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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROÏEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)598final
Brussels,2May1974
Proposaifora
COUNCILDECISION '
authorizingprolongation ortacitrenewal
ofcertaintradeagreementsconcluded
"betweentheMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(74)598final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Pursuant toArticle 3oftheCouncil Decision (1)of
16December 19&9 ontheprogressive standardization ofagreements
concerning commercial relations between Member States and third
countries and onthenegotiations ofCommunity agreements ,the
Commission proposes that theCouncil authorize theMember States to
extend ortacitly renew thecommercial agreements annexed tothe
proposal for aCouncil Decision .This concerns the second group for
197^1 namely agreements whose expiry ortermination date falls
before 1May197^»
2. TheCommission points out that among thedifferent acts
enumerated inthe list isthe Trade Agreement concluded on23April
1970 between Ireland andBulgaria ,valid foranindefinite time but
subject tocancellation onsix months' notice atany time .Since
this isaagreement made with anEastern European State andmust be'
terminate by31December 197^,according totheprinciple adopted
atCommunity level ,theCommunity accepts that theagreement may be
extended tothat date ,ontheunderstanding that the Irish Government
must make provision foritstermination by30June 197^' atthelatest .
3. Moreover ,theCommission considers that theCouncil 'sattention
should bedrawn tothe fact that ,inaccordance with Article 2ofthe
aforementioned Decision of29March 197^,theCommission hasdecided
not torecomend the authorisation toextend thevalidity ofagreements
between certain member-states and certain third countries with which
theCommunity hasconcluded anagreement ofgeneral applicability .(2)

Indeed ,consultation has shown that theprovisions made in
national agreements are either exceeded bythose ofCommunity
agreements ,orareincompatible with them ,oridentical with them *.
t
Inthecircumstances ,theCommission isoftheopinion that
theCommunity agreements inquestion have entirely supplanted the
corresponding national agreements ,rendering these superfluous .(See
Article 12oftheCommunity agreement with India ,Article 6ofthe
Community agreement with Uruguay andArticle 6oftheCommunity
agreement with Argentina ).
(1)O.J. NoL326 Of29.12.1969 ,p.39
(2)Thefollowing agreements ,inter alia ,arerelevant :
-"Accordo commerciale del 6.10.1939 eScambio dilettere del
7.7«19oV' between Italy andIndia :
-"Handelsabkommen vom18.4.1933 "between Germany andUruguay :
-"Accord commercial dulk.6.19k6 "between BLEU endUruguay ;
-"Agreement relating toTrade andCommerce and successively
exchange ofnotes of .1.12.1936 "between theUnited Kingdom
and Argentina .

Proposai for
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing prolongation oftacit renewal
ofcertain trade agreements concluded
between the Member States and third countries
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,'
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard totheCouncil Decision of16December 1969 on
theprogressive standardization ofagreements concerning commercial
relations between Member States and third countries and onthe
negotiations ofCommunity Agreements ,and inparticular Article 3
thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas tacit extension beyond the end ofthe transitional period
has already been authorized inthe case oftheAgreements listed in
theAnnex hereto bytheCouncil under itsDecision of30June 1969(2 ),
15September 1969(3 ),20December 1969(4 ),8June 1970(5 ),
13July 1970(6 ),23May1971(7 ),6June 1972(8 )and18June 1973(9 );
./.
1)OJNoL326 ,29.12.1969 ,P-39
(2)OJNoL169 ,10.7.1969 ,P-2
3)OJNoL238 .23.9.1969 ,P*9
(4)OJNoL 6,9.1.1970 ,P-1
(3)OJNoL133 ,18.6.1970 ,P*lk
6)OJNoL137 ,18.,7.1970 ,P-29
(7)OJNoL122 ,k.6.1971 ,P»2k
(8)OJNoL133 ,10.6.1972 ,P«61
(9)OJNoL189 ,11.7.1973 ,P»45

