CELEX: 31977D0657
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-18 00:00:00
Title: 77/657/EEC: Council Decision of 18 October 1977 authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain Trade Agreements concluded between the Member States and third countries

22. 10 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 270/ 15
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                                                     COUNCIL
                                                  COUNCIL DECISION
                                                    of 18 October 1977
              authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain Trade Agreements
                           concluded between the Member States and third countries
                                                        (77/657/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       November 1970 (13), 25 October 1971 (14), 18 October
COMMUNITIES,                                                      1972 (15), 28 April 1973         6 December 1973 (» 7), 9
                                                                  December 1974 (18), 7 October 1975 (,9) and 4
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            October 1976 (20);
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,                                                         Whereas the Member States concerned have, with a
                                                                 view to avoiding interruption in their commercial rela­
                                                                 tions with the third countries concerned based on
Having regard to the Council Decision of 16
December 1969 on the progressive standardization of              agreement, requested authorization to prolong or
Agreements concerning commercial relations between               renew the abovementioned Agreements ;
Member States and third countries and on the negotia­
tions of Community Agreements (•), and in particular             Whereas authorization has to be granted only to main­
Article 3 thereof,                                               tain commercial relations between the Member States
                                                                 and the third countries concerned on the basis of
                                                                 Agreements, pending their replacement by Commu­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                 nity Agreements to be negotiated ; whereas such
                                                                 authorization should not, therefore, adversely affect
Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the transi­            the obligation incumbent upon the Member States to
tional period has already been authorized in the case            avoid, and, where appropriate to eliminate, any incom­
of the Agreements listed in the Annex hereto by the              patibility between such Agreements and the provi­
Council under its Decisions of 28 January 1969 (2), 26           sions of Community law ;
June 1969 (3), 30 June 1969 (4), 15 September 1969 (5),
17 October 1969 (*), 8 December 1969 (7), 20                     Whereas the provisions of the instruments to be
December 1969 (8), 6 February 1970 (9), 8 June                   either prolonged or renewed would not, furthermore,
1970 (10), 13 July 1970 (n), 29 September 1970 (12), 23          during the period under consideration, constitute an
                                                                 obstacle to the implementation of the common
 !) OJ No L 326, 29. 12. 1969, p. 39 .
 2) OJ No L 43, 20. 2. 1969, p. 15.                              commercial policy ;
 ') OJ No L 159, 1 . 7. 1969, p. 20 .
 4) OJ No L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 2.                              (13)  OJ No L 262, 3. 12. 1970, p. 18.
 5) OJ No L 238, 23. 9. 1969, p. 9.                              ( ,4) OJ No L 248, 9. 11 . 1971 , p. 7.
 *) OJ No L 266, 24. 10. 1969, p. 32.                            (15)  OJ No L 250, 6. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
 7) OJ No L 323, 24. 12. 1969, p. 10.                            (")   OJ No L 124, 10. 5. 1973, p. 20 and OJ No L 220, 8 . 8 .
 ») OJ No L 6, 9. 1 . 1970, p. 1 .                                     1973, p. 25.
 ') OJ No L 36, 14. 2. 1970, p. 29.                              (17)  OJ No L 30, 4. 2. 1974, p. 1 .
 10) OJ No L 133, 18. 6. 1970, p. 14.                            (lg)  OJ No L 352, 28. 12. 1974, p. 37.
 ») OJ No L 157, 18 . 7. 1970, p. 29.                            (")   OJ No L 265, 14. 10. 1975, p. 19.
 > 2) OJ No L 225, 12. 10 . 1970, p. 24.                         (20)  OJ No L 283, 14. 10. 1976, p. 22.
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Whereas the Member States concerned have declared            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
that the prolongation or tacit renewal of these Agree­
ments would not constitute an obstacle either to the
                                                                                    Article 1
opening of Community negotiations with the third
countries concerned or to the transfer of the commer­
                                                             The   Trade Agreements       and   Protocols between
cial fabric thereof to Community Agreements, nor             Member States and third countries listed in the Annex
would it, during the period under consideration,             hereto may be prolonged or tacitly renewed up to the
hinder the adoption of the measures necessary to             dates specified in each case in the Annex.
complete the standardization of the import arrange­
ments applied by the various Member States ;
                                                                                    Article 2
Whereas    at  the  conclusion   of  the   consultations
provided for in Article 2 of the Decision of 16              This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
December 1969 it was established, as the aforesaid
declarations by the Member States confirm, that the
provisions of the Agreements to be prolonged or
renewed would not, during the period under considera­        Done at Luxembourg, 18 October 1977.
