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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
AUTHORIZING THEEXTENSION ORAUTOMATIC RENEWAL
OFCERTAIN TRADEAGREEMENTS CONCLUDED
BETWEEN MEMBERSTATESANDTHIRDCOUNTRIES
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)COM(79)450 final
Brussels.6thSeptember1979
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Inimplementation ofArticle3oftheCouncilDecisionof16December
1969(1)ontheprogressive standardization ofagreementsconcerning
commercialrelationsbetweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries andon
negotiation ofCommunityagreements,theCommission proposestotheCouncil
thattheMemberStatesshouldbeauthorizedtoextend,expresslyortacitly,
thetradeagreements annexedtotheattachedproposalforaCouncildecision.
Theagreementsinquestionconstitutethefourthbatchfor1979andexpire
orareduetobeterminated between 1November1979and31January1980.
Thepriorconsultation specifiedinArticle2ofthisDecisionwas
executedbywrittenprocedure.Theoutcomewastherecognition on12July
1979thattheconditions underwhichtheagreements couldbeextendedfor
afurtheryearhadbeenfulfilled.
2.TheCommissionconsidersitappropriate topointout,moreover,that
theproposalsforauthorizing theMemberStatestoreneworextend,
expresslyortacitly,certainagreementsinthisbatchforafurtherone-
yearperiodarebynomeansindicativeofanypositionitmightadoptnext
timetheseagreements comeupforrenewal.
(1)0JNoL326of29.12.1969,p.39.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing theextension orautomatic renewal ofcertain trade
agreements concluded between Member States andthird countries
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof .
Having regard to Council Decision 69/494/EECof16December 1969 on
theprogressive standardization ofagreements concerning commercial
relations between Member States andthird countries andonthenegotiation
1
ofCommunity agreements / -and inparticular Article 3thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas extension orautomatic renewal beyond theendofthetransitional
period hasalready been authorized inthecase oftheagreements and
2protocols listed inthe Annex ,inthe last instance byCouncil Decision 78/785/EEC .
Whereas theMember States concerned have requested authorization toextend
"V
orrenew such agreements with aview toavoiding interruption oftheir
commercial relations ,based onagreements ,with thethird countries concerned ;
Whereas authorization has tobegranted only forthemaintenance oftrade
relations ,based onagreements ,between theMember States andthethird countries
concerned pending their replacement byCommunity agreements tobenegotiated ,
andwhereas such authorization should not,therefore ,inanyway
affect theobligation oftheMember States toavoid and,where appropriate ,to
eliminate ,anyincompatibility between such agreements andtheprovisions
ofCommunity law;
(1)OJNoL326,29.12.1969 ,p.39.
(2)OJNoL260,23.,'9.1978 ,P.11.

Whereas,furthermore,theprovisionsoftheagreementstobe
extendedorrenewedshouldnot,duringtheextensionperiodunderconsideration ,
constitute anobstacletotheimplementation ofthecommoncommercial
policy;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcerned havedeclaredthattheextension
orautomaticrenewalofsuchagreements wouldpreventneithertheopening
ofCommunitynegotiations withthethirdcountriesconcernednorthe
transferofthecommercialfieldscoveredthereintoCommunityagreements,nor
wouldit,duringtheextensionperiodenvisaged,hindertheadoptionofthemeasures
necessarytocompletethestandardization oftheimportsystemsofthe
MemberStates;
Whereas# ,attheconclusionoftheconsultations providedforinArticle2
ofDecision6^/494/EEC,itwasestablished,astheafore^„iddeclarations
bytheMember"tstesconfirm,thattheprovisionsofthe tobe.
extendedoiic.ie&edwouldnot,duringtheextensionperioder.v13aged,constitute an
obstacletotheImplamentation ofthecommoncommercialpolicy;
Whereas,inthssecircumstances ,theagreements maybecxUndcJor
renewedautomatically foralimitedperiod,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION:
Article 1
Thetradeagreements andprotocolslistedintheAnnexheretobetweenMember
Statesandthirdcountries maybeextendedorrenewedautomatically uptothe
datesspecifiedineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
Doneat. FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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Suède Accordcommercial 27.4.1957 28.2.1981
Suisse Accordcommercial 21.6.1957) 31.3.1981
etéchangedenotes 5.5.1961C
Tunisie Accordcommercial 1.8.1958 31.3.1981
DANMARK Island Vareudvekslingsaftale 4.6.1948 31.12.1980
Norge Vareudvek slingsoverenskomst 30.3.1946)31.12.1980
ogtillægsprotokol hertil 2.8.1966(
Schweiz Vareudvekslingsaftale 15.9.1951 31.12.1980
Sverige Vareudveksling soverenskomst '11.3.1948 .31.1.1981
•EUTSCHLAND Indonesien Handelsabkommen -vorn 22.4.1953 31.3.1981
Spanien Handelsabkommen vom 20.6.1960 30.4.1981
Südkorea Handelsabkommen vom 8.4.1965 7.4.1981 .
FRANCE Afriquedu Echangedelettres 18.4.1964 31.12.1980
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CoréeduSudIEchangedelettres- 12.3.1963 31.3.1981
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delettres 19.10.1959 31.12.1980
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Liban IAccordcommercial • 25.3.1955 10.4.1981
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byexchanceofnotes 6.10.1950 31.12.1980
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Sweden 1TradeAgreement 25.6.1949 31.12.1980
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