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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(83) 204 final. 
Brussels, 13 April 1983
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade 
agreements concluded between the Member States and 
third countries
(Submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(83) 204 final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. In implementation of Article 3 of the Council Decision of 16 December 1969 
(1) on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial 
relations between Member States and third countries and on negotiation of 
Community agreements, the Commission proposes to the Council that the 
Member States should be authorized to extend, expressly or tacitly, the 
trade agreements annexed to the attached proposal for a Council decision. 
The agreements in question constitute the first batch for 1983 and expire 
or are due to be terminated between 1  February and 30 April 1983.
The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this Decision was executed 
by written procedure. The outcome was the recognition on 31 January 1983 
that the conditions under which the agreements could be extended for a 
further year had been fulfilled.
2. The Commission considers it appropriate to point out, moreover, that the 
proposals for authorizing the Member States to renew or extend, expressly 
or tacitly, certain agreements in this batch for a furhter one-year period 
are by no means indicative of any position it might adopt next time these 
agreements come up for renewal.
(1) O.J. N° L 326 of 29.12.1969, p. 39.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing extension or ta c it renewal of certain trade 
agreements concluded between the Member States and th ird
countries
T H E  C O U N C IL O F  T H E  E U R O P E A N  COM MUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and 
in particular A rticle  113 thereof.
Having regard to Council Decision 69/494/EEC of 16. December 1969 on the pro­
gressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations between 
Member States and th ird  countries and on the negotiation of Community agree­
ments (1), and in particular A rticle  3 thereof.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas extension or ta c it renewal beyond the end of the tra n sitio n a l period 
w as last authorized in the case of the Agreements and Protocols appearing in 
the Annex by Decision 82/180/EEC (2);
Whereas the Member States concerned have, with a  view to avoiding disruption 
of the ir commercial relations with the th ird  countries concerned based on 
agreement, requested authorization to extend or renew that abovementioned 
Agreements;
Whereas, however, most of the areas covered by these national agreements, are 
henceforth the subject of Community agreements; whereas, having regard to this 
situ atio n , authorization should be granted for the maintenance of national 
agreements only for those areas 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 incom patibility between the said agreements and Community law;
Whereas, moreover, the agreements to be either prolonged or renewed should not, 
during the period of extension envisaged, constitute an obstacle to the 
implementation of the com m on commercial policy;
Whereas the M em ber States concerned have declared that the extension of ta c it 
renewal of these agreements would neither constitute an obstacle to the opening 
of Community negotiations with the th ird  countries concerned and the transfer 
of the commercial substance thereof to Community agreements nor, during the 
period under consideration, hinder the adoption of the measures necessary to 
complete the standardization of the import arrangements applied by the Member 
States;
Whereas the conclusion of the consultations provided for in A rticle  2  of D e­
cision 69/494/EEC it  w as 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 com m on commercial policy;
(1) OJ NO L 326, 29.12.1969, p. 39.
(2) OJ NO L 83, 29.03.1982, p. 13.

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Whereas, in these circumstances, the agreements m ay be either extended or 
ta c itly  renewed for a  lim ited period.
H A S  A D O P T E D  THIS DECISION :
A rticle 1
T h e  Treade Agreements and Protocols concluded between M em ber States and third 
countries and appearing in the Annex m ay be extended or ta c itly  renewed up to 
the dates indicated for each of them for those areas not covered by agreements 
between the Community and the th ird  countries concerned and in so far as their 
provisions are not contrary to existing com m on policies.
A rticle 2
This Decision is addressed to the M em ber States.
D o n e  at Brussels,
For the Council

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