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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)176final
Brussels,13April1981
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Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizing extensionortacitrenewalofcertainTradeAgreementsconcluded
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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1.Inimplementation ofArticle 3ofthe Counci IDecision of16December
1969 (1)ontheprogressive standardization ofagreements concerning commercial
relations between Member States andthird countries andonnegotiation of
Community agreements ,theCommission proposes tothe Council that theMember
States should beauthorized toextend ,expressly ortacitly ,thetrade agreement
annexed totheattached proposal for aCouncil decision .The agreements in
question constitute the second batch for 1981 .andexpire orare due tobe
terminated between 1Mayand 31July 1981 .
Theprior consultation specified inArticle 2ofthis Decision was
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executed bywritten procedure .Theoutcome wastherecognition on25"aKCH
1981 that theconditions under which theagreements could beextended for a
further year hadbeen fulfilled .
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2.TheCommission considers itappropriate topoint out,moreover ,that the
proposals forauthorizing theMember States torenew orextend ,expressly or .
tacitly ,certain agreements inthis batch for afurther one-year period are -
bynomeans indicative ofanyposition itmight adopt next time these agreements
come upfor renewal . .
(1)OJNOL326of29.12.1969 ,.P.39

Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizing extensionortacitrenewalofcertain
.TradeAgreements concluded betweenMemberStates
andthirdcountries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof.
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecision69/494/EECof16December1969on
theprogressive standardization ofagreements concerning commercialrelations
betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries andonthenegotiation ofCommunity
Agreements (1),andinparticularArticle3thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission :
Whereasextensionortacitrenewalbeyondtheendofthetransitional period
hasalreadybeenauthorizedinthecaseoftheAgreements andProtocols
listedintheAnnexbyCouncilDecision80/379/CEE(2).
WhereastheMemberStatesconcerned haverequestedauthorization toextendor
renewtheseAgreements withaviewtoavoidinginterruption intheircommercial
relationswiththethirdcountriesconcernedbasedonagreement;
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Whereasauthorization hastobegrantedonlyforthemaintenance oftrade
relationsbetweentheMemberStatesandthethirdcountriesconcerned,based
onagreements,pendingtheirreplacement byCommunity Agreements tobe
negotiated;whereassuchauthorization wouLdnot,thereforeinanywaymodify
theobligationoftheMemberStatestoavoidand,whereappropriate,eliminate
anyincompatibility betweensuchagreements andtheprovisions ofCommunity
law;
(1)OJNOL326,29.12.1969,p.39.
(2)OJNOL93,10.4.1980,p.26.

Whereasfurthermore,theprovisionsoftheinstruments tobeeitherextended
orrenewedshouldnot,duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,constitute an
obstacletotheimplementation ofthecommon -commercialpolicy;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcerned havedeclaredthattheextension ortacit
renewaloftheseAgreements wouldpreventneithertheopeningofCommunity
negotiations withthethirdcountries concernednorthetransferofthe
commercialfabricthereoftoCommunityAgreements,norwouldit,duringthe
periodenvisaged,hindeptheadoptionofthemeasuresnecessarytocomplete
thestandardization oftheimportsystemsoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,attheconclusion oftheconsultations providesforinArticle2of
theDecision69/494/EECitwasestablished,astheaforesaiddeclarations by
theMemberStatesconfirm,thattheprovisions oftheAgreements tobeextended
orrenewedwouldnot,duringtheperiodenvisaged,constitute anobstacleto
theimplementation ofthecommoncommercialpolicy;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,theAgreements maybeeitherextendedor
tacitlyrenewedforalimitedperiod,
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HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article 1. '< ■■
ThetradeAgreements andprotocolslistedintheAnnexheretobetweenMember
Statesandthirdcountries maybeextendedortacitlyreneweduptothedates
specifiedineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.
Article 2
ThisDecisionisaddressed totheMemberStates.
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Doneat, , FortheCounciI
ThePresident

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Portugal
PhiLippinesAccordcommercial 29.8.1958
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30.9.1982
11.10.1982
IRELAND Portugal
Spain
SwitzerlandTradeAgreement 6.2.1952
TradeAgreement 19.12.1951
TradeAgreement 26.12.195131.12.1982
31.12.1982
31.12.1982
ITALIA Cuba
India
Libano
Svezia
Svizzerà
YemenScambiodinote 9.9.1950
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Handelsabkommen 9.11.195715.10.1982
10.11.1982
UEBL. Mexique Accordcommercial 11.9.195011.9.1982

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Espagne Accordcommercial 23.6.1966'23.6.1982
Ethiopie Accordcommercial 22.6.195922.6,1982
Finlande Accordcommercial SA9Ì1 2U.Í-.1982
Libanon Accordcommercial 2.5.1961 ,2.5.1982
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Libye 1 Accordcommercial 23.5.196023.5.1982 '
Mexique Accordcommercial ""·20.6.196420.6.1982
Iraq Accordcommercial 1.5.1964 1.5.1982
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