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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2423/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/2423",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/2423 of 11 December 2017 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EU-Turkey Association Council as regards the amendment of Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2423",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/2423\nof 11 December 2017\non the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EU-Turkey Association Council as regards the amendment of Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(4), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (‘the Agreement’) aims to promote the continuous and balanced strengthening of trade and economic relations between the Union and Turkey, and establishes an Association Council to ensure the implementation and the progressive development of the Association.\n(2)\nDecision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council establishes the trade regime for agricultural products. 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.\n(3)\nThe 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.\n(4)\nPursuant to Article 35 of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement, the scope of the preferential treatment granted to each other by the Union and Turkey may be amended by a Decision of the Association Council.\n(5)\nThe position of the Union within the EU-Turkey Association Council should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey, signed at Ankara on 12 September 1963 (OJ L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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 L 86, 20.3.1998, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Additional Protocol signed on 23 November 1970, annexed to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (OJ L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 60)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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