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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)1990 final
Brussels ,26 .november 1973
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PROPOSAL PORA ,
; COUNCIL DECISION . ¡ -
i f,
authorizing thetacit extension ofcertain trade
agreements concluded between theMember States
and third countries
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM (73)1990 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Pursuant toArticle 3oftheCouncil Decision (l)of
16December 19^9 ontheprogressive standardization ofagreements
concerning commercial relations between Member States and third coun­
tries and onthenegotiations ofCommunity agreements ,theCommission
proposes ,that theCouncil authorize theMember States toextend or
tacitly renew the commercial agreements annexed totheproposal 'for
aCouncil Decision .This concerns the ^thgroup for1973 »namely
agreements whose expiry ortermination date falls before 31January
197^.
2. TheCommission points out that theannual Protocols
negotiated in1973 under their long term commercial agreements
between theMember States and State trading companies are included
inthe list ofdifferent agreements .
Inview ofthe fact that Title III ofthe Council Deci­
sion of16December 19^9 isnolonger applicable ,only theCommunity .,
has thepower toenter into commercial negotiations ,including nego­
tiations with those countries .
3- Moreover ,theCommission considers that theCouncils
attention should bedrawn tothe fact that ,inaccordance with Arti­
cle 6oftheCouncil Decision (2)of19December 1972 ,theCommis­
sion should submit proposals totheCouncil sothat that Decision
isaltered where necessary inorder tocomplete thestandardization
ofthe import systems oftheMember States with regard tothird
countries before 31December 197^»
(1)OJNoL326 ,29December 1969 ,p39
(2)OJNoL299 ,31December 1972 ,p^7

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When existing agreements areextended orrenewed ,xtistherespon­
sibility ofall theCommunity authorities andoftheMember States
toensure asfully aspossible that thedifferent provisions laid
down inthebilateral agreements aremaintained inforce and that
this will nothinder theadoption ofany common commercial policy
measures which could berequired .
b. Oneofthemost important conditions which must be
present before authorization toextend the commercial agreements can
begranted isthat noobstacles exist totheimplementation ofthe
common commercial policy . '
Compliance with this condition was carefully examined
attheprior consultation which washeld on2,10and 11October 1973
inaccordance with Article 2ofthe Council Decision of16December
1969 .
Nevertheless ,some doubts astotheinterpretation to
begiven tocertain provisions oftheagreements tobeextended and
toother common commercial policy agreements could not becompletely
removed ....
Under these conditions theCommission submits itspro­
posal totheCouncil (Annex I)andformally requests that thedecla­
ration given inAnnex IIbeincluded intheCouncil 'sminutes .Itwas
also decided atthebriefing session that thecompetent authorities
oftheMember States should ,atthe time ofthecommunication on
extension ofprotocols for197^take astheir model thestandard
letter which isattached asAnnex III .

ANNEX I
PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCIL DECISION
of
authorizing thetacit extension ofcertain trade
agreements concluded between theMember States
and third countries .
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
<
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard totheCouncil Decision of16December 1969 (l)onthe
progressive standardization ofagreements concerning commercial rela­
tions between Member States and their countries and onthenegotiation
ofCommunity agreements ,and inparticular Article 3thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,* ,
(1)OJNoL326 ,29.12.1969 ,p.39

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Whereas tacit extension beyond the end ofthetransitional period
has already been authorized inthe case oftheAgreements and Pro­
tocols listed intheAnnex hereto bytheCouncil under itsDecisions
of28January 1969 (1),26June 1969 (2),30June 1969 (3),15Sep­
tember 1969 (4),17October 1969 (5),8December 1969 (S),20Decem­
ber1969 (7),6February 1970 (8),8June 1970 (9),13July 1970 (10),
29September 1970 (11),23November 1970 (12),25October 1971 (13),
18October 1972 (14)and28April 1973 (15); .
Whereas theMember States concerned have requested that ,with aview
toavoiding interruption intheir .commercial relations with thethird
countries concerned based onagreement thus beauthorized toextend
theabove-mentioned Agreements ;
Whereas inthis respect theaim isonly toauthorize thecontinuation
ofconventional commercial relations between the Member States con­
cerned and such third countries ,pending their replacement byCommu­
nity Agreements tobenegotiated ,and that such anauthorization
should not ,therefore ,affect theobligation incumbent upon the
Member States toavoid ,and ,eventually ,eliminate every incompati­
bility between such agreements and theprovisions ofCommunity law ;
(1)0JNoL^3,20.2.1969 ,p.15
(2)OJNoL159 ,1.7.1969 ,p.20
(3)OJNoL169 ,10.7.1969 ,P.2
(4)OJNoL238 ,23.9.1969 ,P-9
(5)OJNoL266 ,2if.10.1969 ,p.32
(6)OJNoL323 ,2if.12.1969 ,p.10
(7)OJNoL 6,9.1.1970 ,p.1
(8)OJNoL36,14.2.1970 ,p.29
(9)OJNoL133 ,16.6.1970 ,p.lH
(10)OJNoL157 ,18.7.1970 ,p.29
(11)OJNoL225 ,12.9.1970 ,■g.2k
(12)OJNoL262 ,3.12.1970 ,p.18
(13)OJNoL248 ,9.11.1971 ,P.7
(14)OJNoL250 ,6.11.1972 ,p.1
(15)OJNo(L 124 ,10.5.1973 ,ρ,έΟ
(L220 ,8.8.1973 ,p.25

