CELEX: 51975PC0414
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION authorizing prolongation 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 (75) 414
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         COM(75)414 final
                                                         Brussels , 25 July 1975
                                  PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
              authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain
      trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COM(75) 414 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
          authorizing prolongation or tacit renewal of certain
          trade agreements concluded between Member States and
                               third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Commu­
nity , and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the Council Decision of 16 December 1969 ( l ) cn the
progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial rela­
tions between Member States and third countries and on the negotiation
of Community Agreements , and in particular Article 3 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
( 1 ) OJ No L 326 , 29.12.1969 , p. 39
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Whereas prolongation or tacit renewal beyond , the end of the transi­
tional period has already been authorized in the case of the Agree­
ments listed in the Annex hereto by the Council under its Decisions
of 28 January 1969 ( 1 ), 26 June 1969 ( 2 ), 30 June 1969 ( 3 ), 15 Sep­
tember 1969 ( 4), 17 October 1969 ( 5), 8 December. 1969 ( 6 ), 20 Decem­
ber 1969 ( 7 ), 6 February 1970 ( 8 ), 8s June 1970 ( 9 ), 13 July 1970 ( 10)
29 September 1970 ( 11 ), 23 November 1970 ( 12 ), 25 October 1971 ( 13 ),
18 October 1972 ( 1*0 , 28 April 1973 ( 15 ), 6 December 1973 ( 16 ) and
9 December 1974 ( 17 ) >
Whereas the Member States concerned have , with a view to avoiding
interruption in their commercial relatione with the third countries
concerned based on agreement , requested authorization to prolong or
renew the abovementioned Agreements ;
(1)   OJ No L   43 , 20 . 2.1969 , p.  15
( 2)  OJ No L  159 ,  1 . 7.1969 , p.  20
(3)   OJ No L  169 , 10 . 7.1969 , p.  2
( 4)  OJ No L  238   23 . 9.1969 , p.  9
(5)   OJ No L  266 , 24.10.1969 ,  p.  32
(6)   OJ No L  323 , 2^.12.1969 ,  p.  10
( 7 ) OJ No L    6,   9 . 1.1970 , p. 1
( 8 ) OJ No L   36 , 14 . 2.1970,  p.  29
( 9 ) OJ No L  133 , 18 . 6.1970 , p.  14
( 10)0J  No L  157 , 18 . 7.1970 , p.  29
( 11)0J  No L. 225 , 12.10.1970 ,  p.  24
( 12)0J  No L  262 ,  3.12.1970 ,  p.  18
( 13)0J  No L  248 ,  9.11.1971 ,  p.  7
( 14)0J  No L  250 ,  6.11.1972 ,  p.  1
( 15)0J No L 124 , 10 . 5.1973 , p . 20
     and No L 220 ,   8 . 8.1973 , p . 25
( 16)0J No L 30 ,     4 . 2.1974 , p. 1
( 17)0J No L 352 , 28.12.1974 , p. 37
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whereas authorization has to be granted only for the maintenance of
trade relations between the Member States and the third countries
concerned , based on agi'eements , pending their replacement by Commu­
nity 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 to eliminate , any incompatibility
between such agreements and the provisions of Community law j
Whereas furthermore , the provisions of the instruments to be either
prolonged or renewed should not , during the period under considera­
tion , constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the common
commercial policy ;
Whereas the Member States concerned have declared that the prolonga­
tion or tacit renewal of these Agreements would prevent neither the
opening of Community negotiations with the third countries concerned
nor the transfer of the commercial fabric thereof to Community Agree­
ments , nor would it , during the period envisaged , hinder the adoption
of the measures necessary to complete the standardization of the
import systems of the Member States ;
Whereas , at the conclusion of the consultations provided for in Arti­
cle 2 of the Council Decision of 16 December 19&9i it was established ,
as the aforesaid declarations by the Member States confirm , that the
provisions of the Agreements listed in the Annex to be prolonged 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 concerned may be
either prolonged or tacitly renewed for a period not exceeding a year ,
                                                                    /
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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 in the seid Annex .
