CELEX: 51974PC1750
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Date: 1974-10-30
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                     COU ( 74 ) 1750 final .
                                                     Brussels , 3o October 1974
                                             Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL DECISION
                      authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain
                      trade agreements ccncluded between Member States
                                          and third countries
                           ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
            CQM ( 74 ) 175o final .
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.                In implementation of Article 3 of the Council Decision of
16 December 19&9 ( l ) on the progressive standardization of agreements
concerning commercial relations between Member States and third countries
a"-4 ~n the negotiation of Community agreements , the Commission proposes
to the Council that the Member States should be authorized to extend ,
expressly or tacitly , the trade agreements annexed to the attached pro­
posal for a Council decision . The agreements in question constitute the
4th     batch for 1974 and expire or are due to be terminated between
1 Novemoer 1974 and 31 January 1975 »
                  The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this
Decision took place on 27 September 1974 » The outcome was the recognition
that the conditions under which the agreements could be extended for a
further year had been fulfilled.
2.                The Commission stresses that the agreements involved do
not include those with the Eastern European countries , for which , accor­
ding to decisions adopted previously , no ice of termination must be given
by the Member States concerned so that they can be terminated before the
end of 1974 * However , as regards certain long term agreements between
new Member States and the Eastern European countries , which are due to
expire on 31.12.1975t -he Commission , at the request of the Member States
concerned , has considered it appropriate to propose the extension of the
agreements and annexes , for one further year .
                  The Commission considers it appropriate to point out ,
moreover , that the proposals aimed at authorizing Member States to renew
or extend for a further year the agreements listed in the annex , do not
in any way prejudice the arguments set out by the Commission in its ex­
planatory memorandum concerning the proposals for the 3rd group of 1974
agreements ( document COM ( 74) 1271 of 24 July 1974 ).
( 1 ) O.J. n° L 326 of 29.12.1969 , p. 39
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposai for a
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
            authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade
            agreements concluded, between Member States and third countries
   THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPE/IN COMMUNITIES ,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing- the European Economic Community ,
   and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
   Having regard to the Council Decision of 16 December 1969 ; ( l ) on the
   progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations
   between Member States and third countries and on the negotiation of
   Community Agreements , and in particular Article 3 thereof j
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commissions
( 1 ) OJ No L 326 , 29.12.1969 , p. 39
 ---pagebreak---   Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the transitional period has
  already "been authorized in the case of the Agreements and Protocols listed
  in the Annex hereto "by the Council under its Decisions of 28 January 1969 ( l ),
  26 June 1969 ( 2 ), 30 June 1969 ( 3 ), 15 September 1969 ( 4) r 17 October 1969 ( 5 )
  8 December 1969 ( 6 ), 20 December 1969 ( 7 ) » 6 February 1970 ( 8 ), 8 Juni 1970
  ( 9 ), 13 July 1970 ( 10), 29 September 1970 ( ll ), 23 November 1970 ( 12),
  25 October 1971 ( 13 ), 18 October 1972 ( 14 ), 28 April 1973 ( 15) and
  6 December 1973 ( 16 ) .             -
  Whereas the Member States concerned have requested authorization to extend
  or renew these Agreements with a -\aew to avoiding interruption in their
  commercial relations with the third countries concerned based on agreement ;
 Whereas authorization has to be granted only for the maintenance of trade
  relations between the Member States and the third countries concerned, based
  on. agreements , pending their replacement by Community Agroemcnts to be
  negotiated ! whereas such authorization would not , therefore , in any way modify
  the obligation of the Member States to avoid and, where appropriate , eliminate
  any incompatibility between such agreements and the provisions of Community
  laws      ,s •            ■               ..
                                                                        ■/..
                                                                        '  "1
  (1 OJ No L 43 , 20. 2.1969 , p. 15
    2 ) OJ Fo L 159 » 1 . 7.1969 » p. 20
    3    CJ  No   L 169 , 10. 7.1969 ,   P*    2
  (4     OJ  No   L 238 , 23 . 9.1969 »  P.    9
    5)   0^  Νο   X 266 , 24.10,1969»    P. 32
  <6     OJ  No   L 323 , 24.12.1969 ,   p. 10
  ( 7)   OJ  No   L   6,   9 . 1,1970,   p.    1
    8)   OJ  No   L  36 , 14. 2.1970,    p. 29
    9)   OJ  No   L 133 , 18 . 6.1970,   p. 14
  10)    OJ  No   L 157 , 18 . 7.1970,   p. 29
  H)     OJ No L 225 ,    12.10.1970, p.    24
  12 )   OJ iïo L .262 ,   3.12.1970 , p.   18
( 13     OJ ilo L 248 ,    9.11.1971 , P *     7
  14)    C T iï-J L 250,   6.11.1972 , p.      1
  15 OJ No L 124 ,        10. 5.1973 , p.   20 and
                  L 220 ,  8 . 8.1973, P.   25
( 16 ) OJ No L 30,         4 . 2.1974» P.      1
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 3 -
Whereas furthermore , the provisions of the instruments to be either extend 3d
or renewed would not , during the period under consideration , constitute
an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy ;
Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the extension or
tacit renewal of these Agreements would prevent neither the opening of
Community negotiations with the third countries concerned nor the transfer
of the commercial fabric thereof to Community Agreements , nor would it ,
during the period envisaged, hinder the adoption of the measures necessary
to complete the standardization of the import systems of the Member Statesj
Whereas , at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Article 2
of the Decision of 16 December 1969 >      was established, as the aforesaid
declarations by the Member States confirm, that the provisions of the
Agreeiaents- to be extended or renewed would not , during the period envisaged,
constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial
policy ?
