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DECISION No … OF THE EU-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of …

amending Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 on the trade regime for agricultural products

THE EU-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey^f1,

Having regard to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey^f2, and in particular Article 35 thereof,

Whereas,

(1)

Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council^f3 establishes the preferential regime applicable to trade in agricultural products between the Union and Turkey. Protocol 2 to that Decision contains details of the preferential regime applicable to the importation into Turkey of agricultural products originating in the Union, including a preferential regime for the importation of frozen bovine meat.

(2)

The Union and Turkey have held consultations and have agreed to amend the preferential regime applicable to the importation into Turkey of bovine meat originating in the Union, and to extend the scope of the existing tariff quota, set out in the Annex to Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98, to fresh and chilled bovine meat.

(3)

Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Done at …,

For the EU-Turkey Association Council

The President

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ EU L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 29.
f2: OJ EU L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 60.
f3: Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 25 February 1998 on the trade regime for agricultural products (98/223/EC) (OJ EU L 86, 20.3.1998, p. 1).