CELEX: 51987PC0007(05)
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-14 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF A SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL TO THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

No C 104/30                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                        21. 4. 87
              Recommendation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Supplementary Protocol to
             the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic
                                                          of Turkey
                                                       COM(87) 7 final
                            (Submitted   by the Commission   to the Council on 14 January 1987)
                                                        (87/C 104/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Republic of Turkey is hereby approved on behalf of
                                                                  the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  to this Decision (2).
Economic Community, and in particular Article 238
thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Com-
mission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-                                          Article 2
ment,
Whereas it is necessary to approve an Additional Proto-           The President of the Council shall give the notification
col to the Cooperation Agreement between the Euro-                provided for in Article 4 of the Protocol.
pean Economic Community and the Republic of Tur-
key (l), signed in Brussels on 12 March.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                                                              Article 3
                           Article 1
                                                                  This Decision shall take effect on the day following its
The Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement              publication in the Official Journal of the European
between the European Economic Community and the                   Communities.
                                                                  (2) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published
                                                                      in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the
(!) OJ No L 217, 29. 12. 1964.                                        General Secretariat of the Council.
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                                                 SUPPLEMENTARY P R O T O C O L
             to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic
                                                            of Turkey
             THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
              of the one part,
              and
              THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY,
              of the other part,
              HAVING REGARD TO the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
              Republic of Turkey, signed at Ankara on 12 September 1963 and the Additional Protocol thereto, signed at
              Brussels on 23 November 1970, hereinafter referred to as the 'Agreement', and Decision No 1/80 of the
              Association Council of 19 September 1980,
              WHEREAS the Community and Turkey wish to strengthen still further their relations in order to take
              account of the new dimension created by the accession to the European Communities of Spain and Portugal
              on 1 January 1986; whereas Article 56 of the Additional Protocol provides for the possibility of taking the
              mutual interests of the Community and Turkey as defined by the Agreement into consideration on this
              occasion;
              WHEREAS certain rules should be laid down to enable Turkey's traditional export trade to the Community
              to be maintained,
              HAVE DECIDED to conclude a Protocol adapting certain provisions of the Agreement, and to this end have
              designated as their Plenipotentiaries:
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
              THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY,
              Who, having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form,
              HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
                            Article 1                                                           Article 2
 1.    For 1990 and for each successive marketing year,               Imports into the Community of fresh table grapes fall-
the Community shall decide, on the basis of the statisti-             ing within subheading 08.04 A I b) of the Common
cal review and analysis referred to in paragraph 2                    Customs Tariff and originating in Turkey during the
below, and taking into account factors relevant to the                period from 18 to 31 July shall be admitted under the
objective of maintaining traditional trade flows in the               same conditions in respect of the abolition of customs
context of enlargement, whether to adjust the entry                   duties as provided for the same product during the
price, referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, for                period from 15 July to 17 July by Article 3 of Decision
 fresh lemons falling within subheading 08.02 C of the                No 1/80 of the Association Council and paragraph 1
 Common Customs Tariff and originating in Turkey                      of the Exchange of Letters concluded between the EEC
 within a quantitative limit of 12 000 tonnes a year.                 and the Republic of Turkey on 6 February 1981 con-
                                                                      cerning Article 3 (3) of that Decision.
 2.    From 1987 onwards and at the end of each market-
 ing year, the Community shall carry out, on the basis
 of a statistical review, an analysis of the situation for
 lemons originating in Turkey and exported to the Com-                                          Article 3
 munity.
                                                                      This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Associ-
 For this same product, from 1989 onwards and for                     ation Agreement between the European Economic
 each subsequent year, the Community shall draw up,                   Community and the Republic of Turkey.
 together with Turkey, a forecast of production and
 deliveries.
 3.    The possible adjustment provided for in para-                                            Article 4
 graph 1 refers to the sum to be deducted, in respect of
 customs duty, from the representative prices recorded                 1.    This Protocol shall be ratified, accepted or
 in the Community for the purpose of calculating the                   approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with
 entry price of this product, within the limits set out in             their own procedures; the Contracting Parties shall
 Article 152 (2) (c) of the Act of Accession of Spain and              notify each other of the completion of the procedures
  Portugal.                                                            necessary to that end.
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2.   This Protocol shall enter into force on the first         guese, Spanish and Turkish languages, each of these
day of the month following such notification.                  texts being equally authentic.
                                                               In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries
                       Article 5                               have hereunto set their hands.
This Protocol shall be drawn up in duplicate in the
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Portu-          Done at Brussels,
                                    For the Council of the European      Communities
                                              For the Republic of   Turkey
             Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on Article 1 of the Supplementary Protocol
                                            (to be annexed to the Protocol)
           The Contracting Parties agree that should the entry into force of the Protocol not coincide
           with the start of the calendar or seasonal year, as the case may be, the quantitative limits
           referred to in Article 1 of the said Protocol shall be applied on a pro rata basis.
           The Contracting Parties further agree that the charging against quantitative limits of Com-
           munity imports of products originating in Turkey which are subject to such limits under the
           Protocol shall begin on 1 January of each year.