CELEX: 51973PC1513
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Date: 1973-09-21
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the tacit extension of certain trade agreements concluded between the Member States and their countries. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM(73)1513 Final
                                                      Brussels . 21 September 1973
                                  PROPOSAL FOR
                                COUNCIL DECISION
                                               )
               authorizing the tacit extension of certain trade
                agreements concluded between the Member States
                              and their countries .
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
                                          \
   COM(73 ) 1513 Final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY IMTORANDluI
1.               Pursuant to Article 3 of the Council Decision of 16 December
1969 ( l ) on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning commer­
cial relations "between Member States and third countries and on the negotia­
tion of Community agreements , the Commission proposes that the Council au­
thorise the Member States to extend or renew a certain number of trade agree­
ments ( 3rd group 1973 ) which are to empire before 21 October 1973-
                 The Commission notes that if certain agreements are renewed ,
particularly the Franco-Japanese Agreement of 14 May I963 and. the. Italy-
Pakistan Agreement of 10 January 1961 , they will expire after 31 December
1974 .- •
2.               The Commission points out that Article 6 of the Council
Decision of 19 December 1972 ( 2 ) laying down certain transitional measures
for the progressive standardization of the import terms of Member States
as regards third countries provides that any amendments to the Decision
necessary to complete standardization of Member States import terms are to
be adopted not later than 31 December 1974 in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 113 of the Treaty .
                 The Commission declares that "it will make proposals to the
Council on these matters as soon as possible . However it believes that , as
a result of this provision , those of the bilateral agreements involving
Member States which contain import quotas may not be extended beyond 31
December 1974 *
                                                                 ./•
( l ) 0J No L 325 , 29 December 1959 > P « 39
( 2 ) CJ No L 299 , 31 December 1972 , p . 46
 ---pagebreak---                                        2   -
               However , since the relevant agreements will last only a
matter of dnys "beyond the end of 1974 * the Commission has concluded that
it would not be appropriate to make immediate provision for their renuncia­
tion . This exception is , of course , without prejudice to the view to be
taken by the Commission on other agreements which expire before the end of
1974 .
3.             The Commission notes , on the other hand , that several
agreements involve countries which have already concluded trade or associa­
tions agreements with the Community .
                Insofar as the provisions of national agreements are either
identical to or incompatible with the corresponding provisions of the
Community agreements , the Community and its Member States , as well as
third countries , can only claim such rights and obligations which are
covered by the provisions of the Community agreements which have thus
replaced those covered by the national agreements .
 ---pagebreak---                                    PROPOSAL FOR
                               COUNCIL DECISION
           authorizing the tacit extension of certain trade
           agreements concluded between the Member States and
           their . countries .   v                         ■:
THE COUNCIL " CP- TEE ETOOPEAlf- CCI.ffimilTIES i
Hr.ving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular . Article 113 thereof 5
Having regard to the Council Decision of 16 December 1969 ( l ) on 'the pro­
gressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations
between Member States and their countries and on the negotiation of
Community agreements , and in particular Article 3 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , -    '
 ( l ) OJ No L 326 , 29 December 1969 , p . 39
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas tacit extension "beyond the end of the transitional period has
already "been authorized in the case of the Agreements listed in the
Annex hereto by the Council under its Decisions of 28 January 1969 ( l ),
26 June 1969 ( 2 ), 3C June I969 ( 3 ), 15 September I969 (4), 17 October 1969
( 5 ). 8 December 1969 ( 6 ), 20 December 19^9 ( 7 ), 6 February 1970 (0 ),
8 June 1970 ( 9 ), 13 July 1970 ( 10), 29 September 1970 ( li ), 23 November
1970 ( 12 ). 25 October 1971 ( 13 ) and 18 October 1972 ( 14) 5
Whereas the Member States concerned have requested that , with a view to
avoiding interruption in their commercial relations x-ri.th the third countries
concerned based on agreement thus be - authorized to extend the above-mentioned
Agreements ; -
Whereas in this respect the aim is only to authorize the continuation of
conventional commercial relations between the Member States concerned and
such third countries , pending their replacement by Community Agreements
to be negotiated , and that such an authorization should not , therefore ,
affect the obligation incumbent upon the Member States to avoid , and , .
