# L_2018184EN.01001001.xml

| 20.7.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 184/10 |
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20.7.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 184/10

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DECISION No 1/2018 OF THE EU-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 27 March 2018

amending Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 on the trade regime for agricultural products [2018/1029]

THE EU-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (1),

Having regard to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (2), and in particular Article 35 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council (3) 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. |
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(1)

Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council (3) 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. |
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(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, |
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(3)

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Annex to Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2018.

For the EU-Turkey Association Council

The President

F. MOGHERINI

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(1)  
  OJ L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 29.

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(2)  
  OJ L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 60.

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(3)  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).

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ANNEX

The entries for CN code 0202 20 in the Annex to Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 are replaced by the following:

| ‘CN code | Description | Reduction of the MFN duty (%) | Tariff quota (tonnes net weight) |
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| 0201 20
  0202 20 | Other cuts of bovine meat, with bone in, fresh or chilled, or frozen | 50 % reduction with maximum duty of 30 % | 5 000 |
| 0201 20
  0202 20 | Other cuts of bovine meat, with bone in, fresh or chilled, or frozen | 30 % reduction with maximum duty of 43 % | 14 100 ’ |

‘CN code

Description

Reduction of the MFN duty (%)

Tariff quota (tonnes net weight)

0201 20

0202 20

Other cuts of bovine meat, with bone in, fresh or chilled, or frozen

50 % reduction with maximum duty of 30 %

5 000

0201 20

0202 20

Other cuts of bovine meat, with bone in, fresh or chilled, or frozen

30 % reduction with maximum duty of 43 %

14 100 ’

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