CELEX: 51978PC0268
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION (EEC) 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(78)268 final
                                              Brussels , 16 June 1978
                             Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL DECISION ( EEC )
      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(78 ) 268 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY KEKRANDUM
1.       In implementation of Article 3 of the Coxincil Decision of 16 December
1969 ( l ) 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
e-greeaents in question constitute the third, batch for 1978 and expire or
due to be terminated between 1 August and 31 October 1978#
        The prior consultation specified in Article 2 of this Decision was
executed by written procedure . The outcome was the recognition on 16 Kay 1978
that the Federal Republic of Germany h^s denounced its agreement of 20.12.1950
with Norway and its agreement of 02.12.1954 with Switzerland , and that the
conditions under which the other agreements could be extended for a further
year had. been fulfilled .
2.      The Commission considers it appfopiate to point out , moreover , that
the proposals for authorizing the Member States to renew or extend , expressly
or tacitly , certain agreements in this batoh for a further one-year period
are "by no means indicative of any position it might adopt next tine these
agreements come up for renewal *
( 1) OJ n* L 326 of 29.i2.i969, p. 39
 ---pagebreak---                                           Prooosal for a
                                          COUNCIL DECISION
              aut hoHzing1' prolongation or ta<;it renewal of certain trade
              agreements (concluded between the            States and third
                                              countries
                                                       b
  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 69/494/EEC of 16 December 1969 ( l ) on
  the progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations
  between Member States and third countries and on the negotiations of Community
  Agreements , and in particular Article 3 thereof,
  Having regard to the proposal from theCommission,
                                /
  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 under its Decisions of 28 .January 1969 ( 2 ), 26 June 1969 ( 3 ), 30 Jui
  1969 ( 4 ), 15 September 1969 ( 5 ), 17 October 1969 ( 6 ), 8 December 1969 ( 7 ),
  20 December 1969 ( 8 ), 6 February 1970 ( 9 ), 8 June 1970 ( 10 ), 13 July 1970 ( 11 ),
  29 September 1970 ( 12 ), 23 November 19 /0 ( 13 ), 25 October 1971 ( 14 ), 18 October
  1972 ( 15 ), 22 October 1973 ( 16 ), 2 October 1974 ( 17 ), 16 September 1975 ( 18 )
  and 20 September 1976 ( 19 ), and 18 July 1977 (20);
  (1)  O.J.   No . L 326 , 29.12.1969,     p. 39 .
  (2)  O.J.   No . L  43,  20.02.1969,     p. 15 .
  (3)  O.J.   No . L 159,  01.07.1969 ,    p. 20.
  (4)  O.J.   No . L 169,  10.07.1969 ,    p.  e„
  (5)  O.J.   No . L 238,  23.09.1969 ,    p„  9.
  (6)  O.J.   No . L 266,  24.10.1969 ,    p. 32 .
  < 7> O.J.   No . L 323,  24.12.1969 ,    p. 10.
  (8)  O.J.   No . L   6,  09.01.1970 ,    p.  1.
  (9)  O.J.   No . L  36,  14.02.1970,     p. 29 .
( 10 ) O.J.   No . L 133,  18.06.1970 ,    p. 14 .
( 11 ) O . J. No . L 157 , 18.07.1970 ,    p. 29.
( 12 ) O.J.   No . L 225 , 12.10.1970 ,    p. 24 .
( 13 ) O.J.   No . L 262 , 03.12.1970 ,    p, 18 .
(U)    O.J.   No . L 248,  09.11.1971 ,    p,  7.
( 15 ) 0,J .  No . L 250 , 06.11.1972 ,    p.  1,
( 16 ) O.J.   No . L 301 , 30.10 . 1973 ,  p. 30.
( 17 ) O.J.   No . L 276,  11.10,1974 ,    p„ 37 ,
( 18 ) O.J.   No.  L 247,  23.09.1975 ,    Pe 29„
( 19 ) O.J. No. L 270, 02.10.1976, p . 26,          "
(20) 0.J, Ko , L 197, 04*08*1977, P« 26 .
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas the Member States concerned hav«, with a view to avoiding Interruption
  1n their commercial relations with |? he third countries concerned based on agree­
 ment , requested authorization to prplonj or renew the abo ^mentioned Agreements ;
 Whereas authori zat ion has to be granted only to maintain commercial relations
 between the Member States and the tjnird countries concerned on the basis of
 Agreements, pending their replacement by Community agreements to be negotiated ;
 whereas such authorization should npt , therefore , adversely affect the obligation
incumbent upon the Member States to ,pvoid, and, where appropriate to eliminate , any
 incompatibility between such agreements and the provisions of Community law;
 Whereas the provisions of the instruments to be either prolonged or renewed
 would not , furthermore , during the period under consideration, constitute an
 obstacle to the implementation of the common commercial policy ;
                            i
 Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the prolongation or
 tacit renewal of these Agreements wpuld not constitute an obstacle either to
 the opening of Community negotiations with the third countries concerned or to
 the transfer of the commercial fabric thereof to Community Agreements , nor
 would it , during the period under consideration, hinder the adoption of the
 measures necessary to complete the standardisation of the import arrangements
 applied by the various Member States ;
 Whereas at the conclusion of the consultations     provided for in Article 2 of
 the Decision 69/494/EEC            it was established, as the aforesaid declarations
 by the Member States confirm, that the provisions of the agreements to be
 prolonged or renewed would not , during the period under consideration , constitute
 an obstacle to the Implementation of the common commercial policy ;
 Whereas , in the circumstances, the Agreements concerned may be either prolonged
 or tacitly renewed for a period not exceeding one year,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article 1
                                          -H––R-
                                                             J•
The trade agreements between s-the Member States and thrid countries listed in the
Annex hereto may be prolonged or tacitly renewed until the dates specified
in each case in the eaid Annex *                       . '
                                Article 2
                                  1111 11   1 ■' M –
This Decision 1s addressed to the Member States *
Done at Brussels,                                    FOP the Council ,
                                                      The President ,
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