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Whereas furthermore ,theprovisions oftheinstruments tobeeither
extended orrenewed ,should not ,during theperiod ofextension
envisaged ,constitute anobstacle totheimplementation ofthecommon
commercial policy ;
Whereas ,inthis respect ,theMember States concerned have declared
that the renewal ofthese instruments would not beofsuch anature
astoprelude theopening oftrade negotiations with thethird coun­
tries concerned ,and thetransfer ofthe covering ofcommercial
matters from theprovisions ofsuch agreements tothose ofCommunity
Agreements ;nor tohinder theadoption ofthenecessary measures to
complete thestandardization ofthe import systems oftheMember
States during the envisaged extension period ;
Whereas ,atthe conclusion oftheconsultations provided for in
Article 2oftheCouncil Decision of16December 1969 ,itwasesta­
blished ,astheaforesaid declarations bytheMember States confirm ,
that theprovision ofthe instruments tobeextended would not ,
during theperiod ofextension envisaged ,constitute anobstacle to
implementation ofthecommon commercial policy ;
Whereas ,inthese circumstances ,theAgreements may beeither
extended ortacitly renewed foraperiod which should not exceed
ayear ,with theexception ofcertain instruments which contain either
aCommunity reservation clause ,oraclause ofyearly denounciation .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
./

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Article 1
The trade agreements between Member States and third
countries listed intheAnnex hereto may beextended uptothe dates
specified ineach case inthe said Annex .
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed tothe Member States .

Bilag /Anhang /Annex /Annexe /Allegato /Bijlage
Medlemstat Tredjeland Aftalensart ogdatering Udlpb efter
forlaengelse
Mitgliedstaat Drittland Art und Datum des Abkommens Ablauf nach
^ Verlängerung
iieraber state Third country Type and date ofagreement Extended until
Etat membre Pays tiers Nature etdate de1'accord Echsance apres Nature etdate del'accord Echéance après
reconduction
Stato membro Paese terzo Natura edata dell' accordo Scadenza dopo
■' ilrinnovo
a:>staat
BénéluxDoi-de land
Autriche
Bulgarie
Espagne
Hongrie
Norvège
Pologne
Roumanie
Suede
Suisse
Tchéco­
slovaquie
TunisieAard endatum van het
akkoordVervaldatum
naverlenging
accord commercial du 29.6.57 31.3.75
prorogation pour .l'annse
197^duprotocole du
9.12.72 ,annexé .àl'ac­
cord àlong terme du 13.5*70
accord commercial du 2.6.60
prorogation pour l'année
197^duprotocole du
12.7.73iannexé àl'ac­
cord àlong terme du 13»7»72
accord commercial du 28.5«37
prorogation pour l'année
197^duprotocole du
9.1.73 »annexé àl'accord
àlong torme du 25.11.71
prorogation pour l'année
.197^duprotocole du
25.10.72 ,annexé àl'ac-_
•cord àlong terme du 18.12.70
accord commercial du 27.^-57
accord commercial du
etéchange denotes21.6.57 )
5.5.61 53X.12.7M -
lk.h.75
31.12.7 ^
30.4.75
31.12.7 ^
31.12.74 -
28.2.75
31.3.75
prorogation pour l'annee
197^duprotocole du
23.8.1973 »annexé à
l'accord àlong terme du 6.*t.72
accord commercial 'du 1.8.5831.12.74 -
31.3.75

