CELEX: 31975D0566
Language: en
Date: 1975-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 16 September 1975 authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between the Member States and third countries

23 . 9 . 75                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 247/ 29
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                                                (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                            COUNCIL
                                                         COUNCIL DECISION
                                                         of 16 September 1975
                  authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded
                                        between the Member States and third countries
                                                               (75/566/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                               1 972 ( 15 ), 22 October      1973 (' 6),   and  2  October
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             1 974 ( 17) ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   Whereas the Member States concerned have , with a
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                       view to avoiding interruption in their commercial rela­
thereof ; *                                                              tions with the third countries concerned based on
                                                                         agreement, requested authorization to prolong or
 Having regard to the Council Decision of 16
                                                                         renew the abovementioned Agreements ;
 December 1969 (') oil the progressive standardization
of agreements concerning commercial relations                            Whereas authorization has to be granted only to main­
 between Member States and third countries and on
                                                                         tain commercial relations between the Member States
 the negotiations of Community Agreements, and in                        and the third countries concerned on the basis of
 particular Article 3 thereof ;                                          Agreements, pending their replacement by Commu­
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                     nity agreements to be negotiated ; whereas such
                                                                         authorization should not, therefore, adversely affect
 Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the transi­                   the obligation incumbent upon the Member States to
 tional period has already been authorized in the case                   avoid, and , where appropriate to eliminate, any incom­
of the Agreements listed in the Annex hereto by the                      patibility between such agreements and the provisions
 Council under its Decisions of 28 January 1969 (2), 26                  of Community law ;
June 1969 (3 ), 30 June 1 969 (4), 15 September 1969 (5),
*17 October 1969 (<>), 8 December 1969 (7), 20                           Whereas the provisions of the instruments to be
 December 1 969 (s ), 6 February 1 970 (9), 8 June                       either prolonged or renewed would not, furthermore,
  1 970 ( l0), 13 July 1 970        29 September 1970 ( 12 ), 23         during the period under consideration , constitute an
 November 1 970 ( 1 3 ), 25 October 1971 ( 14), , 18 October             obstacle to the implementation of the common
                                                                         commercial policy ;
   ') OJ No L 326 , 29 . 12 . 1969 , p . 39 .
  -') 0"[ No L 43, 20 . 2. 1969, p . 15 .                                Whereas the Member States concerned have declared
   s ) O ) No L 159 , I. 7 . 1969 , p . 20 .                             that the prolongation or tacit renewal of these Agree­
  4 ) OJ No L 169 , 10 . 7 . 1969 , p . 2 .                              ments would not constitute an obstacle either to the
  -s ) OJ No L 238 , 23 . 9 . 1969, p. 9 .
   o) OJ No L 266, 24. 10 . 1969, p. 32.                                 opening of Community negotiations with the third
   ;) 0"| No L 323, 24. 12. 1969, p. 10 .                                countries concerned or to the transfer of the commer­
   s ) OJ No L 6, 9 . I. 1970, p. 1 .                                    cial fabric thereof to Community Agreements, nor
   ") O 'l No L 36, 14. 2. 1970, p. 29 .                                 would it, during the period under consideration ,
   10) Ó | No L 133 , 18 . 6. 1970, p . 14.
   11 ) OJ No L 157, IS . 7. 1970 , p. 29 .
   '") 0"| No L 225, 12. 10 . 1970 , p. 24.                              c 5 ) OJ No L 250, 6 . 1 1 . 1972, p. 1 .
   | ; ) OJ NO L 262, ?. 12. 1970, p. 18 .                               C 6) OJ No L 301 , 30 . 10 . 1973 , p . 30 .
   u ) O") No L 248 , 9 . 11 . 1971 , p. 7 .                             (» 7 ) OJ No L 276, 11 . 10 . 1974, p. 37 .
