CELEX: 31974D0646
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 9 December 1974 authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries

28 . 12 . 74                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 352/ 37
                                                            COUNCIL DECISION
                                                             of 9 December 1974
                    authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade Agreements concluded between
                                                       Member States and third countries
                                                                 (74/646/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  Whereas      the   Member     States   concerned   have
                                                                          requested authorization to extend or renew these
                                                                          Agreements with a view to avoiding interruption in
                                                                          their commercial relations with the third countries
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                            concerned based on agreement ;
Article 113 thereof;
                                                                          Whereas authorization has to be granted only for the
Having regard to the Council Decision of 16                               maintenance of trade relations between the Member
December 1969                   on the progressive standardization        States and the third countries concerned, based on
of agreements concerning commercial relations                             agreements, ' pending        their    replacement . by
between Member States and third countries and on
                                                                          Community Agreements to be negotiated ; whereas
the negotiation of Community Agreements, and in                           such authorization would not, therefore, in any way
particular Article 3 thereof ;                                            modify the obligation of the Member States to avoid
                                                                          and, where appropriate, eliminate any incompatibility
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                       between such agreements and the provisions of
                                                                           Community law ;
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                        Whereas       furthermore,   the   provisions   of   the
Annex hereto by the Council under its Decisions of                        instruments to be either extended or renewed should
28 January 1969 (2 ), 26 June 1 969 (3 ), 30 June                         not, during the period under consideration, constitute
 1969 (4 ), 15 September 1969 (5 ), 17 October 1969 (6 ),                  an obstacle to the implementation of the common
8 December 1969 ( 7), 20 December 1969 ( 8), 6 February                   commercial policy ;
1970 (9), 8 June 1970 ( 10), 13 July 1970 ("), 29
September 1970 ( 12 ), 23 November 1970 ( 13 ), 25                        Whereas the Member States concerned have declared
October 1971 ( 14 ), 18 October 1972 ( 15 ), 28 April                      that the extension or tacit renewal of these
 1973 ( 16 ) and 6 December 1973 ( 17);
                                                                          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
   (»)  OJ    No  L 326 , 29 . 12 . 1969 , p. 39 .                         the      measures    necessary    to    complete    the
   (2)  OJ    No  L 43 , 20. 2. 1969, p. 15.                               standardization of the import systems of the Member
   (3)  OJ    No  L 159, 1 . 7. 1969 , p. 20.                              States ;
   (4 ) OJ    No  L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 2 .
   (5)  OJ    No  L 238 , 23 . 9. 1969 , p. 9 .
   (6)  OJ    No  L 266, 24. 10. 1969, p. 32.                             Whereas, at the conclusion of the consultations
   (7)  OJ    No  L 323 , 24. 12. 1969, p. 10.                             provided for in Article 2 of the Council Decision of
  X*)   OJ No L 6, 9. 1 . 1970, p. 1 .                                     16 December 1969, it was established, as the
   (9)  OJ No L 36, 14. 2. 1970, p. 29 .                                   aforesaid declarations by the Member States confirm ,
 ( 10 ) OJ No L 133 , 18 . 6. 1970, p. 14 .                                that the provisions of the Agreements to be extended
 (»)    OJ No L 157, 18 . 7 . 1970 , p. 29 .                               or renewed would not, during the period envisaged,
 ( 12)  OJ No L 225 , 12 . 10. 1970, p. 24.                                constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the
 ( 13)  OJ No L 262, 3 . 12 . 1970, p. 18 .                                common commercial policy ;
 ( 14 ) OJ No L 248 , 9 . 11 . 1971 , p. 7 .
 ( 15)  OJ No L 250, 6. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
 ( 16)  OJ No L 124, 10. 5 . 1973 , p. 20, and OJ No L 220,                Whereas, in these circumstances, the Agreements may
        8 . 8 . 1973 , p . 25 .                                            be either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited
 ( 17) OJ No L 30, 4. 2 . 1974, p. 1 .                                     period,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                       Article 2
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                        Article 1
                                                            Done at Brussels, 9 December 1974.
The trade Agreements and Protocols listed in the                                             For the Council
Annex hereto between Member States and third                                                  The President
countries may be extended or tacitly renewed up to
the dates specified in each case in the said Annex.                                           Ch . BONNET
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                             BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE
                                                                                                                                   Udløb
       Medlemsstat              Tredjeland                                      Aftalens art og datering                     efter forlængelse
                                                                                                                                   Ablauf
       Mitgliedstaat             Drittland                                 Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                                            nach Verlängerung
                                                                                                                                 Extended
      Member State             Third country                                 Type and date of agreement                             until
                                                                                                                                 Échéance
       État membre               Pays tiers                                   Nature et date de l'accord
                                                                                                                          après reconduction
                                                                                                                                 Scadenza
      Stato membro              Paese terzo                                   Natura e data dell'accordo
                                                                                                                             dopo il rinnovo
                                                                                                                               Vervaldatum
         Lid-Staat              Derde land                                  Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                                               na verlenging
BENELUX                    Autriche                   Accord commercial du                                29 .  6 . 1957      31 .   3 . 1976
                           Espagne                    Accord commercial du                                 2.   6 . 1960      14 .   4 . 1976
                           Norvège                    Accord commercial du                                28 .  5 . 1957      30 .   4 . 1976
                           Suède                      Accord commercial du                                27 .  4 . 1957      28 .   2 . 1976
                                                      Accord commercial du
                           Suisse
                                                      et échange de notes
                                                                                                          21 .
