ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(72)1537
Vol.1972/0211

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement (CEE, Euratom) n°354/83 duConseil du1erfévrier 1983
concernant l'ouverture aupublic desarchives historiques delaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergie atomique (JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifié par lerèglement (CE, Euratom) n°1700/2003 du22septembre 2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003, p.1),cedossier estouvert aupublic. Lecaséchéant, lesdocuments
classifiés présents dans cedossier ontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article 5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No354/83 of1February 1983
concerning theopening tothepublic ofthehistorical archives oftheEuropean Economic
Community andtheEuropean Atomic Energy Community (OJL43,15.2.1983, p.1),as
amended byRegulation (EC, Euratom) No1700/2003 of22September 2003 (OJL243,
27.9.2003, p.1),this fileisopen tothepublic. Where necessary, classified documents inthis
filehave been declassified inconformity with Article 5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr.354/83 desRates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L43vom 15.2.1983,
S.1),geändert durch dieVerordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr.1700/2003 vom 22.September 2003
(ABI. L243vom 27.9.2003, S.1),istdiese Datei derÖffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden dieVerschlusssachen indieser Datei inÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel 5
dergenannten Verordnung freigegeben.

COMMISSION OPTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
<
COM(72 )1537 final
Brussels ,6December 1972
Proposal fora
Council Decision
authorizing thetacit extension ofcertain
trade agreements between theMember
States and third countries
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM(72 )1537 final

Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizingthetacitextensionofcertain
tradeagreementsbetweentheMember
Statesandthirdcountries
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomio
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof;
1)HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16December1969on
theprogressivestandardization ofagreementsconcerningcommercial
relationsbetweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesandonthe
negotiationofCommunityagreements,andinparticularArticle3
thereof; '
Havingregard-frotheProposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthetransitional period
hasalreadybeenauthorized,inthecaseoftheAgreementslisted
intheannexhereto,bytheCouncilunderitsDecisionsof
28January1969^\26June1969^\8December1969^»
20December1969^,13July1970^6\29September1970^,
23November1970^.25October1971and28February1972^^;
^OJNoL326,29December1969,p.39.^OJNoL43,20February19^9»P»15*^OJNoL159,1July1969,p.20.^OJNoL323,24December1969»P»10»^OJNoL6,9Januaiy1970,p.1.
NoL157,18July1970,p.29.^OJNoL225,,12October1970,p.24,
(8WNoL262,3December1979,p.18.
(^OJNoL248,9November1971,p.7.
^10\)JNo.L56,7March1972,p.10.

-2-
WhereastheMemberStatesconcerned ,haverequestedthat,witha
viewtoavoidinginterruption intheircommercialrelationswith
thethirdcountriesconcerned "basedonagreementandpending
finalization oftheprogrammeforCommunitynegotiations currently -
beingstudied-whichaimsatthegradualreplacementofMember
States'agreementsbyCommunityagreements-theybeauthorized
toextendtheabove-mentioned Agreements ;
Whereasauthorization hastobegrantedfortheextensionoftrade
agreementswiththirdcountriesbeyondthetransitional period,
butwithoutaffectingtheotherobligations incumbentuponthe
MemberStatesconcernedunderCommunitylaw;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclaredthatextension
ofthoseAgreementswouldnotconstituteanobstacletotheopening
ofCommunitynegotiations withthethirdcountriesconcernedand
thattheyarewillingtohavecommercialmatterscoveredbytheir
currentbilateralagreementscoveredinsteadbysuchCommunity
agreementsasmaybenegotiated ;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultations providedforin
Article2oftheCouncilDecisionof16December19^9»was
established ,astheaforesaiddeclarations bytheMemberStates
confirm,thattheprovisionoftheinstrumentstobeextended
wouldnot,duringtheperiodofextensionenvisaged,constitutean
obstacletoimplementation ofthecommoncommercialpolicy;
Whereasinthesecircumstanoes theAgreementsconcernedmaybe
tacitlyextendedforaspeoifiedperiod;
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION:
Article 1
ThetradeagreementsbetweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries
listedintheAnnexheretomaybeextendeduptothedatesspecified
ineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.

