Decision No 3/2000 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 11 April 2000 on the establishment of Association Committee subcommittees
Date: 2000-04-11
Institutions: EC–Turkey Association Council
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Türkiye, accession to the European Union, association agreement (EU)

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DECISION No 3/2000 OF THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

on the establishment of Association Committee subcommittees

of 11 April 2000

(2000/378/EC)

THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community
and Turkey (1), and in particular Article 24 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Turkey is a candidate for accession to the European Union.

The Helsinki European Council of 11 and 12 December 1999 called on the Commission to draw up
an Accession Partnership for Turkey and to set up appropriate monitoring mechanisms. It also
invited the Commission to prepare a process of analytical examination of the Community acquis.

Subcommittees have been set up under the candidate countries' Association Committees to monitor
progress with the priorities of the Accession Partnership and approximation of legislation.

Similar subcommittees should also be set up to assist the EC-Turkey Association Committee
established by Decision No 3/64 of the Association Council,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The subcommittees listed in the Annex shall be attached to the EC-Turkey Association Committee.

The subcommittees shall work under the authority of the Association Committee, to which they shall
report after each of their meetings.

The Association Council may decide to set up further subcommittees or groups or to abolish existing
subcommittees or groups.

The Association Committee shall adopt the terms of reference of the subcommittees, take any other action
needed to ensure that they operate properly and inform the Association Council accordingly.

The subcommittees shall have no decision-making power.

Done at Luxembourg, 11 April 2000.

For the Association Council

The President

I. CEM

(1) OJ 217, 29.12.1964, p. 3687/64.

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ANNEX

EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT

SUBCOMMITTEES ATTACHED TO THE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE

Title

Issues

1. Agriculture and fisheries

Products of agriculture and fisheries

2. Internal market and competition

3. Trade,

industry and ECSC products

Agricultural cooperation and rural development

Processed agricultural products

Veterinary and plant-health issues

Legislation applicable to trade

Free movement of goods, including standardisation, certi-
fication, conformity assessment and market surveillance

Intellectual and industrial property rights

Public procurement, data protection and civil

law

Company law, accounting and e-commerce

Consumer protection

Competition and state aid

Services,
investment) and postal services

including financial services (banking,

insurance,

Movement of workers, except coordination of
security

social

Right of establishment and provision of service

Turkish participation in Community programmes

Trade issues

ECSC products

Investment promotion

Small and medium-sized enterprises and Turkish participa-
tion in Community SME programmes

Industrial policy and cooperation, tourism

4. Economics and monetary issues, capital movements and

Economic and monetary issues

statistics

5. Innovation

Current payments and movements of capital,
investment protection

including

Reform of the financial sector

Statistical cooperation

Education, training courses and youth, and Turkish partici-
pation in Community programmes

Science,
research and technological development and
Turkish participation in research and technological devel-
opment programmes and demonstration programmes

Telecommunications and information technology

Cultural cooperation and audiovisual policy, Turkish
participation in Community programmes

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Title

Issues

6. Transport, environment and energy (including trans-

Transport

European networks)

Environment and Turkish participation in Community
programmes

Energy, including nuclear safety, Turkish participation in
Community programmes

7. Regional development, employment and social policy

Employment policy, social policy, Turkish participation in
Community social programmes

Regional development policy

Coordination of social policies

8. Customs, taxation, drug trafficking and money laun-

Customs cooperation

dering

Indirect taxation and Turkish participation in Community
programmes in the field of taxation

Money laundering

Drugs

Auditing and financial control