                                                                                                           5.
                                                                                                                6 . 1957
                                                                                                                5 . 1961 J 31. 3. 1976
                           Tunisie                    Accord commercial du                                 1.   8 . 1958      31 .   3 . 1976
DANMARK                    Bulgarien                  Forlængelse for året 1975 af protokol af
                                                      15 . 12 . 1972 , til handelsoverenskomsten af       31 .  8 . 1970      31 . 12 . 1975
                           Island                     Vareudvekslingsaftale                                4.   6 . 1948      31 . 12 . 1975
                                                      Vareudvekslingsoverenskomst
                           Norge
                                                      og tillægsprotokol hertil
                                                                                                          30 .
                                                                                                           2.
                                                                                                                3 . 1946
                                                                                                                8 . 1966 j 31. 12. 1975
                           Polen                      Forlængelse for året 1975 af protokol af
                                                      7. 11 . 1972, til langtidshandelsaftale af           3 . 12 . 1970   ' 31 . 12 . 1975
                           Rumænien                   Forlængelse for året 1975 af protokol af
                                                      23 . 10. 1972, til langtidshandelsaftale af         21 .  8 . 1970      31 . 12 . 1975
                           Schweiz                    Vareudvekslingsaftale                               15 .  9 . 1951      31 . 12 . 1975
                           Sverige                    Vareudvekslingsoverenskomst                         11 .  3 . 1948      31 .   1 . 1976
                           Sovjetunionen              Forlængelse for året 1975 af brevveksling af
                                                      28 . 12 . 1972, til langtidshandelsaftale af        24 . 10 . 1969      31 . 12 . 1975
                                             N.
DEUTSCH­
LAND                       Indonesien                 Handelsabkommen vom                                 22 .  4 . 1953      31 .   3 . 1976
                           Spanien                    Handelsabkommen vom                                 20 .  6 . 1960      30 .   4.1976
                           Südkorea                   Handelsabkommen vom                                  8.   4 . 1965        7.   4 . 1976
FRANCE                     Afrique du Sudi1)          Échange de lettres du                               18 .  4 . 1964     •31 . 12 . 1975
                           Corée du Sud               Échange de lettres                                  12 .  3 . 1963      31 . 3 . 1976
                           Inde (*)                   Accord commercial et échange de lettres             19 . 10 . 1959      31 . 12 . 1975
                           Irak                       Accord commercial du                                25 .  9 . 1967      25 .   3 . 1976
                           Liban                      Accord commercial du                                25 .  3 . 1955      10 .   4 . 1976
(*) Prorogation par échange de notes.
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                                                                                                                    Udløb
   Medlemsstat        Tredjeland                               Aftalens art og datering                       efter forlængelse
                                                                                                                    Ablauf
   Mitgliedstaat       Drittland                           Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                             nach Verlängerung
                                                                                                                  Extended
   Member State     Third country                            Type and date of agreement                              until
                                                                                                                  Échéance
    État membre        Pays tiers                             Nature et date de l' accord ·
                                                                                                            après reconduction
                                                                                                                  Scadenza
   Stato membro       Paese terzo                             Natura e data dell'accordo
                                                                                                              dopo il rinnovo
                                                                                                                Vervaldatum
      Lid-Staat       Derde land                           Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                                na verlenging
IRELAND          Austria                Trade agreement concluded by
                                        exchange of notes                                    6. 10 . 1950      31 . 12 . 1975
                 Finland                Trade agreement                                      1.   6. 1951      31 . 12 . 1975
                 Iceland                Trade agreement                                      2 . 12. 1950      31 . 12. 1975
                 Sweden                 Trade agreement                                     25 .  6 . 1949     31 . 12. 1975
ITALIA           Corea del Sud          Accordo commerciale                                  9.   3 . 1965       8.   3 . 1976
                 El Salvador            Accordo commerciale
                                        protocollo addizionale
                                                                                            30 . 3 . 1953
                                                                                            21 . 12 . 1955 J 31. 3.1976
                 Indonesia              Accordo commerciale                                 23 .  3 . 1951       31 . 3 . 1976
                 Iran                   Scambio di note
                                        e
                                                                                            29 .
                                                                                            23 .
                                                                                                  1 . 1958
                                                                                                  3 . 1961 J 9. 2. 1976
                 Israele                Accordo commerciale
                                                                                                           j 31. 3.1976
                                                                                             5. 3.    1954
                                        scambio di lettere                                   5. 1.    1956
                                        processi verbali                                    21 . 10 . 1956
                                        e                                                   11 . 2 .  1964
                 Iugoslavia
                                                                                                           j 31. 12. 1975
                                        Accordo commerciale                                  1.   7. 1967
                                        protocollo e scambio         1                      30.   4. 1969
                                        di note successivo           J
                                                                                                           j 31. 3.1976
                 Norvegia               Accordo commerciale                                 20 .  5 . 1953
                                        protocollo                                          31 .  8 . 1959
                                        scambio di note                                     10 .  5 . 1962
                 Repubblica             Accordo commerciale                                 18 .  2. 1954      11 .   3 . 1976
                 dominicana
NEDERLAND        Finland                Handelsakkoord                                       8 . 12. 1956      31 .   3 . 1976
UNITED
KINGDOM          USSR                   Prolongation for the year 1975 of the exchange
                                        of letters of 21 . 12. 1972 under the long-term
                                        trade Agreement of                                   3.   6 . 1969     31 . 12 . 1975