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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
/COM(76)403final.
,v:
Brussels,26July1976,
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION ■
authorizingextensionortacitrenewalofcertaintrade
Agreementsconcluded ,betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Inimplementation ofArticle3oftheCouncilDecisionof ,
16December19690)"theprogressivestandardization ofagreements
concerningcommercialrelationsbetweenMemberStatesandthird
countriesandonnegotiation ofCommunityagreements ,theCommission
proposestotheCouncilthattheMemberStatesshouldbeauthorized
toextend,expresslyortacitly,thetradeagreementsannexedtothe
attachedproposalforaCouncildecision.'Theagreementsin
questionconstitutethefourthbatchfor1976andexpireoraredue
tobeterminatedbetween 1November1976and31January 1977•
Thepriorconsultation specifiedinArticle2ofthisDecisionwas
executedbywrittenprocedure.Theoutcomewastherecognition
on15July1976thattheconditionsunderwhichtheagreementscould
beextendedforafurtheryearhadbeenfulfilled.
2.TheCommissionconsidersitappropriatetopointout,moreover,
thattheproposalsforauthorizing theMemberStatestorenewor
extend,expresslyortacitly,certainagreementsinthisbatch
forafurtherone-yearperiodarebynomeansindicativeofany
positionitmightadoptnexttimetheseagreements comeupfor
renewal•
(1)OJNoL326of29.12.1969,P.39

Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
of
authorizing extensionortacitrenewalofcertaintrade
AgreementsconcludedbetweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16December19690)onthe
progressivestandardization ofagreementsconcerningcommercial
relationsbetweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesandonthe
negotiation ofCommunityAgreements ,andinparticularArticle3
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasextensionortacitrenewalbeyondtheendofthetransitional
periodhasalreadybeenauthorizedinthecaseoftheAgreementsand
ProtocolslistedintheAnnexheretobytheCouncilunderitsDecisions
of28January1969(2).-26June1969(3),30June1969(4)»
15September 19^9(5)»17Oc.tober1969(6),8December 1969(7)»
20December 1969(3)»6Pebruary1970(9),8June1970(10),
13July1970(11),29September1970(12).23November1970(13),
25October1971(14),18October1972(15),28April1973(16),
6December1973l17)»9December1974(18)and7October1975(19)•
(ilOJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
(2)OJNoL43,20.2.1969,P.15.
(3)OJNoL159,1.7.1969,P.20.
(4)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,P.2.
(5)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,P.9.Ì6)OJNoL266,24.10.1969,p.32.
(7)OJNoL323,24.12.1969,p.10.
(8)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1.
(9)OJNoL36,14.2.1970,p.29.
(10)OJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14.(11)OJNoL157,18.7.1970,p.29.
(12)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24
(13)OJNoL262,3.12.1970,p.18.
(14)OJNoL248,9.11.1971,p.7.
(15}OJNoL250,6.11.1972,p.1.
(16)OJNoL124,10.5.1973,P.20,
andOJNoL220,8.8.1973,
P.25.
(17)OJNoL30,4.2.1974,p.1;
(18)OJNoL352,28.12.1974,p.37
(19)OJNoL265,14.10.1975,P.1'9

Whereas theMember States concerned have requested authorization
toextend orrenew these Agreements with aview toavoiding
interruption intheir commercial relations with thethird countries
concerned based onagreement ;
Whereas authorization hastobegranted only forthemaintenance of
trade relations between theMember States and thethird countries
concerned ,based onagreements ,pending their replacement by
Community Agreements tobenegotiated ;whereas such authorization
would not ,therefore inanywaymodify theobligation ofthe
Member States toavoid and ,where appropriate ,eliminate any
incompatibility between such agreements andtheprovisions of
Community law ;
Whereas furthermore ,theprovisions oftheinstruments tobeeither
extended orrenewed should not ,during theperiod under consideration ,
constitute anobstacle totheimplementation ofthecommon commercial
policy ; '
Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the extension
ortacit renewal ofthese Agreements would prevent neither the
opening ofCommunity negotiations with thethird countries concerned nor
thetransfer ofthecommercial fabric thereof toCommunity Agreements ,
norwould it,during theperiod envisaged ,hinder theadoption ofthe
measures necessary tocomplete thestandardization oftheimport
systems oftheMember States ;
Whereas ,attheconclusion oftheconsultations provided forin
Article 2oftheCouncil Decision of16December 1969 ,itwasestablished ,
astheaforesaid declarations bytheMember States confirm ,that the
provisions oftheAgreements tobeextended orrenewed would not ,during
theperiod envisaged ,constitute anobstacle totheimplementation of
thecommon commercial policy ;
Whereas ,inthese circumstances ,theAgreements maybeeither extended
ortacitly renewed foralimited period ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
Thetrade Agreements andProtocols listed intheAnnex hereto between
Member States andthird countries maybeextended ortacitly renewed
uptothedates specified ineach case inthesaid Annex#
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed totheMember States .
Done at
For theCouncil
The President

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BENELUX Autriche Accordcommercial 29.-6.1957
.Espagne Accordcommercial 2.6.i960
Norvège Accordcommercial 28.5.1957
Suede Accordcommercial 27.4.1957
Suisse Accordcommercial 21.6.1957
etéchangédenotes 5.5-1961
.Tunisie Accordcommercial 1.0.1953
DANîlAïïfC Island Vareudveks 1ingsaftaie 4.6.1943
Norge Vareudveks 11ngsoverenskomst 30.3.1946
ogtillaegsprotokolhertil2.8.1966
Schweiz Vareudveks 1ingsaftale15.9.1951
Sverige Vareudvekslingsoverenskornst 11.3.1940
DEUTSCHLAND Indonesien Handelsabkommen vom 22.4.1953
Spanien Handelsabkommen vom 20.6.i960
Südkorea Handelsabkommen vom u.4.1965
FRANCE AfriqueduSud(l)Echangedelettres 18.4.1964
CoreeduSudEchangedelettres 12.3.1963
Inde(l) Accordcommercial et
échangédelettres 19.10.1959
Irak Accordcommercial 25.9.1967
Liban Accordcommercial 25.:3.1955
IRELAND Austria
Finland
Iceland
SwedenTradeagreementconcluded
byexchangeofnotes 6.10.1950
Tradeagreement 1.6.1951
Tradeagreement 2.12.1950
Tradeagreement 25»6.194931.3.197
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Corea del Sud Accordo commerciale 9-3-1965
ElSalvador Accordo commerciale 30.3.1953
protocollo addizionale 21.12.1955
Indonesia Accordo commerciale 23.3.1951
Iran Scambio dinote 29-1.1958
e 23.3.1961
Israele Accordo commerciale 5-3.1954
scambio dilettere 5-1.1956
processi verbali 21.10 .1956
e 11.2.1964
Iugoslavia Accordo commerciale 1.7-1967
protocolle escambio
dinote successivo 30.4.1969
Norvegia Accordo commerciale 20.5-1953
protocollo 31.8.959
scambio dinote 10.5.1962
Repubblica
dominicana Accordo commerciale 18.2.1954
Finland Handel sakkoord Β.12.19568.3.1973
).31.3.1973
31.3.1973
)9.2.1973
)
)31.3.1973
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j31.12.1977
j31.3.1973
11.3.1973
31.3.1978