CELEX: 31973D0181
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 18 June 1973 authorizing the tacit extension of certain trade agreements concluded between the Member States and third countries

11.7. 73                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 189/45
                                                        COUNCIL DECISION
                                                            of 18 June 1973
               authorizing the tacit extension of certain trade agreements concluded between the
                                                   Member States and third countries
                                                             (73 / 181 /EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                              Whereas the Member States concerned have declared
COMMUNITIES,                                                             that extension of these Agreements would not
                                                                         constitute an obstacle to the opening of Community
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                             negotiations with the third countries concerned and
European Economic Community, and in particular                           that they are willing to have commercial matters
Article 113 thereof;                                                     covered by their current bilateral agreements covered
                                                                         instead by such Community agreements as may be
Having regard to the Council Decision of 16                              negotiated ;
December 1969 (*) on the progressive standardization
of agreements concerning commercial relations                            Whereas, at the conclusion of the consultations
between Member States and third countries and on                         provided for in Article 2 of the Council Decision of
the negotiation of Community agreements, and in                          16 December 1969 , it was established, as the
particular Article 3 thereof;                                            aforesaid declarations by the Member States confirm ,
                                                                         that the provisions of the instruments to be extended
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ;                      would not, during the period of extension envisaged,
                                                                         constitute an obstacle to implementation of the
Whereas tacit extension beyond the end of the                            common commercial policy;
transitional period has already been authorized in the                   Whereas in these circumstances the Agreements
case of the Agreements listed in the Annex hereto by                     covered may be tacitly extended for a specified
the Council under its Decisions of 30 June 1969 (2),                     period,
15 September 1969 (3), 20 December 1969 (4), 8 June
1970 (5), 13 July 1970 (6), 25 May 1971 (7) and 6 June                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
1972 (8);
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas      the     Member           States   concerned   have
requested that, with a view to avoiding interruption                     The trade agreements between Member States and
in their commercial relations with the third countries                   third countries listed in the Annex hereto may be
concerned based on agreement and pending                                 extended up to the date specified in each case in the
finalization of the programme for Community                              said Annex.
negotiations currently being studied — which aims at
the gradual replacement of Member States'                                                       Article 2
agreements by Community agreements —, thus be
authorized       to       extend         the    abovementioned           This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Agreements ;
                                                                         Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
Whereas authorization has to be granted for the
extension of trade agreements with third countries                                                         For the Council
beyond the transitional period, but without affecting
                                                                                                            The President
the other obligations incumbent upon the Member
States concerned under Community law ;                                                                       A. LAVENS
(i ) OJ No L  326,  29. 12 . 1969, p . 39 .
 2)  OJ No L  169,  10. 7. 1969, p. 2.
 3)  OJ No L  238,  23 . 9 . 1969, p . 9 .
 4)  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 .
 8)  OJ No L  133 , 10. 6. 1972, p . 61 .
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                                                      ANNEX
                                                                                                               Extended
    Member State         Third Country                          Type and Date of Agreement                        until
BENELUX           Israel                        Trade Agreement                             29 . 8 . 1958      31 . 8 . 1974
                  Portugal                      Trade Agreement                             24 . 5 . 1961      30 . 9 . 1974
BLEU             Mexico                         T rade Agreement                             11 . 9 . 1950     11 . 9 . 1974
                  Uruguay                      Trade Agreement                               14 . 6. 1946     31 . 12 . 1974
DENMARK          Cameroun                      Trade Agreement                               8 . 10 . 1962     7. 10 . 1974
GERMANY          Colombia                      Trade Agreement                              9 . 11 . 1957     10 . 11 . 1974
                 Ecuador                       Trade Agreement                                 1 . 8 . 1953   15 . 10. 1974
                 Uruguay                       Trade Agreement                              18 . 4 . 1953     10 . 10 . 1974
IRELAND          Bulgaria                      Trade Agreement                              23 . 4 . 1970      30 . 6. 1974
                 Portugal                      Trade Agreement                                6. 2 . 1952     31 . 12 . 1974
                 Spain                         Trade Agreement                             19 . 12 . 1951     31 . 12 . 1974
                 Switzerland                   Trade Agreement                             26 . 12 . 1951     31 . 12 . 1974
ITALY            Cuba                          Exchange of notes                              9 . 9 . 1950       9 . 9 . 1974
                 India                         Trade Agreement
                                               Exchange of letters
                                                                                            6. 10 . 1959
                                                                                              7. 7. 1964    } 30. 6. 1974
                 Lebanon                       Trade Agreement                              4 . 11 . 1 955     10. 9 . 1974
                 Sweden                        Trade Agreement                             18 . 12 . 1961     31 . 10. 1974
                 Switzerland                   Trade Agreement                             21 . 10. 1950      31 . 10 . 1974
                 Yemen                         Additional Protocol (to the Treaty of
                                               Friendship and Economic relations
                                               of 4 . 9 . 1937)                             5 . 10 . 1959     31 . 12 . 1974
UNITED           Argentine                     Agreement relating to Trade and
KINGDOM                                        Commerce and successively exchange of
                                               notes                                        1 . 12 . 1936    31 . 12 . 1974
                 Haiti                         Exchange of notes for the establishment
                                               of a commercial 'Modus Vivendi'              25 . 2 . 1928    31 . 12 . 1974
                 Iceland                       Agreement relating to Trade and
                                               Commerce (with protocol)                     19 . 5 . 1933    31 . 12 . 1974
                 Norway                        Trade Agreement                             15 . 12 . 1950    31 . 12 . 1974
                 Poland                        Agreement on Trade and Commerce and
                                               successively exchange of notes               27. 2 . 1935     31 . 12 . 1974
                 Tunisia                       Trade Agreement and successively
                                               exchange of notes                            17. 1 . 1961     31 . 10. 1974