CELEX: 51976PC0649
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between the Member States and third countries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(76)649 final.
                                             Brussels . 6 December 1976.
                               Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
            authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain
            trade agreements concluded between the Member States
                            and third countries
                ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
 COM (7 6) 649 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 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 first
batch for 1977 and expire or are due to be terminated between 1 February
and 30 Apri I 1977 .
               The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this
Decision was excecuted by written procedure . The outcome was the recognition
on 15 November 1976 , 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 ) 0J no L 326 of 29.12.1969 , p. 39
 ---pagebreak---                              PROPOSAL FOR A
                            COUNCIL DECISION
                       • OF
            authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal
                    of certain trade agreements
               concluded betv/ecn the Member States
                          and third countries
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to tho 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 betv/een Member States and third countries and on the
                                            4
negotiation of Community Agreements ( ), and in particular
Artiole 3 thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                          • • •/ • • •
< l ) OJ No L 326 , 29.12.1969 , p. 39
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                                          – 2 -
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     Whereas prolongation pr tacit exten3?.on 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 under its
     Decisions of 28 Junuary 1963 ( 1 ), 12 Kay 1969 (2 ), 8 June 1969 (^),
     26 June 19t>9 (^), 30 June 1969 ("*), 1 ? September 1969 (**),
     20 December 1969 ( ' )» 8 June 1970 ( / , 29 September 1970 (^),
      1 March 1971 ( ), 25 Aprii 1972 ( 11 ), 28 Aprii 1973 ( 12 ),
    21 Liarch 1974 , '17 February 1975 ( ) . and 24 February 1976 ( "*) ;
   '.'/here as the Member States concerned have again , with a view to
 ' voiding interruption in their trade relations with the third
    .'.•oimtries concerned , based on agreements , requested authorizatio " to
   prolong or tacitly renew the abovementioned agreements ;
   •Yhereas authorization should be granted to maintain trade
   relations between the Member States and the third countries' concerned ,
   on the basis of agreements , pending their replacement by a Community
   oonventicnal or autonomous system ; whereas such authorization should
  not , therefore , adversely affect the obligation of the Member States
   to avoid and , where appropriate , to 'eliminate' any incompatibility
   between such crreements and the provisions of Community law ;
    ( ' ) OJ No L 43 , 20 . 2.1969 , P. 15
     U > OJ Ne L 117 , 16 . 5.1969 , p. 9
     (-?) OJ No L 133 , 23 . 5.1969 , P. 14
     ( c ) OJ No L 159 ,   1 . 7.1969 , p. 20
     (?) OJ No L 169 , 10 . 7.1969 , p. 2
     m OJ No L 238 , 23 . 9.1969 , p.       9
     ( i ) OJ No L 6 , 9 . 1.1970 , p.      1
     C° ) OJ No L 133 , 18 . 6.1970 , p. 14
     ("J OJ No L 225 , 12.10.1970 , p. 24
' ' *) C J No L 56 ,       1 . 3.1971 , p.  8
            OJ No L 112 , 14 . 5.1972 , p. 10
(...) OJ No L 124 , 10 . 5.1973 , p. 22
(, VU 0J Ko L 93 , 4 . 4.1974 , p. 23
 v        ) OJ No L 62 , 7 . 3.1975 , p. 32
 ( 15 ) OJ No L      58 ,  5 . 3.1976 , p. 14
                                                                            • • */• • •
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the provisions of the instruments to be ei-her prolonged or
t-uitly rer.owed would not , furthermore , during the period under
consideration , constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the
rMaaaon commercial policy ;
Whereas the Member States concernel have stated that the prolongation
or tacit renewal of these agreements would not be likely to constitute an
obstacle to either the opening of Community negotiations with the third
countries concerned or the transfer of the commercial fabric thereof to
Community Agreements , nor would it , during the period under cor.s . deration
hinder the adoption of the necessary measures to complete the standard­
isation of the innort systems of the Member States ;
Whereas , at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in
Article 2 of the Decision of 16 December 1969 » it was established , a3
the aforesaid declarations by the Member States confirm , that the
provisions of the statements by the Member States confim , that the
not , therefore , during the period under consideration , constitute an
obstacle to tha implementation of the connion commercial policy ;
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Whereas , in tnese circumstances , the agreements may be either prolonged
or tacitly renewed for a period not exceeding a year ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                 Article 1
      The trade agreements between Member States and third countries
listed in the Annex hereto may be prolonged or tacitly renewed up to
the dates specified in each case .