tion, constitute an obstacle to the implementation of
the common commercial policy ;                                                           For the Council
Whereas, in these circumstances, the Agreements                                           The President
concerned may be either prolonged or tacitly renewed
for a period not exceeding one year,                                                       H. SIMONET
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                             BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE
                                                                                                                                   UdlØb efter
         Medlemsstat                   Tredieland                                   Aftalens art og datering                        forlængelse
                                                                                                                                   Ablauf nach
         Mitgliedstaat                  Drittland                              Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                                                  Verlängerung
                                                                                                                                      Extended
        Member State                  Third country                              Type and date of Agreement                             until
         Etat membre                    Pays tiers                                Nature et date de 1 accord                     Echéance après
                                                                                                                                  reconduction
        Stato membro                   Paese terzo                                Natura e data dell accordo                     Scadenza dopo
                                                                                                                                     il rinnovo
                                                                                                                                 Vervaldatum na
           Lid-Staat                   Derde land                              Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                                                    verlenging
 BENELUX                      Autnche                         Accord   commercial                              29 .   6.  1957   31 . 3 . 1979
                              Espagne                         Accord   commercial                                 2.  6.  1960   14. 4. 1979
                              Norvège                         Accord   commercial                              28 .   5.  1957   30 . 4. 1979
                              Suède                           Accord   commercial                              27 .   4.  1957   28 . 2 . 1979
                              Suisse                          Accord   commercial                              21 . 6. 1957 )
                                                                                                                                 31 . 3 . 1979
                                                              et échange de notes                                 5. 5. 1961 j
                              Tunisie                         Accord commercial                                   1 . 8 . 1958   31 . 3 . 1979
 DANMARK                      Island                          Vareudvekslingsaftale                              4. 6 . 1948    31 . 12. 1978
                              Norge                           Vareudvekslingsoverenskomst                      30. 3. 1946 )
                                                                                                                                31 . 12. 1978
                                                              og tillægsprotokol hertil                          2. 8. 1966 i
                              Schweiz                         Vareudvekslingsaftale                            15. 9 . 1951     31 . 12. 1978
                              Sverige                         Vareudvekslingsoverenskomst                      11 . 3 . 1948     31 . 1 . 1979
 DEUTSCHLAND                  Indonesien                      Handelsabkommen vom                              22. 4. 1953       31 . 3 . 1979
                              Spanien                         Handelsabkommen vom                              20 . 6. 1960      30 . 4. 1979
                              Südkorea                        Handelsabkommen vom                                8 . 4. 1965      7. 4. 1979
 FRANCE                       Afrique du Sud (')              Échange de lettres                               18 . 4. 1964     31 . 12.. 1978
                              Corée du Sud                    Échange de lettres                               12. 3 . 1963      31 . 3 . 1979
                              Inde (')                        Accord commercial et échange
                                                              de lettres                                      19 . 10 . 1959    31 . 12. 1978
                              Irak                            Accord commercial                                25 . 9 . 1967     25. 3 . 1979
                              Liban                           Accord commercial                                25. 3 . 1955      10 . 4. 1979
 IRELAND                      Austria                         Trade Agreement concluded
                                                              by exchange of notes                             6. 10 .    1950  31 . 12. 1978
                              Finland                         Trade Agreement                                     1 . 6.  1951  31 . 12. 1978
                              Iceland                         Trade Agreement                                  2. 12.     1950  31 . 12. 1978
                              Sweden                          Trade Agreement                                  25. 6.     1949  31 . 12. 1978
 ITALIA                       Corea del Sud                   Accordo commerciale                                9 . 3 . 1965     8 . 3 . 1979
                              El Salvador                     Accordo commerciale                              30. 3. 1953 )
                                                                                                                                 31 . 3 . 1979
                                                              protocollo addizionale                         21 . 12. 1955 )
                              Indonesia                       Accordo commerciale                              23 . 3 . 1951     31 . 3 . 1979
                              Iran                            Scambio di note                                > 29. 1 . 1958 )     9 . 2. 1979
                                                                                                             > 23 . 3. 1961 )
                              Israele                         Accordo commerciale                                5. 3. 1954 )
                                                              scambio di lettere                                 5.1.1956 (
                                                                                                                                 31 . 3 . 1979
                                                                                                             21 . 10 . 19561
                                                              processi verbali                               11 . 2. 1964 '
                              Iugoslavia                      Accordo commerciale                                 1 . 7. 1967 )
                                                              protocollo e scambio                                              31 . 12. 1978
                                                              di note successivo                               30. 4. 1969 )
                              Norvegia                        Accordo commerciale                              20. 5. 1953 )
                                                              protocollo                                       31 . 8 . 1 959 }  31 . 3 . 1979
                                                              scambio di note                                  10. 5. 1962 )
                              Repubblica
                              dominicana                      Accordo commerciale                              18 . 2. 1954      11 . 3 . 1979
NEDERLAND                     Finland                         Handelsakkoord                                   8 . 12. 1956      31 . 3 . 1979
(!) Prorogation par échange de notes.