eventually , eliminate every incompatibility betwean such agreements and
the provisions of Community law ;
Whereas furthermore , the provisions of the instruments to be either extended
or renewed , should not , during the period of extension envisaged , constitu­
te an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy 5
m     OJ JATO L  43 , 20 . 2.1969 ,    ρ· 15       ( 9 ) CJ No   iJ 133 , 16 . 6.I97C,p.l4
(2)   CJ No   L 159 ,  1 . 7.I9&9 ,    p. 20     ( 10 )  0J No L    157 , 18 . 7.I970,p.29
s     0J
      0J
         No
         No
              L
              L
                169 ,
                238 ,
                      10 . 7.1969 ,
                      23 . 9.1969 ,
                                       P. 2
                                       P. 9
                                                 ( 11 )
                                                 ( 12 )
                                                         OJ
                                                         CJ
                                                            Tifo L
                                                            No L
                                                                    225 , 12 . 9 . 1970 , p . 24
                                                                    262 ,  3.12.1970 ,P . 18
(5)   OJ No   L 266 , 24 . IO . i969 , P. 32     ( 13 )  0J No L    248 ,  9 . 11.1971 , P. 7
(6)   0J No   L 323 , 24.12.1969 ,     p. 10     ( 14) 0J   No L    250 ,  6 . 11 . 1972 , p. 1
(7)   0J No   L   6,   9 . 1 . I97C ,  P. 1
(8 )  0J No   L  36 , 14 . 2.1970 ,    T>. 29
 ---pagebreak---                                    -  3  -
Whereas , in this respect , the Member States concerned have declared that
the renewal of these instruments would not he of such a nature as to pre­
clude the opening of trade negotiations with the third countries concerned ,
and the transfer of the covering of commercial matters from the provisions
of such agreements to those of Community Agreements ; nor constitute an
obstacle to the adoption of measures necessary to achieve the standardizat­
ion of the import terms of Member States before the end of 1974 pursuant
to Article 6 of the Council Decision of 19 December 1972 ,
Whereas , at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Article 2
of the Council Decision of 16 December 19^9 » it was established , as the
aforesaid declarations by the Member States confirm , that the provision
of the instruments to be extended would not , during the period of extension
envisaged , constitute an obstacle to implementation of the common commer­
cial policy ;
Whereas , in these circumstances , the Agreements may be either extended or
tacitly renewed for a period which should not exceed a year , with the excep­
tion of certain instruments which contain either a Community reservation
clause , or a clause of yearly denounciation .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION s
                                  Article 1
               The trade agreements between Member States and third coun­
tries listed in the Annex hereto may be extended up to the dates specified
in each case in the said Annex .
                                  Article 2
               This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
                                             Done at Brussels ,
                                                    For the Council
                                                    The Fresident
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Hedlerastat   Tredjeland      Aftalensart og datering        Udlpb efter
                                                             forlangelse
Mitgliedstaat Drittland       Art und Datum des              Ablauf nach
                                   Abkommens                 Verlängerung
Member state  Third country   Type and date of               ixtended
                                   agreement                 until
Etat membre   Pays tiers      Nature et date de             Echéance après
                                   1 'accord                 reconduction
Stato membro  Paese terzo     Natura e data                 Scadenza dopo
                              dell 1 accordo                 il rinnovo
Lid-staat     Derde land      Aard en datum van              vervaldatum
                                 het akkoord                na verlenging
Eenelux       Grece         accord commercial    9 » 3.1960 31 . 1.1975
              Japon         accord commercial    8.10.1960 )
                            protocole                          31.12.1974
                            additionnel         30 . 4.1963 5
Danmark       Argentina     handels - og
                            betalingsaftale     25.11.1957     31.12.1974
              Elfenbens­
              kysten        handelsaftale .     23.11.1966      9 - 1.1975
              Irak          handelsaftale       13 . 1.1960    13 . 1.1975
              Israel        handelsaftale       13.11.1952     13.11.1974
              Kina ( Folke­ handels- og
              republikken ) betalingsaftale      1.12.1957     30.11.1974
              0strig        vareudvekslings-
                            aftale              29.11.1948     28.11.1974
              Portugal      vareudvekslings-
                            aftale               2 . 6.1950    31.12.1974
Deutschland   Arabische     Abkommen über aen
              Eepublik      Warenverkehr        18 . 2.1956    31.12.1974
              Aegypten .•
              Argentinien   Handels- und Zahlung^ , .
