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COUNCIL
COUNCIL DECISION
of16June1975
authorizingextensionortacitrenewalofcertaintradeagreementsconcluded
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(75/360/EEC)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16
December1969(>)ontheprogressivestandardization
ofagreementsconcerningcommercial relations
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesandon
thenegotiationofCommunityagreements ,andin
particularArticle3thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthetransi­
tionalperiodhasalreadybeenauthorizedinthecase
oftheagreementslistedintheAnnexheretobythe
CouncilinitsDecisionsof30June1969(2),15
September 1969(3),20December 1969(4),8June
1970(5),13July1970(6),25May1971(7),6June
1972(8),18June1973(9)and17September1974('<>);
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhaverequested
authorization toextendorrenewtheseagreements
withaviewtoavoidinginterruptionintheircommer­
cialrelationswiththethirdcountriesconcernedbased
onagreement ;Whereasauthorization hastobegrantedonlyforthe
maintenance oftraderelationsbetweentheMember
Statesandthethirdcountriesconcerned ,basedon
agreements,pendingtheirreplacementbyCommu­
nityagreementstobenegotiated ;whereassuch
authorization wouldnot,therefore,inanywaymodify
theobligationoftheMemberStatestoavoidand,
whereappropriate ,eliminateanyincompatibility
betweensuchagreementsandtheprovisionsof
Community law;
Whereas,furthermore ,theprovisionsoftheinstru­
mentstobeeitherextendedorrenewedwouldnot,
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,constitutean
obstacletotheimplementation ofthecommon
commercialpolicy;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclared
thattheextensionortacitrenewaloftheseagreements
wouldpreventneithertheopeningofCommunity
negotiationswiththethirdcountriesconcernednor
thetransferofthecommercial fabricthereofto
Communityagreements ,norwouldit,duringthe
periodenvisaged,hindertheadoptionofthemeasures
necessarytocompletethestandardization ofthe
importsystemsoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultations
providedforinArticle2oftheDecisionof16
December1969,itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid
declarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,thatthe
provisionsoftheagreementstobeextendedor
renewedwouldnot,duringtheperiodevisaged,consti­
tuteanobstacletotheimplementation ofthe
commoncommercialpolicy;(')OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
(-)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.2.
(3)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,p.9.
(4)OJNoL6,9.l.1970,p.1.
(5)OJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14.
(")OJNoL157,18.7.1970,p.29.
(7)OJNoL122,4.6.1971,p.24.
(8)OJNoL133,10.6.1972,p.61.
HOJNoL189,11.7.1973,p.45.
(I0)OJNoL266,2.10.1974,p.1.

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Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,theagreementsmay
beeitherextendedortacitlyrenewedforalimited
period,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
ThetradeagreementslistedintheAnnexhereto
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesmaybe
extendedortacitlyreneweduptothedatesspecified
ineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,16June1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.RYAN

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BILAG—ANHANG—ANNEX—ANNEXE—ALLEGATO—BIJLAGE
MedlemsstatTredjeland AftalensartogdateringUdløb
efterforlængelse
Mitgliedstaat Drittland ArtundDatumdesAbkommensAblauf
nachVerlängerung
MemberState Thirdcountry Typeanddateofagreement Extendeduntil
Étatmembre Paystiers Natureetdatedel'accordÉchéance
aprèsreconduction
Statomembro Paeseterzo Naturaedatadell'accordoScadenza
dopoilrinnovo
Lid-Staat Derdeland AardendatumvanhetakkoordVervaldatum
naverlenging
BENELUX Israël Accordcommercial 29.8.1958 31.8.1976
Portugal Accordcommercial 24.5.1961 30.9.1976 IPhilippines Accordcommercial 14.3.1967 11.10.1976
IRELAND Portugal Tradeagreement 6.2.1952 31.12.1976
Spain Tradeagreement 19.12.1951 31.12.1976 ISwitzerland Tradeagreement 26.12.1951 31.12.1976
ITALIA Cuba Scambiodinote 9.9.1950 8.9.1976
India Accordocommerciale e6.10.1959j30.6.1976\Scambiodilettere 7.7.1964
Libano Accordocommerciale 4.11.1955 10.9.1976
Svezia Accordocommerciale 18.12.1961 31.10.1976 I Svizzera Accordocommerciale 21.10.1950 31.10.1976
Yemen Protocollo addizionale
(altrattatod'amiciziae
direlazionieconomicheldel4.9.1937) 5.10.1959 31.12.1976
DANMARK Cameroun Handelsaftale 8.10.1962 7.10.1976
DEUTSCHLAND Ekuador Handelsabkommen 1.8.1953 15.10.1976 IKolumbien Handelsabkommen 9.11.1957 10.11.1976
UEBL Mexique Accordcommercial 11.9.1950 11.9.1976
UNITEDKINGDOM Haiti Exchangeoflettersfor
theestablishment ofa
commercial 'Modusvi­lvendi' 25.2.1928 31.12.1976IIceland Agreementrelatingto
tradeandcommerce
(withProtocol) 19.5.1933 31.12.1976
Norway Tradeagreement .15.12.1950 31.12.1976
Tunisia Tradeagreementand
successiveexchangeoflletters 17.1.1961 31.10.1976