CELEX: 31976D0803
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 4 October 1976 authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between Member States and third countries

No L 283/ 22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  14. 10 . 76
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                                                          COUNCIL
                                                       COUNCIL DECISION
                                                         of 4 October 1976
              authorizing extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded
                                           between Member States and third countries
                                                             (76/803 / EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                             October 1971 (> 4), 18 October 1972 ( 15), 28 April
COMMUNITIES,                                                             1973 ( u), 6 December 1 973 ( 17), 9 December 1974 ( 18)
                                                                        and 7 October 1975 ( 19);
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,                                                                Whereas the Member States concerned have requested
                                                                        authorization to extend or renew these agreements
Having regard to the Council Decision of 16                             with a view to avoiding interruption in their commer­
December 1969 on the progressive standardization of                     cial relations with the third countries concerned based
agreements concerning commercial relations between                      on agreement ;
Member States and third countries and on the negotia­
tion of Community Agreements ('), and in particular
Article 3 thereof,
                                                                        Whereas authorization -has to be granted only for the
                                                                        maintenance of trade relations between the Member
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                     States and the third countries concerned, based on
Whereas extension or tacit renewal beyond the end of                    agreements, pending their replacement by Commu­
the transitional period has already been authorized in                  nity Agreements to be negotiated ; whereas such
the case of the agreements and protocols listed in the                  authorization would not, therefore, in any way modify
Annex hereto by the Council under its Decisions of                      the obligation of the Member States to avoid and,
28 January 1 969 (2), 26 June 1969 (3), 30 June                         where appropriate, eliminate any incompatibility
 1969 (4), 15 September 1969 (5), 17 October 1969 (fe), 8               between such agreements and the provisions of
December 1969 (7), 20 December 1 969 (8), 6 February                    Community law ;
 1 970 (9), 8 June 1 970 ( ,0), 13 July 1970 ( n ), 29
September 1970 ( 12), 23 November 1970 ( 13 ), 25
                                                                        Whereas furthermore, the provisions of the instru­
(') OJ No L 326, 29 . 12. 1969 , p . 39 .                               ments to be either extended or renewed should not,
(2 ) OJ No L 43 , 20 . 2 . 1969, p. 15.                                 during the period under consideration , constitute an
(} ) OJ No L 159, 1 . 7 . 1969 , p . 20 .                               obstacle to the implementation of the common
(4 ) OJ No L 169, 10 . 7. 1969, p. 2.                                   commercial policy ;
(5 ) OJ No L 238 , 23 . 9 . 1969 , p . 9 .
0) OJ No L 266, 24. 10 . 1969 , p . 32.
( 7) OJ No L 323, 24. 12. 1969, p. 10 .                                 ( 14) OJ No L 248 , 9 . 11 . 1971 , p. 7 .
(8) OJ No L 6, 9 . 1 . 1970, p . 1 .                                    ( 15) OJ No L 250, 6. 11 . 1972, p. 1 .
(9) OJ No L 36, 14 . 2. 1970 , p . 29 .                                 ('<•) OJ No L 124, 10 . 5 . 1973, p. 20, and, No L 220, 8 . 8 .
( i°) OJ No L 133 , 18 . 6 . 1970, p . 14 .                                   1973 , p . 25 .
(") OJ No L 1 57, 18 . 7 . 1970, p. 29 .                                ( 17) OJ No L 30, 4. 2. 1974, p. 1 .
( I2) OJ No L 225, 12 . 10 . 1970 , p . 24.                             ( 18) OJ No L 352, 28 . 12. 1974, p. 37.
  13 OJ No L 262, 3 . 12 . 1970, p . 18 .                               ( 19) OJ No-L 265, 14. 10 . 1975, p. 19 .
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Whereas the Member States concerned have declared            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
that the extension or tacit renewal of these agreements
would prevent neither the opening of Community                                     Article 1
negotiations with the third countries concerned nor
the   transfer of the   commercial    fabric  thereof  to
                                                            The trade agreements and protocols listed in the
Community Agreements, nor would it, during the              Annex hereto between Member States and third coun­
period envisaged, hinder the adoption of the measures       tries may be extended or tacitly renewed up to the
necessary to complete the standardization of the            dates specified in each case in the said Annex.
import systems of the Member States ;
Whereas, at the conclusion of the consultations                                    Article 2
provided for in Article 2 of the Council Decision of
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 16 December 1969 , it was established , as the aforesaid
declarations by the Member States confirm , that the
provisions of the agreements to be extended or
renewed would not, during the period envisaged,              Done at Luxembourg, 4 October 1976.
constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the
common commercial policy ;                                                               For the Council
Whereas, in these circumstances, the agreements may                                        The President
be either extended or tacitly renewed for a limited
period,                                                                            A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE
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                             BILAG — ANHANG — ANNEX — ANNEXE — ALLEGATO — BIJLAGE
                                                                                                                                    Udløb efter
         Medlemsstat                    Tredjeland                                    Aftalens art og datering
                                                                                                                                     forlængelse
                                                                                                                                    Ablauf nach
         Mitgliedstaat                   Drittland                               Art und Datum des Abkommens
                                                                                                                                   Verlängerung
                                                                                                                                      Extended
        Member State                   Third country                               Type and date of agreement                            until
        État membre                      Pays tiers                                  Nature et date de I accord                   Echéance après
                                                                                                                                   reconduction
        Stato membro                    Paese terzo                                  Natura e data dell accordo                   Scadenza dopo
                                                                                                                                       il rinnovo
                                                                                                                                  Vervaldatum na
           Lid-Staat                    Derde land                               Aard en datum van het akkoord
                                                                                                                                     verlenging
BENELUX                       Autriche                         Accord    commercial                             29 .    6 . 1 957  31 . 3 . 1978
                              Espagne                          Accord    commercial                               2.    6 . 1960    14 . 4 . 1978
                              Norvège                          Accord    commercial                             28 .    5.1957    30 . 4 . 1 978
                              Suéde                            Accord    commercial                             27 .    4 . 1957  28 .     2 . 1978
                              Suisse                           Accord    commercial                             21 .    6 . 1957
                                                                                                                                  31 .     3 . 1978
                                                               et échange de notes                                5.    5 . 1961
                              Tunisie                          Accord commercial                                  1.    8.1958    31 .     3 . 1978
DANMARK                       Island                           Vareudvekslingsaftale                              4 . 6 . 1948    31 . 12 . 19 77
                              Norge                            Vareudvekslingsoverenskomst                      30 . 3 . 1946
                                                                                                                                   31 . 12 . 1977
                                                               og tillægsprotokol hertil                          2 . 8.1966
                              Schweiz                          Vareudvekslingsaftale                            15 .    9 . 1951  31 . 12 . 1977
                              Sverige                          Vareudvekslingsoverenskomst                      11 .    3 . 1948  31 .      1 . 1978
DEUTSCHLAND                   Indonesien                        Handelsabkommen vom                             22 .    4 . 1953  31 .     3 . 1978
                              Spanien                           Handelsabkommen vom                             20 .    6 . 1960  30 .     4 . 1978
                              Südkorea                          Handelsabkommen vom                               8.    4 . 1965     5.    4 . 1978
FRANCE                        Afrique du Sud (')                Échange de lettres                              18 .    4 . 1964  31 . 12 . 1977
                              Corée du Sud                      Échange de lettres                               12 . 3 . 1963     31 . 3 . 1978
                              Inde (')                         Accord commercial et échange
                                                                de lettres                                      19 . 10 . 1959    31 . 12 . 1977
                              Irak                              Accord commercial                               25 .    9 . 1967  25 .     3 . 1978
                              Liban                             Accord commercial                               25 .    3 . 1955   10 . 4 . 1978
IRELAND                       Austria                          Trade Agreement concluded
                                                                by exchange of notes                              6 . 10 . 1950   31 . 12 . 1977
                              Finland                          Trade Agreement                                    1.    6 . 1951  31 . 12. 1977
                              Iceland                          Trade Agreement                                    2 . 12 . 1950   31 . 12 . 1977
                              Sweden                           Trade Agreement                                  25 .    6 . 1949  31 . 12 . 1977
ITALIA                        Corea del Sud                     Accordo commerciale                               9.    3.1965       8.     3 . 1978
                              El Salvador                       Accordo commerciale                             30 .    3 . 1953
                                                                                                                                  31 .     3 . 1978
                                                                protocollo addizionale                          21 .  12 . 1955
                              Indonesia                         Accordo commerciale                             23 .    3 . 1951  31 .      3 . 1978
                              Iran                                                                              29 .    1.1958
                                                                Scambio di note                                                      9.     2 . 1978
                                                                                                                23 .    3.1961
                              Israele                           Accordo commerciale                               5.    3.1954
                                                                scambio di lettere                                5.    1.1956
                                                                                                                21 .  10 . 1956
                                                                                                                                  31 .      3 . 1978
                                                                processi verbali                                 11 .   2 . 1964
                              Iugoslavia                        Accordo commerciale                               1.    7. 1967
                                                                protocollo e scambio                                              31 . 12 . 1977
                                                                di note successivo                              30 .    4 . 1969
                              Norvegia                          Accordo commerciale                             20 .    5 . 1953
                                                                protocollo                                      31 .    8.1959     31 .     3 . 1978
                                                                scambio di note                                   10 . 5 . 1962
                              Repubblica
                              dominicana                        Accordo commerciale                               18 . 2 . 1954    11 .     3 . 1978
NEDERLAND                     Finland                           Handelsakkoord                                    8 . 1 2 . 1 956  31 .     3 . 1978
(') Prorogation par échange de notes .