COUNCIL DECISION of 8 April 1991 authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries (91/181/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 69/494/EEC of 16 December 1969 on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations between Member States and third countries and on the negotiation of Community agreements (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas extension or tacit renewal beyond the end of the transitional period was last authorized in the case of the Agreements and Protocols listed in the Annex by Decision 90/225/EEC (2);

Whereas the Member States concerned have, with a view to avoiding any disruption of their commercial relations with third countries concerned based on Agreements, requested authorization to extend or renew the abovementioned Agreements;

Whereas, however, most of the areas covered by these national Agreements are henceforth the subject of Community Agreements; whereas, in this situation, there should be authorization for the maintenance of national Agreements only for those areas not covered by Community Agreements; whereas, in addition, such authorization should not, therefore, adversely affect the obligation incumbent upon the Member States to avoid and, where appropriate, to eliminate any incompatibility between such Agreements and the provisions of Community law;

Whereas the provisions of the Agreements to be either prolonged or renewed should not furthermore, during the period under consideration, constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy;

Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the extension or tacit renewal of these Agreements would neither constitute an obstacle to the opening of Community negotiations with the third countries concerned and the transfer of the commercial substance of those Agreements to Community Agreements nor, during the period under consideration, hinder the adoption of the measures necessary to complete the standardization of the import arrangements of the Member States;

Whereas at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Article 2 of Decision 69/494/EEC it was established, as the aforesaid declarations by the Member States concerned confirm, that the provisions of the Agreements to be extended or renewed would not, during the period under consideration, constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy;

Whereas, in these circumstances, the Agreements concerned may be either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1

The trade Agreements and Protocols between Member States and third countries, as listed in the Annex hereto, may be extended or tacitly renewed up to the dates indicated for each of them for those areas not covered by Agreements between the Community and the third countries concerned and in so far as their provisions are not contrary to existing common policies. Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 8 April 1991. For the Council

The President

J.-C. JUNCKER (1) OJ No L 326, 29. 12. 1969, p. 39. (2) OJ No L 120, 11. 5. 1990, p. 72.

PARARTIMA ANEXO - BILAG - ANHANG - - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE - ANEXO

Estado miembro País tercero Naturaleza y fecha del Acuerdo Prorrogado o

tácitamente

reconducido hasta el Medlemsstat Tredjeland Aftalens art og datering Udloeb efter forlaengelse

eller stiltiende

viderefoerelse Mitgliedstaat Drittland Art und Datum des Abkommens Ablauf nach

Verlaengerung oder

stillschweigender

Verlaengerung Kratos melos Triti chora Fysi kai imerominia tis symfonias Imerominia lixeos

katopin tis parata-

seos i tis siopiris

ananeoseos Member State Third country Type and date of Agreement Prolonged or tacitly

renewed until État membre Pays tiers Nature et date de l'accord Échéance après

prorogation ou

tacite reconduction Stato membro Paese terzo Natura e data dell'accordo Scadenza dopo la

proroga o il

tacito rinnovo Lid-Staat Derde land Aard en datum van het akkoord Vervaldatum na al

dan niet stilzwijgende

verlenging Estado-membro País terceiro Natureza e data do acordo Prorrogado ou

tacitamente

renovado até

(1) (2) (3) (4) BENELUX Honduras Handelsakkoord/

Accord commercial 30. 1. 1959 27. 5. 1992 Joegoslavië/

Yougoslavie Handelsakkoord/

Accord commercial 18. 6. 1958 30. 6. 1992 Marokko/

Maroc Handelsakkoord/

Accord commercial 5. 8. 1958 30. 6. 1992 DANMARK Indonesien Handelsaftale 9. 9. 1952 30. 6. 1992 Madagaskar Handelsaftale 10. 12. 1965 25. 6. 1992 Marokko Handelsaftale 26. 7. 1961 30. 6. 1992 Senegal Handelsaftale 11. 4. 1962 10. 7. 1992 Tunesien Handelsaftale 8. 6. 1960 31. 5. 1992 DEUTSCHLAND Afghanistan Handelsabkommen 31. 1. 1958 31. 5. 1992 Jugoslawien Handelsabkommen 11. 6. 1952 30. 6. 1992 Protokoll 16. 7. 1964 Philippinen Handelsabkommen 28. 2. 1964 12. 8. 1992 Tuerkei Abkommen ueber Warenverkehr 16. 2. 1952 30. 6. 1992 ELLADA Iran Emporiki symfonia 3. 2. 1976 3. 2. 1992 Tynisia Emporiki symfonia 2. 3. 1960 2. 3. 1992 Iordania Emporiki symfonia 27. 2. 1977 27. 2. 1992 Syria Emporiki symfonia 27. 5. 1969 27. 5. 1992 Malta Emporiki symfonia 14. 4. 1976 14. 4. 1992 ESPAÑA Angola Acuerdo de cooperación y comercial 18. 3. 1983 18. 3. 1992 Egipto Acuerdo comercial 19. 5. 1976 18. 5. 1992 Irak Acuerdo de cooperación

económica, técnica y comercial 23. 12. 1972 27. 5. 1992 República

Dominicana Convenio de cooperación económica 2. 6. 1973 1. 6. 1992 Siria Convenio de cooperación económica 26. 9. 1952 8. 4. 1992 FRANCE RAE (république

arabe d'Égypte) Accord commercial 10. 7. 1964 10. 7. 1992 ITALIA Colombia Modus vivendi 19. 6. 1952 19. 6. 1992 Somalia Accordo commerciale e di

cooperazione economica e tecnica 1. 7. 1960 30. 6. 1992 Turchia Accordo commerciale 24. 1. 1952 31. 5. 1992 PORTUGAL Paquistao Acordo comercial 6. 7. 1981 6. 7. 1992