ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(73)627
Vol.1973/0125

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenneetdelaCommunautéeuropéennedel'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiésconformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
InaccordancewithCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity(OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocumentsinthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung(EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeitzugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OETHEEUROPEEN GOMMUNITIE
COM(73)627final
Brussels,24april1973
Proposalfora
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizingthetacitextensionof
certaintradeagreementsconcluded
"betweentheMemberStatesandthird
countries
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)627final

,Proposalfor
COUNCILDECISION
authorizing thetacitextensionofcertain
tradeagreementsconoludedbetweenthe
,MemberStatesandtheircountries
THECOUNCILOFIKS.EUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEoonomioCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereofj
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16December1969(l)onthe
progressivestandardization ofagreementsconcerningcommercialrelations
betweenMemberStatesandtheircountriesandonthenegotiationof
Communityagreements,andinparticularArticle3thereofj
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
•••/«
(1)OJNo.L326,29December1969,p.39

Whereas tacit extension beyond theendofthetransitional period has
already been authorized inthecase oftheAgreements listed intheAnnex
hereto bytheCouncil undor itsDeoisions of30June 1969 (l),15September
I969 (2),20December 1969 (3),8June 1970(4),13July 1970 (5),
25May1971 (6)and6June 1972 (7)I
Whereas theMember States oonoerned have requested that ,with aview to
avoiding interruption intheir commercial relations with thethird countries
ooncerned based onagreement andpending finalization oftheprograms ,for
Community negotiations currently being studied -which aims atthegradual
replacement ofMember States 'agreements byCommunity agreements –fthus
beauthorized toextend theabove-mentioned Agreements .
Whereas authorization hastobegranted fortheextension oftrade agreements
with third countries beyond thetransitional period ,butwithout affeotlng
theother obligations incumbent upon theMember States conoerned under
Community law *
i
Whereas theMember States ooncerned have declared that extension ofthese
Agreements would notconstitute anobstacle totheopening ofCommunity
negotiations with thethird oountries conoerned andthat they arewilling
tohave oommeroial matters oovered bytheir current bilateral agreements
1
covered instead bysuch Community agreements asmaybenegotiated }
♦♦#/♦••
ΤΠ 0JNoL169 ,10.7*1969 »P.2
2OJNoL238 ,23.9.1969 ,P.9
3OJNoL6,9.1.1970 ,p.1
4OJNoL133 ,18.6.1970 ,p.14
5OJNoL157 ,18.7-1970 ,p.29
6OJNoL122 ,4.6.1971 ,p.24
7)OJNoL133 ,10.6.1972 ,p.61

Whereas ,attheconclusion oftheconsultations provided forinArticle 2
oftheCouncil Deoision of16December 19^9 1itwasestablished ,asthe
aforesaid declarations bytheMember States confirm ,that theprovision
oftheinstruments tobeextended would not ,during theperiod ofextension
envisaged ,constitute anobstacle toimplementation ofthecommon oommeroial
policy j
Whereas inthese circumstances theAgreements covered maybetacitly
extended foraspeoified period j
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION !
Article 1
Thetrade agreements between Member States andthird oountries listed in
theAnnex hereto maybeextended uptothedated specified ineach case
inthe said Annex .
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed totheMember States .
Done at For the Counoil
The President

Aïïï-TEX
Member
StateThird
CountryTypeandDate
ofAgrsementExtended
until
Bénélux Israel TradeAgreement 29.8.195831.8.1974
Portugal TradeAgreement .24.5.1961 30.9.1974
BLEU Mexico ïradeAgreement 11.9.1950 11.9.1974
Uruguay TradeAgreement 14.6.194631.12.1974
Denmark Cameroun TradeAgreement 8.10.1962 7.10.1974
Germany Colombia TradeAgreement 9.11.1957 10.11.1974
Ecuador TradeAgreement 1.8.195315.10.1974
Uruguay TradeAgreement 18.4.195310.10.1974
Ireland Bulgaria TradeAgreement 23.4.197030.6.1974
Portugal TradeAgreement '6.2.1952 31.12.1974
Spain TradeAgreement 19.12.1951 31.12.1974
Switzerland TradeAgreement 26.i2.i95i 31.12.1974
Italy Cuba Exchangeofnotes9.9.1950 9.9.1974
India TradeAgreement
Exchangeofletters6.10.1959
7-7.196430.6.1974
Libanon TradeAgreement 4.11.1955 10.9.1974
Sweden TradeAgreement 18.12.196131.10.1974
Switzerland TradeAgreement 21.10.1950 31.10.1974
Yemen AdditionalProtocoltothe
TreatyofFriendshipand
Economicrelations 5»10.195931.12.1974
United
KingdomArgentine
HaitiAgreementrelatingtoTrade
andCommerceand1.12.1936successively exchangeofnotes
Exchangeofnotesforthe
establishment ofa
commeroial "ModusVivendi"
25.2.192831.12.1974
31.12.1974
Iceland AgreementrelatingtoTrade
andCommerce(with
protocol) 19.5.I93331.12.1974
Norway TradeAgreement 15.12.1950 31.12.1974
Poland AgreementonTradeand
Commerceandsuccessively
exchangeofnotes27.2.193531.12.1974
Tunisia TradeAgreementand
successively exchangeof
notes 17.I.I96I31.10.1974