CELEX: 31976D0278
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 24 February 1976 authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain Trade Agreements concluded between the Member States and third countries

No L 58/14                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                5 . 3 . 76
                                                        COUNCIL DECISION
                                                          of 24 February 1976
               authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain Trade Agreements concluded
                                             between the Member States and third countries
                                                              (76/278/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                              adversely affect the obligation of the Member States
                                                                       to avoid and, where appropriate, to eliminate any
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           incompatibility between such Agreements and the
European Economic Community, and in particular                         provisions of Community law;
Article 113 thereof,                                                   Whereas the provisions of the instruments to be
Having regard to the Council Decision of                               either prolonged or tacitly renewed would not,
16 December 1969 on the progressive stan­                              furthermore, during the period under consideration,
dardization of Agreements concerning commer­                           constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the
cial relations between Member                 States  and   third       common commercial policy ;
countries and on the negotiation of Community                          Whereas the Member States concerned have stated
Agreements (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                       that the prolongation or tacit renewal of these
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                      agreements would not be likely to constitute an
                                                                        obstacle to either the opening of Community
Whereas prolongation or tacit extension beyond the                      negotiations with the third countries concerned or
end of the transitional period has already been                         the transfer of the commercial fabric thereof to
authorized in the case of the Agreements listed in                      Community Agreements, nor would it, during the
the Annex hereto by the Council under its Decisions                     period under consideration, hinder the adoption of
of 28 January 1969 (2 ), 12 May 1969 (3), 8 June                        the necessary measures to complete the standard­
1969 (4 ), 26 June 1969 (5), 30 June 1969 (6),                          ization of the import systems of the Member States ;
15 September 1969 (7), 20 December 1969 (8),
8 June 1970 (9), 29 September 1970 (10), 1 March                        Whereas, at the conclusion of the consultations
 1971 (»), 25 April 1972 (12), 28 April 1973 ( 13),                     provided for in Article 2 of the Decision of
 21 March 1974 ( 14) and 17 February 1975 ( 15);                        16 December 1969, it was established, as the
                                                                        aforesaid declarations by the Member States confirm,
Whereas the Member States concerned have again,                         that the provisions of the statements by the Member
with a view to avoiding interruption in their trade                     States do not, therefore, during the period under
 relations with the third countries concerned, based                    consideration, constitute an obstacle to the imple­
 on Agreements, requested authorization to prolong                      mentation of the common commercial policy ;
 or tacitly renew the abovementioned Agreements ;
                                                                        Whereas, in these circumstances, the agreements may
 Whereas authorization should be granted to maintain                    be either prolonged or tacitly renewed for a period
 trade relations between the Member States and the                       not exceeding a year,
third countries concerned, on the basis of
Agreements, pending their replacement by a Com­                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 munity conventional or autonomous system ;
 whereas such authorization should not, therefore,
                                                                                                 Article 1
  (*) OJ  No  L 326 , 29 . 12. 1969 , p. 39                              The Trade Agreements between Member States and
  (2) OJ  No  L 43 , 20. 2. 1969, p. 15.                                 third countries listed in the Annex hereto may be
  (3) OT  No  L 117, 16. 5 . 1969, p. 9.                                 prolonged or tacitly renewed up to the dates
  (4) OJ  No  L 133 , 28 . 5. 1969, p. 14 .                              specified in each case.
  (5) OJ  No  L 159, 1 . 7. 1969, p. 20.
  (8) OJ  No  L 169 , 10. 7. 1969 , p . 2 .                                                      Article 2
  (7) OJ  No  L 238 , 23 . 9 . 1969 , p. 9 .
  (8) OJ  No  L 6, 9 . 1 . 1970 , p. 1 .                                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
  (9) OJ  No  L 133 , 18. 6. 1970, p . 14.
 (10) OJ  No  L 225 , 12 . 10. 1970 , p. 24 .                            Done at Brussels, 24 February 1976.
 (n)  OJ  No  L 56, 1 . 3 . 1971 , p. 8 .
 (12) OJ  No  L 112, 14. 5. 1972, p. 10.                                                                     For the Council
 (13) OJ  No  L 124 , 10. 5 . 1973 , p . 22.                                                                  The President
 (14) OJ  No  L 93 , 4. 4. 1974, p . 23 .
 (1B) OJ  No  L 62, 7. 3 . 1975 , p. 32 .                                                                        M. MART
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                        BILAG - ANHANG - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE
           Medlemsstat        Tredjeland                        Aftalens art og datering              Udløb efter forlængelse eller
                                                                                                           stiltiende videreførelse
          Mitgliedstaat        Drittland                    Art und Datum des Abkommens               AblaufnachVerlängerung oder
                                                                                                      stillschweigenderVerlängerung
         Member State        Third country                    Type and date of agreement                     Prolonged or tacitly
                                                                                                                 renewed until
          État membre          Pays tiers                      Nature et date de l'accord              Échéance après prorogation
                                                                                                           ou tacite reconduction
          Stato membro        Paese terzo                      Natura e data dell'accordo               Scadenza dopo la proroga
                                                                                                              o il tacito rinnovo
                                                                                                       Vervaldatum na al dan niet
            Lid-Staat         Derde land                    Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                          stilzwijgende verlenging
BENELUX                   Honduras                Handelsakkoord                          30 . 1.1959             27.5.1977
                         Joegoslavië              Handelsakkoord                          18. 6.1958              30.6.1977
                          Marokko                 Handelsakkoord                           5. 8.1958              30.6.1977
DANMARK                  Indonesien               Handelsaftale                            9. 9.1952              30.6.1 977
                          Madagaskar              Handelsaftale                           10.12.1965              25.6.1977
                          Marokko                 Handelsaftale                           26. 7.1961              30.6.1 977
                          Senegal                 Handelsaftale                           11 . 4.1962             10.7.1977
                          Spanien                 Handelsaftale                            1 . 7.1960             30.6.1977
                         Tunesien                 Handelsaftale                            8. 6.1960              31.5.1977
DEUTSCHLAND              Afghanistan              Handelsabkommen                         31 . 1.1958             31.5.1977
                         Island                   Handelsabkommen                         20. 5.1954              30.6.1977
                         Jugoslawien              Handelsabkommen
                                                  Protokoll
                                                                                          11 . 6.1952
                                                                                          16. 7.1964        j 30.6.1977
                         Philippinen              Handelsabkommen                         28. 2.1964              12.8.1977
                         Schweden                 Abkommen über Warenverkehr 26. 1.1951                           30.6.1977
                         Türkei                   Abkommen über Warenverkehr              16. 2.1952              30.6.1977
FRANCE                   Grèce                    Accord commercial                        9. 6.1962              30.6.1977
                         RAE (république          Accord commercial                       10 . 7.1964             10.7.1977
                          arabe d'Égypte)
ITALIA                   Austria                  Accordo commerciale
                                                  Scambio di lettere
                                                                                          19. 6.1949
                                                                                          14.11.1961        J 30.6.1977
                         Colombia                 Modus vivendi                           19. 5.1952              19.6.1977
                         Grecia                   Accordo commerciale                     10.11.1954              30.6.1977
                         Somalia                  Accordo commerciale e di
                                                  cooperazione economica e tecnica         1 . 7.1960             30.6.1977
                         Spagna                   Accordo commerciale
                                                  Processo verbale
                                                                                          28. 6.1960
                                                                                           1 . 4.1967       j 8.6.1977
                         Turchia                  Accordo commerciale                     24. 1.1952              31.5.1977