CELEX: 51982PC0292
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Date: 1982-06-04
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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         authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements
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         concluded    between Member States and third countries
                   ( 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 Council Decision of 16 December
1969 ( 1 ) on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning
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commercial relations between Member States and third countries and on
negotiation of Community agreements , the Commission proposes to the Council
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that the Member States should be authorized to extend , expressly or tacitly ,
the trade agreements annexed to the attached proposal for a Council decision
The agreements in question constitute the second batch for 1982 and expire
or are due to be terminated between 1 May and 31 July 1982 .
     The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this Decision was
executed by written procedure . The outcome was the recognition on 31 March
1982 that the conditions under which the agreements could be extended for
a further year had been fulfilled .
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 N° L 326 of 29.12.1969 , p. 39 .
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                             COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded
between the 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 ,
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Having regard to Council Decision 69 / 494 / EEC of 16 December 1969 on the pro­
gressive standardization- of - agreements concerning commercial relations between
Member States and third countries and on the negotiation of Community agree­
ments ( 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
was last authorized in the case of the Agreements and Protocols listed in the
Annex by Council Decision 81 / 419 / EEC ( 2 );
Whereas the Member States concerned have , with a view to avoiding disruption
of their commercial relations with the third countries concerned based on
agreement , requested authorization to extend or renew the abovementioned
Agreements ;
Whereas , however , most of the areas covered by these national agreements are
henceforth the subject of Community agreements ; whereas in this situation there
should be authorization for the maintenance of national agreements only for
those areas not covered by Community agreements ; whereas , in addition , such
authorization should not , therefore , adversely affect the obligation incumbent
upon the Member States to avoid and , where appropriate , to eliminate any incom­
patibility between such agreements and the provisions of Community law ;
Whereas the provisions of the instruments to be either prolonged or renewed
should not furthermore , during the period under consideration , constitute an
obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy ;
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 326 , 29.12.1969 , p. 39
 ( 2 > OJ No L 162 , 19.06.1981 ^ p.' 1
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Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the extension or tacit
renewal of these agreements would neither constitute an obstacle to the opening
of Community negotiations with the third countries concerned and the transfer
of the commercial substance thereof to Community agreements nor , during the
period under consideration , hinder the adoption of the measures necessary to
complete the standardization of the import arrangements applied by the Member
States ;
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Whereas at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Article 2 of
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Decision 69 / 494 / EEC it was established , as the aforesaid declarations by the
Member States concerned confirm , that the provisions of the agreements to be
prolonged or renewed would not , during the period under consideration , constitute
an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy ;
Whereas , in these ci rcumstarrtes , the agreements concerned may be either extended
or tacitly renewed for^aM-imited period ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
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                             Article 1
The Trade Agreements and Protocols between Member States and third countries
listed in the Annex hereto may be extended or tacitly renewed up to the dates
indicated for each of them for those areas not covered by agreements between
the Community and the third countries concerned and in so far as their provi­
sions are not contrary to existing common policies .
                     -V      Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                        For the Counci l