CELEX: 31975D0147
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 17 February 1975 authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between the Member States and third countries

No L 62/32                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               7. 3 . 75
                                                        COUNCIL DECISION
                                                         of 17 February 1975
               authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between
                                               the Member States and third countries
                                                              (75/147/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                              the obligation of the Member States to avoid and ,
                                                                       where appropriate, to eliminate any incompatibility
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                           between such agreements and the provisions of
European Economic Community, and in particular                         Community law ;
Article 113 thereof;                                                   Whereas the provisions of the instruments to be
                                                                       either prolonged or tacitly renewed would not,
Having regard to the Council Decision of
                                                                       furthermore, during the period under consideration ,
16 December 1969 ( 1 )                   on the progressive            constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the
standardization of agreements concerning commercial                    common commercial policy ;
relations     between         Member         States    and third
countries and on the negotiation of Community                          Whereas the Member States concerned have stated
Agreements, and in particular Article 3 thereof;                       that the prolongation or tacit renewal of these
                                                                       agreements would not be likely to constitute an
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                    obstacle to either the opening o>f Community
                                                                       negotiations with the third countries concerned or
Whereas prolongation or tacit extension beyond the                     the transfer of the commercial fabric thereof to
end of the transitional period has already been                        Community Agreements, nor would it, during the
authorized in the case of the agreements listed in the                 period under consideration, hinder the adoption of
Annex hereto by the Council under its Decisions of                     the necessary measures to complete the standard­
28 January 1969 (2), 12 May 1969 (3), 8 June 1969                       ization of the import systems of the Member States ;
(4), 26 June 1969 (5 ), 30 June 1969 (6)', 15 September
1969 (7), 20 December 1969 (8), 8 June 1970 (9),                       Whereas, at the conclusion of the consultations
29 September 1970 ( 10), 1 March 1971 ( u ),                           provided for in Article 2 of the Decision of 16
25 April 1972 ( 12 ), 28 April 1973 ( 13) and 21 March                 December 1969, it was established, as the aforesaid
1974 ( 14 );                                                            declarations by the Member States confirm, that the
                                                                        provisions of the statements by the Member States
Whereas the Member States concerned have again,                         confirm, that they do not, therefore, during the period
with a view to avoiding interruption in their trade                     under consideration, constitute an obstacle to the
relations with the third countries concerned, based on                  implementation of the common commercial policy;
agreements, requested authorization to prolong or
tacitly renew the abovementioned agreements ;                           Whereas, in these circumstances, the agreements may
                                                                        be either prolonged or tacitly renewed for a period
Whereas authorization should be granted to maintain                     not exceeding a year,
trade relations between the Member States and the
third countries concerned, on the basis of agreements,                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
pending      their     replacement         by    a    Community
conventional or autonomous system ; whereas such                                                Article 1
 authorization should not, therefore, adversely affect
                                                                        The trade agreements between Member States and
                                                                        third countries listed in the Annex hereto may be
  (!)  OJ No L 326 , 29 . 12 . 1969 , p. 39 .                           prolonged or tacitly renewed up to the dates
  (2)  OJ No L 43 , 20. 2. 1969 , p. 15 .                               specified in each case.
  (3)  OJ No L 117, 16. 5 . 1969 , p. 9 .
  (4)  OJ No L 133 , 28 . 5 . 1969, p. 14.                                                      Article 2
  (5)  OJ No L 159 , 1 . 7. 1969 , p . 20.
  (6)  OJ No L 169, 10. 7. 1969 , p . 2 .                               This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
  (7)  OJ No L 238 , 23 . 9 . 1969, p. 9 .
  (8)  OJ No L 6, 9 . 1 . 1970, p. 1 .
  (•)' OJ No L 133 , 18 . 6. 1970, p . 14.                               Done at Brussels, 17 February 1975 .
 (10)  OJ No L 225 , 12 . 10 . 1970, p . 24.                                                           For the Council
 (")   OJ No L 56, 1 . 3 . 1971 , p . 8 .
 (12)  OJ No L 112 , 14. 5 . 1972, p . 10 .                                                            The President
 (13)  OJ No L 124, 10. 5 . 1973 , p . 22.
