CELEX: 51978PC0133
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Date: 1978-03-31
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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COM (78) 133
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                               COM(78)133 final
                                               Brussels , 31 March 1978
                           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(78 ) 133 final
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                             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 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 second b«*tch for 1978 and expire or are due to be terminated
between 1 May and 31 July 1978 .
             The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this Decision was
excecuted by written procedure . The outcome was the recognition on 15 February 1978
that the conditions under which the agreements could be extended for a further
year had been fulfilled .                                 j
2.           The Commission considers it appropriate to point out , moreover ,, that
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the proposals for authorizing the Member States to renew or extend expressly or
tacitly / certain agreements in this batch for a further jone-year period are by
no means indicative of any position it might adopt next time these agreements
come up for renewal .
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< 1 > OJ no L 326 of 29.12.1969, p. 39
 ---pagebreak---                                          COUNCIL DECISION
                    authorising extension or tacit renewal of certain trad«
                    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 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 C7), 6 June 1972 ( 8 ),
 , 18 June 1973 ( 9 ), 17 September 1974 ( 10), 16 June 1975 ( 11 ), •        8 April 1976 ( 12 )
     and 25 April 1977 ( 13 ); '              ■ ■ -                   i
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     (1)    0J No L  326 , 29.12.1969 , P-    39
     ( 2)   0J No L  1 69 , 10.07.1969 , P-   2
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^ c3 ( 4 )>
            0J No L  238 , 23.09.1969 , P-    9
            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)   OJ No L  122 , 04.06.1971 , P-    24
     ( 8)   OJ No L  133 , 10.06.1972 , Ρ-    61
     ( 9 ) 0J No L   189 , 1 1*07.1973 , P.   45
   ( 10 ) 0J NO L    266 , 02110.1974 , p.    1
   ( 11 ) OJ No L    162 , 25 . 06.1975 , P-  10
   ( 12 ) 0J No L    101 , 15.04.1976 , P-    53
    ( 13 )  0J N° L   120 , 13.05.1977 , P-    17
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 ---pagebreak--- , Whereos the Member State- c >nc?n.ed have request ■"•a author iz£t ion '               OP
  renew these Agreements wftb a view to avoiding Interruption In ti ? ■'                  ial
  relations with the third countries concerned based on agreement ;
  Whereas authorization has to be granted only for the maintenance of tracV                 cions
  between the Member States and the third Countries concerned , based on agree                s,'
  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;
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  Whereas , furthermore , the provisions of the instruments to be either extended
  or renewed would not , during the period under consideration, constitue aft 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 cohclusion 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 aan
   obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy ;
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   Whereas , in these circumstances, the Agreements may be - either extended or
   tacitly renewed for a limited period,                             j          v
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   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
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                                              Article 1
   The trade agreemeftl listed 1n the Annex Hereto between Member States and third
   countries may be Extended or tacitly renevled up to the dates specified in each
   case in the said Annex .             .                               J           i
                                      :>      Article 2                  ,
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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    Done at             .                         .    .    For the Council
                  i                                          The President
 ---pagebreak---                    DILAG - ANMANS - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BIJL*G£
    Medlemsstat      Tredjeland       Aftalens art og datering                   Udlcb efter
                                                                                 for Irnqelse
   Mitolirdstaat     Dritt land       Art und Datum des Abkommens                Ablauf nach
                                                                                 Vor Ldn^erur.q
   tferr.ber State   Third country    Type and date of agréèrent                 Extended until
   Etat membre       Pays tiers       Nature et date de l' accord                Echéance aprè :
                                                                                 reconduct i on
   Stato nembro      Paese terzo      Natura e data dell' accordo                Scadenza dopo
                                                                                 il rinnovo
   Lid-Staat         Derde land       Aard en datu.n van het akkoord             Vervaldatum na
                                                                                 ver leng inq
   BENELUX           I sraê l         Accord commercial           29 . C8 . 1958   31.08 . 1979
                     Portugal         Accord commercial           24 . C5 . 1961   30.09 . 1979
                     Phi l ippines    Accord commercial           14 . C3 . 1967   11.10.107?
 1 IRELAND           Portugal         Trade agreement             06 . C2 . 1952   31.12.1979
                     Spain            Trade agreeiTent            19.12.1951       31.12.1979
                     SwitzerUnd       Trade agreement             26.12.1951       31.12.1979
   ITALXA            Cuba             Scambio  di note            09.09.1950       08.09.1979
                     India            Accordo   commerciale •     06 . 10 . 1959
                                                                                   30.06.1979
                                      Scambio  di lettere     :   07.07.1964
                     Libano           Accordo   commerciale       04.11.1955       10.09.1979
                     Svezia           Accordo commerciale     !   18.12.1961       31.10.1979
                     Svizzera         Accordo commerciale     '   21.10.1950       31 . 10 . 't 970
                     Yemen            Protocollo addizionale
                                      < al trattato d' amicizia o
                                      di relazioni economiche
                                      del 04.09.1937 )            05.10.1959       31.12 . 197y
   DANMARK           Cameroun         Handelsaftale               08.10 . 1962     07.10.1977
   DEUTSCHLAND       Ekuador          Handelsabkommen             01.08.1953       15.10 . 1979
                     Kolumbien                                    09.11.1957       10.11.1979
3                                     Hande Isabkommen
   UEBL              Mexique          Accord commercial           11.09.1950       11.09.1979
   UNITED KINGDOM    Haiti            Exch.mqe of letters TOP
                                      the establishment of a
                                      commercial " Modus Vi-
                                      vendi "                     25.02.1928 -     31.12.1979
                     Iceland          Agreement relating to
                                      trade and commerce
                                      ( with Protocol )           19.05.1933       31.12.1979
                     Norway           Trade agreement             15.12.1950       31.12.1979