Proposal for a Council Decision authorizing the extension or automatic renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between Member States and Third Countries. COM (79) 450 final, 6 September 1979

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PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION

AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OR AUTOIIATIC RENE}'AL

OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEI'IENTS COilCLUDED

BETIIEEN iIEI.IBER STATES AND THIRD COUNTRIES

a

(submitted

_to

_the

_CounciL_by

_the

_{Cornrnission)}

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(3)

a

EXPLANATORY iIEMORANDUII

1. In

implementation

of

Articte

3 of

the

Council. Decision

of

16 December

1969

(1)

on

the

progressive

standardization

of

agreements concerning commerciaI

retations

between ltlember States and

third

countries

and on

negotiation

of

Community agreements,

the

Comnission proposes

to

the

Counci t

that

the

Flember

States

shou[d be

authorized

to

extend,

expressty

or

taeitty,

the trade

agreements annexed

to

the

attached proposaI

for

a

Councit

decision.

The agreements

in

question

constitute

the

fourth batch

for

1979 and expire

or

are

due

to

be terminated between

1

November 1979 and 31 January 19E0.

The

prior

consultation specified

in

Articte

2 of this

Decision ras executed

by

rritten

procedure. The outcome uas

the

recognition

on 12 JuLy

1979

that

the

conditions

under which

the

agreements coutd be extended

for

a

further

year

had been

futfit[ed.

'

?.

The Commission considers

it

appropriate

to

point

out,

moreover,

that

the proposatsfor authorizing the

ltember States

to

rener

or

extend,

expressty

or

tecitty,

certain

agreements

in this

batch

for

a further

one-year

period are by

no meaRs

indicat{ve

of

any

position.it

mtght adopt next

time

theEe agreements come up

for

penerat.

t

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Proposat

for

a

COUT{CIL DECISION

authorizing

_-

t[e

extension

or

automatic

reneral

of

certain

trade

agreements concLuded between llembei.

States

ana

ifrird

countrles

THE COUI{CIL OF THE EUROPEA}I COT,IIIUNITIES,

Having regard

to

the

Treaty

estabtishing the

European Econonic Community,

and

in

particutar

Articl.e

113

thereof,

Having regard

to

CounciL Decision 69/494IEEC

of

16 December 1969 on

the

progressive standardization

of

agreorents concerning cormerciaI

retations

betueen ileerber

States

and

third

countries

and on

the

negotiation

1

of

Comnurnity a,greements

r'\.

and

in

particular

Artic[e

3 thereof,

Having regard

to

the

proposaI from

the

Commission;

tlhereas extension

or

automatic nenewaI beyond

the

end

of

the transitionaI

period

has atready been

authorized

in

the

case

of

the

a.greements and

protocots Listed

in

the

Annex,

in

the

Last

instance

by

Council. Decision 78I785/EEC2.

Hhereas

the

ilember States .concerned _{have requested}

_{authorization}

_to

_extend

or

renev

such

agreements

xith

a

vier

to

avoiding

interruption

of

their

commerciaI

retations,

based on agneements,

uith

the

third

countries

concerned;

l{hereas

authorization

has

to

be granted

on[y

for

the

maintenance

of

trade

retations,

based on agreements, betreen

the

Member

States

and

the

third

countries

I

concerned pending

their

reptacement

by

Community agreements

to

be negotiated,

and xhereas such

authorization

shouLd

not,

therefore,

in

any ray

affect

the

obLigation

of

the

llember

States

to

evoid and, rhere appropriate,

to

:

etiminaterany incompatibiLity

betneen such agreenents and

the

provisions

,

of

Community Lar;

(1)

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L

526,

29.12.1969,

p.

39.

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l{hcreasrfurthcrmorc,

the

provlc'lons

_of

_the

agreGments

to

bc

extended

or

renered shoutd

not,

during

the

extension period

constitute

an

obstacte

to

the

imptementation

of

_the

common

poticy;

under consideration,

commerci a t

tlhereas

the

ltlember

States

concerned have dectared

that

the

cxtension

or

automatic

reneraI

of

such agreements wouId

prevent

neither the

opening

of

Community

negotiations

vith

the

third

countries

concerned

nor

the

transfer

of

the

commerciaL

fieLds

covered

therein

to

Community agreements, nor

voutd

it,

during

the

extension

period

envisaged,

hinder

the

adoption

of

the

measures

necessary

to

comptete

the

standardization

of

the

import

systems

of

the

l{ember States;

Uhereas,

at

the

conclusion

of

the

consuttations

provided

_{for in}

_Articte

2

of

Decision 691494lEEe,

it

uas

estabIished,

as

the

aforesaid

declarations

by

the

ilember

States

confl,rm,

that

the

provisions

_of

the

agreements

to

be

extended

or

reneHed uou[d

riot,

during

the

extcnsion

period

envisaged,

constitute

an

obstacte

to

the

imptementation

of

the

common commerciat poLicyi

I'lhereas,

in

these

ci:'cunstances,

the

agrccncnts roay be cxtended or

.

reneued automaticaLLy

for

a

Llmited period,

I

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Articte

1

The

trade

a3reements and

protocots

[isted

in

the

Annex

hereto

betreen t{ember

States and

third

countries

may be extended

or

renered automaticaLty up

tb

the

dates

specifiid

in

each

case-ln

the

said

Annex.

Articte

2

This

Decislon

is

addressed

to

the

f,enber States.

Done

at,

_For

_the

_Counci

_t

The Presldcnt

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