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Proposal for a couvcru oBcrsror (rmc)

authorizing prolongation or taoit rener,ral of certain trad,e agreenonts ooncluded. between the lt[enber States and. third. oountries

(subnttted. to the Corncll by the Copnission)

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E(PLJINATORT MEMR.IIIDUII

In fn tnplementatlon of Article 3 of thc Councll Deciglon of 16 December 1959 (1) on the progresolve atandardizatlon of .agreements concernlng corooercial relationg betveen Menbar Statee and third countrles and on negotiation of Couuunity agreementa, the Coraniseion proposee to the Council that the Meaber Statee should be authorized to ertend, a:rpreesly or tacitly, tbe tra.d,e agreenents annerad to tbe attached proposal for a Council decision. Tho a4reeoenta ln queetion oongtltute the thtrd, batch for 19?8 and. explre or due to be terulnated betveen r Augrrst and 3r ootober 19?8.

The prior coneultetlon epeclflcd. ln Artlole 2 of thig DeciEion was erecuted. \r rrltten proceduro. The outpone wes the recognltion on 15 lr,ay lgTB that tho Fedsral Republio of Gerua4r hts denoruried tts a4reernent of 2o.12.1950 wlth [omay and lta a€reemant of 02.]e"1.954 witb Sultzerland,, and, that the cond,itione under rrhicb the otber agreaaurte csuld, be extended for a flrrther year bad boen f\rlftl1c

2. The coEElealon considers lt app;oplate to point out, noreover, that thc proposalg for authorlzing the Meabgr StEtee to renew or ertend,, erpreae\r or tacit\r, cartaln agreementa ln thlg batoh for e firrther one-yoar period are by Eo Boano lad,lcet!,vc of argr poclsloa lt nlght adopt nsrl tlqe these agreenots oooo trp for ttaetnlo

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.1, Proposal for a COUNCIL I'.!ECISION authorizing:' prolongation or ta~it renewal of certain trade' agreements ~t:onc:luded betwe~n the M~mbet' States and third ~ountries I

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES(

Having regard to the Treaty establ ishin~ the European Eco•,omic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof; ,.

Having regard to the Council Decision 69/494/EEC of 16 (1) on the progressive standardization of agreements concerning commercial relations between Member States and third countries and on the negotia~ions of Community Agreements, and in particular Article 3 thereof, ·

Having regard to the proposal from theCommission, I

Whereas tac~t extension beyond the end of the transitional.. period has already been authorized in the case of the Agr~ements listed in the Annex hereto by the Council under its Decisions of 28 ~anuary 1969 <2>, 26 <3>, 30 June 1969 <4>, 15 (5), 17 Oc~ober 1969 (6), 8 December 1969 <7>,

~ 20 December 1969 (8), 6 ~9), 8 <10>, 13 (11), 29 September 1970 <12), 23 November 1970 (13>, 25 (14), 18 October \ 1972 (15>, 22 (16>, 2 Oct9ber 1974 (17), 16 <18) and 20 September 1976 (19), a:nd 18 Juq 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) OeJe No. L 159, 01.07.1969, p. 20. (4) O.J. No. L 169, 10.07.1969, p. 2 .. (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, (9) p. 1. O.J. No .. L 36, 14 .. 02.1970, p • 29 .. • (10) O.J .. No .. L 133, 18.06 .. 1970, p. 14. ( 1 1) OoJ• No. L 157, 18.07o1970, Oe 29. (12) O.J .. No. L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 24 .. ( 13) O.J. No. L 262, 03.12.1970, P- 18., (14) O.J. No. L 248, 09.11.1971, P• 7. (15) O.J .. No. L 250, 06.11.1972, o. 1. (16) O.J. No. L 301~ 30~10.1973, p. 30. (, 7) O.,J .. No .. L 276, 11.10~1974, o .. 37" (18) O.J. No. L 247, 23.09.197SF p. 29., (19) O.J .. No~ L 270, 02.~0a1976, p., 26, (20) O.J. No. L 197, 04.~8ol977, p~ 26.

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Hhereas the tntember States concerned havp, r{th c vlev to avoiding {nterruption {n the'lr cornmerciat retatlons uith 5he'third countriss ta,lcerned based on agree- ment, reque.rted euthor{zatton to prptong or t"enev the abovementioned Agreenents;

t/hereas authorization has to be granted onty to maintain commerciat rei.ations betyeen the &lember States and the third countries concerned on the basis of Agreements, pending their reptacernent by Communi-ty agreements to be negotiated; yhereas such authorization shouLd npt, therefore, adversety affect the obtigation incurnbent upon the Hember States to,pvoid, and, uhere appropriate to et'iminate, anY incompatibiLity betveen such agreemFnts and the provisions of Community [au;

'r,Jhereas the prorrisions of the {nstruments to be either prolonged or reneved vouId not, furthermore, during the perigd under consideration, constitute an obstacte to the imptenrentation of the conmon commercial, pol"icy;

Uhereas the Member States concerned have dectared that the protongation or tacit renevat of these ejreements uputd not constitute an obstacte either to the openlng of Community negotlatiops vith the third countries csncerned or to the transfer of the commJ'rciat fabric thereof to"Community Agreements, nor vou[d it, during theperlodunder co6rsfderat{on, hinder the adoption of the Deasures necessary to comptetc the standard{setlon of the {rport arrangements apptied by thc various tlenber State,B;

Uhereas at the conctusion of the consuttations provided for in Articte ? of the Doci sion 69/494/Wc it uas estabtlshed, as the aforesaid dectarations by the l'lember States conflrm, that the provisione of the agreenents to be protonged or reneved vouid not, during the perio,l under considerat.ion, constitute an obstactq to thc lr*ptehentation of the common commerclaL poticy;

.: tlhereas, in the clrcumstances, the fgreements concerned may be either protonged or tacitty rcneucd for a pcrlod not arceeding one yea?,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISIOI{ :

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Th{s Dec{s.lon lr sddfGssed to tlre }tenbqi statGs.

OonG at Brusscts, Fon the Counclt, The President,

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