2006/999/EC: Decision No 2/2006 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 17 October 2006 amending Protocols 1 and 2 to Decision No 1/98 on the trade regime for agricultural products
Date: 2006-10-17
Institutions: EC–Turkey Association Council
Subjects: Türkiye, accession to the European Union, agricultural trade, common tariff policy, tariff policy, tariff preference

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

DECISION No 2/2006 OF THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 17 October 2006

amending Protocols 1 and 2 to Decision No 1/98 on the trade regime for agricultural products

(2006/999/EC)

THE EC-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) of 25 February 1998 on the trade regime
for agricultural products sets out the preferential regime
applicable to trade in agricultural products between the
Community and Turkey. Protocol 1 to that Decision
contains details of
the preferential regime applied by
importation of agricultural
the Community to the
products originating in Turkey. Protocol 2 to that
Decision contains details of
regime
applied by Turkey to the importation of agricultural
products originating in the Community.

the preferential

Annexes reflecting the Parties’ agreement on their adap-
tation and certain technical developments as regards tariff
codes.

(4)

It is for the Association Council to decide on the scope
of the preferential treatment granted to each other by the
Parties and the arrangements therefor.

(5)

Decision No 1/98 should therefore be
accordingly,

amended

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Decision No 1/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Annex 1 to Protocol 1 shall be replaced by the text in

Annex I hereto;

(2)

The Community and Turkey (the Parties) have held
consultations
the preferential
regime to take account of the recent enlargement of
the Community.

and agreed to adapt

2. the Annex to Protocol 2 shall be replaced by the text in

Annex II hereto.

(3)

The relevant Annexes to Protocols 1 and 2 to Decision
No 1/98 should be replaced by new consolidated

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

(1) OJ 217, 29.12.1964, p. 3687.
(2) OJ L 293, 29.12.1972, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 86, 20.3.1998, p. 1.

It shall apply from the first day of the month following the day
of its adoption.

Article 2

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Done at Brussels, 17 October 2006.

For the EC-Turkey Association Council
The President

E. TUOMIOJA

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX 1

ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN TURKEY

For the purposes of this Annex, the term CCT means the rates shown in column 3 of Part Two or Section I of Part Three
of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on
the Common Customs Tariff (1).

CN code (a)

Description (b)

CCT ad valorem duty

Specific duty

Duty reduction
(%)

Tariff quota
(tonnes net weight)

In-quota duty
(EUR/t)

Tariff quota
(tonnes net weight)

Over-quota duty
(EUR/t)

0

170
186

134
93
339
127
230

0

200

1 000

2 300

671,9

0204

Meat of sheep or goats

100

—

Meat of turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozen

Turkey cuts and offal other than liver,
frozen

0207 25 10
0207 25 90

0207 27 30
0207 27 40
0207 27 50
0207 27 60
0207 27 70

0406 90 29

Kashkaval cheese

0406 90 31

0406 90 50

from sheep’s milk or
Cheese made
buffalo milk,
in containers containing
brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles
Other cheese made from sheep’s milk or
buffalo milk,
in containers containing
brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles

ex 0406 90 86
ex 0406 90 87
ex 0406 90 88

Tulum Peyniri, made from sheep or
buffalo milk,
in individual plastic or
other kind of packings of less than 10 kg

0701 90 50

New potatoes,
March

from 1 January to 31

100

—

2 500

—

100

100

0701 90

Potatoes, fresh or chilled, other

Onions, from 15 February to 15 May

0703 10 11
0703 10 19

0703 10 11
0703 10 19

Onions, from 16 May to 14 February

100

2 000

0703 20 00

Garlic, fresh or chilled

0708 20 00

Beans, from 1 November to 30 April

ex 0708 90 00

Broad beans (Vicia Faba major L.), from
1 July to 30 April

100

100

100

0709 30 00

Aubergines, from 15 January to 30 April

100

—

—

—

—

0709 30 00

Aubergines, from 1 May to 14 January

100

1 000

0

—

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1758/2006 (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 1).

