CELEX: 31974D0482
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 17 September 1974 authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries

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                                                           COUNCIL
                                                         COUNCIL DECISION
                                                          of 17 September 1974
                authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between
                                                   Member States and third countries
                                                               (74/482/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                               Whereas    the   Member     States  concerned    have
                                                                        requested authorization to extend or renew these
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                            Agreements with a view to avoiding interruption in
European Economic Community, and in particular                          their commercial relations with the third countries
Article 113 thereof;                                                    concerned based on agreement;
Having regard to the Council Decision of 16 De­
cember 1969 (*) on the progressive standardization
of agreements concerning commercial relations                           Whereas authorization has to be granted only for the
                                                                        maintenance of trade relations between the Member
between Member States and third countries and on
the negotiation of Community Agreements, and in                         States and the third countries concerned, based on
particular Article 3 thereof;                                /          agreements, pending their replacement by
                                                                        Community Agreements to be negotiated; whereas
                                                                        such authorization would not, therefore, in any way
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;                      modify the obligation of the Member States to avoid
                                                                        and, where appropriate, eliminate any incompatibility
Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the                           between such agreements and the provisions of
transitional period has already been authorized in the                  Community law;
case of the Agreements listed in the Annex hereto by
the Council in its Decisions of 30 June 1969 (2), 15
September 1969 (3), 20 December 1969 (4), 8 June
1970 (5), 13 July 1970 ( 6), 25 May 1971 (7), 6 June                    Whereas,    furthermore,   the   provisions   of   the
1972 (8) and 18 June 1973 (9);                                          instruments to be either extended or renewed would
                                                                        not, during the period under consideration, constitute
                                                                        an obstacle to the implementation of the common
 4)  OJ No   L 326,  29. 12. 1969, p. 39.                               commercial policy;
 2)  OJ No   L 169,  10. 7. 1969, p. 2.
 3)  OJ No   L 238,  23 . 9. 1969, p. 9.
 4)  OJ No   L 6, 9. 1 . 1970, p. 1 .
 5)  OJ No   L 133 , 18 . 6. 1970, p. 14.                               Whereas the Member States concerned have declared
 «)  OJ   No L 157,  18 . 7. 1970, p. 29.                               that the extension or tacit renewal of these
 7)  OJ   No L 122,  4. 6. 1971 , p. 24.                                Agreements would prevent neither the opening of
 8)  OJ   No L 133 , 10. 6. 1972, p. 61 .                               Community negotiations with the third countries
 9)  OJ   No L 189,  11 . 7 . 1973 , p. 45 .                            concerned nor the transfer of the commercial fabric
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thereof to Community Agreements, nor would it,            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
during the period envisaged, hinder the adoption of
the measures necessary to complete the                                            Article 1
standardization of the import systems of the Member
States;                                                   The trade agreements listed in the Annex hereto
                                                          between Member States and third countries may be
                                                          extended or tacitly renewed up to the dates specified
Whereas, at the conclusion of the consultations           in each case in the said Annex.
provided for in Article 2 of the Decision of 16 De­
cember 1969, it was established, as the aforesaid                                 Article 2
declarations by the Member States confirm, that the
provisions of ' the Agreements to be extended or          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
renewed would not, during the period envisaged,
constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the
common commercial policy;                                 Done at Brussels, 17 September 1974.
                                                                                             For the Council
Whereas, in these circumstances, the Agreements may
                                                                                              The President
be either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited
period,                                                                                   J. SAUVAGNARGUES
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                      BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE
                                                                                                                  Udløb
        Medlemstat               Tredjeland                       Aftalens art og datering                 efter forlængelse
                                  Drittland                                                                       Ablauf
        Mitgliedstaat                                        Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                          nach Verlängerung
        Member State           Third country                   Type and date oí agreement                   Extended until
        État membre                                             Nature et date de l' accord
                                                                                                               Échéance
                                  Pays tiers                                                              après reconduction
                                                                                                               Scadenza
       Stato membro              Paese terzo                    Natura e data dell'accordo
                                                                                                            dopo il rinnovo
                                 Derde land
                                                                                                              Vervaldatum
          Lid-Staat                                           Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                             na verlenging
BENELUX                   Israël                     Accord commercial                    29 .   8 . 1958    31 .  8 . 1975
                          Portugal                   Accord commercial                    24. 5.1961         30. 9.1975
                          Philippines                Accord commercial                     14. 3 . 1967      11 . 10. 1975
IRELAND                   Bulgaria                   Trade   Agreement                    23 . 4.1970        31.12.1974
                          Portugal                   Trade   Agreement                      6.   2.1952     31 . 12 . 1975
                          Spain                      Trade   Agreement                     19 . 12 . 1951    31 . 12 . 1975
                          Switzerland                 Trade  Agreement                    26. 12 . 1951     31 . 12 . 1975
ITALIA                    Cuba                       Scambio di note                        9 . 9.1950        8 . 9.1975
                                                     Accordo commerciale e                  6. 10. 1959 1
                          India                                                                              30 . 6.1975
                                                     Scambio di lettere                     7. 7. 1964 j
                          Libano                     Accordo commerciale                    4. 11 . 1955     10 . 9.1975
                          Svezia                     Accordo commerciale                  18 . 12 . 1961     31 . 10. 1975
                          Svizzera                   Accordo commerciale                  21 . 10. 1950      31 . 10 . 1975
                          Yemen                      Protocollo addizionale (al
                                                     trattato d'amicizia e di
                                                     relazioni economiche
                                                     del 4. 9. 1937)                        5 . 10 . 1959    31 . 12 . 1975
DANMARK                   Cameroun                   Handelsaftale                          8 . 10. 1962      7. 10. 1975
DEUTSCHLAND               Ekuador                    Handelsabkommen                        1 . 8.1953       15 . 10. 1975
                          Kolumbien                  Handelsabkommen                        9 . 11 . 1957    10 . 11 . 1975
                          Uruguay                    Handelsabkommen                       18 . 4.1953       31 . 10. 1975
UEBL                      Mexique                    Accord commercial                     11 . 9 . 1950     11 . 9.1975
                          Uruguay                    Accord commercial                    14 . 6.1946        31 . 12 . 1975
UNITED                    Argentina                  Agreement relating to trade
KINGDOM                                              and commerce ana successively
                                                     exchange of notes                      1 . 12. 1936     31 . 12 . 1975
                          Haiti                      Exchange of notes for tjie
                                                     establishment of a commercial
                                                     ' Modus vivendi'                     25 . 2. 1928      31 . 12 . 1975
                          Iceland                    Agreement relating to trade
                                                     and commerce (with protocol) 19. 5 . 1933              31 . 12 . 1975
                          Norway                     Trade Agreement                      15 . 12 . 1950    31 . 12. 1975
                          Tunisia                    Trade Agreement and
                                                     successively exchange
                                                     of notes                             17.    1.1961     31 . 10. 1975