NoL189/45 11.7.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILDECISION
of18June1973
authorizingthetacitextensionofcertaintradeagreementsconcludedbetweenthe
MemberStatesandthirdcountries
(73/181/EEC)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclared
thatextensionoftheseAgreementswouldnot
constituteanobstacletotheopeningofCommunity
negotiationswiththethirdcountriesconcernedand
thattheyarewillingtohavecommercialmatters
coveredbytheircurrentbilateralagreementscovered
insteadbysuchCommunityagreementsasmaybe
negotiated ;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultations
providedforinArticle2oftheCouncilDecisionof
16December1969,itwasestablished ,asthe
aforesaiddeclarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,
thattheprovisionsoftheinstrumentstobeextended
wouldnot,duringtheperiodofextensionenvisaged,
constituteanobstacletoimplementation ofthe
commoncommercialpolicy;
Whereasinthesecircumstances theAgreements
coveredmaybetacitlyextendedforaspecified
period,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16
December1969(*)ontheprogressivestandardization
ofagreementsconcerningcommercialrelations
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesandon
thenegotiationofCommunityagreements ,andin
particularArticle3thereof;
HavingregardtotheProposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthe
transitionalperiodhasalreadybeenauthorizedinthe
caseoftheAgreementslistedintheAnnexheretoby
theCouncilunderitsDecisionsof30June1969(2),
15September1969(3),20December1969(4),8June
1970(5),13July1970(6),25May1971(7)and6June
1972(8);
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhave
requestedthat,withaviewtoavoidinginterruption
intheircommercialrelationswiththethirdcountries
concernedbasedonagreementandpending
finalizationoftheprogrammeforCommunity
negotiationscurrentlybeingstudied—whichaimsat
thegradualreplacement ofMemberStates'
agreementsbyCommunityagreements—,thusbe
authorized toextendtheabovementioned
Agreements ;
Whereasauthorization hastobegrantedforthe
extensionoftradeagreementswiththirdcountries
beyondthetransitionalperiod,butwithoutaffecting
theotherobligationsincumbentupontheMember
StatesconcernedunderCommunitylaw;HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
ThetradeagreementsbetweenMemberStatesand
thirdcountrieslistedintheAnnexheretomaybe
extendeduptothedatespecifiedineachcaseinthe
saidAnnex.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18June1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS
(i)OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
2)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.2.
3)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,p.9.
4)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1.
5)OJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14.
6)OJNoL157,18.7.1970,p.29.
7)OJNoL122,4.6.1971,p.24.
8)OJNoL133,10.6.1972,p.61.

NoL189/46 11.7.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ANNEX
MemberState ThirdCountry TypeandDateofAgreementExtended
until
BENELUX Israel TradeAgreement 29.8.195831.8.1974
Portugal TradeAgreement 24.5.196130.9.1974
BLEU Mexico TradeAgreement 11.9.195011.9.1974
Uruguay TradeAgreement 14.6.194631.12.1974
DENMARK Cameroun TradeAgreement 8.10.19627.10.1974
GERMANY Colombia TradeAgreement 9.11.195710.11.1974
Ecuador TradeAgreement 1.8.195315.10.1974
Uruguay TradeAgreement 18.4.195310.10.1974
IRELAND Bulgaria TradeAgreement 23.4.197030.6.1974
Portugal TradeAgreement 6.2.195231.12.1974
Spain TradeAgreement 19.12.195131.12.1974
Switzerland TradeAgreement 26.12.195131.12.1974
ITALY Cuba Exchangeofnotes 9.9.1950 9.9.1974
India TradeAgreement
Exchangeofletters6.10.1959
7.7.1964}30.6.1974
Lebanon TradeAgreement 4.11.195510.9.1974
Sweden TradeAgreement 18.12.196131.10.1974
Switzerland TradeAgreement 21.10.195031.10.1974
Yemen AdditionalProtocol(totheTreatyof
FriendshipandEconomicrelations
of4.9.1937) 5.10.195931.12.1974
UNITED
KINGDOMArgentine AgreementrelatingtoTradeand
Commerceandsuccessivelyexchangeof
notes 1.12.193631.12.1974
Haiti Exchangeofnotesfortheestablishment
ofacommercial 'ModusVivendi' 25.2.192831.12.1974
Iceland AgreementrelatingtoTradeand
Commerce (withprotocol) 19.5.193331.12.1974
Norway TradeAgreement 15.12.195031.12.1974
Poland AgreementonTradeandCommerceand
successivelyexchangeofnotes 27.2.193531.12.1974
Tunisia TradeAgreementandsuccessively
exchangeofnotes 17.1.196131.10.1974