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hinder the adoption of the measures necessary to              prolonged or tacitly renewed up to the dates specified
complete the standardization of the import arrange­           in each case in the Annex .
ments applied by the various Member States ;
Whereas     at  the  conclusion   of  the   consultations
provided for in Article 2 of the Decision of 16
December 1969 it was established, as the aforesaid                                   Article 2
declarations by the Member States confirm, that the
provisions of the agreements to be prolonged or              This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
renewed would not, during the period under considera­
tion , constitute an obstacle to the implementation of
the common commercial policy ;
Whereas, in these circumstances, the Agreements
concerned may be either prolonged or tacitly renewed
for a period not exceeding one year,                          Done at Brussels, 16 September 1975.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                          For the Council
                        Article 1
                                                                                           The President
The trade agreements between Member States and
third countries listed in the Annex hereto may be                                           M. RUMOR
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                    BILAG — ANHANG -- ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE
                                                                                                                   Udløb efter
      Medlemsstat          Tredjeland                               Aftalens art og datering                   forlængelse eller
                                                                                                                  videreførelse
                                                                                                                  Ablauf nach
      Mitgliedstaat         Drittland                           Art und Datum des Abkommens                      Verlängerung
                                                                                                                  Prolonged or
     Member State        Third country                            Type and date of Agreement                     renewed until
                                                                                                                Echéance après
      Etat membre           Pays tiers                             Nature et date de l'accord                   prorogation ou
                                                                                                                  reconduction
                                                                                                                Scadenza dopo
     Stato membro          Paese terzo                             Natura e data dell'accordo                     la proro ja o
                                                                                                                    il rinnovo
                                                                                                                Vervaldatum na
        Lid-Staat          Derde land                            Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                                    verlenging
BENELUX             Grèce                         Accord commercial                             9.   3.1960          31     1.1977
                                                                                                              J 31. 12. 1976
                    Japon                         Accord commercial                             8 . 10 . 1960
                                                  Protocoles et agreed minutes                 13 . 4 . 1963
                                                  Échange de lettre                            30 . 4.1963
DANMARK             Argentina                     Handels- og betalingsaftale                  25 . 11 . 1957        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Elfenbenskysten               Handelsaftale                                23 . 11 . 1966          9.   1.1977
                    Irak                          Handelsaftale                                13 .  1.1960          13 .   1.1977
                    Israel                        Handelsaftale                                13 . 11 . 1952        13 . 11 . 1976
                                                  Vareudvekslingsaftale                        29 . 11 . 1948        28 . 11 . 1976
                    Østrig
                    Portugal                      Vareudvekslingsaftale                         2.   6.1950          31 . 12 . 1976
DEUTSCHLAND         Arabische Republik
                    Ägypten                       Abkommen über den Warenverkehr               18 .  2 . 1956        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Argentinien                   Handels- und Zahlungsabkommen                25 . 11 . 1957        31 . 12 . 1976
                                                  Wirtschafts- und Handelsabkommen             21 .  4.1964          31 . 12 . 1976
                    Äthiopien
                    Australien                    Liste der Einfuhrkontingente                                       31 . 12 . 1976
                    Brasilien                     Handelsabkommen                               1.   7.1955          31 . 12 . 1976
                    Chile                         Protokoll über Handels- und Zahlungs­
                                                  verkehr                                       2 . 11 . 1956        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Dahome                        "Wirtschaftsabkommen                         19 .  6.1961          31 . 12 . 1976
                    Elfenbeinküste                Wirtschaftsabkommen                          18 . 12 . 1961        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Finnland                      Notenwechsel                                  3 . 12 . 1969          2 . 12 . 1976
                    Gabun                         Wirtschaftsabkommen                          11 .  7 . 1962       31 . 12 . 1976
                    Guinea                         Wirtschaftsabkommen                         19 .  4 . 1962        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Irak                           Handelsabkommen                              7 . 10 . 1951        13 .   1.1976
                    Japan                         Handelsabkommen                               1.   7 . 1960        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Kamerun                       Handelsabkommen                               8.   3.1962          31 . 12 . 1976
                    Kenia                         Wirtschafts- und Handelsabkommen              4 . 12 . 1964        31 . 12 . 1976
                     Kongo                        Wirtschaftsabkommen                          30 . 10 . 1962        31 . 12 . 1976
                     Madagaskar                    Wirtschaftsabkommen                          6.   6.1962          31 . 12 . 1976
                     Marokko
                     Neuseeland
                                                  Handelsabkommen und Briefwechsel
                                                  Protokoll
                                                  Handelsabkommen
                                                                                               15 .
                                                                                               20 .
                                                                                               20 .
