# C_2007270EN.01001101.xml

| 13.11.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 270/11 |
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13.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 270/11

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Commission Communication supplementing the drawings in item 3.2.1 of Annex II to Directive 71/316/EEC by the drawing for the sign ‘TR’ for Turkey, as required by Decision No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council

(2007/C 270/06)

| 1. | Decision No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 4 June 1997 establishes the list of Community instruments relating to the removal of technical barriers to trade between European Union and Turkey, as required by Article 8(2) of Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Customs Union. This list includes Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (1). |
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Decision No 2/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 4 June 1997 establishes the list of Community instruments relating to the removal of technical barriers to trade between European Union and Turkey, as required by Article 8(2) of Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Customs Union. This list includes Directive 71/316/EEC of 26 July 1971 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (1).

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| 2. | Directive 71/316/EEC makes provision in item 3.1.1.1a of Annex II, for the distinguishing capital letter of the State where the original check is carried out, to be used for the EEC initial verification mark affixed on a measuring instrument and indicating that the latter conforms to the EEC requirements. |
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Directive 71/316/EEC makes provision in item 3.1.1.1a of Annex II, for the distinguishing capital letter of the State where the original check is carried out, to be used for the EEC initial verification mark affixed on a measuring instrument and indicating that the latter conforms to the EEC requirements.

| 3. | Directive 71/316/EEC makes provision in item 3.2.1 of Annex II, for the drawings showing the shape, dimensions and outline of the letters for the EEC initial verification marks as laid down in item 3.1 of that Annex. |
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Directive 71/316/EEC makes provision in item 3.2.1 of Annex II, for the drawings showing the shape, dimensions and outline of the letters for the EEC initial verification marks as laid down in item 3.1 of that Annex.

| 4. | Decision No 2/97 contains the necessary adaptations of Directive 71/316/EEC, so that it can be effectively put into force by Turkey. According to Chapter IX, point 1 of Annex II to the Decision, the provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of Decision No 1/95, be read with the following adaptations: (a) to the first indent of point 3.1 of Annex I and to the first indent of point 3.1.1.1a of Annex II, the following shall be added to the text in brackets: ‘TR for Turkey’; (b) the drawings to which Annex II, point 3.2.1 refers shall be supplemented by the letters necessary for the sign ‘TR’. |
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Decision No 2/97 contains the necessary adaptations of Directive 71/316/EEC, so that it can be effectively put into force by Turkey. According to Chapter IX, point 1 of Annex II to the Decision, the provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of Decision No 1/95, be read with the following adaptations: (a) to the first indent of point 3.1 of Annex I and to the first indent of point 3.1.1.1a of Annex II, the following shall be added to the text in brackets: ‘TR for Turkey’; (b) the drawings to which Annex II, point 3.2.1 refers shall be supplemented by the letters necessary for the sign ‘TR’.

| 5. | Therefore, on the basis of Chapter IX, point 1 of Annex II to Decision No 2/97, the drawings referred to in point 3.2.1 of Annex II to Directive 71/316/EEC are supplemented, for the purposes of Decision No 1/95, by the drawing of the distinguishing letters ‘TR’ for Turkey, in accordance with the model below: |
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Therefore, on the basis of Chapter IX, point 1 of Annex II to Decision No 2/97, the drawings referred to in point 3.2.1 of Annex II to Directive 71/316/EEC are supplemented, for the purposes of Decision No 1/95, by the drawing of the distinguishing letters ‘TR’ for Turkey, in accordance with the model below:

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(1)  OJ L 202, 6.9.1971, p. 1.

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