CELEX: 31973D0104
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-28 00:00:00
Title: 73/164/EEC: Council Decision of 28 April 1973 authorizing the tacit extension of certain trade agreements between the Member States and third countries

No L 124/20                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                10.5.73
                                                        COUNCIL DECISION
                                                           of 28 April 1973
               authorizing the tacit extension of certain trade agreements between the Member States
                                                          and third countries
                                                             (73 / 104/EEC )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                               the transitional period, but without affecting the other
                                                                         obligations incumbent upon the Member States con­
                                                                        cerned under Community law ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                        Whereas the Member States concerned have declared
                                                                        that extension of those Agreements would not con­
Having regard to the Council Decision of 16 December                    stitute an obstacle to the opening of Community
 1969 (x) on the progressive standardization of agree­                  negotiations with the third countries concerned and
ments concerning commercial relations between Mem­                      that they are willing to have commercial matters
 ber States and third countries and on the negotiation                  covered by their current bilateral agreements covered
of Community agreements , and in particular Article 3                   instead by such Community agreements as may be
thereof ;                                                               negotiated ;
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ;                     Whereas , at the conclusion of the consultations pro­
                                                                        vided for in Article 2 of the Council Decision of
Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the tran­                     16 December 1969 , it was established, as the aforesaid
sitional period has already been authorized, in the                     declarations by the Member States confirm, that the
case of the Agreements listed in the annex hereto ,                     provision of the instruments to be extended would
by the Council under its Decisions of 28 January                        not, during the period of extension envisaged , con­
 1969 (2), 26 June 1969 (3), 8 December 1969 ( ),                       stitute an obstacle to implementation of the common
20 December 1969 (5), 13 July 1970 (6), 29 September                    commercial policy ;
 1970 ( 7), 23 November 1970 (8), 25 October 1971 (9)
and 28 February 1972 (10) ;                                             Whereas in these circumstances the Agreements con­
                                                                        cerned may be tacitly extended for a specified period ;
Whereas the Member States concerned have requested
that, with a view to avoiding interruption in their com­
mercial relations with the third countries concerned
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
based on agreement, and pending finalization of
the programme for Community negotiations currently
                                                                                                Article 1
being studied — which aims at the gradual replace­
ment of Member States ' agreements by Community
agreements — they can be authorized to extend the                       The trade agreements between Member States and
abovementioned Agreements ;                                             third countries listed in the Annex hereto may be
                                                                        extended up to the dates specified in each case in the
                                                                        said Annex .
Whereas authorization has to be granted for the exten­
sion of trade agreements with third countries beyond
                                                                                                Article 2
                                                                        This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
     OJ No L 326, 29 . 12 . 1969 , p . 39 .
 (2) OJ No L 43 , 20 . 2. 1969 , p . 15 .
 (3) OJ No L 159 , 1 . 7 . 1969, p . 20.
 (4) OJ No L 323 , 24. 12 . 1969 , p . 10 .                             Done at Luxembourg, 28 April 1973 .
 (5) OJ No L 6 , 9 . 1 . 1970, p . 1 .
 (6) OJ No L 157, 18 . 7 . 1970, p . 29 .
 C)  OJ  No L 225 , 12. 10 . 1970, p . 24 .                                                             For the Council
 (8) OJ  No L 262 , 3 . 12 . 1970, p . 18 .
                                                                                                          The President
 (9) OJ  No L 248 , 9 . 11 . 1971 , p . 7 .
(10) OJ  No L 56 , 7. 3 . 1972, p . 10.                                                                    A. LAVENS
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                                                                         ANNEX
        Member State                   Third Country                                  Type and Date of Agreement                      Extended until
 BENELUX                        Czechoslovakia                     Extension for 1973 of the Protocol
                                                                   annexed to the Trade
                                                                   Agreement of                                        6 . 4 . 1972     31 . 12 . 1973
                                Sweden                             Trade Agreement                                   27 . 4 . 1957        28 . 2 . 1974
                                                                   Trade Agreement of
                                Switzerland
                                                                   and Exchange of Notes of
                                                                                                                     21 . 6. 1957
                                                                                                                       5 . 5 . 1961  } 31. 3. 1974
                                Tunisia                            Trade Agreement                                     1 . 8 . 1958      31 . 3 . 1974
 BLEU                           USSR                               Trade Agreement                                   18 . 2 . 1948      31 . 12 . 1973
 FRANCE                         India H                            Trade Agreement and Exchange of
                                                                   Letters                                         19 . 10 . 1959       31 . 12 . 1973
                                Iraq                               Trade Agreement                                  25 . 9 . 1967        25 . 3 . 1974
                                Lebanon                            Trade Agreement                                  25 . 3 . 1955         10 . 4. 1974
                                Paraguay                           Trade Agreement                                   11 . 9 . 1956       12 . 4 . 1974
                                South Africa (-1)                  Exchange of Letters                              18 . 4 . 1964       31 . 12 . 1973
                                South Korea                        Exchange of Letters                              12 . 3 . 1963        31 . 3 . 1974
 GERMANY                       Indonesia                           Trade Agreement                                  22 . 4 . 1953        31 . 3 . 1974
                                South Korea                        Trade Agreement                                     8 . 4 . 1965        7 . 4. 1974
                                Spain                              Trade Agreement                                  20 . 6 . 1960        30 . 4 . 1974
 ITALY                         Dominican
                               Republic                            Trade Agreement                                  18 . 2 . 1954        11 . 3 . 1974
                                                                   Trade Agreement
                               El Salvador
                                                                   Additional Protocol
                                                                                                                    30 . 3 . 1953
                                                                                                                   21 . 12 . 1955   } 31.3.1974
                               Indonesia                           Trade Agreement                                  23 . 3 . 1951        31 . 3 . 1974
                               Iran                                Exchange of Notes
                                                                                                            and
                                                                                                                    29 . 1 . 1958
                                                                                                                    23 . 3 . 1961   J      9. 2. 1974
                               Israel                              Trade Agreement                                    5. 3.    1954
                                                                  Exchange of Letters
                                                                  Protocol
                                                                                                            and
                                                                                                                      5. 1.
                                                                                                                   21 . 10 .
                                                                                                                    11 . 2 .
                                                                                                                               1956
                                                                                                                               1956
                                                                                                                               1964
                                                                                                                                    j 31.3. 1974
                                                                  Trade Agreement
                                                                                                                                    j 31. 3. 1974
                               Norway                                                                               20 . 5 . 1953
                                                                  Protocol                                          31 . 8 . 1959
                                                                  Exchange of Notes                                 10 . 5 . 1962
                               South Korea                        Trade Agreement                                     9 . 3 . 1965         8 . 3 . 1974
                               Yugoslavia                         Trade Agreement
                                                                                                                                    j 31. 12. 1973
                                                                                                                      1 . 7 . 1967
                                                                  Protocol and subsequent
                                                                  Exchange of Letters                               30 . 4 . 1969
THE                            Finland                            Trade Agreement                                   8 . 12 . 1956        31 . 3 . 1974
NETHERLANDS
                               USSR ( 2)                          Agreement on Trade and Payment
                                                                  and later Protocols                                 2 . 7 . 1948     31 . 12 . 1973
f1) Extended by Exchange of Notes .
(2 ) The authorization for extension become void if a new protocol for 1973 is concluded before 31 December 1972 .