                                                                                                     4 . 1961
                                                                                                     1 . 1964
                                                                                                     4 . 1959
                                                                                                              j 31. 12. 1976
                                                                                                                    31 . 12 . 1976
                     Niger                         Wirtschaftsabkommen                         14 .  6 . 1961        31 . 12 . 1976
                     Nigeria                      Handelsabkommen                              25 .  3.1963          31 . 12 . 1976
                     Norwegen                      Handelsabkommen                             20 . 12 . 1950       31 .    5.1977
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                                                                                                                   Udløb eftet
      Medlemsstat          Tredjeland                               Aftalens art og datering                   forlængelse eller
                                                                                                                  videreførelse
                                                                                                                  Abläuf nach
      Mitgliedstaat         Drittland                           Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                                 Verlängerung
     Member State
                                                                                                                 Prolonged or
                         Third country                           Type and date of Agreement                      renewed until
                                                                                                                Échéance après
      État membre           Pays tiers                             Nature et date de l'accord                   prorogation ou
                                                                                                                  reconduction
                                                                                                                Scadenza dopo
     Stato membro          Paese terzo                             Natura e data dell'accordo                     la proroga o
                                                                                                                    il rinnovo
                                                                                                               Vervaldatum na
        Lid-Staat          Derde land                           Aard en datum van het akkoord                       verlenging
DEUTSCHLAID
(Fortsetzung)
                    Osterreich                   Handelsabkommen
                                                 Briefwechsel und Protokoll
                                                                                              13 .
                                                                                              21 .
                                                                                                    5 . 1954
                                                                                                    1.1963   | 31.12.1976
                    Obervolta                    Wirtschaftsabkommen                           8.   6 . 1961        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Pakistan                     Handelsabkommen und Protokoll                 9.   3.1957          31 . 12 . 1976
                    Paraguay                     Handelsabkommen                              25 .  7 . 1955        31 12 . 1976
                    Schweiz                      Handelsabkommen und spätere Zusatz­
                                                 protokolle                                    2 . 12 . 1954        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Sambia                       Wirtschaftsabkommen                          10 . 12 . 1966        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Sierra Leone                 Wirtschaftsabkommen                          13 .  9 . 1963        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Somalia                      Handelsabkommen                              19 .  1 . 1962        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Sri Lanka                    Handelsabkommen                               1.   4 . 1955        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Südafrika                    Liste der Einfuhrkontingente                                       31 .   8 . 1976
                    Tansania                     Handels- und Wirtschaftsabkommen              6.   9 . 1962        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Tschad                       Wirtschaftsabkommen                          31 .  5 . 1963        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Tunesien                     Handelsabkommen und Zusatzprotokoll          29 . 1 . 1960  ?      31 . 12. 1976
                                                                                              22 . 12 . 1963
                    Uganda                       Handelsabkommen                              17 .  3 . 1964        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Zentralafrikanische
                    Republik                     Wirtschaftsabkommen                          29 . 12 . 1962        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Zypern                       Handelsabkommen                              30 . 10 . 1961        31 . 12 . 1976
FRANCE              Argentine                    Accord commercial et de paiement             25 . 11 . 1957        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Autriche                     Accord commercial et protocole               26 .  7.1963          31 . 12 . 1976
                    Espagne                      Accord commercial                            27 . 11 . 1963        31 . 10 . 1976
                    Iran                         Accord commercial et échange de lettres       4.
                                                                                              28 .
                                                                                                    6 . 1959
                                                                                                    2 . 1969
                                                                                                             f 31 . 12. 1976
                    Islande                      Accord économique                             6 . 12 . 1951        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Israel                       Accord commercial
                                                 Protocole
                                                 Échange de lettres
                                                                                              10 . 7.1953
                                                                                              16 . 1 . 1967
                                                                                              24 . 12 . 1968
                                                                                                             | 31. 12. 1976
                    Japon                        Accord commercial et protocole               14 .  5.1963
                                                                                                             /       10 .  1 . 1977
                                                 Protocole                                    26 .  7 . 1966
                    Mexique                      Accord commercial                            11 .  7.1950          28 . 11 . 1976
                                                                                                             | 31. 12. 1976
                    Norvege                      Accord commercial                             3.   7.1951
                                                 Protocole                                     2.   4.1960
                                                 Échange de lettres                            6.   2.1964
                    Portugal                     Arrangement commercial                       25 .  3.1961          31 . 12 . 1976
                    Suede                        Accord commercial                             3.   3.1949          31 . 12 . 1976
                    Suisse                       Accord commercial                            21 . 11 . 1967        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Turquie                      Accord commercial                            31 .  8 . 1946        31 . 12 . 1976
                    Yougoslavie                  Accord commercial
                                                 Protocole
                                                                                              25 .
