2008/637/EC: Council Decision of 18 June 2007 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement
Date: 2007-06-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Community, Jordan, agricultural product, agricultural trade, agro-industry, association agreement (EU), liberalisation of trade, ratification of an agreement

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 June 2007

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement

(2008/637/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

of discrepancies relating to certain Jordanian customs
nomenclature codes.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 133,
with the
Article 300(2), thereof,

establishing the European
in conjunction
subparagraph of

sentence of

first

first

the

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Jordan, of
as

In accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of the
Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Associa­
tion between the European Communities and their
the one part, and the Hashemite
Member States, of
the other part (1)
(hereinafter
Kingdom of
the
to
referred
the Association Agreement),
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 (2) (hereinafter
referred to as the Agreement in the form of an Exchange
Decision
of
2006/67/EC (3),
trade
concessions in agricultural and processed agricultural
products with effect from 1 January 2006.

approved
introduced

by
further

bilateral

Letters),

Council

the

the
After
Jordanian authorities informed the Commission services

adoption of Decision 2006/67/EC,

(1) OJ L 129, 15.5.2002, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 41, 13.2.2006, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 41, 13.2.2006, p. 1.

(3)

(4)

(5)

It should be clarified that the new reciprocal liberalisation
measures introduced by the Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters only relate to agricultural and
to fish and
processed agricultural products, and not
fisheries products covered by Chapter 3, headings 1604
and 1605, and sub-headings 0511 91, 2301 20 and
ex 1902 20 (stuffed pasta containing more than 20 %
crustaceans, molluscs or other
fish,
by weight of
aquatic invertebrates).

Therefore, Articles 11a and 16, as well as Annex III and
the Annex to Protocol 2 to the Association Agreement
should be amended in order to correct
these discre­
pancies.

For processed agricultural products, which are subject to
a revision clause, a reference to the time schedule of the
revision should be added,

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
is
Jordan amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement
hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

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The President of the Council
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters in order to bind the Community.

is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3

Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 2007.

For the Council
The President

F.-W. STEINMEIER