Whereas , in these circumstances , the Agreements may be either extended
or tacitly renewed for a limited period,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                 Article 1
         The trede agreements and protocols listed in the Annex hereto between
Member States and third countries may be extended or tacitly renewed 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 Président
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                                                                                     Vervaldatum
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   BENELUX           Autriche          Accord commercial du 29 » 6 C 1957             31.3.1976
                     Espagne           Accord commercial du        2 » o » i960       14.4.1976
                     Norvège           Accord commercial du 26.5.1957                 30*4-1976
                     Suc de            Accord commercial du 27.4.1957                 28.2.1976
                     Suisse            Accord commorcial du 21.5.1957
                                                                                      31.3.1976
                                       et échange de notes         5 » 5 » 1961
                     Tunisie           Accord commercial du        1.8.1953           31.3.1976
  DAMARK             Eulgarion         Forlængelse for året
                                       1975 af protokol af
                                       15.12.1972 , til hrn-
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                                       dvjlsoveienkomsten af 31.8.1970                31,12.1975
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                                       og tillae japrotckol                           31.12.1975
                                       hertil                      2.8.1 965
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                                       7.11.1972 , til lang-
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DANMARK              Schweiz         Vareudvekslingsaftale I3.9.I95I '      31.12.1975
                     Sverige          Vareudvekslings-
                                      overenkomst             11.3.1948     31 . 1.1976
                     Sovjetunionen    Forlængelse for aret
                                      1975 af brevveksling •
                                      af 28.12.197,2 , til ..    .                .    .
                                      langtidshandelsaftale 24.lO.i969      31.12.1975
DEUTSCHLA1JD         Indonésien       Handel sabkommen vom    22 . 4.1952   31 . 3.1976
                     Spar.ien .      Kande lsabkommen vom     20 . 6.1960   30 . 4.1976
                     Stfikorea       Handel sabkommen vom      8 . 4.1965    7 . 4.1976
FRATCE               Afrique au S il Echange de lettres du 18 . 4.1964      31.12. 1,975' .-
                     Corée du Sud    Echange de lettres       12 . 3.1963   31 . 3..1976
                     Inde ( l )      .Accord commercial et
                                     échange de lettres       1$ . 10.1959  31.12.1975
                     Irak            Accord commercial da     25 » 9.1967   25 . 3*1976
                     Liban           Accord commercial du     25 . 3.1955   10 . 4.1976
IK3LAICD             Austria         Trade agreement con­
                                     cluded by exchange
                                     of notes                  6,10.1950    31.12.1975
                     Fini and        Trado agreement           1 . 6.1951   31.12.1975
                     Icoland         Trade agreem&nt           2.12.1950    31.12,1975 .
                     Sweden          Trado agreement          25 . 6.1949   31.12.1975
ITALIA               Corea del Sud   Accordo commerciale       9 * 3.1965    8 . 3.1976
                     El Salvador     Accordo commerciale      30 . 3.1953
                                                                            31 . 3.1976
                                     protocollo addizionala 21.12.1955
                     Inc.onesia      Accordo commerciale      23 . 3.1951   31.' 3.1976
                     Iran             Scambio di note         29 » 1*1958
                                                                             9 . 2.1976
                                     e                        23 . 3.1961
                     Israele         Accordo commerciale       5 . 3.1954
                                      scambio di lettere       5 - 1.1956   31 . 3.1976
                                      processi verbali        21.10.1956
                                      e                       11 . 2.1964
  ( 1 ) Prorogation par échange de notes ,                              •/•
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                     protocollo e scambio              31.12.1975
                     di note successivo 30 . 4.1969
          Norvegia   Accordo commerciale 20 . 5 * 1953
                     protocollo           31 * 8.1959  31 . 3.1976
                     scambio di note      10 . 5*1962
          Repubblica Accordo commerciale 18 . 2.1954   11 . 3.1976
          dominicana
NEDERLMD  Pinland    Handelsakkoord        8.12.1956   31 » 3.197°
Ul'ITED   USSR       Prolongation for
KïïîtrDOM             the year 1975 of
                      the exchange of let­
                      ters of 21.12.1972
                      under the Long-Term
                      Trade Agreement of    3« 6.1969   31* 12. 1975