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COMMISSION .OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)79final.
Brussels.9March1976*
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizingextensionortacirenewalofcertaintrade
agreementsconcludedbetweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(76)79final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Inimplementation ofArticle 3oftheCouncil Decision of
16December 1969 (l)ontheprogressive standardization ofagreements
concerning copnercial relations between Member States andthird countries
andonthenegotiation ofCommunity agreements ,theCommission proposes
totheCouncil that theMember States should beauthorized toextend ,
expressly ortacitly ,thetrade agreements annexed totheattache -proposal ,
foraCouncil decision .Theagreements inquestion constitute ';v£so -.ond
fbatch for1976 andexpire orareduetobeterminated between 1Mayand
31July 1976 .
Theprior consultation specified inArticle 2ofth?sDecision
wasexcecuted bywritten procedure .Theoutcome wasthe recri - :ion
15February 197 that theUnited Kingdom will denounce her^'vrr'.cat of
17»l»196l with Tunisia andthat theconditions under which '
agreements could beextended forafurther year hadbeen fulfilled .
2. TheCommission considers itaprro -irate "topoi^t c-";t ,moreover ,
that theproposals forauthorizing theM&nbe -"Siatos to «•?.iend ,
expressly ortacitly ,certain agreements inthis "batch £oi -af
one-year perio 'darebynomeans indicative ofanyposition it adopt
next time these "agreements come upforrenewal .
(1)OJnoL 326of29.12.1 969,p.39

Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
of
authorizing jextensionortacitrenewaL-of"certaintrade
,mCOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16December1969(l)onthepro­
gressivestandardization ofagreementsconcerningcommercialrelations
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesandonthenegotiationof
Communityagreements,andinparticularArticle3thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthetransitional periodhasal­
readybeenauthorizedinthecaseoftheagreementslistedintheAnnex
heretobytheCouncilinitsDecisionsof30June.1969(2),15September
1969(3),20December1969(4),8June1970(5),13July1970(6),25May
1971(7),6June1972(8),18June1973(9),17September1974(10);<nd
16June1975(11)?.
(1)OJNoL326,29^12.1969,-P.39mOJNoL169,10.7.1969 >P-2
(j)ùTHoL238,23.9.1969,p.9
(4'ull»oL6,9.1.1970,p.1
(5)UJI'MOL133,18.6.1970,p.14 ••
(6)-jJlioL157,18.7.1970,p.29 • ..M>1KOL:.22f4.6.1971 »p.24
FB;OJ:.JOLJ-33,10.6.1972,p.61
(9)OJJET.189,11.7.1973,p.45
10)0J1/0L>.66,2.10.1974,p.1
11)OC-NoL162,25.6.1975,P.10

Whereas theMember States concerned have requested authorization
toextend orrenew these agreements soastoavoid interrupting
their commercial relations with the third countries concerned based
onagreement ;
Whereas authorization tomaintain trade relations ,between the Member .
States and thethird countries concerned ,based onagreements ,is
only required until they arereplaced byCommunity agreements tobe
negotiated ;whereas such authorization would innowaylessen the
duty ofMember States toavoid and ,ifappropriate ,eliminate any
incompatibility which may exist between such agreements and .the >
provisions ofCommunity law ; /
Whereas ,furthermore ,theprovisions oftheagreements tobe ,extended
orrenewed would not ,during theperiod inquestion ,hinder the
implementation 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 the third countries concerned
nor the transfer ofthe commercial matters covered bythese
agreements toCommunity agreements ,norwould it,during theperiod
inquestion ,hinder theadoption ofthemeasures necessary to
complete thestandardization oftheimport systems oftheMember
States ;.
Whereas ,attheconclusion oftheconsultations provided forin
Article 2oftheDecision of16December 1969 , wasestablished ,
asthesaid declarations bytheMember States confirm ,that the
provisions oftheagreements tobeextended orrenewed would not ,
during theperiod inquestion ,hinder theimplementation ofthe
common commercial policy ;
Whereas ,inthese circumstances ,theagreements maybeeither
extended ortacitly renewed foralimited period ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

Article 1
The trade agreements listed mthe Annexe hereio -between Member
States and third countries -may""be-extended ortaeitly~rengwed~
until the dates specified therein ineach case .
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done at
Por the Council
The President

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Portugal Accordcommercial 24.5.1961 30.9.1977
Philippines Accordcommercial 14.3.1967 11.10.1977
IRELAND Portugal Tradeagreement 6.2.1952 31.12.1977
Spam Tradeagreement I9.i2.i95i 31.12.1977
Switzerland Tradeagreement 26.12.1951 31.12.1977
IT'iiLIA Cuba Scambiodinote 9.9.1950 8.9.1977
India Accordocommerciale 6.10.1959
eScambiodilettere7»7*196430.6.1977
Libano Accordocommerciale 4.11.1955 10.9.1977
Svezia Accordocommerciale 18.12.196131.10.1977
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