CELEX: 31975D0360
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 16 June 1975 authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries

No L 162/ 10                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               25 . 6 . 75
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                                             (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                         COUNCIL
                                                      COUNCIL DECISION
                                                          of 16 June 1975
                authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded
                                          between Member States and third countries
                                                            (75/360/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas authorization has to be granted only for the
COMMUNITIES,                                                          maintenance of trade relations between the Member
                                                                      States and the third countries concerned , based on
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                agreements, pending their replacement by Commu­
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                    nity agreements to be negotiated ; whereas such
thereof ;
                                                                      authorization would not, therefore, in any way modify
 Having regard to the Council Decision of 16                          the obligation of the Member States to avoid and,
 December 1969 (>) on the progressive standardization                 where appropriate, eliminate any incompatibility
of agreements concerning commercial relations                         between such agreements and the provisions of
between Member States and third countries and on                      Community law ;
 the negotiation of Community agreements, and in
 particular Article 3 thereof ;                                       Whereas, furthermore , the provisions of the instru­
                                                                      ments to be either extended or renewed would not,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                      during the period under consideration , constitute an
Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the transi­                 obstacle to the implementation of the common
tional period has already been authorized in the case                 commercial policy ;
 of the agreements listed in the Annex hereto by the
 Council in its Decisions of 30 June 1 969 (2), 15                    Whereas the Member States concerned have declared
September 1 969 (3), 20 December 1 969 (4), 8 June                    that the extension or tacit renewal of these agreements
 1970 (5 ), 13 July 1970 (6), 25 May 1971 ( 7), 6 June                would prevent neither the opening of Community
 1 972 (8), 18 June 1 973 (9) and 17 September 1974 ('<>);            negotiations with the third countries concerned nor
                                                                      the   transfer of  the  commercial    fabric  thereof    to
Whereas the Member States concerned have requested
authorization to extend or renew these agreements                     Community agreements, nor would it, during the
with a view to avoiding interruption in their commer­                 period envisaged, hinder the adoption of the measures
 cial relations with the third countries concerned based              necessary to complete the standardization of the
 on agreement ;                                                       import systems of the Member States ;
(') OJ No L 326 , 29 . 12 . 1969 , p . 39.                            Whereas, at    the   conclusion  of the     consultations
(-) OJ No L 169 , 10 . 7 . 1969 , p . 2 .
(3 ) OJ No L 238 , 23 . 9 . 1969, p. 9 .                              provided for in Article 2 of the Decision of 16
(4 ) OJ No L 6, 9 . l . 1970 , p. 1 .                                 December 1969 , it was established , as the aforesaid
( 5 ) OJ No L 133 , 18 . 6. 1970 , p . 14.                            declarations by the Member States confirm , that the
(") OJ No L 157 , 18 . 7 . 1970 , p . 29 .                            provisions of the agreements to be extended or
( 7) OJ No L 122, 4. 6 . 1971 , p. 24.
( 8 ) OJ No L 133 , 10 . 6 . 1972, p . 61 .                           renewed would not, during the period evisaged, consti­
H OJ No L 189 , 11 . 7. 1973 , p . 45 .                               tute an obstacle to the implementation of the
( I0) OJ No L 266, 2 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .                              common commercial policy ;
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Whereas, in these circumstances, the agreements may                              Article 2
be either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited
period,                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                           Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 1975.
                       Article 1
                                                                                      For the Council
The trade agreements listed in the Annex hereto
between Member States and third countries may be                                       The President
extended or tacitly renewed up to the dates specified
in each case in the said Annex .                                                         R. RYAN
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                     BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE
                                                                                                                     Udløb
       Medlemsstat                 Tredjeland                        Aftalens art og datering
                                                                                                               efter forlængelse
                                                                                                                     Ablauf
       Mitgliedstaat                Drittland                   Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                              nach Verlängerung
      Member State                Third country                   Type and date of agreement                    Extended until
       État membre                                                                                                 Échéance
                                    Pays tiers                      Nature et date de l'accord
                                                                                                              après reconduction
                                                                                                                    Scadenza
      Stato membro                 Paese terzo                      Natura e data dell'accordo
                                                                                                               dopo il rinnovo
                                                                                                                  Vervaldatum
         Lid-Staat                 Derde land                   Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                                 na verlenging
BENELUX                   Israël                       Accord commercial                    29 .   8 . 1958     31 .   8.1976
                          Portugal                     Accord commercial                    24 .   5.1961       30 .   9.1976
I                         Philippines                  Accord commercial                    14.    3.1967       11 . 10 . 1976
IRELAND                   Portugal                     Trade agreement                       6.    2.1952       31 . 12. 1976
                          Spain                        Trade agreement                      19 . 12 . 1951      31 . 12. 1976
I                         Switzerland                  Trade agreement                      26 . 12. 1951       31.12.1976
ITALIA                    Cuba                         Scambio di note                       9.    9.1950         8 . 9.1976
                         \
                          India                        Accordo commerciale e
                                                       Scambio di lettere
                                                                                             6 . 10 . 1959
                                                                                             7 . 7.1964     j 30. 6. 1976
                          Libano                       Accordo commerciale                   4. 11 . 1955       10 . 9.1976
                          Svezia                       Accordo commerciale                  18 . 12. 1961       31 . 10 . 1976
I                         Svizzera                     Accordo commerciale                  21 . 10 . 1950      31 . 10 . 1976
                          Yemen                        Protocollo       addizionale
                                                       (al trattato d'amicizia e
                                                       di relazioni economiche
l                                                      del 4. 9 . 1937)                       5 . 10 . 1959     31 . 12. 1976
DANMARK                   Cameroun                     Handelsaftale                          8 . 10 . 1962       7. 10 . 1976
DEUTSCHLAND               Ekuador                      Handelsabkommen                       1 . 8 . 1953       15 . 10 . 1976
I                         Kolumbien                    Handelsabkommen                        9 . 11 . 1957     10.11.1976
UEBL                      Mexique                      Accord commercial                    11 .   9.1950       11 .   9.1976
UNITED KINGDOM            Haiti                        Exchange of letters for
                                                       the establishment of a
                                                       commercial 'Modus vi­
                         l                             vendi'                               25 .   2.1928       31 . 12. 1976
I                         Iceland                      Agreement
                                                       trade    and
                                                                       relating
                                                                          commerce
                                                                                     to
                                                       (with Protocol)                      19 .   5.1933       31 . 12. 1976
                          Norway                       Trade agreement .                    15 . 12 . 1950      31 . 12. 1976
                          Tunisia                      Trade agreement and
                                                       successive exchange of
l                                                      letters                              17.    1.1961       31 . 10 . 1976