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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)775 final
Brussels,10thJanuary1980
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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
AUTHORIZING THEEXTENSION ORAUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF
CERTAINTRADEAGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BETWEEN
MEMBERSTATESANDTHIRDCOUNTRIES
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(79)775final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUMi.
1. Inimplementation ofArticle 3oftheCouncil Decision of16
December 1969 (1)ontheprogressive standardization ofagreements
concerning commercial relations between Member States andthird countries
andonnegotiation ofCommunity agreements ,theCommission proposes to
theCouncil that theMember States should beauthorized toextend ,expressly
ortacitly ,thetrade agreements annexed totheattached proposal for a
Council decision .Theagreements .inquestion constitute thefirst batch
for1980 andexpire oraredue tobeterminated between 1February and
30April 1980 .
r
'Theprior consultation specified inArticle 2ofthis Decision was
executed bywritten procedure .Theoutcome was the recognition on18October
1979 that theconditions under which theagreements could beextended for
afurther year hadbeen fulfilled .
Thetrade Agreements andProtocols between certain Member States and
Greece listed intheAnnex hereto may beextended ortacitly renewed for a
period ending onthedate ofentry into force oftheTreaty concerning the
accession ofGreece totheEuropean Economic Community oruntil tothedates
specified ineach case inthe said Annex .
2. TheCommission considers itappropriate topoint out,moreover ,that
theproposals forauthorizing theMember States tprenew orextend ,expressly
ortacitly ,certain agreetoents inthis batch for afurther one-year period
arebynomeans indicative ofanyposition itmight adopt next time these
agreements come upfor renewal . -"*;
(1)0JNoL326of29.12.1969 ,p.39

Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing theextension orautomatic renewal ofcertain trade
agreements concluded between Member States andthird countries
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , •
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof .
Having regard to ;Council Decision 69/494/EEC of16December 1969 on
theprogressive standardization ofagreements concerning commercial
relations between Member States andthird countries andonthenegotiation
ofCommunity agreements (1),and inparticular Article 3thereof , .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas extension orautomatic renewal beyond the endofthe -transit ional
period was last authorize ^inthtf*<ase oftheagreements and
rotocols -listed inthe Annex byCouncil Decision 79/171/EEC (2);
* i '
Whereas theMember States concerned have requested authorization toextend
orrenew those Agreements -inorder toavoid interrupting their commercial
relations ,based onagreements with thethird countries concerned ;
Whereas authorization isrequired xonly forthemaintenance oftrad ?
relations between theMember States and thethird countries concerned ^based
onagreements ,only pending their replacement byCommunity agreements tobe
negotiated ,andwhereas such authorization does not,therefore ,inanyway modil
theobligation onthepart oftheMember States toavoid and,where appropriate ,
eliminate anyincompatibility between such agreements andtheprovisions of
Community law;-
(1)OJNoL326,29.12.1969 ,p.39
<2>OJNoL37,13.02.1979 ,p.31

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Whereas furthermore ,theprovisions ofthe agreements tobeextended
orrenewed should not,during theperiod under consideration ,constitute an
obstacle tothe implementation ofthe common commercial policy ;
Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the extension orautomatic
renewal ofthose agreements would prevent neither theopening ofCommunity
negotiations with thethird countries concerned nor thetransfer ofthe
commercial fabric ofsuch agreements toCommunity agreements ,norwould it,
during theperiod envisaged ,hinder theadoption ofthemeasures necessary to
complete thestandardization ofthe import systems oftheMember States ;
Whereas ,attheconclusion oftheconsultations provided for in ,Arti cle 2
ofDecision 69/494/EEC itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid declarations by
theMember States confirm ,that theprovisions ofthe agreements tobeextended
orrenewed would not,during theperiod envisaged ,constitute anobstacle to
theimplementation ofthe common commercial policy ;
Whereas ,inthese circumstances ,theAgreements may beeither extended orautomatical ly
~renewed for alimited period ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
1, Thetrade agreements andprotocols listed intheAnnex hereto between Member
States andthird countries maybeextended or ,automat icallyrenewed uptothedates
specified ineach case inthe said Annex .
2. The trade agreements andprotocols between certain Member States and Greece
listed intheAnnex hereto maybeextended orautomatically renewed for aperiod ending
onthedate ofentry into force oftheTreaty concerning theaccession ofGreece
totheEuropean Economic Community oratthelatest until thedates specified in
each case inthe said Annex .
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done at, For the Counci l
y
The President

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DANMARK Indonesien IHandelsaftale 09.09.1952 30.06.1981
Madagaskar IHandelsaftale 10.12.1965 25.06.1981
Marokko IHandelsaftale 26.07.1961' 30.06.1981
Sénégal Handelsaftale 11.04.1962 10.07.1981
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Tunesien !Handelsaftale 08.06.1960 31.05.1981
DEUTSCHLAND .Afghanistan Händelsabkommen 31.01.1958 31.05.1981
Island Händelsabkommen 20.05.1954 30.06.1981
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