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CN code (a)

Description (b)

CCT ad valorem duty

Specific duty

Duty reduction
(%)

Tariff quota
(tonnes net weight)

In-quota duty
(EUR/t)

Tariff quota
(tonnes net weight)

Over-quota duty
(EUR/t)

ex 0709 40 00

Ribbed or stick celery (Apium graveolens
L., var dulce (Mill) Pers.), from 1 January
to 30 April

100

0709 90 70

Courgettes,
February

from 1 December

to end

100

—

—

0709 90 70

Courgettes,
November

from 1 March

to

30

100

500

ex 0709 90 90

Pumpkins,
February

from 1 December

to end

100

ex 0709 90 90

Wild onions of
genus Muscari
comosum, from 15 February to 15 May

the

100

0802 21 00
0802 22 00

Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp)

Duty rate:
3 %

—

—

—

0806 10 10

Fresh table grapes, from 1 May to 17
June and from 1 August to 14 November

100

350

0806 10 10

Fresh table grapes, from 15 November to
30 April and from 18 June to 31 July

100

0807 11 00

Watermelons, from 1 April to 15 June

100

—

—

0807 11 00

Watermelons, from 16 June to 31 March

100

16 500

0807 19 00

Other melons, from 1 November to 31
May

0809 40 05

Plums, from 1 May to 15 June

0811 10 11
0811 20 11
0811 90 19

Strawberries, frozen
Raspberries, etc., frozen
Other fruits, frozen

1002 00 00

Rye

100

100

100

—

—

—

1107 10

Malt, not roasted

1107 20 00

Malt, roasted

0

100

Reduction
according to
Article 3(4)
(MFN — max
EUR 11,68/t)

Reduction of
EUR 6,57/t

Reduction of
EUR 6,57/t

—

—

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CN code (a)

Description (b)

CCT ad valorem duty

Specific duty

Duty reduction
(%)

Tariff quota
(tonnes net weight)

In-quota duty
(EUR/t)

Tariff quota
(tonnes net weight)

Over-quota duty
(EUR/t)

1509 10 10

Virgin lampante olive oil

10 % reduction

1509 10 90 (c) Other virgin olive oil

7,5 % ad
valorem

100

0

1509 10 90

Other virgin olive oil

1509 90 00

Other olive oil than virgin

1510 00 10

Crude olive oil

1510 00 90

Other olive oil

10 % reduction

5 % reduction

10 % reduction

5 % reduction

—

100

—

—

—

—

2002 10
2002 90 11
2002 90 19

Prepared tomatoes, whole or in pieces
Other prepared tomatoes, with a dry
matter content of
less than 12 % by
weight

100

8 900

Other prepared or preserved tomatoes,
with a dry matter content of not
less
than 12 % by weight

100

30 000
(equivalence
28/30 % dry
matter content)

jellies, marmalades, puree

and

100

—

67 % reduction

1 750

Jams,
pastes

2002 90 31
2002 90 39
2002 90 91
2002 90 99

2007 10 10
2007 91 10
2007 91 30
2007 99 20
2007 99 31
2007 99 33
2007 99 35
2007 99 39
2007 99 55
2007 99 57

2007 91 30

and
jellies, marmalades, puree
Jams,
pastes, obtained by cooking, other than
homogenised preparations, of citrus fruit,
with a sugar content exceeding 13 % but
not exceeding 30 % by weight

100

—

—

0

0

100

100

2007 99 39

Other preparations, with a sugar content
exceeding 30 % by weight

100

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of
plants, otherwise prepared or preserved

100

2 100

2008 30 19
2008 50 19
2008 50 51
2008 50 92
2008 50 94
2008 60 19
2008 70 19
2008 70 51
2008 80 19

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CN code (a)

Description (b)

CCT ad valorem duty

Specific duty

Duty reduction
(%)

Tariff quota
(tonnes net weight)

In-quota duty
(EUR/t)

Tariff quota
(tonnes net weight)

Over-quota duty
(EUR/t)

