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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
AUTHORIZING EXTENSION ORTACITRENEWAL OF
CERTAINTRADEAGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BETWEEN
MEMBERSTATESANDTHIRDCOUNTRIES
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Inimplementation ofArticle3oftheCouncilDecisionof
16December1969(l)ontheprogressivestandardization ofagreements concerning
commercialrelationsbetweenMemberStatesandthirdcountriesandonnegotiation
ofCommunityagreements,theCommissionproposestotheCouncilthattheMember
Statesshouldbeauthorizedtoextend,expresslyortacitly,thetradeagreements
annexedtotheattachedproposalforaCouncildecision.Theagreementsin;
cruestionconstitutethesecondbatchfor1979andexpireorareduetobe
terminatedbetween1Mayand31July1979*
ThepriorconsultationspecifiedinArticle2ofthisDecisionwas
executedbywrittenprocedure.Theoutcomewastherecognitionon15February1979
thattheconditionsunderwhichtheagreementscouldbeextendedforafurther
yearhadbeenfulfilled.
2. TheCommissionconsidersitappropriate topointout,moreover,
thattheproposalsforauthorizingtheMemberStatestoreneworextend,
expresslyortaciUy,certainagreementsinthisbatchforafurtherone-year
periodarebynomeansindicativeofanypositionitmightadoptnexttime
theseagreements comeupforrenewal.
(1)OJNoL326of29.i2.i969,p.39.

Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
\
authorizing extensionortacitrenewalofcertainTrade
AgreementsconcludedbetweenMemberStatesandthirdcountries
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof^
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecision69/494/EECof16December1969
ontheprogressivestandardization ofagreementsconcerningcommercial
relationsbetweenMember-Statesandthirdcountriesandonthenegotiation
ofCommunityAgreements ,andinparticularArticle3thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommissions
«
Whereasextensionortacitrenewalbeyondtheendofthetransitional
periodhasalreadybeenauthorizedinthecaseoftheAgreementsand
ProtocolslistediniheAnnexbyCouncilDecision78/419/CEE*-
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(1)OJNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39
(2)OJNoL123,ll.O5.i978,p.23

WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhaverequestedauthorization toextendor
renewtheseAgreementswithaviewtoavoidinginterruption intheircommercial
relationswiththethirdcountriesconcerned "basedonagreement ;
Whereasauthorization hastobegrantedonlyforthemaintenanceof'trade
relationsbetweentheMemberStatessendthethirdcountriesconcerned,basedon'
agreements,pendingtheirreplacement byCommunityAgreementstobenegotiated ;
whereassuchauthorization would ,not,thereforeinanywaymodifytheobligation
-oftheMemberStatestoavoidand,whereappropriate ,eliminateanyincompatibility
betweensuchagreementsandtheprovisionsofCommunitylaw;
Whereasfurthermore,' theprovisionsoftheinstrumentstobeeitherextendedor.
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renewedshouldnot,duringtheperiodunderconsideration ,.constitute .an
obstacleto'theimplementation ofthecommoncommercialpolicy;
WhereastheMemberStatesconcernedhavedeclaredthattheextensionortacit
renewal*oftheseAgreementswouldpreventneithertheopeningofCommunity
negotiations withthethirdcountriesconcernednorthetransferofthe
commercialfabricthereoftoCommunityAgreements ,-norwouldit',duringthe
periodenvisaged,hindertheadoptionofthemeasuresnecessarytocompletethe
standardization oftheimportsystemsoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,attheconclusionoftheconsultations providesforinArticle2of
theDecision69/494/EEC,;itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid
declarations bytheMemberStatesconfirm,thattheprovisionsoftheAgreements
tobeextendedorrenewedwouldnot,duringtheperiodenvisaged,constitutean
obstacletotheimplementation ofthecommoncommercialpolicy; *
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Whereas,intheseCircumstances ,theAgreementsmaybeeitherextendedor
tacitlyrenewedforalimitedperiod,
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HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :

Article1
ThetradeAgreementsandProtocolslistedintheAnnexheretobetweenMember
Statesandthirdcountriesmaybeextendedortacitlyreneweduptothedates
specifiedineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
Doneat. FortheCouncil
ThePresident