CELEX: 51979PC0450
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Date: 1979-09-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THIRD COUNTRIES (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(79)450 final
                                             Brussels . 6th September 1979
                           PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                  AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL
                        OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED
                      BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THIRD COUNTRIES
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
  *
COM ( 79 ) 450 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1.     In implementation of Article 3 of the Council Decision of 16 December
 1969 ( 1 ) on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning
 commercial relations between Member States and third countries and on
negotiation of Community agreements , the Commission proposes to the Council
that the Member States should be authorized to extend, expressly or tacitly,
the trade agreements annexed to the attached proposal for a Council decision .
The agreements in question constitute the fourth batch for 1979 and expire
or are due to be terminated between 1 November 1979 and 31 January 1980 .
         The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this Decision was
executed by written procedure . The outcome was the recognition on 12 July
1979 that the conditions under which the agreements could be extended for
a further year had been fulfilled .
2.     The Commission considers it appropriate to point out , moreover , that
the proposals for authorizing the Member States to renew or extend,
expressly or tacitly , certain agreements in this batch for a further one-
year period are by no means indicative of any position it might adopt next
time these agreements come up for renewal .
( 1 ) 0J No L 326 of 29.12.1969 , p. 39 .
 ---pagebreak---                            Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL DECISION
        authorizing the extension or automatic renewal of certain trade
        agreements concluded between Member States and third countries
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          Council Decision 69/ 494 / EEC of 16 December 1969 on
the progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial
relations between Member States and third countries and on the negotiation
                             1
of Community agreements /         - and in particular Article 3 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas extension or automatic renewal beyond the end of the transitional
period has already been authorized in the case of the agreements and
                                                                                       2
protocols listed in the Annex , in the last instance by Council Decision 78 / 785 / EEC .
Whereas the Member States concerned have requested authorization to extend
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or renew such agreements with a view to avoiding interruption of their
commercial relations, based on agreements , with the third countries concerned ;
Whereas authorization has to be granted only for the maintenance of trade
relations, based on agreements , between the Member States and the third countries
concerned pending their replacement by Community agreements to be negotiated,
and whereas such authorization should not , therefore , in any way
affect the obligation of the Member States to avoid and , where appropriate, to
eliminate, any incompatibility between such agreements and the provisions
of Community law;
( 1 ) OJ No L 326, 29.12.1969, p. 39 .
 ( 2 ) OJ No L 260, 23 ., '9.1978, P. 11 .
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas, furthermore , the provisions of the agreements to be
 extended or renewed should not , during the extension period under consideration,
 constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial
 policy;
 Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the extension
 or automatic renewal of such agreements would prevent neither the opening
 of Community negotiations with the third countries concerned nor the
 transfer of the commercial fields covered therein to Community agreements , nor
would it , during the extension period envisaged , hinder the adoption of the measures
 necessary to complete the standardization of the import systems of the
 Member States ;
 Whereas#, at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Article 2
 of      Decision 6^ / 494 / EEC , it was established , as the afore ^„ id declarations
 by the Member " tstes confirm , that the provisions of the                   to be .
 extended oi i c . ie&ed would not , during the extension period er.v 1 3 aged, constitute an
 obstacle to the Imp lamentation of the common commercial policy;
Whereas , in thsse circumstances , the agreements may be cxUndcJ or
renewed automatically for a limited period,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                     Article 1
 The trade agreements and protocols listed in the Annex hereto between Member
 States and third countries may be extended or renewed automatically up to the
 dates specified in each case in the said Annex .