Fruit juices

100

—

67 % reduction

3 400

2009 11 11
2009 11 91
2009 19 11
2009 19 91
2009 29 11
2009 29 91
2009 39 11
2009 39 51
2009 39 91
2009 61 90
2009 69 11
2009 69 79
2009 69 90
2009 80 11
2009 80 32
2009 80 33
2009 80 35
2009 80 61
2009 80 83
2009 80 84
2009 80 86
2009 90 11
2009 90 21
2009 90 31
2009 90 71
2009 90 92
2009 90 94

2204 10

Sparkling wine

2204 21

2204 29

2206 00

ex 2207

Other wine, grape must with fermen-
arrested by the
tation prevented or
addition
containers
alcohol,
of
holding 2 litres or less

in

Other wine, grape must with fermen-
arrested by the
tation prevented or
addition
containers
of
holding more than 2 litres

alcohol,

in

Other fermented beverages; mixtures of
fermented beverages and mixtures of
fermented beverages and non-alcoholic
beverages, not
specified or
included

elsewhere

of

ethyl

alcohol

an
Undenatured
alcoholic strength by volume of 80 %
vol or higher and ethyl alcohol and
other spirits, denatured, of any strength,
obtained from agricultural goods listed in
Annex I to the EC Treaty

2209 00

Vinegar
substitutes
and
obtained from acetic acid

for

vinegar

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

—

—

—

—

—

(a) CN codes corresponding to Regulation (EC) No 1810/2004 (OJ L 327, 30.10.2004, p. 1).
(b) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more
than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated,
the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

(c) This concession consists of only one tariff quota volume of 100 tonnes with a 7,5 % in-quota duty.’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX

ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE IMPORTATION INTO TURKEY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY

Reduction of the
MFN duty (%)

Tariff quota (tonnes
net weight)

CN code (a)

Description (b)

0102 10

Live bovines: pure bred breeding animals

0102 90 29

Live bovines, other than pure bred breeding animals, of a weight exceeding
80 kg but not exceeding 160 kg

ex 0102 90

Live bovines, other than pure bred breeding animals, other than those of a
weight exceeding 80 kg but not exceeding 160 kg

0202 20

Other cuts of bovine meat, with bone in, frozen

50 % reduction with
maximum duty of 30 %

0202 20

Other cuts of bovine meat, with bone in, frozen

30 % reduction with
maximum duty of 43 %

14 100

Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours
and meals of meat or meat offal

52 % ad valorem

250

Milk and cream in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content,
by weight, not exceeding 1,5 %

Milk and cream in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content,
by weight, exceeding 1,5 %, not containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter

Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter; products
consisting of natural milk constituents,
whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not
elsewhere specified or included

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads

100

100

2 500 (c)

2 500 (c)

30 % ad valorem

700

0210

0402 10

0402 21

0404

0405 10
0405 20 90
0405 90

100

100

50

100

100

100

100

0406 30

Processed cheese, not grated or powdered

0406 90

Other cheese

ex 0406 90

Cheese, other, excluding 0406 90 29 / 31 / 50 / 86 / 87 / 88

0408 11 80

Egg yolks, dried, other

24 % ad valorem

0601

Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant,
in
growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading
No 1212

ex 0602 90

Other live plants, excluding 0602 90 91

0603 10

Cut flowers, etc., fresh

0604

Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds,
and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets
or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached,
impregnated or
otherwise prepared

0701 10 00

Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled

100

100

100

100

100

unlimited

2 260

4 025

5 000

3 700

300

2 000

1 000

75

200

3 400

100

100

6 000

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CN code (a)

Description (b)

Reduction of the
MFN duty (%)

Tariff quota (tonnes
net weight)

0709 51 00

Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, fresh or chilled

0710 22 00

Beans, frozen

7 % ad valorem

11,5 % ad valorem

Apples, fresh, other than Golden Delicious, Starking and Starkrimson

100

ex 0808 10
(excl. (d)
0808 10 80 00 11
0808 10 80 00 13
0808 10 80 00 14)