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Whereas theMember States concerned have ,with aview toavoiding
interruption intheir commercial relations .with thethird countries
concerned based onagreement ,requested authorization toprolong or
renew theabove-mentioned Agreements j
Whereas authorization has tobegranted only tomaintain commercial
relations between theMember States and the third countries concerned ,
onthebasis ofAgreements ,pending their replacement byCommunity
Agreements tobenegotiated ;whereas such authorization should not ,
therefore ,adversely affect theobligation oftheMember States to
avoid and ,where appropriate ,toeliminate anyincompatibility
between such agreements andtheprovisions ofCommunity law ;
Whereas theprovisions oftheinstruments tqbeeither prolonged or
renewed would not ,,furthermore ,during theperiod under consideration ,
constitute anobstacle totheimplementation ofthecommon commercial
policy j
Whereas theMember States concerned have declared that theprolongation
ortacit renewal ofthese Agreements would notconstitute anobstacle
toeither theopening ofCommunity negotiations with thethird
countries concerned orthe transfer ofthe commercial fabric thereof
toCommunity Agreements ,norwould it,during theperiod under
consideration ,hinder theadoption ofthenecessary measures to
complete thestandardization oiftheimport systems oftheMember
States j
Whereas ,attheconclusion oftheconsultations provided forin
Article 2oftheDecision of16December 1969 Iitwasestablished ,
7 •
astheaforesaid declarations bytheMember States confirm ,that
theprovisions oftheAgreements tobeprolonged orrenewed would
not ,during theperiod under consideration ,constitute anobstacle ;
toimplementation ofthecommon commercial policy ;

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Whereas ,inthese circumstances ,theAgreements may beeither
prolonged ortacitly renewed foraperiod not exceeding ayear ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
The trade agreements between Member States and third countries
listed intheAnnex hereto may beprolonged ortacitly renewed upto
the dates specified ineach case inthe said Annex .
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done atLuxembourg ,
For the Council
The Président

BILAG -ANHANG -ANNEX -ANNEXE -ALLEGATO -BIJLAGE
Medlemstat Tredjeland Aftalens artogdatering n_ efter forlaengeJ se
Mitgliedstaat DrittlandArt und Datum des
AbkommensAblauf
na-ch Verlangering
Member State Third country Type anddate ofagreement Extended until
Etat membre Pays tiers Nature etdate del'accord ^Echéance
après reoonduct ion
Stato membro Paese terzo Natura edata dell' accordo ,caaenzo ,dopo ilrinnovo
Lid-Staat Derds land Aard endatum van het akkoordVerval aatum
naverlenging
BENELUX Israël Accord commercial 29.8.1958 31.8.1975
Portugal Accord commercial 24.5.1961 30.9.1975
Philippines Accord commercial 14.3.1967 11.10.1975
IKELAND Bulgaria Trade Agreement 23.4.1970 31.12.1974
Portugal Trade Agreement 6.2.1952 31.12.1974
bpain Trade Agreement 19.12.1951 31.12.1974
Switzerland Trade Agreement 26.12.1951 31.12,1974
ITALIA Cuba Scambio dinote 9»9.1950 8.9.1975
Libano Accordo commerciale 4.11.1955 10.9.1975
Svezia Accordo commerciale 18.12.1961 31.10,1975
Svizzera Accordo commerciale 21.10.1950 31.10.1975
Yemen Protocollo addizionale
(altrattato d'amicizia
edirelazioni economi­
chedel4.9*1937 ) 5.10.1959 31.12.1975
DAMARK Cameroun Handelsaftale 8.10.1962 7.10.1975
DELTSCKLAND EJkuador Hande 1sabkommen 1.8,1953 15.10.1975
Kolumbien Hande 1sabkommen 9.11.1957 10,11.1975
UEBL Mexique Accord commercial 11.9.1950 11.9.1975
UNITED
KINGDOHHaïti Exchange ofnotes for
the establishment ofa
commercial
"Modus Vivendi " 25»2.1928 31.12.1974
Iceland Agreement relating to
trade and commerce
(with protocol ) 19.5.1933 31.12.1974
Norway Trade Agreement 15.12.1950 31.12.1974
Tunisia Trade Agreement and
successively echange
ofnotes 17.1.1961 31.10.1974