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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposalfora
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing prolongation ortacitrenewalofcertainTradeAgreements
concluded betweentheMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)646final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Inimplementation ofArticle3oftheCouncilDecisionof16December
1969(1)ontheprogressive standardization ofagreements concerning
commercial relations betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries andon
negotiation ofCommunity agreements,theCommission proposestothe
CouncilthattheMemberStatesshouldbeauthorized toextend,'expresslyor
'tacitly,thetradeagreements annexedtotheattachedproposalfora
Councildecision,Theagreements in'questionconstitute thefourthbatch
for1981ancV;expireorareduetobeterminated between 1November 1981
and31January1982. " .
Thepriorconsultation specifiedinArticle2oftthisDecisionwas
executedbywrittenprocedure *Theoutcomewastherecognition on21October
1981thattheconditions underwhichtheagreements couldbeextendedfor
afurtheryearhadbeenfulfilled .
2„TheCommission considersitappropriate topointout,moreover,that
theproposalsforauthorizing theMemberStatestoreneworextend,
expresslyortacitly,certainagreements inthisbatchforafurther
oneyearperiodarebynomeansindicativeofanyposition-it mightadopt
nexttimetheseagreements comeupforrenewal.
(1)OJNoL326of29.12.1969,p.39.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing prolongation ortacit renewal ofcertain
Trade Agreements concluded between theMember States
and third countries ■. ■ •
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard toCouncil Decision 69/494/EECof16December 1969 onthe
progressive standardization ofAgreements concerning commercial relations
between Member States andthird countries andonthenegotiation ofCommunity
Agreements (1),and inparticular Article 3thereof ,
Having regard to'theproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas extension ortacit renewal beyond theendofthetransitional period
hasalready been authorized inthecase oftheAgreements and Protr><-~ -listed
inthe Annex byCouncil Decision 80/1045 /EEC (2);
Whereas theMember States concerned have ,with aview toavoiding interruption
intheir commercial relations with the third countries concerned based on
agreement ,requested authorization toprolong orrenew theabovementioned
Agreements ;
Whereas ,however ,most oftheareas covered bythese national Agreements
arehenceforth thesubject ofCommunity Agreements ;whereas inthis situation
there should beauthorization for themaintenance ofnational Agreements
only forthose areas notcovered byCommunity Agreements ;whereas ,inaddition ,
such authorization should not,therefore ,adversely affect theobligation
incumbent upon theMember States toavoid and,where appropriate ,toeliminate
anyincompatibility between such Agreements andtheprovisions ofCommunity
Uw;
Whereas theprovisions oftheinstruments tobeeither prolonged orrenewed
should not furthermore ,during theperiod under consideration ,constitute
anobstacle tothe imolementation ofthe common •^,T.orcial policy ;
(1)OJN°L326,29.12.1969 ,p.3<
(2)OJN°L307,18.11.1980 ,D. 2'

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Whereas theMember States concerned have declared that theprolongation .
χ
ortacit renewal ofthese Agreements would neither constitute anobstacle
totheopening ofCommunity negotiations with thethird countries
concerned andthetransfer ofthecommercial substance thereof toCommunity
Agreements ,nor during theperiod under consideration ,hinder
theadoption ofthemeasures necessary tocomplete thestandardization
oftheimport arrangements applied bythevarious Member States ;
Whereas attheconclusion oftheconsultations provided for inArticle 2
ofDecision 69/494/EEC itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid declaration *
bytheMember States confirm ,that theprovisions oftheAgreements to
beprolonged orrenewed would not,during theperiod under consideration ,
constitute anobstacle tothe implementation ofthe common commercial
policy ;
. ' * /
Whereas ,inthese ,circumstances ,theAgreements concerned maybeeither
\ * ■- "
extended brtacitly renewed for alimited period ,
HASADOPTED THIS DECISION : , ' .
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Article 1
TheTrade Agreements andProtocols between Member States andthird countries
listed intheAnnex hereto may beprolonged ortacitly renewed uptothe
dates indicated foreach of'them forthose areas notcovered byAgreements
between theCommunity and thethird countries concerned and insofar as
their provisions arenotcontrary toexisting common policies .
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done atBrussels ,: FortheCouncil

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