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THE EU-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products^f1, and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Having regard to Protocol 3 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation,

Whereas:

Article 4 of Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products refers to Protocol 3 to that Decision (‘Protocol 3’) which lays down the rules of origin and provides for cumulation of origin between the Union, Turkey and other Contracting Parties to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin^f2 (‘the Convention’).

Article 39 of Protocol 3 provides that the Association Council may decide to amend the provisions of that Protocol.

The Convention aims to replace the protocols on rules of origin currently in force among the countries of the pan-Euro-Mediterranean area with a single legal act.

The Union and Turkey signed the Convention on 15 June 2011 and 4 November 2011 respectively.

The Union and Turkey deposited their instruments of acceptance with the depositary of the Convention on 26 March 2012 and 4 December 2013 respectively. Consequently, in application of Article 10(3) of the Convention, the Convention entered into force in relation to the Union and Turkey on 1 May 2012 and on 1 February 2014 respectively.

The Convention has included the participants in the Stabilisation and Association Process in the pan-Euro-Mediterranean zone of cumulation of origin.

Protocol 3 should therefore be replaced by a new protocol making reference to the Convention,

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