2-
Danmark Bulgarien
Tjekkoslo­
vakiet
Island
Norge
Polen
Rumaenien
Schweiz
Sverige
Ungarnforlaengelse for aaret
1974 afprotokol af
15.12.1972 ,til han-
delsoveronkomsten af
forlaengelse for aaret
197^afprotokol af
18.5.1972 ,tillang-
tidshandelsaftale af
vareudvekslmgsaftale •
vareudvekslingso veren -
komst . . ...
cgtillaegsprotokol
hertil'
forlaengelse foraaret
1974 afprotokol af
7.11.1972 ,til lang -
tidshandelsaftale af
forlaengelse foraaret
197'+afprotokol af
23.10.1972 ,tillaag -
tidshandelsaftale af
vareudvekslingsaftale
vareudvekslingsoveren -
korast
forlaengelse fo:r aaret
1974 afprotokol af
24.11.1972 ,tillang-
tidshandelsaftale af31.8.70 31.12.74
30.3.A6
2.8.6617.3.72 31.12.7 ^
4.6.68 '3i.i2.7s'
3i.i2.74
3.12.70 31.12.74
21.'8.70 31.12.74
15»9.51 31.12.74
11.3.48 31.1.75
20.10.69 31.12.74

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Deutschland Bulgarien Verlängerung für daß
Jahr 197^desWaren -
protokolls vom
6.3.1973 ,angefügt an
daslangfristiges
Abkommen vom : 12.2.71 31.12.74 -
Indonésien
Polen
Rumänien
Spanien
Südkorea
Tschecho­
slowakeiHandelsabkommen vom 22.4.53 31«3»73
Verlängerung für das
Jahr 197^desWaren -
protokolls vom
9.12.1972 ,angefügt an
daslangfristiges
Abkommen vom 15.10.70' 31.12.74 15.10.70 -31.12 .7**
Verlängerung fürdas
Jahr 1974 desWaren -
protokolls vom
22.1.1973 .angefügt an
daslangfristiges -
Abkommen vom
Handelsabkommen von
Handelsabkommen vom
Verlängerung für das
Jahr -197^desWaren -
protokolls vom
5.12.1972 ,angefügt an
daslangfristiges
Abkommen vom22.12.69
20.6.60
8.4.6531.12.7 2*
30.4.75
7.^.75
17.12.70 31.12.7 ^
Ungarn Verlängerung für das
Jahr 197^desWaren -
protokolls vom
14.3.1973 angefügt an
daslangfristiges
Handelsabkommen vom 27.IO.7O .31.12.7 ^

France Afrique du
Sud (1)"
Albanie
Bulgarie
Coree duSud
Equateur
Hongrie
Inde (1)
Irak
Liban
Paraguay
Pologne
Roumanie
Tchéco­
slovaquie
URSSéchange delettres du18.^.6'+ 31.12 .7t-
prorogation pour l'année
197'+duprotocole du
28.12.72 ,annexé àl'ac­
cord commercial du 7*^«72 31.12.7 ^
prorogation pour l'année
197^duprotocole du
27.12.72 ,annexé àl'ac­
cord commercial du 23.1.70 31.12.7 +
échange delettres 12.3*63 31»3*73
traité decommerce ,20.3«39 20.3«73
prorogation pour l'année
197^duprotocole du
13.12.72 ,annexé àl'ac­
cord commercial du 3»1.70 31.12 .7^
accord commercial
etéchange delettres 19.10.39 31.12 .7^
accord commercial du 23.9.67 23.3«73
accord commercial du 23.3.33 10.^.75
accord commercial du 11.9«3o 12.*f.75
prorogation pour 1'année
197^duprotocole du
29.12.72 ,annexé àl'ac­
cord commercial du 23*12.69 31.12.7 ^
prorogation pour l'année
197^duprotocole du
l8.ll.72 ,annexé àl'ac­
cord commercial du 9»1.70 31.12.7 ^ 1.70 31.12.74 -
prorogation pour l'annee
197^duprotocole du
12.12.72 ,annexé àl'ac­
cord commercial du 23.2.70 31.12.7 ^
prorogation pour l'année
197^duprotocole du
2^.11.72 ,annexé àl'ac­
cord commercial du 26.3.69 31*12.7' +
(l)prorogation paréchange denotes .

