NoL58/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.3.76
COUNCILDECISION
of24February1976
authorizingprolongationortacitrenewalofcertainTradeAgreementsconcluded
betweentheMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(76/278/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof
16December1969ontheprogressivestan­
dardizationofAgreementsconcerningcommer­
cialrelationsbetweenMemberStatesandthird
countriesandonthenegotiationofCommunity
Agreements(*),andinparticularArticle3thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereasprolongationortacitextensionbeyondthe
endofthetransitionalperiodhasalreadybeen
authorizedinthecaseoftheAgreementslistedin
theAnnexheretobytheCouncilunderitsDecisions
of28January1969(2),12May1969(3),8June
1969(4),26June1969(5),30June1969(6),
15September1969(7),20December1969(8),
8June1970(9),29September1970(10),1March
1971(»),25April1972(12),28April1973(13),
21March1974(14)and17February1975(15);
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhaveagain,
withaviewtoavoidinginterruptionintheirtrade
relationswiththethirdcountriesconcerned,based
onAgreements,requestedauthorization toprolong
ortacitlyrenewtheabovementioned Agreements ;
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegrantedtomaintain
traderelationsbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
thirdcountriesconcerned,onthebasisof
Agreements,pendingtheirreplacementbyaCom­
munityconventional orautonomous system;
whereassuchauthorization shouldnot,therefore,adverselyaffecttheobligationoftheMemberStates
toavoidand,whereappropriate,toeliminateany
incompatibility betweensuchAgreementsandthe
provisionsofCommunitylaw;
Whereastheprovisionsoftheinstrumentstobe
eitherprolongedortacitlyrenewedwouldnot,
furthermore ,duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,
constituteanobstacletotheimplementation ofthe
commoncommercialpolicy;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavestated
thattheprolongation ortacitrenewalofthese
agreementswouldnotbelikelytoconstitutean
obstacletoeithertheopeningofCommunity
negotiationswiththethirdcountriesconcernedor
thetransferofthecommercial fabricthereofto
CommunityAgreements,norwouldit,duringthe
periodunderconsideration ,hindertheadoptionof
thenecessarymeasurestocompletethestandard­
izationoftheimportsystemsoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultations
providedforinArticle2oftheDecisionof
16December1969,itwasestablished,asthe
aforesaiddeclarationsbytheMemberStatesconfirm,
thattheprovisionsofthestatementsbytheMember
Statesdonot,therefore,duringtheperiodunder
consideration ,constituteanobstacletotheimple­
mentationofthecommoncommercialpolicy;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,theagreementsmay
beeitherprolongedortacitlyrenewedforaperiod
notexceedingayear,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheTradeAgreementsbetweenMemberStatesand
thirdcountrieslistedintheAnnexheretomaybe
prolongedortacitlyreneweduptothedates
specifiedineachcase.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,24February1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.MART(*)OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39
(2)OJNoL43,20.2.1969,p.15.
(3)OTNoL117,16.5.1969,p.9.
(4)OJNoL133,28.5.1969,p.14.
(5)OJNoL159,1.7.1969,p.20.
(8)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.2.
(7)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,p.9.
(8)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1.
(9)OJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14.
(10)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24.
(n)OJNoL56,1.3.1971,p.8.
(12)OJNoL112,14.5.1972,p.10.
(13)OJNoL124,10.5.1973,p.22.
(14)OJNoL93,4.4.1974,p.23.
(1B)OJNoL62,7.3.1975,p.32.

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BILAG-ANHANG-ANNEX-ANNEXE-ALLEGATO-BIJLAGE
Medlemsstat Tredjeland AftalensartogdateringUdløbefterforlængelseeller
stiltiendevidereførelse
Mitgliedstaat Drittland ArtundDatumdesAbkommens AblaufnachVerlängerungoder
stillschweigender Verlängerung
MemberState Thirdcountry TypeanddateofagreementProlongedortacitly
reneweduntil
Étatmembre Paystiers Natureetdatedel'accordÉchéanceaprèsprorogation
outacitereconduction
Statomembro Paeseterzo Naturaedatadell'accordoScadenzadopolaproroga
oiltacitorinnovo
Lid-Staat Derdeland AardendatumvanhetakkoordVervaldatum naaldanniet
stilzwijgendeverlenging
BENELUX Honduras Handelsakkoord 30.1.1959 27.5.1977
Joegoslavië Handelsakkoord 18.6.1958 30.6.1977
Marokko Handelsakkoord 5.8.1958 30.6.1977
DANMARK Indonesien Handelsaftale 9.9.1952 30.6.1977
Madagaskar Handelsaftale 10.12.1965 25.6.1977
Marokko Handelsaftale 26.7.1961 30.6.1977
Senegal Handelsaftale 11.4.1962 10.7.1977
Spanien Handelsaftale 1.7.1960 30.6.1977
Tunesien Handelsaftale 8.6.1960 31.5.1977
DEUTSCHLAND Afghanistan Handelsabkommen 31.1.1958 31.5.1977
Island Handelsabkommen 20.5.1954 30.6.1977
Jugoslawien Handelsabkommen
Protokoll11.
16.6.1952
7.1964j30.6.1977
Philippinen Handelsabkommen 28.2.1964 12.8.1977
Schweden AbkommenüberWarenverkehr 26.1.1951 30.6.1977
Türkei AbkommenüberWarenverkehr 16.2.1952 30.6.1977
FRANCE Grèce Accordcommercial 9.6.1962 30.6.1977
RAE(république
arabed'Égypte)Accordcommercial 10.7.1964 10.7.1977
ITALIA Austria Accordocommerciale
Scambiodilettere19.6.1949
14.11.1961J30.6.1977
Colombia Modusvivendi 19.5.1952 19.6.1977
Grecia Accordocommerciale 10.11.1954 30.6.1977
Somalia Accordocommercialeedi
cooperazioneeconomicaetecnica1.7.1960 30.6.1977
Spagna Accordocommerciale
Processoverbale28.
1.6.1960
4.1967j8.6.1977
Turchia Accordocommerciale 24.1.1952 31.5.1977