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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-157/annex/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/157",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the principles, priorities and conditions contained in the Accession Partnership with the Republic of Turkey and repealing Decision 2006/35/EC (2008/157/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-157",
  "path": "annex/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "INTRODUCTION",
  "text": "At its meeting in Luxembourg in December 1997, the European Council decided that the Accession Partnership would be the key feature of the enhanced pre-accession strategy, mobilising all forms of assistance to the candidate countries within a single framework. In this manner, the Community targets its assistance towards the specific needs of each candidate so as to provide support for overcoming particular problems with a view to accession.\nThe first Accession Partnership for Turkey was adopted by the Council in March 2001. In the Commission’s Strategy Paper on enlargement of October 2002, it was stated that the Commission would propose a revised Accession Partnership for Turkey. A revised Accession Partnership was then presented by the Commission in March 2003 and adopted by the Council in May of the same year. In its recommendation of October 2004 the Commission proposed that, with a view to guaranteeing the sustainability and irreversibility of the political reform process, the EU should continue to monitor closely progress of the political reforms. In particular, the Commission proposed the adoption of a revised Accession Partnership in 2005 which was adopted by the Council in January 2006. Following the expected progress in the implementation of the short-term priorities of the Partnerships, it is the practice to update the partnerships every other year. Therefore, the Commission proposes to renew the Accession Partnership.\nTurkey should develop a plan including a timetable and specific measures intended to address the Accession Partnership priorities.\nThe revised Accession Partnership provides the basis for a number of policy/financial instruments which will be used to help Turkey in the preparations for membership. In particular, the revised Accession Partnership will serve as a basis for future political reforms and as a yardstick against which to measure future progress.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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