                                     Article 2
 This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 Done at .                                          For the Council
                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                                BILAG •■      ANKANG - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJLAGE
 Hedlemsstat      I Tredjetand             I             Aftalens art og datering                  II        Udleb efter
                                          I                       :                                          forlængelse
 Mitgliedstaat         Drittland          I        Art und Datum des Abkommens                      F        Ablauf -nach
                                                                                                           . Verlängerung
 Member State     [ Third country         I       Type and date of Agreement                                 Extended
                                                                                                             until
 Etat membre     j   Pays tiers          I          Nature et.date de l' accord                     I Echéance après
                 L_                                                                                    reconduction
  Stato membro I Paese terzo            I           Natura e data dell' accordo                     | Scadenza dopo
                                                                                                         il rinnovo
 Lid-Staat        I Derde land          I      Aard en datum van het akkoord                        fVervaldatum na
                                        ι            .       -                                      | verlenging
 BENELUX            Autriche . ;       II     Accord commercial                29.6.1957              31.3.1981
                    Espagne                   Accord   commercial               2.6.1960              14.4.1981
                    Norvège                   Accord   commercial              28.5.1957              30.4.1981
                    Suède                     Accord   commercial              27.4.1957              28.2.1981
                    Suisse                    Accord   commercial              21 . 6.1957 )          31.3.1981
                                              et échange de notes               5.5.1961C
                    Tunisie                   Accord commercial                 1.8.1958              31 . 3.1981
 DAN MARK           Island                    Vareudvekslingsaftale             4.6.1948              31.12.1980
                    Norge                     Vareudvek s l ing soverenskomst 30.3.1946 )             31.12.1980
                                              og tillægsprotokol hertil         2 . 8 . 1966 (
                    Schweiz                   Vareudvekslingsaftale            15.9.1951              31.12.1980
                    Sverige                   Vareudveksling soverenskomst ' 11.3.1948           .    31.1.1981
 •EUTSCHLAND        Indonesien                Handelsabkommen- vorn            22.4.1953              31.3.1981
                    Spanien                   Handelsabkommen vom              20.6.1960              30.4.1981
                    Südkorea                  Handelsabkommen vom               8.4.1965               7.4.1981      .
  FRANCE            Afrique du                Echange de lettres               18.4.1964              31.12.1980
                    Sud ( 1 )
                    Corée du Sud      I       Echange de lettres-              12.3.1963              31.3.1981
                    Inde ( 1 )                Accord coc.xereial et ccrunge
                                              de lettres                       19.10.1959             31.12.1980
                    Irak                      Accord coirmercta'l '            25.9.1967              25.3.1981
                    Liban             I       Accord commercial •              25.3.1955              10.4.1981
                                        i
  IRELAND           Austria          I        Trade Agreement concluded
                                              by exchance of notes              6.10.1950             31.12.1980
                    Finland          I        Trade Agreement                    1.6.1951             31.12.1980
                    Iceland          I        Trade Agreement                   2.12.1950             31.12.1980
                    Sweden           1        Trade Agreement                  25.6.1949              31.12.1980
  ITALIA          ! Corea del Sud I           Accordo commerciale               9.3.1965                8.3.1981
                    El Salvador               Accordo commerciale              30.3.1953 )            *1   110*1       •
                                              protocollo audizionalt           21 . 12 .1 955 C
                    Indonesia        I - Accordo commerciale                   23.3.1951              31 * 3.1981
                    Iran             I Scambio di note                       ) 29.1.1958 <              9.2.1981
                                                                             < 23.3.1961 )
                    Israele          I        Accordo commerciale                5.3*1954 )           Χ1.Χ.10Α1
                                              scambio di lettere                 5.1.1956 C
                                              processi verbali               C 21.10.1956)
                                                                               11.2.1964 (
                    Iugoslavia       [        Accordo commerciale                1.7.1967 >           31.12.1980
                                              protocollo e scambio di                          <
                                              note successivo                  30.4.1969 )
    CI ) Prorogation par échange de notes
( suite )
                                                       Accordo commerciale             20.5.1953 (               31.3.1981
                     Norvegia
                                                       protocollo                      31.8.1959 )
                                                       scambio di note                 10.5.1962 <
                     Repubblica
                     dominicana                        Accordo commerciale             18.2.1954                 11 . 3.1981'
   NEDERLAND          Finland                          Handelsakkoord                    8.12.1956 i             31.3.1981
R / 2150 / 1 / 78 ( COMER 41 rev.1 )