PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OR TACIT RENEWAL OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THIRD COUNTRIES
Date: 1991-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: competition, restriction on competition, spare part, vehicle parts

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 261  final 

Brussels, 18  July  1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

authorizing  extension or taoit renewal of certain 
trade agreements concluded between Member 
States and third  countries 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Pursuant to Article 3 of the Counoil Deoision of 16 December 1969 
on  the  progressive  standardization  of  agreements  oonoerning 
oommerolal  relations  between  Member  States  and  third  oountries 
and on negotiation.of Community agreements, (1) the Commission is 
proposing to the Counoil that the Member States be authorized to 
extend  or  tacitly  renew  the  trade  agreements  annexed  to  the 
attaohed proposal for a Counoil deoision. 

The agreements in question constitute the 3nd baton for 1991 and 
expire  or  are  due  to  be  terminated  between  1.8.1991  and 
31.10.1991. 

The prior consultation speoifled in Artiole 2 of the Deoision was 
exeouted by written prooedure. The outoome was the recognition on 
12.6.1991 that the conditions under whloh the agreements could be 
extended for a further year had been fulfilled. 

The Commission finds that the extension of the agreements has no 
implications for SMEs or for employment. 

The list still  inoludes oertains agreements with an EFTA oountr 
les whloh,  in aooordanoe  with  the understanding  reaohed  within 
the Working Party on EFTA, should be revised by the Member States 
oonoerned . 

The  Member  States  oonoerned  have  informed  the  Commission  that 
the review of these agreements will soon be oompleted, but that 
there is not enough time remaining before expiry to finalize the 
updating.  The  Commission  therefore  oonsiders  that  a  further 
extension of these  agreements is required. 

The  Commission  would  also  point  out  that  the  proposals 
authorizing  the  Member  States  to  renew  or  extend  oertain 
agreements in this baton for a further year in no way prejudioe 
its position the next time these ageements oome up for renewal. 

(1) OJ L 326, 29.12.1969, p. 39. 

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Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

Of 

authorizing  extension or taoit renewal of certain 
trade agreements concluded between Member 
States and third  countries 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Economic 
Community,  and in particular Article 113 thereof, 

Having  regard  to Council Decision 69/494/EEC  of  16 December  1969 
on  the  progressive  standardization  of  agreements  concerning 
commercial  relations  between  Member  States  and  third  countries 
and  on  the  negotiation  of  Community  agreements^1),  and  in 
particular Article 3 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas  extension  or  tacit  renewal  beyond  the  end  of  the 
transitional  period  was  last  authorized  in  the  case  of  the 
Agreements, and  Protocols  listed  in  the  Annex  by  Decision 
91/104 /EEC(2>, 

Whereas the Member  States concerned have, with a view to avoiding 
any disruption of their commercial  relations with third countries 
concerned  based  on  Agreement,  requested  authorization  to  extend 
or renew the abovementioned Agreements, 

Whereas,  however,  most  of  the  areas  covered  by  these  national 
Agreements  are  henceforth  the  subject  of  Community  Agreements; 
whereas  in  this situation,  there should be authorization  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  incompatibility  between  such 
Agreements and the provisions of Community  law, 

Whereas the provisions of the Ageements to be either prolonged or 
renewed  should  not  furthemore,  during  the  period  under 
consideration,  constitute  an  obstacle  to  the  implementation  of 
the common commercial  policy, 

(1)  OJ NO L 326, 29.12.1969, p. 39. 
(2)  OJ No L 54  , 28.2.1991,. P- 36 

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Whereas  the  Member  States  concerned  have  declared  that  the 
extension  or  tacit  renewal  of  these  Agreements  would  neither 
constitute  an  obstacle  to  the  opening  of  Community  negotiations 
with  the  third  countries  concerned  and  the  transfer  of  the 
commercial  substance  of those Agreements  to Community  Agreements 
nor, during  the period  under  consideration,  hinder  the adoption 
of the measures necessary to complete the st andardization of the 
import arrangements of the Member States, 

Whereas  at  the  conclusion  of  the  consultations  provided  for  in 
Article  2  of  Decision  69/494/EEC  it  was  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 common commercial policy, 

Whereas, in these circumstances, the Agreements concerned may be 
either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited period, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : 

Article 1 

The  Trade  Agreements  and  Protocols  between  Member  States  and 
third  countries, as listed  in the Annex hereto, may be extended 
or tacitly renewed up to the dates indicated for each of them for 
those areas not covered by Agreements between  the Community  and 
the third countries concerned and insofar as their provisions are 
not contrary to existing common policies. 

This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 

Article 2 

Donne at Brussels, 

For the Council 

The President 

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