Proposal for a Council Decision on the Community position within the EC-Turkey Association Council regarding the draft Decision amending Association Council Decision No 3/64 setting up the Association Committee
Date: 2001-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Türkiye, comitology, institutional structure

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 02.07.2001
COM(2001) 357 final

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The Association Committee provided for in the EC-Turkey Association Agreement (OJ L 217
of 29.12.1964, Article 24) has been in existence since 1964.

The role of the Committee is to help the Association Council carry out its tasks. This involves
ongoing cooperation, which is necessary if the Association Agreement is to function properly.

The Committee has met 109 times.

Given the need for more effective implementation of the Association Agreement, the practices
applied within the framework of the Association Agreement now need to be brought into line
with  the  provisions  of  the  Europe  Agreements  concluded  with  the  Central  and  Eastern
European  candidate  countries.  Under  these  agreements,  the  Association  Committees  are
chaired by the European Commission, which also provides the secretariat.

It is therefore proposed that the Association Council Decision be amended accordingly.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article
300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,1

Whereas:

(1) 

(2) 

The  Association  Council  set  up  an  Association  Committee  pursuant  to  Article  24  of
the EC-Turkey Association Agreement.2

The Chairmanship and the secretariat should be provided by the European Community
in line with the practice established for the other candidate countries and the relevant
Association Council Decision should be amended,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The position to be adopted by the Community within the Association Council set  up by  the
EC-Turkey Association Agreement concluded between the European Communities and their
Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  Turkey,  of  the  other  part,  regarding  the  draft  Decision
amending  Council  Association  Decision  No  3/64  setting  up  the  Association  Committee,  is
expressed in the attached draft Association Council Decision.

Done at Brussels,

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OJ L 217, 29.12.1964, p. 7.

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THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Association Agreement, and in particular Article 24(3) and (4) thereof,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

A  new  paragraph  is  inserted  after  Article  2(2)  of  Association  Council  Decision  No  3/64
setting up the Association Committee, as follows:

"However,  the  European  Commission  shall  chair  the  Committee  and  provide  the  secretariat
on behalf of the European Economic Community."

Done at Brussels,

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