CELEX: 51973PC0463
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Date: 1973-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a DECISION OF THE COUNCIL on the opening of negotiations with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with a view to concluding an agreement extending the Trade Agreement of 19 March 1970 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                       OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(73 ) 463 final
                                                 Brussels , 21 March 1973
                              Recommendation for a
                             DECISION OF THE COUNCIL
                  on "the opening of negotiations with the Socialist
                  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with a view to
                  concluding an agreement extending the Trade Agreement
                                of 19 March 1970
                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
   COM(73 ) 463 final
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                                                       Orig . F
              Draft Be commendation for a Decision by the Council
              on the opening of negotiations with the Socialist
              Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with a view to
              concluding an agreement extending the Trade
              Agreement of 19 March 1970
The Trade Agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia , which was signed on 19 March 1970 and entered into
force on 1 May 1970 , was by Article VIII thereof concluded " for a
period of three years from the date of its entry into force ".     This
Agreement will thus expire on 30 April 1973-
In its memoranda of 28 November 1971 , 1 March and Ik July 1972
addressed to the Community , Yugoslavia requested the opening of
negotiations with a view to concluding a new agreement .     To this end ,
the Commission and Yugoslavia held exploratory discussions on 27 and 28
November 1972 , as a result of which the Commission submitted a
Recommendation concerning the opening of such negotiations to the
Council on 8 February 1973 *    It is hoped that the Council can reach
a decision on this Recommendation at its session on 2 and 3 April 1973 .
However , since these dates are very close to the date of expiry of the
present Trade Agreement , there is no question of negotiations being
concluded by 30 April 1973 nor of the new agreement entering into
force before that date .
The Commission therefore considers that the present Agreement should
be extended until a mutually satisfactory new agreement is concluded .
A six-months • extension should suffice .
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The  Commission therefore recommends , pursuant to Article 113(3 ) of
the  Treaty , that the Council authorize it to open negotiations with
the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with a view to extending
the present Trade Agreement until 30 September- 1973 *
A Re commendation for a Decision is annexed .
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                                                        ANNEX
              7 Recommendation for a Decision of the Council
                on the opening of negotiations with the
                Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with
                a view to concluding an agreement extending
                the Trade Agreement of 19 March 1970
The Council of the European Communities ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
Whereas the Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia concluded , according
to Article VIII thereof , " for a period of three years from the date
of its entry into force " expires on 30 April 1973 ,
Whereas negotiations for a new trade agreement , which the Socialist
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , in its memoranda of 28 November 1971 »
1 March and 2k July 1972 , requested be opened , cannot be concluded by
that date and whereas negotiations should therefore be opened with the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with a view to extending the
Trade Agreement of 19 March 1970 until the entry intq force of this
new agreement or until 30 September 1973 » whichever is the earlier ,
HAS DECIDED :
                                Sole Article
The Commission is hereby authorized to open negotiations with the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with a view to extending the
Trade Agreement of 19 March 1970 until the entry into force of a new
trade agreement or until 30 September 1973 » whichever is the earlier .
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The Commxssion shall conduct these negotiations in consultation with
the Special Committee provided for in Article 113 of the Treaty .
Done at Brussels ,   March 1973 *
                                             For the Council
                                             The President