CELEX: 31977D0341
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 25 April 1977 authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries

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                                                               COUNCIL
                                                            COUNCIL DECISION
                                                               of 25 April 1977
                 authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded
                                               between Member States and third countries
                                                                 (77/341 / EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                 cial relations with the third countries concerned based
COMMUNITIES ,                                                               on agreement ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                           Whereas authorization has to be granted only for the
                                                                            maintenance of trade relations between the Member
thereof,
                                                                            States and the third countries concerned , based on
Having regard to the Council Decision of 16                                 agreements, pending their replacement by Commu­
December 1 969 on the progressive standardization of                        nity Agreements to be negotiated ; whereas such
agreements concerning commercial relations between                          authorization would not, therefore , in any way modify
Member States and third countries and on the negotia­                       the obligation of the Member States to avoid and,
tion of Community Agreements ('), and in particular                         where appropriate, eliminate any incompatibility
Article 3 thereof,                                                          between such agreements and the provisions of
                                                                            Community law ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the transi­                       Whereas , furthermore , the provisions of the instru­
tional period has already been authorized in the case                       ments to be either extended or renewed would not ,
of the Agreements listed in the Annex hereto by the                         during the period under consideration , constitute an
Council in its Decision of 30 June 1969 ('), 15                             obstacle to the implementation of the common
September 1 969 (3 ), 20 December 1 969 (4 ), 8 June                        commercial policy ;
1 970 ( s ), 13 July 1 970 ( b), 25 May 1971 ( 7), 6 June
1 972 (s), 18 June 1973 0, 17 September 1 974 ( 1 °), 16                    Whereas the Member States concerned have declared
June 1 97 5 ( 1 1 ) and 8 April 1976 ( 1 -) ;                               that the extension or tacit renewal of these Agree­
Whereas the Member States concerned have requested                          ments would prevent neither the opening of Commu­
authorization to extend or renew these . Agreements                         nity negotiations with the third countries concerned
                                                                            nor the transfer of the commercial fabric thereof to
with a view to avoiding interruption in their commer­
                                                                            Community Agreements, nor would it , during the
 ') OJ    No  L 326,   29 . 12 . 1969 , p . 39 .                            period envisaged , hinder the adoption of the measures
-') O)    No  L 169 ,  |(). 7 . 1969 , p . 2 .                              necessary to complete the standardization of the
->) OJ    No  L 23X ,  23 . 9 . 1969 , p . 9 .                              import systems of the Member States ;
■>) O)    No  L 6, 9 .  I. 1970 , p . I.
s)  OJ    No  L 133 ,  IX . 6 . 1970 , p . 14 .
h)  OJ    No  L 157,   IX . 7 . 1970 , p . 29 .                             Whereas ,   at  the  conclusion  of   the  consultations
7) O") No L 122, 4 . 6 . 1971 , p. 24 .                                     provided for in Article 2 of the Decision of 16
s) O") No L 133 , 10 . 6. 1972, p . 61 .                                    December 1969 , it was established , as the aforesaid
'') OJ No L 189 , II . 7 . 1973 , p . 45 .                                  declarations by the Member States confirm , that the
 I0) ÒJ No L 266, 2 . 10 . 1974, p . I.
 ") OJ No L 162 , 25 . 6 . 197 5, p . 10 .                                  provisions of the Agreements to be extended or
      OJ No 1. 101 , 15 . 4 . 1976, p . 53 .                                renewed would not , during the period envisaged ,
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constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the       extended or tacitly renewed up to the dates specified
common commercial policy ;                                in each case in the said Annex .
Whereas, in these circumstances, the Agreements may                              Article 2
be either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited
                                                          This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
period ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                               Done at Luxembourg, 25 April 1977 .
                                                                                      For the Council
                      Article 1
                                                                                       The President
The trade agreements listed in the Annex hereto
between Member States and third countries may be                                         J. SILKIN
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                      BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJIAGE
                                                                                                                         Udløb cfter
        Medlemsstat            Tredjdand                                   Attalens art og datering
                                                                                                                         torlsengelse
                                                                                                                         Ablaut nach
        Mitgliedstaat           Drittland                             Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                                        Verlangerung
                                                                                                                           Extended
      Member State            Third country                             Type and date of agreement                           until
                                                                          Nature et date de f accord                   Écheance apres
       Etat membre              Pays tiers
                                                                                                                        reconduction
      Stato membro             Paese terzo                                Natura e data dell'accordo                   Scadenza dopo
                                                                                                                           d rinnovo
                                                                                                                         Vervaldatum
         Lid-Staat             Derdi- land                             Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                                        na verlenging
                           /
BENELUX                Israel                        Accord commercial                               29 .   8 . 1958  31      8 . 1978
                       Portugal                      Accord commercial                               24 .   5 . 1961  30 .    9 . 1978
                       Philippines                   Accord commercial                               14 .   3 . 1967   1 1.10 . 1978
IRELAND                Portugal                      Trade agreement                                   6.   2 . 1952  31 . 12 . 1978
                       Spain                         Trade agreement                                 19 . 12 . 1951   31 . 12 . 1978
                       Switzerland                   Trade agreement                                 26 . 12 . 1951   31 . 12 . 1978
ITALIA                 Cuba                          Scambio di note                                   9.   9 . 1950    8.    9 . 1978
                       India                         Accordo commerciale e                             6.  10 . 1959
                                                                                                                      30 .    6 . 1 978
                                                     Scambio di lettere                                7.   7 . 1964
                       Libano                        Accordo commerciale                               4 . 11 . 1955  10 .    9 . 1978
                       Svezia                        Accordo commerciale                             IK . 12 . 1961   31 . 10 . 1978
                       Svizzera                      Accordo commerciale                             21 . 10 . 1950   31 . 10 . 1978
                       Yemen                         Protocollo addizionale (al trattato d'a­
                                                     micizia e di relazioni economiche del
                                                     4 . 9 . 1937)                                     5 . 10 . 1 959 31 . 12 . 1978
DANMARK                Cameroun                      Handelsaftale                                     8 . 10 . 1962    7 . 10 . 1978
DEUTSCHLAND            Ekuador                       Handelsabkommen                                   1 .  8.  1953  15 . 10 . 1978
                       Kolumbien                     Handelsabkommen                                   9 . 11 . 1957  10 . 11 . 1978
UEBL                   Mexique                       Accord commercial                               1 1.   9 . 1 950 11 .    9 . 1978
UNITED
KINGDOM                Haiti                         Exchange of letters for the establish­
                                                     ment of a commercial ' Modus vivendi '          25 .   2   1928  31 . 12 . 1978
                       Iceland                       Agreement relating to trade and torn­
                                                    merce (with Protocol )                           19 .   5 . 1 933 31 . 12 . 1978
                       Norway                        Trade agreement                                 15 . 12 . 1950   31 . 12 . 1978