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Ireland Austria
Finland
Iceland
Swedentrade agreement con­
cluded byexchange
ofnotes 6.10.50 31»12.?t -
trade agreement 1.6.51 31«12.7 ^
trade agreement 2.12.50 31»12.7 if
trade agreement 25«6.^9 31-12 .7^
Italia Albania proroga per l'anno 197^
del protocollo del
lO.ll .72,allegato
all' accordo commer­
ciale del
Bulgaria proroga per l'anno 197^
del protocollo del
23-11.72 ,allegato
all' accordo commerciale
alungo termine del
Cecoslovacchia proroga per l'anno 197^
del protocòllo del
23.1.73 *allegato
all' accordo del
Corea del Sud accordo commerciale10.11.72 31.12.7 ^
ElSalvador
Indonesia
Iran
Israele
Iugoslavia
Norvegiaaccordo commerciale
protocollo addizionale
accordo commerciale
scambio dinote
e
accordo commercial#
scambio diIettare
processi verbale
e
accordo commerciale
protocollo escambio
dinote successivo
accordo commerciale
protocollo
scambio dinote21.1.70 31.12.74
1^f.11.69
9.3.65
30.3.53
21.12.55
23.3-51
29.1.58
23.3.61
5.3.54
5.1.56
21.10.56
11.2.6k
1.7.67
30.k.69
20.5-53
31.8.59
10.5.6231.12.7 ^
8.3.75
31.3-75
31.3.75
9.2.75
31.3.75
31.12.7 ^
31-3.75

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Polonia
Eepublica
dominicana
Eomania
Ungheria
URSSproroga perl'anno 1974
dell protocollo del
19.12.72 allegato
all'accordo commerciale
ji .«Idel18.2.70
accordo commerciale 18.2.54
proroga perl'anno 1974
delprotocollo del
20.12,72 ,allegato
all'accordo commerciale
alungo termine del 4.11.6$
proroga per l'anno1974
delprotocollo del .
12.2.73 »allegato
all'accordo commerciale
alungo termine del15.11.69
proroga per l'anno 1974
delprotocollo del
9-2.73 ,allegato
all'accordo commerciale
alungo termine del 15.1,7031.12.74
11.3.75
**.11.69 31.12.74
31.12.74
31.12.74
Nederland Finlandhandelsakkoord8.12.3631.3.75
?
United
KingdomCzecho -
elovakia
Hungary .prolongation .forthe
year 1974 oftheprotocol
of12.12.72 ,under the
long-term trade agree­
Ment 0f 27.6.72 31.12.74
prolongation fortheyear
197^oftheexchange of
letters of1.12.72 ,under
thelong-term economic
andtrade agreement of21.3.7231.12.74

Poland
Romania
USSRprolongation for theyear
1974 oftheagreed minute
of8.12.72 ,under the
long-term economic and
trade agreement of 21.^.71
prolongation for theyear
197^oftheagreed minute
of7»5«73i under the
long-term trade agree­
ment of '15.6.7-
prolongation for the year
197^oftheexchange of
letters of21.12.72 under
the long-term trade
agreement of 6.6931.12.7 ^
31-12-?'*
6.69 31.12.7 ^

ΑΝΝΞΧ II
1. The Council notes that the renewal ofthe agreements
orProtocols inquestion would notprevent Community negotiations
from being opened andwould not constitute anobstacle totheimple­
mentation ofthe common commercial policy during theproposed period
ofextension .
TheCouncil therefore points out that theMember
States cannot setthese agreements andprotocols against Community
provisions ,.inparticular asregards theadoption ofdecisions the
purpose ofwhich istocomplete the standardization ofthe import
systems oftheMember States during theperiod ofextension .
2. TheCouncil further notes that provisions governing
thetreatment ofproducts produced under cooperation arrangements
are contained incertain protocols between some Member States and
some countries oftheEast .These provisions obviously cannot pre­
judice theapplication ofCommunity law ,where appropriate tothese
products .

ANNEX III
Your Excellency ,
(Sir ) ,
Ihave thehonour toinform you that my
government wishes toprolong ,fortheyear 197^»theprovisions
oftheProtocol and thelists ofquotas negotiated for1973 j
within the fromework ofthelong-term Agreement of
/"" Furthermore ,Ihave thehonour toinform youthat
Community regulations allow forthepossibility ofautonomous
increases inimport quotas .Mygovernment reserves the right to
communicate toyou thedecisions which are eventually taken on
this subject . /
, i
Would youplease indicate theconsent ofyour
government totheprolongation oftheProtocol .
(F.d.p. )