CELEX: 51978PC0715
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Date: 1979-01-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing extension of tacit renewal of certain Trade Agreements concluded between Member States and third countries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                       Brussels / 11 Jauuary 1979
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                                Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
             authorizing extension of tacit renewal of certain
             Trade Agreements concluded between Member States
                              and third countries
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
    • ■             In vsplepentation of Article 3 of the Council Decision of
  ' *• December 1969 ( 1 ) on the progressive* standardization of agreements concerning
 c -.- nercial relations between Member States and third countries and on negotiation
c Co/snunity agreement s, the Commission proposes to the Council that the Member
    x > t<»5 should be authorized to extend, expressly or tacitly, the trade agreement ?
 . - oxed to the attached proposal for a Council decision. The agreements
c;estion constitute the ?ir.3t batch for 1979- and expire ©r ar® due to be
terminated between Is-fc February and 30 April 1979 »
                    The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this Decision was
executed by written procedure . The outcome was the recognition on 15 ITcvea'ber 1978
ti.at the conditions under which the agreements could be extended for a further
y<»ar had been fulfilled ,
2.                  The Commission considers it appropriate to point out , moreover , .
t ** -it the proposals for authorizing the Member States to renew or extend ,,
e»nressly or tacitly , certain agreements in this batch for » further ©n#>~year
period are by no means Indicative of &rty pasitloft It wight' adopt rsest time
these agreements come up for renewal®
                                                                                        »
( 1 ) OJ No L 326 of 29.12.1969, p. 39.
 ---pagebreak---                                   pressai ?ùr s
                                 rOUNCïL DÉCISION
           isutrwiztng            or tss-'t        cf c-^rt?nA I'radi
        Agreements scneiudea between Member States and fchir<! countries
 TH£ COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
 Having r zysrd to the Treaty est«sbli shing the European Econorcti c Community,
 and in particular- Artiste 113 thereof »
 Having regard to the Council Decision 69 / 494/ EEC of 16 December 1969
 on t " e progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial
 relations between Membej* ^States and third countries 'end on the negotiation
of Community Agreements^ and in particular Article 3 thereof/      ».
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                 >
whereas extension o p tacit renewal beyond the end of the transitional
period has already been authorized In the esse of the Agreements and
Protocols lasted in the Annex , most recently by Council Decision 78 /147/ EE
                                                                 »•/••
CD 04 No L 326,. 29.12.1969/ p. 39
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 ---pagebreak--- wrcr^as the W*»ber States concerned have requested authorization to evtend sr
rer<?a these Agreements with a view to avoiding interruption in their * em»erciat
rotations with the third countries concerned based' on agreement ;
      ,t.
wncrcas author *<z at for? has to be granted only for the maintenance of trade
rc unions between the Member States and the third countries concerned, based on
a~r^en*nts , pending their replacement by Community Agreements t© be negotiated ;
wfereas such authorization would not , therefore In my way modify fcfce obligation
of xh * Member States to avoid and , where appropriate , eliminate any i^eompatibil
between such agreements and the provisions of Community low ;
wrereas furthermore , the provisions of the Instruments to be either extended or
renewed should not , .during the period under consideration, constitute *n
obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy .?
whereas the Member States concerned have declared thet the e«tension or tacit
rcnoual of these Agreements would prevent neither the opening of Community
negotiations with the third countries concerned nor the transfer of the
c -< rclal fabric thereof to Community Agreements, nor would it , during the
p -.- riod envisaged, hinder the 'adoption of the measures necessary t© complete the
S' o^dardi xatlon of the import systems of the Member States ;
                                                                      v
w >^rejs , at the conclusion of the consultations provides for in Article 2 of
t ,k e ■          Decision 69 / 494 / EEC ,     it was, established , as the aforesaid
declarations by the Member States confirm, that the provisions of the Agreements
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to be extended or renewed would not , during the period envisaged, constitute an
obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy;
t.\L          in these circumstances, the Agreements »ay be either ©stsndad ©r
 t«:itly renewed for a limited period,
          ADOPTED THIS DECISION S
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                                   Article 1
Tbtf^acie Agreements *md Protocols Usted 1« tfc# Annex hereto fcetvetn fleeter
St | ces and th-rrd count Hes    fee e* * e;v??-i ©f * 3w4Hy renewed *•» the rfat **
specified in each case In the sa^d Anne*.