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                             Article 2
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This Decision is addressed to the Memoer States .
                                        Done at Brussels ,
                                              For the Council
                                               The President
                                    t
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                       BILAG ~ ANHANG - ANNEX - ANNEXE - ALLEGATO - BULAGE
       Medlemsstat           Tredjeland                 Aftalens art og datering                Udlob efter forlsrnpelv eller
                                                                                                    stiltiende vidervforelse
            lidstaat          Drittland             Art und Datum des Abkommen»                 Ablauf nach Vcrlan^enin^ oder
                                                                                                Mullschweigender Verlängerung
                                                                                                       Prolonged or tacitly
      Member Slate          Third country             Type and date of agreenient *                       renewed until
                                                                              ^
       htai membre            Pays tien                Nature et date de l'accord                Échéance après prorogation
                                                                                                    ou tacite reconduction
      Stato membre           Paese terzo               Natura e data dell'accordo                Scadenza dopo la proroga
                                                                                                        o il tacito rinnovo
                                                                                                Vervaldatum na si dan niet
        Lid-Staat            Derde land             Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                   stilzwijgende verlenging
 BENKLUX                 Honduras         H andelsakkoord                         30 .   1.1959             27.5.197 8
                        Joegoslavië       Handelsakkoord                           18. 6.1958               30.6.197 8
                         Marokko          Handelsakkoord                            5. 8.1958               30 . 6.1 07 8
                     |
DANMARK                  Indonesien       Handelsaftale                             9. 9.1952               30.6.1978
                                                                                                       4
                     I
                         Madagaskar       Handelsaftale                            10.12.1965               25.6.1978
                         Marokko          Handelsaftale                           26. 7.1961                30.6.1978
                        Sénégal           Handelsaftale                            11 . 4.1962       .      10.7. 197"8
                         Spanien          Handelsaftale                             1 . 7.1960              30.6.1978
                        Tunesien          Handelsaftale                             8. 6.1960               31.5.1978
DEUTSCHLAND             Afghanistan       Handelsabkommen                         31 .  1.1958              31.5.1978
                        Island            Handelsabkommen                         20. S. 1054               30.6.1978
                        Jugoslawien       Handelsabkommen
                                          Protokoll
                                                                                   11 . 6.1952
                                                                                   16. 7.1964        J 30.6.1978
                        Philippinen       Handelsabkommen                         28. 2 . 1964              12.8.1978
                        Schweden          Abkommen über Warenverkehr              26. 1.1951                30.6.197 8
                        Türkei            Abkommen über Warenverkehr              16. 2.1952               30.6.197 8
FRANCE                  Grèce             Accord commercial                         9. 6.1962              30.6.197 8
                        RAE (république   Accord commercial                       10. 7.1964                10.7.1978
                        arabe d'Egypte)
ITALIA                  Austria           Accordo commerciale
                                          Scambio di lettere
                                                                                  19. 6.1949
                                                                                  14.11.1961
                                                                                                     I 30.6.1978 ■
                        Colombia ■        Modus vivendi                           19. 6-1952                19.6.1978
                        Grecia            Accordo commerciale                     10.11.1954               30.6.1978
                        Somalia           Accordo commerciale e di
                                          coopcrazione economica e tecnica          1 . 7.1960             30.6.1978
                        Spagna            Accordo commerciale
                                          Processo verbale
                                                                                  28. 6.1960
                                                                                    1 . 4.1967      j 8.6.1978
                        Turchia           Accordo commerciale                     24. 1.1952               31.5.1978