2006/67/EC: Council Decision of  20 December 2005  on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement as well as replacing Annexes I, II, III and IV and Protocols 1 and 2 to that Agreement
Date: 2005-12-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Jordan, agricultural product, agricultural trade, agro-industry, association agreement (EU), liberalisation of trade

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 December 2005

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and
amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement as well as replacing Annexes I, II, III and IV and
Protocols 1 and 2 to that Agreement

(2006/67/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first
sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 15 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establish-
ing an Association between the European Communities
and their Member States, of
the one part, and the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part (1) (‘the
Association Agreement’) in force since 1 May 2002, states
that the Community and Jordan shall gradually implement
greater liberalisation of their reciprocal trade in agricultural
products. Point (c) of Article 10(1) states that the provi-
sions applicable to agricultural products shall apply muta-
tis mutandis to the agricultural component of processed
agricultural products. Article 17(1) provides that, from
1 January 2002, the Community and Jordan shall assess
the situation with a view to determining the liberalisation
measures to be applied by the Community and Jordan with
effect from 1 January 2003, in accordance with the objec-
tive of greater trade liberalisation in agricultural products.

(2)

By Recommendation No 1/2005 (2), the EU-Jordan Asso-
ciation Council endorsed an Action Plan of the European
Neighbourhood Policy that includes a specific provision
for further liberalisation of trade in agricultural and pro-
cessed agricultural products.

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Commission has, on behalf of the Community, nego-
tiated an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
with a view to inserting new Articles 11a and 14a and
replacing Article 17(1) of the Association Agreement as
well as to replacing Annexes I, II, III and IV and Protocols
Nos 1 and 2 to that Agreement.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, ini-
tialled on 23 June 2005, should be approved.

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council
Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers con-
ferred on the Commission (3),

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and amending the
EC-Jordan Association Agreement as well as replacing Annexes I,
II, III and IV and Protocols Nos 1 and 2 to that Agreement, is
hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
is attached to this Decision.

(1) OJ L 129, 15.5.2002, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 228, 3.9.2005, p. 10.

(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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Article 2

The measures necessary for the implementation of Protocols
Nos 1 and 2 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 3(2).

Article 3

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Com-
mittee for Sugar established by Article 42 of Regulation (EC)
No 1260/2001 (1) or, where appropriate, by the committees
established by the corresponding provisions of other regulations
on the common organisation of markets or by the Customs Code
Committee established by Article 248a of Regulation (EEC)
No 2913/92 (2) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7
of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at one month.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

Article 4

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the
person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

Article 5

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Union.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2005.

For the Council
The President
M. BECKETT

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-

sion Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

(2) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 648/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Coun-
cil (OJ L 117, 4.5.2005, p. 13).