CELEX: 31976D0386
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-08 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 8 April 1976 authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries

15. 4. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 101 /53
                                                  COUNCIL DECISION
                                                      of 8 April 1976
               authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded
                                      between Member States and third countries
                                                        (76/386/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       whereas the Member States concerned have declared
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     that the extension or tacit renewal of these Agree­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            ments would prevent neither the opening of Commu­
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                nity negotiations with the third countries concerned
                                                                  nor the transfer of the commercial fabric thereof to
 thereof,
                                                                  Community Agreements, nor would it, during the
 Having regard to the Council Decision of 16                      period envisaged, hinder the adoption of the measures
 December 1969 on the progressive standardization of              necessary to complete the standardization of the
agreements concerning commercial relations between                import systems of the Member States ;
Member States and third countries and on the negotia­
tion of Community Agreements (1), and in particular               Whereas, at the conclusion of the consultations
Article 3 thereof,                                                provided for in Article 2 of the Decision of 16
                                                                  December 1969, it was established, as the aforesaid
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               declarations by the Member States confirm, that the
Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the transi­             provisions of the Agreements to be extended or
 tional period has already been authorized in the case            renewed would not, during the period envisaged,
of the Agreements listed in the Annex hereto by the               constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the
 Council in its Decision of 30 June 1969 (2), 15                  common commercial policy ;
September 1969 (3), 20 December 1969 (4), 8 June
                                                                  Whereas, in these circumstances, the Agreements may
 1970 (5), 13 July 1970 (6), 25 May 1971 (7), 6 June
                                                                  be either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited
 1972 (8), 18 June 1973 (9), 17 September 1974 ( 10) and
                                                                  period,
 16 June 1975(H);
Whereas the Member States concerned have requested
authorization to extend or renew these Agreements                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
with a view to avoiding interruption in their commer­
cial relations with the third countries concerned based                                  Article 1
on agreement ;
                                                                  The trade agreements listed in the Annex hereto
Whereas authorization has to be granted only for the              between Member States and third countries may be
 maintenance of trade relations between the Member
                                                                  extended or tacitly renewed up to the dates specified
States and the third countries concerned, based on                in each case in the said Annex.
agreements, pending their replacement by Commu­
nity Agreements to be negotiated ; whereas such                                          Article 2
authorization would not, therefore, in any way modify
the obligation of the Member States to avoid and,                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
where appropriate, eliminate any incompatibility
between such agreements and the provisions of
 Community law ;                                                  Done at Luxembourg, 8 April 1976.
Whereas, furthermore, the provisions of the instru­
                                                                                              For the Council
ments to be either extended or renewed would not,
during the period under consideration, constitute an                                           The President
obstacle to the implementation of the common
commercial policy ;                                                                             G. THORN
0) OJ No L 326, 29. 12. 1969, p. 39 .
I2) OJ No L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 2.
(3) OJ No L 238, 23. 9 . 1969, p. 9 .
(«) OJ No L 6, 9. 1 . 1970, p. 1 .
(5) OJ No L 133, 18 . 6. 1970, p. 14.
(6) OJ No L 157, 18. 7. 1970, p. 29.
(7) OJ No L 122, 4. 6. 1971 , p. 24.
(») OJ No L 133, 10. 6. 1972, p. 61 .
H OJ No L 189, 11 . 7. 1973, p. 45.
( 10) OJ No L 266, 2. 10. 1974, p. 1 .
(») OJ No L 162, 25. 6. 1975, p. 10.
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                     BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE
                                                                                                                       Udløb
       Medlemsstat                 Tredjeland                        Aftalens art og datering
                                                                                                                efter forlængelse
                                                                                                                      Ablauf
       Mitgliedstaat                Drittland                   Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                               nach Verlängerung
      Member State                Third country                    Type and date of agreement                    Extended until
                                                                                                                     Échéance
      État membre                   Pays tiers                      Nature et date de l'accord
                                                                                                               après reconduction
                                                                                                                     Scadenza
      Stato membro                 Paese terzo                      Natura e data dell'accordo
                                                                                                                dopo il rinnovo
                                                                                                                   Vervaldatum
         Lid-Staat                 Derde land                   Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                                  na verlenging
BENELUX                   Israël                       Accord commercial                    29 ,    8 . 1958     31 .    8 . 1977
                          Portugal                     Accord commercial                    24 .    5 . 1961     30 .    9 . 1977
                          Philippines                  Accord commercial                    14 .    3 . 1967      11 . 10 . 1977
IRELAND                   Portugal                     Trade agreement                        6.    2 . 1952     31 . 12. 1977
                          Spain                        Trade agreement                      19 . 12 . 1951        31 . 12. 1977
                          Switzerland                  Trade agreement                      26 . 12 . 1951        31 . 12 . 1977
ITALIA                    Cuba                         Scambio di note                        9.    9 . 1950        8.    9. 1977
                          India                        Accordo commerciale e
                                                       Scambio di lettere
                                                                                              6 . 10 . 1959
                                                                                              7 . 7 . 1964   j 30. 6. 1977
                          Libano                       Accordo commerciale                    4. 11 . 1955        10.     9. 1977
                          Svezia                       Accordo commerciale                  18 . 12 . 1961        31 . 10 . 1977
                          Svizzera                     Accordo commerciale                  21 . 10 . 1950        31 . 10 . 1977
                          Yemen                        Protocollo        addizionale
                                                       (al trattato d'amicizia e
                                                       di relazioni economiche
                                                       del 4 . 9 . 1937)                       5 . 10 . 1959      31 . 12 . 1977
DANMARK                   Cameroun                      Handelsaftale                         8 . 10 . 1962         7 . 10 . 1977
DEUTSCHLAND                Ekuador                      Handelsabkommen                       1 . 8 . 1 953        15. 10 . 1977
                          Kolumbien                     Handelsabkommen                        9 . 11 . 1957       10 . 11 . 1977
UEBL                      Mexique                       Accord commercial                    11 .    9 1950       11 .    9 . 1977
UNITED KINGDOM             Haiti                        Exchange of letters for
                                                        the establishment of a
                                                        commercial ' Modus vi­
                                                        vendi '                              25 .    2 1928       31 . 12 . 1 977
                           Iceland                      Agreement       relating      to
                                                        trade     and      commerce
                                                        (with Protocol )                     19      5 1933       31 . 12 . 1977
                           Norway                       Trade agreement                      15 12 1950            31 . 12 . 1977