COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 69 final 
Brussels, 4 March 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL PECI?)QN 
authorizing extension or taolt renewal of certain 
trade agreements oonoluded between Herober 
States and third oountries 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Pursuant to Article 3 of the Council Decision of 16 December 1969 
on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning 
commercial relations between Member States and third countries 
and on negotiation of Community agreements, CD the Commission is 
proposing to the Council that the Member States be authorized to 
extend or tacitly renew the trade agreements annexed to the 
attached proposal for a Council decision. 
The agreements in question constitute the 1st batch for 1991 and 
expire or are due to be terminated between 1.2.1991 and 
30.4.1991. 
The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of the Decision was 
executed by written procedure. The outcome was the recognition on 
30.1.1991 that the conditions under which the agreements could be 
extended for a further year had been fulfilled. 
The Commission finds that the extension of the agreements has no 
implications for SMEs or for employment. 
The Commission would also point out that the proposals 
authorizing the Member States to renew or extend certain 
agreements in this batch for a further year in no way prejudice 
its position the next time these agreements come up for renewal. 
(1) OJ L 326, 29.12.1969, p. 39. 
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COUNCIL DEÇîgIQN 
Of 
authorizing extension or taolt renewal of certain 
trade agreements conoluded between Member 
States and third oountries 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to Counoil Decision 69/494/EEC of 16 December 1969 
on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning 
commercial relations between Member States and third countries 
and on the negotiation of Community agreementsCD, and in 
particular Artiole 3 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas extension or tacit renewal beyond the end of the 
transitional period was last authorized In the case of the 
Agreements and Protocols listed in the Annex by Decision 
90/225/EECC2>, 
Whereas the Member States oonoerned have, with a view to avoiding 
any disruption of their commercial relations with third countries 
concerned based on Agreement, requested authorization to extend 
or renew the abovementloned Agreements, 
Whereas, however, most of the areas oovered by these national 
Agreements are henoeforth the subject of Community Agreements; 
whereas in this situation, there should be authorization for the 
maintenance of national Agreements only for those areais not 
covered by Community Agreements; whereas, in addition, such 
authorization should not, therefore, adversely affect the 
obligation incumbent upon the Member States to avoid and, where 
appropriate, to eliminate any incompatibility between such 
Agreements and the provisions of Community law, 
Whereas the provisions of the Ageements to be either prolonged or 
renewed should not furthemore, during the period under 
consideration, constitute an obstacle to the implementation of 
the common commercial polioy, 
CD OJ No L 326, 29.12.1969, p. 39. 
C2) OJ NO L 120, 11.3.1990, p. 72 
Whereas the Member States oonoerned have declared that the 
extension or tacit renewal of these Agreements would neither 
constitute an obstaole to the opening of Community negotiations 
with the third countries oonoerned and the transfer of the 
commercial substance of those Agreements to Community Agreements 
nor, during the period under consideration, hinder the adoption 
of the measures necessary to oomplete the st andardization of the 
import arrangements of the Member States, 
Whereas at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in 
Article 2 of Decision 69/494/EEC it was established, as the 
aforesaid declarations by the Member States concerned confirm, 
that the provisions of the Agreements to be extended or renewed 
would not, during the period under consideration, constitute an 
obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy, 
Whereas, in these circumstances, the Agreements concerned may be 
either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited period, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : 
Article 1 
The Trade Agreements and Protocols between Member States and 
third countries, as listed in the Annex hereto, may be extended 
or tacitly renewed up to the dates indicated for each of them for 
those areas not covered by Agreements between the Community and 
the third countries concerned and insofar as their provisions are 
not contrary to existing common policies. 
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Donne at Brussels, 
For the Council 
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