CELEX: 51977PC0044
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing extension or 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---   COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(77)44 final
                                                 Brussels , 4 March 1977
                                 Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
                     authorizing extension or tacit renewal
                      of certain trade agreements concluded
                     "between Member States and third countries
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 44 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 the negotiation of
Community agreements , the Commission proposes to the Council tha - the Member
States should be authorized to extend , expressly or tacitly , the trade agreements
annexed to the attached proposal for a Council decision . The agreenents in
question constitute the second batch for 1977 and expire or are due to be terminated
between 1 May and 31 July 1977 .
              The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this Decision was
excecuted by writen procedure . The outcome was the recognition on 15 February 1977 r
that the conditions under which the agreements could be extended for a further
year had been fulfilled .
2.            The Commission considers it appropirate 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 ) OJ no L 326 of 29.12.1969 , p. 39
 ---pagebreak---                                     WUUNI.AL UfetiÉUOIN
                authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade
                ag~eenierts 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 the Council Decision of 16 December 1969 on the progressive
  standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations between Member
  States and third countries and on the negotiation of Community Agreements ( 1 ),
  and in particular Article 3 thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the transitional period has already been
  authorized in the case of the Agreements listed in the Annex hereto by the
  Council in its Decision of 30 June 1969 ( 2 ), 15 September 1969 ( 3 ), 20 December
  1969 ( 4 ), 8 June 1970 ( 5 ), 13 July 1970 ( 6), 25 May 1971 ( 7), 6 June 1972 ( 8 ),
  18 June 1973 ( 9 ), 17 September 1974 ( 10 ), 16 June 1975 ( 11 ) and 8 April 1976 ( 12 );
  (1)   0J No L  326 , 29.12.1969 ,  P- 39
  ( 2)  0J No L  169 , 10.07.1969 , P-   2
  ( 3 ) 0J No L  238 , 23.09.1969 , P-   9
  ( 4 ) 0J No L  6 , 09.01.1970, p ,. 1
  ( 5 ) 0J No L  133 , 18.06.1970, P-    14
  ( 6 ) 0J No L  157, 18.07.1970, P-     29
  ( 7 ) 0J No L  122 , 04.06.1971 , P-   24
  ( 8 ) 0J No L  133 , 10.06.1972 , P.   61
  ( 9 ) 0J No L  189 , 11.07.1973 , P-   45
( 10 ) 0J  No L  266 , 02.10.1974 , P-   1
( 11 ) 0J  No L  162 , 25.06.1975 , P-   10
( 12 ) 0J  No L  101 , 15.04.1976 , P-   53
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the Member States concerned have requested authorization to extend or
renew these Agreements with a view to avoiding interruption in their commercial
relations with the third countries concerned based on agreement ;
Whereas authorization has to be granted only for the maintenance of trade relations
between the Member States and the third countries concerned , based on agreements ,
pending their replacement by Community Agreements to be negotiated ; whereas
such authorization would not , therefore , in any way modify the obligation of
the Member States to avoid and , where appropriate , eliminate any incompatibility
between such agreements and the provisions of Community law ;
Whereas , furthermore , the provisions of the instruments to be either extended
or renewed would not , during the period under consideration , constitue an ob­
stacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy ;
Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the extension or tacit
renewal of these Agreements would prevent neither the opening of Community
negotiations with the third countries concerned nor the transfer of the commer­
cial fabric thereof to Community Agreements , nor would it , during the period
envisaged , hinder the adoption of the measures necessary to complete the standardi­
zation of the import systems of the Member States ;
Whereas , at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Article 2 of the
the Decision of 16 December 1969 , it was established , as the aforesaid declarations
by the Member States confirm , that the provisions of the Agreements to be
extended or renewed would not , during the period envisaged , constitute an
obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy ;
Whereas , in these circumstances , the Agreements may be either extended or
tacitly renewed for a limited period ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                     Article 1
The trade agreements listed in the Annex hereto between Member States and third
countries may be extended or tacitly renewed 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
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                     Portugal          Accord commercial           24 . 05 . 1961      30.09.1978
I           ■     [ Philippines        Accord commercial -         14.03.1967        • 11.10.1078
j IRELAND            Portuga l         Trade agreement             06.02.1952          31.12.1978
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                     Switzer land      Trade agreement             26.12.1951     |    31.12.1978
    ITALIA           Cuba              Scambio di note             09.09.1950          08.09.1978
                     India             Accordo commerciale e       06.10.1959 \        7n O/   A*7Q
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                     Svezia            Accordo commerciale         18.12.1961          31.10.1978
                     Svi zzerà         Accordo commerciale         21.10.1950          31.10.1978
                     Yemen             Protocollo addizionale
                                       ( al trattato d' amicizia e
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I                                      del 04.09.1937 )            05.10.1959          31.12.1978
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                                       ( with Protocol )           19.05.1933          31.12.1978
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