CELEX: 51981PC0176
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Date: 1981-04-13
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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                               Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain Trade Agreements concluded
                between Member States and third countries
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               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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  1.     In implementation of Article 3 of the Counci I Decision of 16 December
  1969 ( 1 ) on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial
  relations between Member States and third countries and on negotiation of
  Community agreements , the Commission proposes to the Council that the Member
  States should be authorized to extend, expressly or tacitly, the trade agreement
  annexed to the attached proposal for a Council decision . The agreements in
  question constitute the second batch for 1981 . and expire or are due to be
  terminated between 1 May and 31 July 1981 .
         The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this Decision was
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  executed by written procedure . The outcome was the recognition on 25 "a KCH
  1981 that the conditions under which the agreements could be extended for a
  further year had been fulfilled .
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  2.     The Commission considers it appropriate to point out , moreover , that the
  proposals for authorizing the Member States to renew or extend, expressly or .
  tacitly, certain agreements in this batch for a further one-year period are -
  by no means indicative of any position it might adopt next time these agreements
  come up for renewal .                              .
  (1 ) OJ NO L 326 of 29.12.1969,. P . 39
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
               authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain
             . Trade Agreements concluded between Member States
                               and third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof .
Having regard to the Council Decision 69 / 494 / EEC of 16 December 1969 on
the progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations
between Member States and third countries and on the negotiation of Community
Agreements ( 1 ), and in particular Article 3 thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission :
Whereas extension or tacit renewal beyond the end of the transitional period
has already been authorized in the case of the Agreements and Protocols
listed in the Annex by Council Decision 80 / 379 / CEE ( 2 ).
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 concerned based on agreement ;
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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 Agreements 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
 law ;
 ( 1 ) OJ NO L 326 , 29.12.1969, p. 39 .
 ( 2 ) OJ NO L 93, 10 . 4.1980, p. 26 .
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas furthermore , the provisions of the instruments to be either extended
or renewed should 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 , hindep the adoption of the measures necessary to complete
the standardization of the import systems of the Member States ;
Whereas , at the conclusion of the consultations provides for in Article 2 of
the Decision 69 / 494 / EEC it was established , as the aforesaid declarations by
the Member States confirm , that the provisions of the Agreements 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 ,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                   Article 1 .                  ' <    ■ ■
The trade 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 .
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Done at ,                                          ,       For the Counci I
                                                            The President
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                                                                                            il rinnovo
     Lid-Staat         Derde land        Aard en datum van het akkoord                     Vervaldatum na
                                                                                              verlenging
 BENELUX             Israël            Accord commercial                  29 . 8.1958       31 . 8.1982
                     Portugal          Accord commercial                  24 . 5.1961       30 . 9.1982
                     Phi Lipp i nes    Accord commercial           -      14 . . 3.1967     11.10.1982
 IRELAND             Portugal          Trade Agreement                     6 . 2.1952       31.12.1982
                     Spain             Trade Agreement                    19.12.1951        31.12.1982
                     Switzerland       Trade Agreement                    26.12.1951        31.12.1982
 ITALIA              Cuba              Scambio di note                     9 . 9.1950        8 . 9.1982
                     India             Accordo commerciale e               6.10.1959
                                                                                            30 . 6.1982
                                       scambio di lettere                  7 . 7.1964
                     Libano            Accordo commerciale                 4.11.1955        10 . 9.1982
                     Svezia            Accordo commerciale                18.12.1961        31.10.1982
                     Svi zzerà         Accordo commerciale                21.10.1950        31.10.1982 -·
                     Yemen             Protocollo addizionale ( al
                                       trattato d' amicizia e di
                                       relazioni economiche del
                                       4.9.1937 )                          5.10.1959        31.12.1982
 DANMARK             Cameroun -        Handelsaftale                       8.10.1962         7.10.1982
DEUTSCHLAND '        Ekuador           Handelsabkommen                     1 . 8.1953       15.10.1982
                     Kolumbien         Handelsabkommen                     9.11.1957        10.11.1982
 UEBL .             Mexique            Accord commercial                  11 . 9.1950       11 . 9.1982
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KINGDOM                  the establishment of a
                         commercial " Modus vivendi "       25 . 2.1928  31 . 12.1982
                IceLand  Agreement relating to trade
                         and commerce ( with Protocol )     19 . 5.1933  31.12.1982
          ■ > · Norway   Trade Agreement                    15.12.1950   31 112.1982
GRECE (ΕΛΛΑΣ]   Brésil   Accord commercial        '          2 . 7.1976    2 . 7.1982
                Espagne  Accord commercial                  23 . 6.1966' 23 . 6.1982
                Ethiopie Accord commercial                  22 . 6.1959  22 . 6,1982
                Finlande Accord commercial                         SA9Ì1 2U . Í-.1982
                Libanon  Accord commercial                    2 . 5.1961   ,2 . 5.1982
                Liberia  Aocord commercial                  29 . 6.1973  29 . 6.1982
                Libye 1  Accord commercial                  23 . 5.1960  23 . 5.1982    '
                Mexique  Accord commercial            ""·   20 . 6.1964   20 . 6.1982
                Iraq     Accord commercial                    1 . 5.1964    1 . 5.1982
                Suède    Accord commercial                ; 25 . 6.1948  25 . 6 .  1982