecase
oftheAgreementslistedintheAnnexheretobythe
CouncilinitsDecisionof30June1969('),15
September 1969(3),20December 1969(4),8June
1970(s),13July1970(b),25May1971(7),6June
1972(s),18June19730,17September 1974(1°),16
June1975(11)and8April1976(1-);
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhaverequested
authorization toextendorrenewthese.Agreements
withaviewtoavoidinginterruptionintheircommer­cialrelationswiththethirdcountriesconcernedbased
onagreement ;
Whereasauthorization hastobegrantedonlyforthe
maintenance oftraderelationsbetweentheMember
Statesandthethirdcountriesconcerned ,basedon
agreements ,pendingtheirreplacementbyCommu­
nityAgreements tobenegotiated ;whereassuch
authorizationwouldnot,therefore,inanywaymodify
theobligationoftheMemberStatestoavoidand,
whereappropriate ,eliminateanyincompatibility
betweensuchagreementsandtheprovisionsof
Communitylaw;
Whereas,furthermore ,theprovisionsoftheinstru­
mentstobeeitherextendedorrenewedwouldnot,
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,constitutean
obstacletotheimplementation ofthecommon
commercialpolicy;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclared
thattheextensionortacitrenewaloftheseAgree­
mentswouldpreventneithertheopeningofCommu­
nitynegotiationswiththethirdcountriesconcerned
northetransferofthecommercial fabricthereofto
CommunityAgreements ,norwouldit,duringthe
periodenvisaged,hindertheadoptionofthemeasures
necessarytocompletethestandardization ofthe
importsystemsoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,attheconclusion oftheconsultations
providedforinArticle2oftheDecisionof16
December1969,itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid
declarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,thatthe
provisionsoftheAgreements tobeextendedor
renewedwouldnot,duringtheperiodenvisaged,')OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
-')O)NoL169,|().7.1969,p.2.
->)OJNoL23X,23.9.1969,p.9.
■>)O)NoL6,9.I.1970,p.I.
s)OJNoL133,IX.6.1970,p.14.
h)OJNoL157,IX.7.1970,p.29.
7)O")NoL122,4.6.1971,p.24.
s)O")NoL133,10.6.1972,p.61.
'')OJNoL189,II.7.1973,p.45.
I0)ÒJNoL266,2.10.1974,p.I.
")OJNoL162,25.6.1975,p.10.
OJNo1.101,15.4.1976,p.53.

13.5.77 NoL120/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
extendedortacitlyreneweduptothedatesspecified
ineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25April1977.constituteanobstacletotheimplementation ofthe
commoncommercialpolicy;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,theAgreementsmay
beeitherextendedortacitlyrenewedforalimited
period,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
ThetradeagreementslistedintheAnnexhereto
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesmaybeFortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SILKIN

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BILAG—ANHANG—ANNEX—ANNEXE—ALLEGATO —BIJIAGE
Medlemsstat Tredjdand AttalensartogdateringUdløbcfter
torlsengelse
Mitgliedstaat Drittland ArtundDatumdesAbkommensAblautnach
Verlangerung
MemberState Thirdcountry TypeanddateofagreementExtended
until
Etatmembre Paystiers NatureetdatedefaccordÉcheanceapres
reconduction
Statomembro Paeseterzo Naturaedatadell'accordoScadenzadopo
drinnovo
Lid-Staat Derdi-land
/AardendatumvanhetakkoordVervaldatum
naverlenging
BENELUX Israel Accordcommercial 29.8.1958 318.1978
Portugal Accordcommercial 24.5.196130.9.1978
Philippines Accordcommercial 14.3.1967 11.10.1978
IRELAND Portugal
SpainTradeagreement
Tradeagreement6.
19.2.
12.1952
195131.12.1978
31.12.1978
Switzerland Tradeagreement 26.12.1951 31.12.1978
ITALIA Cuba Scambiodinote 9.9.1950 8.9.1978
India Accordocommerciale e
Scambiodilettere6.
7.10.
7.1959
196430.6.1978
Libano Accordocommerciale 4.11.1955 10.9.1978
Svezia Accordocommerciale IK.12.1961 31.10.1978
Svizzera Accordocommerciale 21.10.1950 31.10.1978
Yemen Protocolloaddizionale (altrattatod'a­
miciziaedirelazionieconomiche del
4.9.1937) 5.10.1959 31.12.1978
DANMARK Cameroun Handelsaftale 8.10.1962 7.10.1978
DEUTSCHLAND Ekuador Handelsabkommen 1.8.1953 15.10.1978
Kolumbien Handelsabkommen 9.11.1957 10.11.1978
UEBL Mexique Accordcommercial 11.9.1950 11.9.1978
UNITED
KINGDOM Haiti Exchangeoflettersfortheestablish­
mentofacommercial 'Modusvivendi'25.21928 31.12.1978
Iceland Agreementrelatingtotradeandtorn­
merce(withProtocol) 19.5.1933 31.12.1978
Norway Tradeagreement 15.12.1950 31.12.1978