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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81>29final
Brussels/27thJanuary1981
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
authorizing extensionortacitrenewalofcertainTradeAgreements
concluded betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil)
AV;:
COM<81)29final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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1. ininpU-nonrat ion ofArticle 3ofthe Council Decision of'16
Decomber 1969 (1)ontheprogressive standardization ofagreements
concerning commercial relations between Member States andthird countries
and cnnegotiation ofCommunity agreements ,theCommission proposes to
the Council that theMember States should beauthorized toextend , .expressly
ort^c'itly ,thetrade agreements annexed totheattached proposal for a
Council decision .Theagreements inquestion constitute the first batch
for1531 andexpire oraredue tobeterminated between1February and
30Apr i119S1 . " , .' ■
The -prior consultation specified inArticle 2ofthis Decision vas
em-Li<ted bywritten procedure .Theoutcome was the recognition on15January
1981 tnat the conditions under which the agreements could beextended for
afurther year hadbeen fulfilled . " ,
2. TheCommission considers itappropriate topoint out,moreover ,..that
theproposals forauthorizing theMember States torenew orextend,' expressl
ortacitly ,certain agreements inthis batch for afurther one-year period
arebynomeans indicative ofanypo'sition itmight adopt next time these
agreements come upfor renewal . ' < •
CI.)OJNoL326of29.12.1969 p.39.

Proposal for a ' .. _ .-
COUNCIL DECISION ■
authorizing extension ortacit renewal ofcertain Trade
Agreements concluded between Member States andthird countries
.V I. - *^
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,,
and inparticular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard totheCouncil Decision 69/49A/EEC of16December 1969 on
theprogressive standardization of-agreements concerning commercial
relations between Member States and third countries andonthenegotiation
ofCommunity Agreements (1>,andinparticular Article 3thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ; .(
Whereas extension ortacit reneual beyond the end ofthetransitional
period hasalready been authorized inthe "case oftheAgreements and
Protocols listed intheAnnex byCouncil Decision 80/159/EEC (2);
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Whereas theMember States concerned have requested authorization toextend
orrenew these Agreements with aview toavoiding interruption intheir ,
commercial relations "with the third countries concerned based onagreement ;
Whereas authorization hastobegranted only forthemaintenance oftrade
relations between theMember States and the third countries concerned ,based
onagreements ,pending their replacement byCommunity Agreements tobe
negotiated ;whereas such authorization would not,therefore inanywaymodify
theobligation ofthe'Member States toavoid and,where appropriate ,eliminate
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anyincompatibility between such agreements andtheprovisions ofCommunity
law; ■
(1)OJNo'L 326,29.12.1969 ,p.39
<2>OJNoL35,12.02.1980 ,p.19

wr.ercas furthermore ,theprovisions ofthe instruments tobeeither extended
orrene-ed should not,during theperiod under consideration ,constitute an
obstacleto the implementation ofthe common commercial policy ;
Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that ,the extension t.rtacit
rcnc-ol ofthese Agreements would prevent neither theopening ofCommunity
negotiations with thethird countries concerned nor thetransfer ofthe
co^.Tcrciul fabric thereof toCommunity Agreements ,nor' would it,during the
period envisaged ,hinder theadoption ofthemeasures necessary tocomplete
the standardization ofthe import systems oftheMember States ; .
Whereas ,atthe conclusion ofthe consultations provides for inArticle 2of
the Decision 69/494/EEC itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid declarations by'
theMember States confirm ,that theprovisions oftheAgreements tobeextended
orrenewed would not,during theperiod envisaged ,constitute anobstacle to
the implementation ofthecommon commercial policy ;
Whereas ,inthese -^circumstances ,theAgreements maybeeither extended ortacitly
renewed for alimited period ; ..
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
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Article 1
The trade Agreements and Protocols listed inthe Annex hereto between Member
States andthird countries m'aybeextended ortacitly renewed uptothedates
specified ineach case inthesaid Annex . vV,
Article 2 ,
This Decision isaddressed totheMember States .
Done at, For the Counci I
The President

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