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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
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COM(75)318 final
Brussels ,30June 1975
Proposal for .a
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing prolongation ortacit renewal ofcertain
trade agreements concluded between theMember States
and third countries
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission -)
COM(75 )318final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Inimplementation ofArticle 3oftheCouncil Decision oflb
December 1969 (1)ontheprogressive standardization ofagreements
concerning commercial relations between Member States andthird
countries andonthenegotiation ofCommunity agreements ,the
Commission proposes totheCouncil that theMember States should be
authorized toextend ,expressly ortacitly 4thetrade agreements
annexed totheattached proposal foraCouncil decision .Theagree­
ments inquestion constitute thethird batch for1975 anaexpire or
areduetobeterminated between 1August and31October 1975 *
Theprior consultation specified inArticle 2ofthis Decision
tookplace on16{fey1975 .Theoutcome wastherecognition that the
conditions under which theagreements could beextended forafurther
year had been fulfilled .
2. TheCommission considers itappropriate topoint out ,moreover ,
that theproposals forauthorizing theMember States' torenew or
extend ,expressly ortpcitly ,certain agreements inthis batch for
afarther one-year period arebynomeans indicative ofanyposition
itmight adopt next time these agreements come upforrenewal *
1)O.J. n°L326of29.12.1969 ,P*39

Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizingprolongation ortacitrenewalofcortaintrade
agreementsconcluded "betweentheMemberStatesandthirdcountries
THECOUNCILCPTHEEUROPEANCOfftlUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thoreofi
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof16December1969(l)ontheprogressive
stcuidardization ofagreementsconcerningcommercialrelationsbetweenMember
Statesandthirdcountriesanonthenegotiations ofCommunityAgreements,
andinparticularArticle3thereof:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommissions
Whereastacitextensionbeyondtheendofthetransitional periodhasalready-
beenauthorizedinthecaseoftheAgreementslistedintheAnnexheretoby
theCouncilunderitsDecisionof28January1969(2),26Juni1969(3)»30
June1969(4),15SeptemberI969(5)»17October1969(6),8DecemberI969(7),
20December1969(8),6February1970(9),8Juno1970(10),13July1970(ll),
29September1970(12),23November1970(13),25October1971(14),18October
1972(15),22October1973(l6)and2October1974(17);
•••
TpxrNoL326,29.12.1969,p.39
2)OJNoL43,20.2.1969,p.15
3)OJNoL159,1.7.1969,p.20
4)OJNoLI69,IO.7.I969,p.2 *
5)OJNoL238,23.9.1969,p.9
6)OJNoL266,24.lO.i969,p.32
7)OJNoL323,24.12.1969,p.10
8)OJNoL6,9.1.1970,p.1
9)OJNoL36,14.2.1970,p.29
10)OJNoL133,18.6.1970,p.14
11)OJNoL157,18.7.1970,p.29
12)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.24 '
13)OJNoL262,3.12.1970,p.18'
14)OJNoL248,9.11.1971,p.7
15)OJNoL250,6.11.1972,p.1
16)OJNoL301,30.10.1973,p.30 l
17)OJNoL276,11.10.1974,p.37

Whereas theMember States concerned have ,with aview toavoiding inter - ,
ruption intheir commercial relations with thethird countries concerned
"based onagreement ,requested authorization toprolong orrenew theabovementio –
nodAgreements ; . ' ''' ''' ■'■ < ' .
.»• . 1
Whereas authorization hastobegranted only tomaintain commercial relations
between theMember States andthethird countries concerned onthebasis of
Agreements ,pending their replacement byCommunity agreements tobenegotiated !
whereas such authorization should not ,thereforo ,adversely affect theobli­
gation incumbent upon theMember States toavoid ,and ,where appropriate to .
eliminate ,anyincompatibility between such agreements andtheprovisions of
Community law : v.--;' . -.'v .- v>: ■'
r t ■
Whereas theprovisions oftheinstruments tobeeither prolonged orrenewed
would not>furthermore ,during theperiod under consideration ,constitute an • ,
obstacle totheimplementation ofthecommon oommeroial policyj k
Whereas theMember States concerned have declared that theprolongation
;ortacit renewal ofthese Agreements would notconstitute anobstacle either
totheopening ofCommunity negotiations with thethird tfountries oqncemed ,
ortothetransfer ofthecommercial fabric thereof toCommunity Agreements ^
norwould it,'during the'period under consideration ,hinder theadoption .,
ofthemeasures necessary tooomplete thestandardization oftheimport
arrangements applied bythevarious Member States :
- j f - r' - t
Whereas attheconclusion oftheconsultations provided forinArticle .2*
oftheDecision of16December 1969 itwasestablished ,astheaforesaid ^ /
declarations bytheMember States confirm ,that theprovisions ofthe ( \
" ' ■ 'o ■'agreements listed intheAnnex tobeprolonged orrenewed would not ,during
theperiod under consideration ,constitute anobstacle totheimplementation
of ,thecommon commercial policyj v v!: V v' :'
: ■■:■■■■ :·'·<■·· . ; 7<·;;· "■
Whereas ,inthese ciroumstance ,theAgreements concerned '-'may beeither prolonged
ortacitly renewed foraperiod notexceeding.,a year :<'f \f/V ;
^4'-;V*i-itr-•*"'(a*v "v– •
HASADOPTED THIS DECISION :'r\ X -■■■p.) !'v 1

Article1
Thetradeagreements "betweenMemberStatesandthirdcountrieslistedinthe
Annexheretomayhoprolongedortacitlyreneweduptothfedatesspecified
ineachcaseinthesaidAnnex.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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