CELEX: 51973PC0326
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-05
Title: Proposal for a 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)326 final
                                                     Brussels , 5 March 1973
                               Proposal for a
                               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 )
    C0ï4(73 ) 3?6 final
 ---pagebreak---                               Proposal for
                              COUNCIL DECISION
                 authorizing the tacit extension of pertain
                 trade agreements concluded between the
                 Member States and their . countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof j
Haying regard to the Council Decision of 16 December 1969 (^0 on
progressive , 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 j
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
(l ) OJ No L 326, 29 December 19^9 » P* 39               • »•/ •••
 ---pagebreak---                                        2 -•
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 ),
12 May 1969 (2 ), 8 Juna I969 (3 ), 26 June I969 (4 ), 30 June       (5 ),
15 September I969 (6 ), 20 Deoember I969 (7), 8 J1"1© 1970 (8 ),
29 September 1970 (9 ), 1 March 1971 (10 ) and 25 April 1972 (ll)j
Whereas the Member States concerned have requested that , with a view to
avoiding interruption in their commercial relations with the third
countries concerned based ori agreement and pending finalization of the
programme for Community negotiations currently being studied – which aims
at the gradual replacement of Member States' agreements by Community
agreements –, thus be authorized to extend the above-aentioned Agreements .
Whereas authorization has to be granted for the extension of trade agreements
with third countries beyond the transitional period, but without affecting
the other obligations incumbent upon the Member States . concerned under
Community lawj
                                                            » / *• «
 1   0J No L  43 , 20 . 2.1969 , P. 15
 2   OJ No L 117 , 16.  5*1969 » P-  9
 3   OJ No L 133 , 28.  5.1969 , P. 14
 4   OJ No L 159 ,  1.  7.1969 , p. 20
 5   OJ No L 169 , 10 . 7.1969 , P.  2
 6   OJ No L 238 , 23 . 9.1969,  p.  9
(7 ) OJ No L   6,   9.  1.1970 , P.  1
 8   OJ No L 133 , 16 . 6.1970 , P. 14
 9   OJ No L 225 , 12 . 9.1970 , p. 24
10 ) OJ No L  56 ,  1 . 3.1971 , p. 8
11   OJ No L 112 , 14 . 5.1972 , p. 10
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that extension of these
Agreements would not constitute an obstacle to the opening of Community
negotiations with the third countries concerned and that they are willing
to have commercial matters covered "by their current bilateral agreements
covered instead by such Community agreements as may be negotiated }
Whereas , at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Article 2
of the Council Decision of 16 December 19^9 1 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 commercial
policy }
Whereas in these circumstances the .Agreements covered may be tacitly
extended for a specified period }
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                        Article   1
The trade agreements between Member Stages and third countries listed in
the Annex hereto may be extended up to the dated specified in each case
in the said Annex.
                                        Article   2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States »
Done at                                         For the Council
                                                The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                    ANNEX
Member  Thxrd.          T^pe and Date                    Ertended
State    Country        of Agreement                     until
Bénélux Honduras       Trade Agreement       30 . 1.1969 27 . 5.1974
        Morocco        Trade Agreement        5 . 8.I958 30 . 6.1974
        Yugoslavia     Trade Agreement       18. 6.1958  30. 6.1974
Denmark Indonesia       Commercial Agreement 9 * 9*1952  30. 6.1974
        Madagascar     Trade Agreeaent       10.12.1965  25 . 6.1974
        Morocco        Trade Agreement       26 . 7.1961 30 . 6.1974
        Sénégal        Trade Agreement       11 . 4.1962 10 . 7.1974
        Spain          Trade Agreement        1 . 7.1960 30. 6.1974
        Tunisia        Trade Agreement        8 . 6.I96O 31 . 5.1974
Prance  A.R.E.         Trade Agreement       10. 7.1964  10. 7.1974
        (Arab Republic
          of Egypt )
        Greece         Trade Agreement        9. 6.1962  30. 6.1974
Germany Afghanistan    Trade Agreement       31 * 1.195° 31 . 5.1974
        Iceland        Trade Agreement       20 . 5*1954 30 . 6.1974
        Philippines    Trade Agreement       25 » 2.1964 12 . 8.1974
        Sweden         Agreement on Movemen+s
                       of Goods              26 . 1.1951 30 . 6.1974
        Turkey         Agreement on Movement
                       of Goods              16 . 2.1952 30. 6.1974
        Yugoslavia     Trade Agreement       11 . 6.1952
                       Protocol              16 . 7.1964 30. 6.1974
Italy-  Austria        Trade Agreement       19. 5*1949
                       Exchange of letters 14.11 . 1961  30 . 6.1974
        Greece         Trade Agreement      10.11.1954   30. 6.1974
        Somalia        Agreement on commercial ,
                       economic and technical
                       oe-operation           1.  7*1970 21 . 6.1974
        Spain          Trade Agreement      28 .  6.1960  8 . 6.1974
                       Proc è s–verbal        1.  4.1967
        Turkey         Trade Agreement      24.   1.1952 31 . 5.1974
United  Zaïre
Kingdom                AgreeBent   on ooimeroUl 18.3a970 21.
                       and economic co-operation