                                                                         »
                                   Article 2
Tr.S ; Decision is addressed to the Member States .
done at-                                            For the Council
                                                           > •
                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---        BILAG T ANHANG - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE -
   f.adlesisstat              Tredjeland          Aftalens art og datering           Udlob efter fer ls?ngelse
                                                                                     eller skiftende videre-
                                                                                     f/anelse
 Kitgiledstaat                 Drittland        Art und Datum des At>kc-®«ens        Ablauf pach Verlancerurg
                                                                                     oder stillschweigender
                                                                                     Verlängerung
 tferaber State                Third couru, r y Type and data of agreeiaent           Prolonged or tacitly
                                                                                      renewed until
 Etat memore                   Pays tiers       Nature et date de l' actord           £cneance après proroga­
                                                                                      tion ou tacite reconduc-
                                                                                      t ion
 Stato membro                  ^ atse terzo     Natura e data del l e a ccordo         Scadenza dopo ia proroga
                                                                                       o U tacito rinnovo
iLic-Staat                     Oeros tand       Aard en datum van het akkoord Vervaldatum na ^ <3 S n niet
                                                                                     ( stilzwijgende verlenging
  BENELUX                Honduras               Handelsakkoord     30,01.1959              27.0 5 . 1980
                         !" egoslav1ê           Handelsakkoord     18.06.1958              30.06 * 1980
                         Ma i c ko               Handelsakkoord    05o03,1958              30.06.1980
  DANMARK                Indonesien              Handei.saf tale   09 «, 09 . "« 952       30„C6.1980
                         Madagaskar              Handelsaftale     10.12.1965               25.06.1980
                         Marokko                 Hgndelsaf tale    26.07 .1961              30.06.1980
                         Sénégal                 Handelsaftale     1 1 . 04.1962            10.07.1980
                         Spanien                 Handelsaftale     01 . 07.1960             30.06.1980
                         Tunes i en              Handelsaftale     08.06.1960               31 . C5.1980
  OEUTSCHLAND            Afghanistan             Handelsabkommen 31.01.1958                 31.05.1980
                         Island                  Handelsabkommen 20,05.1954                 30,06.1980
                         Jugoslawien             Hände ls abkommen 11 . 06.1952
                                                                                            30.06.1980
                                                 Protokol l        16.07.1964
                         Phi l ippinen           Handelsabkommen 28.02.1964                 12.08.1980
                         Tûrkei                  Abkommen über
                                                 Warenverkehr      16.02.1952               30,06.1980
   FRANCE                Grèce                   Accorò commercial 09.06,1962               30.06.1980
                         RAE ( République        Accord commercial 10-07.1964               10.07.1980
                         arabe d' Egypte )
   1TALIA              • Austria                 Accordo commerciale 19.06 . 1949C
                                                                                            30.06.1980
                                                 Scambio di lettere       14.11.1963 )
                       . Colombia         . .    Modus Vivendi            19.06.1952        19.06,1980
                         Grecia                  Accordo commerciale 10.11.1954             30.06.1980
                         Somalia                 Accordo commerciale 01.07.1960             30.06.1980
                                                 e di cooperazione                     j
                                                 econonica e tec-
                                                 nica
                                                                                      ]
                                                                                      ]
                         Spagna                  Accordo commerciale 28.06 . Î96Q )
                                                                                            08.06.1980 ,
                                                 Processo verbale         01.04.1967 <
                         Turchia                 Accordo commerciale 2«. 01 . 1952         31.05.1980