                            abkommen            25.11.1957     31.12.1974
              Aethiopien    Wirtschafts - und
                            Handelsabkommen :   21 . 4.1964    31.12.1974
              Australien    Liste der Einfuhr­
                            kontingente                        31.12.1974
 ---pagebreak---   Brésilien   Handelsüberein-
              kornmen '            1 . 7.1955    31.12.1974
  Ceylon      Handelsùbercin-
              kommen               1 . 4.1955    31.12.197 +
• Chile       Protokoll über Handels-
              und Zahlungsverkehr 2 . 11.1955    31.12.1974
  Dahomey     Wirtschafts­
              abkommen            19 . 6.1961    31.12.1974
  Èlfenbein-  Wirtschafts­
  ktiete .    abkommen            18.12.1961     31.12.1974
  i innland   Notenwechsel         3.12.1969      2.12.1974
  Gabun       Wirtschafts­
              abkommen            11 . 7.1962    31.12.1974
  Guinea      Wirtschafts­
              abkommen            19 . 4.1962    31.12.1974
  Irak        Handelsabkommen      7.10.1951     13 . 1.1975
  Japan       Handelsabkommen      1 . 7.1960    31 . 12 . 197 ^
  Karaerun    Handelsabkommen      8 . 3.1962    31.12.197 ^
  Kenia       Wirtschafts - und
              Handelsabkommen      4.12.1964     31.12.1974
  Kongo       Wirtschaftsabkommen 3O.lO.i962 31.12.1974
  Madagascar  Wirtschaftsabkommen    6.6 . 1962  31.12.1974
 -Mal ta      Handelsabokmmen
              und Protokoll       29.' 2.1964    31.12.1974
  Marokko     Handelsabkommen
              und briefwechsel    15 . 4.1961 3 31.12.1974
              Protokoll           20 . 1.1964 };
  Neuseeland  Handelsabkommen     20 . 4.1959    31.12.197 ^
  Niger       Wirtschaftsabkommen 14.6.19,61     31.12.1974
  Nigeria     Handelsabkommen     25 . 3.1963    31.12.1974
  Norwegen .  Handelsabkommen     20.12.1950     31 . 5.1975
  Oesterreich Handelsabkommen     13 « 5.1954
              Briefwechsel und                   31.12.1974
              Protokoll           21 . 1.1963
 ---pagebreak---   Obervolta    Wirtschaftsabkommen      8..6.1961     31.12.197^-
  Pakistan     Handelsabkommen und
               Protokoll                9 . 3.195?    31.12.197 ^
  Paraguay-    Handelsabkommen       25 . 7.1955      31.12.197 ^
  Schweiz      Handelsabkommen und
               spätere zusatz-
               protokoll                2.12.195 T    31.12.197 ^
  Sambia       Wirtschaftsabkommen   10.12.1966       31.12.197 ^
  Sierra Leone Wirtschaftsabkommen   13 . 9.1963      31.12.197 ^
  Somalia      Handelsabkommen       19 . 1.1962      31.12.197 ^
  Sudafrika    Liste der einfuhr­
               kontingente                            31 . 8.197 ^
  Tansania     Handels - und Wirt­
               schaftsabkommen          6 . 9.1962    31.12.197 ^
  Tschad       Wirtschaftsabkommen   31 . 5.1963      31.12.197 ^
                                     29 . 1.1960
  Tunesien     Handelsabkommen und
               Zusatzprotokoll       22.12.1963     j31.12.197^
  Uganda       Handelsabkommen       17 . 3.196 ^ 31.12.197 ^
  Zentral-
  afrikanische
  Republik     Wirtschaftsabkommen 29.12.1962         31.12.197^
  Zypern       Handelsabkommen       3O . lO . i96l   31.12.197 ^
  Argentine    accord commercial
               et de paiement        25 . 11.1957 31.12.197 *+
  Autriche     accord commercial
               et protocols          26-. 7.1963      31.12.197 ^
  Espagne      accord commercial   . 27.11.1963       31.10.197 ^
  Iran         accord commercial et . H.• - 6.1959 )
               échange de lettres 28 . 2.1969                    ^
■ Islande "    accord économique        6.12.1951     31.12.1974
  Israël'      accord commercial     10 . 7.1953 )
                V, 4-  T
               protocole             -I C . 11.1967
                                     16        1    331.12.197
                                                    5            ^
               échange de lettres    2^.12.1968 }
 ---pagebreak---           Japon         accord commercial
                        et protocole            1k. 5.1963 }
                        protocole               26 . 7.1966 5        1Λ9 <5
          Mexique       accord commercial       11 . 7.1950    28.11.197 ^
          Norvège       accord commercial
                                                 3 . 7.1951 j
                                                 3 . 7.1951
                        protocole                2 . ^. 1960
                                                        i960 531.12.197'+
                        échange de lettres       6 . 2.196 ^