0808 20

Pears and quinces, fresh

30 % ad valorem

0809 30

Peaches, including nectarines, fresh, from 15 July to 31 December

0810 90 30

Tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit and sapodilla plums, fresh

0810 90 40

Passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya, fresh

0810 90 95

Other fruit, fresh

0811 10

Strawberries, frozen

0902

1001

Tea

Wheat and meslin, from 1 September to 31 May

1001 10 00

Durum wheat, from 1 September to 31 May

1001 90

Other wheat, from 1 September to 31 May

1002 00 00

Rye, from 1 September to 31 May

ex 1003 00

Barley, from 1 September to 31 May, for malting

1004 00 00

Oats, from 1 September to 31 May

1005 90 00

Maize (corn), from 1 September to 31 May, other than seed

1005 90 00

Maize (corn), from 1 December to 31 May, other than seed

1006 30

Semi-milled or wholly milled rice

1104 12 90

Flaked grains of oats

1107

Malt, whether or not roasted

1206 00 91
1206 00 99

Other sunflower seeds, other than for sowing, from 1 January to 31 August

1207 20 90

Cotton seeds, other than for sowing

ex 1209

Seeds, fruit and spores, for sowing, except 1209 10 00

1209 10 00

Sugar beet seed

1502 00

Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats

1507 10

Soya bean crude oil, from 1 January to 31 August

1507 90

Refined soya oil, from 1 January to 31 August

1512 11

Sunflower seed or safflower crude oil, from 1 January to 31 August

1514 11
1514 91

Crude rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, not chemically
modified, containing 0 % erucic acid, from 1 January to 31 August

100

100

100

100

20 % ad valorem

Maximum duty: 45 %

100

100

100

100

100

50

100

100

100

50

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

50

100

100

100

100

1 750

500

1 000

1 000

500

500

100

200

30 000

100 000

200 000

22 500

49 500

5 000

53 640

52 000

28 000

100

500

1 000

1 500

1 050

300

3 000

60 000

2 000

18 400

10 600

2007 99 10
2007 99 33
2007 99 35
ex 2007 99 39
ex 2007 99 57
ex 2007 99 98

2009 11
2009 12
2009 19

2009 61

2009 71
2009 79

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CN code (a)

Description (b)

Reduction of the
MFN duty (%)

Tariff quota (tonnes
net weight)

1602 10 00

Homogenised preparations

30 % ad valorem

1701 99

Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, other than
raw sugar, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter

20 % reduction with a
maximum duty of 50 %

2001 90 50

Mushrooms, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

2001 90 99

Other vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
other

2002 90

2003

Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
acetic acid

13 % ad valorem

2005 10

Homogenised vegetables

2005 40

Peas prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not
frozen

2007 10

Homogenised preparations

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, whether or not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter (excluding hazelnut purée)

50

100

15 % ad valorem

100

25 % ad valorem

20 % ad valorem

400

80 000

325

1 500

50

300

300

450

1 000

Orange juice

Grape juice

Apple juice

15 % ad valorem

1 000

2009 80 89

Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable with an added sugar content not
exceeding 30 % by weight

2009 80 96

Cherry juice

Mixtures of juices

2009 90 11
2009 90 19
2009 90 21
2009 90 29
2009 90 31
2009 90 39

2204 10

Sparkling wine

35 % ad valorem

2209 00

Vinegar and substitutes obtained from acetic acid

2301

Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans,
molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit
for human consumption;
greaves

2304 00 00

Oilcake and other solid residues resulting from the extraction of soya-bean
oil

2309 10

Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale

2309 90

Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

100

100

100

100

100

750 hl

2 500

—

—

1 400

6 700

(a) CN codes corresponding to Regulation (EC) No 1810/2004 (OJ L 327, 30.10.2004, p. 1).
(b) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more
than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated,
the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

(c) These quotas are foreseen for imports under the inward processing scheme.
(d) Turkish customs codes.’