                             Article 2
        This Decision is addressed to the Member States *
Done at Brussels ,
                                       For the Council
                                        The President
 ---pagebreak---     BILAG     ANHANG    - ANNEX   -  ANNEXE   -  ALLEGATO    -  BIJLAGE
Medlemsstat    Tredjeland       Aftalens art og datering        Udlob efter
                                                                 forlaengelse
Mitgliedstaat Drittland         Art und Datum des Abkommens     Ablauf nach
                                                                Verlängerung
Member State  Third country     Type and date of agreement      Extended
                                                                      until
Etat membre   Pays tiers        Nature et date de l' accord     Echéance
                                                                après
                                                                reconduction
Stato membro  Paese terzo       Natura e data dell' accordo     Scadenza dopo
                                                                il rinnovo
Lid-Staat     Derde land        Aard en datum van het           Vervaldatum
                                akkoord                                na
                                                                verlenging
BENELUX       Autriche          Accord commercial du 29 » 6.1957      31 . 3.19Γ7
              Espagne           Accord commercial du   2 . 6.1960     14 . k.1977
              Norvège           Accord commercial du 28 . 5.1957 30. 4 .,1977
              Suède             Accord commercial du 27 . 4.1957      28 . 2.1977
              Suisse            Accord commercial du 21 . 6.1957
                                                                      31 . 3.1977
                            et échange de notes        5 . 5.1961
              Tunisie           Accord commercial du   1.   8.1958 31 . 3.1977
DANMARK       Island            Vareudvekslingsaftale 4 . 6.1948 31.12.1976
              Norge             Vareudvekslingsover-                ,
                                enskomst              30. 3.1946 1
                                og tillaegeprotokol                 331 . 12 . 197b
                               hertil                  2 . 8.1966 )
              Schweiz           Vareudvekslingsaftale 15.9.1951 31-12.1976
              fîverige          Vareudvekslings-                    )
                                overenskomst           11 . 3.1948 531 . 1.197?
DEUTSCHLAND   Indonesien        Handel sabkommen vom  22 . 4.1953     31 « 3^ 977
              Spanien           Handelsabkommen vom 20 . 6.1960 30 . 4.1977
              Siidkorea        Handelsabkommen vom     8 . 4.1965      T « 4.1977
 ---pagebreak---                                              - 2 -
     BILAG , -   ANHANG     -   ANNEX      -    ANNEXE         ALLEGATO      -  BIJLAGE
                                  Cl )
FRANCE . . Afrique du Sud              Echange de lettres        18 . 4 . 1964 31.12.1976
          ;    Corée du Sud            Echange de lettres        12 . 3.1963      31 . 3.1977
               Inde ( 1 )     . -      Accord commercial et
                                                                 19.10.1959       31.12.1976
                                       échange de lettres
               Irak                    Accord commercial         25 . 9.1967 25 . 3.1977
               Liban - -               Accord commercial -   -   25 . 3.1955 10 . 4.1977
IRELAND       Austria                  Trade agreement
                                       concluded by                6 . 1Ô."195Ô 3i.i2.i976
                                       echange of notes
              Finland                  Trade agreement            "1 . 6.1951 3i.i2.i976
               Iceland                 Trade agreement             2.12.1950 31.12.1976
              Sweden                   Trade agreement           25 . 6.1949 31.12.1976
ITALIA        Corea del Sud            Accordo commerciale         9 . 3.1965      8 . 3.1977
              El Salvador              Accordo commerciale
                                       Accordo   commerciale     30.. 3.1953
                                                                 30     3.1953  3-z, , -. 077
                                       protocollò addizionale 21.12.1955 )
              Indonesia                Accordo commerciale       23 . 3.1951 31 - 3.1977
              Iran :      ?            Scambio di note
                                       e
                                                                 29.. 1.1958
                                                                 23     3.1961 )) 9 * 2.1977
              Israele                  Accordo commerciale         5 . 3.1954 ;
                                       scambio di lettere          5 » 1.1956 1
                                                                 21.10.1956 ,
                                                                                       - 1977
                                                                                     * Z.
                                       processi verbali
                                       e                         11 . 2.1964 }
              Iugoslavia               Accordo commerciale         1 . 7.1967
                                       protocollo e scambio
                                                                                1
                                                                                  31.12.1976
            t
                                                                 30 . 4.1969 :
                                       di note successivo
              Norvegia                 Accordo commerciale       20 . 5.1953 ;
                                       protocollo                31 . 3.1959 ; 31 . 3.1977
                                       scambio di note           10 . 5.1962 :
              Repubblica               Accordo commerciale       18 . 2.1954 11 . 3-1977
              dominicana
NEDERLAND     Finland                  Handelsakkoord              8.12.1956 31 . 3.1977
( 1 ) Prorogation par échange de notes