          Portugal      arrangement
                        commercial              25 . 3.1961    31.12.197'+
                           •   ι
          Suède         accord commercial        3 . 3.19^9    31.12.197 *+
          Suisse        accord commercial       21.11.1967     31.12.197 ^
          Turquie       accord commercial       31 . 8.19^6    31.12.197 ^
          Yougoslavie   accord commercial       25 . 1.196 ^ )
                        protocole                6 . 5.1970 pl . le . 197'+
Ircland   Norway        trade agreement          2 . 7.1951    31.12.197 ^
          Romania       trade agreement         20 . 7.1971    31 . 12.197 ^
Italia    Afghanistan   àccordo commerciale 10 . 12.1960       23.11.1974
          Argentina     accordo commerciala
                                  commercial'è'
                        e scambio di note:      25.11.1957     31.12.197 ^
          Canada        modus vivendi
                        commerciale
                        commerciale             28 . ^. 19^8   31.12.197 ^
          Costa Rica    modus vivendi
            .4 · .
                        commerciale é
                        scambio di note
                                                20 . 2.1953
                                                23 . 6.1953  jl2.11.197^
        . Formosa       scambio . di note        2 . 2.1957     2 . 2.1975
          Giappone  •  .agreed minutes          3i.i2.i969     30 . 9.197 ^
          Guatemala     modus vivendi
                        commerciale.             6 . 6.1936    31.12.197 ^
                      <  .          '
          Irak          accordo commerciale     30 . 9.1963    30.11.197 ^
                             ν
          Mal ta        accordo commerciale     28 . 7.1967    31.12.197 **
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                                                              31.12.197 "»
                            protocollo          24 . 2.1965 )
            Messico         accordo commerciale 15 . 9«19^9 5
                            protocollo          28.10.1963 pi .12.197^
                            scambio di note     20 . 7-19&5 *
            Pakistan     . ■accordo commerciale 10 . 1.1961   10 . 1.1975
            Paraguay        accordo commercialo  8 . 7.1959   23 . 1.1975
            Portogallo      accordo commerciale
                            e scambio di note    k . 3.1961
                                                              31.12.197'+
                            s'cåabio di lettere 30 . 12.1961
            Repubblica      protocollo commer­
            araba
                            ciale               29 . '+.1959  31.12.197 ^
            d 'Egitto
            Siria           accordo commerciale 10.11.1955    31.12.197 *+
            Stati uniti     scambio di note     19.10.1966    30 . 9.197'+
            Tunesia         accordo commercialo 23.11«196l )
                            è 'prciòcólià •
                            addizionale          2. 8.1963 1  31.12.1974
Nederland   Arabische
                            handelsovereen­
            Republiek       komst               21 . 3.1953   31.12.1974
            Egypte
            Ar.crentinië    handels - en beta­
                            lings overeen-
                            komst               25.11.1957    31.12.1974
            Turki je        handelsakkoord       6.9.19^9     31.12.197 ^
U«£leHoXi « Argentine       accord commercial
                            et de ;'paiejnent   25.11.1957    31.12.1974
            Finlande        accord commercial    8.11.1955 30 . 9 . 197*+
            Pakistan        accord commercial   15 . 3.1962   31.12.197 z+
United      Albania         exchange of notes
Kingdom                     on commercial
                            relations           10 . 6.1925   31.12.197'+
 ---pagebreak--- Cameroon agreement on com­
         mercial and economic
         co-operation with
         protocol and exchange
         of letters             29 . 7.1963    31.12.197 ^
Spain    trade and payments
         agreement              23 . 6.19^8 J
         extended by exchanges'              J 31.12 . 197 ^
         of notes ending with                j
         that of          19 . /25 . 6.1952 J
Uruguay  agreement on trade
         and payments           26 . 6.1935    31.12.197 ^
         ( with protocol , sup­
         plementary agreements
         and notes )
         exchange of notes sus­
         pending article 7 of
         agreement of 1935      30 . 8.19'+0   31 . 12.197 ^