 (")   OJ No L 93 , 4. 4. 1974, p. 23 .                                                                 R. RYAN
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                       BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE
                                                                                                         Udløb efter
                                                                                                     forlængelse eller
     Medlemsstat      Tredjeland                           Aftalens art og datering                       stiltiende
                                                                                                        videreførelse
                                                                                                        Ablauf nach
                                                                                                    Verlängerung oder
     Mitgliedstaat     Drittland                       Art und Datum des Abkommens                   stillschweigender
                                                                                                        Verlängerung
                                                                                                        Prolonged or
    Member State     Third country                       Type and date of agreement                         tacitly
                                                                                                       renewed until
                                                                                                      Échéance après
     État membre       Pays tiers                         Nature et date de l'accord                  prorogation ou
                                                                                                    tacite reconduction
                                                                                                     Scadenza dopo la
    Stato membro      Paese terzo                        Natura o data dell'accordo                     proroga o il
                                                                                                       tacito rinnovo
                                                                                                      Vervaldatum na
                                                                                                         al dan niet
       Lid-Staat      Derde land                       Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                        stilzwijgende
                                                                                                          verlenging
BENELUX            Honduras             Handelsakkoord                               30 . 1 . 1 959         27 . 5 . 1976
                   Joegoslavië          Handelsakkoord                               18 . 6 . 1958          30 . 6 . 1976
                   Marokko              Handelsakkoord                                5.  8 . 1958          30 . 6 . 1976
DANMARK            Indonesien           Handelsaftale                                 9.  9 . 1952          30 . 6 . 1976
                   Madagaskar           Handelsaftale                                10. 12 . 1965          25 . 6 . 1976
                   Marokko              Handelsaftale                                26.  7. 1961           30 . 6 . 1976
                   Senegal              Handelsaftale                                11 . 4. 1962           10. 7 . 1976
                   Spanien              Handelsaftale                                 1 . 7. 1960           30 . 6. 1976
                   Tunesien             Handelsaftale                                 8.  6. 1960           31 . 5 . 1976
 DEUTSCH­          Afghanistan          Handelsabkommen                              31 . 1 . 1958          31 . 5 . 1976
LAND
                   Island               Handelsabkommen                              20. 5 . 1954           30 . 6 . 1976
                   Jugoslawien          Handelsabkommen
                                        Protokoll
                                                                                     11 . 6. 1952
                                                                                     16 . 7. 1964   J 30. 6. 1976
                   Philippinen          Handelsabkommen                              28 . 2. 1964           12 . 8 . 1976
                   Schweden             Abkommen über Warenverkehr                   26.  1 . 1951          30 . 6 . 1976
                   Türkei               Abkommen über Warenverkehr                   16. 2 . 1952           30/6. 1976
 FRANCE            Grèce                Accord commercial                             9 . 6. 1962           30 . 6 . 1976
                   RAE (république      Accord commercial                            10. 7. 1964             10 . 7 . 1976
                   arabe d'Égypte)
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                                                                                                      Udløb efter
                                                                                                   forlængelse eller
   Medlemsstat     Tredjeland                           Aftalens art og datering                         stiltiende
                                                                                                      videreførelse
                                                                                                      Ablauf nach
                                                                                                  Verlängerung oder
   Mitgliedstaat    Drittland                       Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                   stillschweigender
                                                                                                     Verlängerung
                                                                                                     Prolonged or
  Member State    Third country                      Type and date of agreement                            tacitly
                                                                                                     renewed until
                                                                                                    Échéance après
   État membre      Pays tiers                        Nature et date de l'accord                    prorogation ou
                                                                                                 tacite reconduction
                                                                                                  Scadenza dopo la
  Stato membro       aese terzo                       Natura o data dell'accordo                      proroga o il
                                                                                                    tacito rinnovo
                                                                                                   Vervaldatum na
                                                                                                       al dan niet
     Lid-Staat     Derde land                      Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                      stilzwijgende
                                                                                                        verlenging
ITALIA           Austria            Accordo commerciale
                                    Scambio di lettere
                                                                                   19 . 6 . 1949
                                                                                 14. 11 . 1961   j 30. 6. 1976
                 Colombia           Modus vivendi                                  19 . 5 . 1952          19 . 6 . 1976
                 Grecia             Accordo commerciale                          10 . 11 . 1954           30 . 6 . 1976
                 Somalia            Accordo commerciale e di cooperazione
                                    economica e tecnica                            1.   7. 1960           30 . 6 . 1976
                 Spagna             Accordo commerciale                           28 . 6. 1960
                                    Processo verbale                               1 . 4. 1967   j 8. 6. 1976
                 Turchia            Accordo commerciale                            24. 1 . 1952           31 . 5 . 1976
UNITED           Zaïre              Agreement on commercial and economic
KINGDOM                             cooperation                                  18 . 3 . 1970            21 . 6 . 1976