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COMMISSION O F THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(83) 568 final
Brussels, 30 September 1983
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements 
concluded between the Member States and third countries
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(83) 568 final

E X P L A N A T O R Y  M E M O R A N D U M
1. In implementation of Article 3 of the Council Decisiort of 16 December  
1969 (1) on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning  
commercial relations between M em ber States and third countries and on  
negotiation of Community agreements, the Commission proposes to the Council  
that the M em ber States should be authorized to extend, expressly or ta c itly ,  
the trade agreements annexed to the attached proposal for a  Council decision.  
The agreements in question constitute the fourth batch for 1983 and expire
or are due to be terminated between 1  November 1983 and 3 1  January 1984.
The prior consultation specified in Article 2  of this Decision w as  
executed by written procedure. The outcome w as the recognition on '16 September  
1983 that the conditions under which the agreements could be extended for  
a  further year had been fu lfille d .
2. The Commission considers it appropriate to point out, moreover, that  
the proposals for authorizing the M em ber States to renew or extend,  
expressly or ta c itly , certain agreements in this batch for a  further oneyear  
period are by no m eans indicativefof any position it might adopt next time  
these agreements com e up for renewal.
(1) O.J. n o L  326 of 29.12.1969, p. 39.

Proposal for a  
C O U N C IL  DECISION
authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded
between the M em ber States and third countries
T H E  C O U N C IL O F ' T H E  E U R O P E A N  COM M UNITIES,
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 Decem ber 1969 on the  
progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations between  
M em ber States and third countries and on the negotiation of Com m unity agreements  
(1), and in particular A rticles' thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas extension or tacit renewal beyond the end of the transitional period w a s  
last authorized in the case of the Agreements and Protocols listed in the Annex  
by Council Decision 82/8554CEE (2);
Whereas the M em ber States concerned have, with a view to avoiding disruption of  
their commercial relations with the third countries concerned based on agreement,  
requested authorization to extend or renew the abovementioned Agreements;
Whereas, however, m ost of the areas covered by these national agreements are  
henceforth the subject of Com m unity agreements; whereas in this situation there  
should be authorization for the maintenance of national agreements only for  
those areas not covered by Com m unity agreements; whereas, in addition, such  
authorization should not, therefore, adversely affect the obligation incumbent  
upon the M em ber States to avoid and, where appropriate, to eliminate any  
incompatibility between such agreements and the provisions of Com m unity law;
Whereas the provisions of the instruments to be either prolonged or renewed  
should not furthermore, during the^eriod under consideration, constitute an  
obstacle to the implementation of the c o m m o n  commercial policy;
Whereas the M em ber States concerned have declared that the extension or tacit  
renewal of these agreements whould neither constitute an obstacle to the  
opening of Community negotiations with the third countries concerned and the  
transfer of the commercial substance thereof to Com m unity agreements nor,  
during the period under consideration, hinder the adoption of the measures  
necessary to complete the standardization of the import arrangements applied  
by the M em ber States;
Whereas at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Article 2 of  
Decision 69/494/EEC it w as established, as the aforesaid declarations by the  
M em ber States concerned confirm, that the provisions of the agreements to be  
prolonged or renewed would not, during the period under consideration, constitute  
an obstacle to the implementation of the c o m m o n  commercial policy;
Whereas, in these circumstances, the agreements concerned m a y  be either extended  
or ta c itly  renewed for a  limited period,
■  i . / .
(1) O.J. N° L  326, 29.12.1969, p. 39.
(2) O.J. N° L  357,, 1&12.1982, p. 23.

-  2 -
H A S  A D O P T E D  THIS DECISION :
A rticle 1
The Trade Agreements and Protocols between Mem ber States and third countries  
listed in the Annex hereto m ay be extended or ta c itly  renewed up to the  
dates indicated for each of them for those areas not covered by agreements  
between the Com munity and the third countries concerned and in so far as th e ir  
provisions are not contrary to existing c o m m o n  policies.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Mem ber States,
Done at Brussels, For the Council

BILAG  —  ANHANG  —  ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ  —  ANNEX  —  ANNEXE  —  ALLEGATO  —  BIJLAGE
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videreførelse
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Verlängerung oder 
stillschweigender 
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κατόπιν τής καρατά-  
σεως ή τής σιωκηρβς 
όνανεώσεως
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renewed until
Ëtat membre Pays tiers Nature et date de l’ accordEchéance après 
prorogation ou 
tacite reconduction
Stato membro Paese terzo Natura e data dell’ accordoScadenza dopo la 
proroga o il 
tacito rinnovo
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dan niet stilzwijgende 
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