                                                                                               6.
                                                                                                    1.1964
                                                                                                    5 . 1970
                                                                                                             i 31. 12. 1976
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      Medlemsstat         Tredjeland                               Aftalens art og datering                       j       Udløb efter
                                                                                                                      forlængelse eller
                                                                                                                        videreførelse
                                                                                                                         Ablauf nach
      Mitgliedstaat        Drittland                           Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                                        Verlängerung
                                                                                                                        Prolonged or
     Member State        Third country                           Type and date of Agreement                             renewed until
                                                                                                                       Echéance après
      État membre          Pays tiers                             Nature et date de l'accord                           prorogation ou
                                                                                                                         reconduction
                                                                                                                       Scadenza dopo
     Stato membro         Paese terzo                             Natura e data dell'accordo                             la proroga o
                                                                                                                           il rinnovo
                                                                                                                       Vervaldatum na
         Lid-Staat        Derde land                           Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                                            verlenging
IRELAND             Norway                       Trade Agreement                                   2. 7. 1951               31 . 12 . 1976
ITALIA              Afganistan                   Accordo commerciale                             10. 12. 1960               23 . 11 . 1976
                    Argentina                    Accordo commerciale e scambio di note           25 . 11 . 1957             31 . 12 . 1976
                    Canada                       Modus vivendi commerciale                       28 . 4. 1948               31 . 12 . 1976
                    Costa Rica                   Modus vivendi commerciale e scambio
                                                 di note
                                                                                                20. 2 . 1953
                                                                                                 23 . 6. 1953       | 12. 11. 1976
                    Giappone                     Agreed minutes                                  31 . 12.    1969           30 .   9 . 1976
                    Guatemala                    Modus vivendi commerciale                              6.   1936           31 . 12 . 1976
                    Irak                         Accordo commerciale                             30. 9.      1963           30 . 11 . 1976
                    Malta                        Accordo commerciale                             28 . 7.     1967           31 . 12. 1976
                    Marocco                      Accordo commerciale
                                                 Protocollo
                                                                                                 28 . 1 .
                                                                                                 24 . 2.
                                                                                                             1961
                                                                                                             1965
                                                                                                                    f 31. 12. 1976
                    Messico                      Accordo commerciale                              15 .  9.   1949
                                                 Protocollo
                                                 Scambio di note
                                                                                                 28 .
                                                                                                 20.
                                                                                                       10.
                                                                                                        7.
                                                                                                             1963
                                                                                                             1965   | 31. 12. 1976
                    Pakistan                     Accordo commerciale                              10 .   1.  1961            10.   1 . 1977
                    Paraguay                     Accordo commerciale                               8.   7.   1959           23 .   1.1977
                    Portogallo                   Accordo commerciale e scambio di note             4.    3.  1961
                                                 Scambio di lettere                              30.   12 .  1961    [ 31 . 12. 1976
                    Repubblica araba
                    d'Egitto                     Protocollo commerciale                          29. 4. 1959                 31 . 12 . 1976
                    Siria                         Accordo commerciale                             10. 11 . 1955              31 . 12 . 1976
                    Tunisia                      Accordo commerciale e protocollo ad-             23. 11 . 1961     <        31 . 12 . 1976
                                                 dizionale                                         2 . 8 . 1963
 NEDERLAND           Arabische Republiek
                     Egypte                       Handelsovereenkomst                             21 . 3 . 1953              31 . 12 . 1976
                     Argentinië                   Handels -en betalingsovereenkomst               25 . 11 . 1957             31 . 12 . 1976
                     Turkije                      Handelsakkoord                                   6. 9 . 1949               31 . 12 . 1976
 UEBL                Argentine                    Accord commercial et de paiement                25 . 1 1 . 1957         , 31 . 12. 1976
                     Finlande                     Accord commercial                                8 . 11 . 1955             30 .  9.1976
                     Pakistan                     Accord commercial                               15 . 3 . 1952              31 . 12. 1976
 UNITED              Cameroon                     Agreement on co nm ( n. 'J and economic
 KINGDOM                                          cooperation with protocol an j exchange
                                                  of letters                                      29 . 7. 1963               31 . 12 . 1976
                     Spain                       Trade and payments Agreement
                                                 extended by exchanges af notes ending
                                                  with that of
                                                                                                  23 . 6 . 1948
                                                                                             19./ 25 . 6 . 1952      | 31. 12. 1976