-2a-
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates*
Doneat , 19•

ANNEX
Member
StateThird
CountryTypeandDate
ofagreementExtended
until
BENELUXAustria
Bulgaria*
FRANCE
GERMANYAustria TradeAgreement
Bulgaria*Extensionfor1973
oftheProtocol
annexedtothe
TradeAgreementof
Czechoslovakia*Extension for1973
oftheProtocol
annexedtothe
TradeAgreementof
Hungary*Extensionfor1973
oftheProtocol
annexedtothe
TradeAgreement
signed
Norway TradeAgreement
Poland*Extensionfor1973
oftheProtocol
annexedtothe
TradeAgreementof
Rumania*Extensionfor1973
oftheProtocol
annexedtothe
TradeAgreementof
Spain TradeAgreement
Sweden TradeAgreement
Switzerland TradeAgreementof29.6.195731.3.1974
13.5.197031.12.1973
6.4.197231.12.1973
23.11.1971
28.5.195731.
30.12.1973
4.1974
25.11.1971 31.12.1973
8.12.1970
2.6.1960
27.4.1957
21.6.1957
Tunisia
Albania*
Bulgaria*
Ecuador
Hungary*andExchangeofNotesof5«5«i96î31.
14.
28.
.31.12.1973
4.1974
2.1974
3.1974
India1)
Iraq
Lebanon
Paraguay
SouthAfrica
SouthKorea
Indonesia
SouthKorea
SpainTradeAgreement
Extensionfor1973
oftheProtocol
annexedtothe
TradeAgreementof
Extensionfor1973
oftheProtocol
annexedtothe
TradeAgreementof
TradeAgreement
Extensionfor1973
oftheProtocol
annexedtothe
TradeAgreementof
TradeAgreementand
ExchangeofLetters
TradeAgreement
TradeAgreement
r*\TradeAgreement
\'/T7V...~'U T1.8.195331.3.1974
7.4.197231.12.1973
23.
20.1.1970
3.195931.
20.12.1973
3.1974
5.1.197031.12.1973
19.10.1959
25.9.1967
25.3.1955
11.9.1956
ExchangeofLetters18.4.1964
ExchangeofLetters12.3.196331.
25.
10.
12.
31.
31.12.1973
3.1974
4.1974
4.1974
12.1973
3.1974
TradeAgreement
TradeAgreement
TradeAgreement22.4.195331.3.1974
8.4.19657.4.1974
20.6.196030.4.1974
(1)ExtendedbyExchangeofNotes.
(*)\–/A..X1.^L• _r».Authorizationofextensionwillbecomevoidifanewprotocolfor
1973isconcludedbefore31December1972.

-2-
Member Third .
State CountryType and Date
ofagreementExtendeà
Tintil
ITALY Dominican
Republic
ElSalvador
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Norway
South Korea
Yugoslavia
Pinland THE
NETHER -USSR *
,LANDSTrade Agreement
Trade Agreement
Additional Protocol
Trade Agreement
Exchange ofNotes
and
Trade Agreement
Exchange ofLetters
Procés –verbaux
and
Trade Agreement
Protocol
Exchange ofNotes
Trade Agreement
Trade Agreement
Protocol and
subsequent
Exchange ofLetters
Trade Agreement
Agreement onTrade
and Payment and
later Protocols18.2.1954
30.3.1953
21.12.1955
23.3.1951
29.1.1958
23.3.1961
5-3.1954
5.1.1956
21.10.1956
11.2.1964
20.5.1953
31.8.1959
10.5.1962
9.3.1965
1.7.1967
30.4.1969
8.12.195611.3.1974
31.3.1974
31.3.1974
9.2.1974
31.3.1974
31.3.1974
8.3.1974
31.12.1973
31.3.1974
2.7.1948 31.12.1973
*Theauthorization forextension become void ifanewprotocol for
1973 isconcluded before 31December 1972 .
0