CELEX: 51987PC0140
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-09 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of a protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey, consequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down the arrangement applicable to Greece's trade with Turkey#Draft PROTOCOL on products within the province of the European Coal and Steel Community consequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community#(presented by the Commission)

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                                                    COM(87 ) 140 final
                                                    Brussels , 9 April 1987
                               Recommendation for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
  on the conclusion of a protocol to the Association Agreement between the
     European Economic Community and Turkey , consequent on the accession
                    of the Hellenic Republic to the Community
                                  Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            laying down the arrangement applicable to Greece 's trade
                                   with Turkey
                                      Draf t
                                     PROTOCOL
  on products within the province of the European Coal and Steel Community
    consequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community
C0M(87 ) 14C finai.
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                                    EXPLANATORY    NOTE
 1 .         A  Protocol    to    the  Agreement    establishing    an   Association
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Turkey ,
to take     account of     the   accession of     the   Hellenic   Republic     to  the
Community ,    was initialled by the head of the Community and of the
Turkish     delegation    on   22   January   1987   and  a  Protocol    on   products
within the province of the ECSC was initialled on 6th March 1987 .
          The   texts   of   the    Protocols    are   annexed   hereto     and   their
provisions are in conformity with the Commission negotiating direc­
tives .
2.         Pending the entry into force of the Protocol and concerning
EEC    products ,   the  Commission      presents     herewith  to   the    Council   a
proposal     for a Regulation        laying down     the  autonomous    arrangements
applicable to Greece 's trade with Turkey .
3.         The Council is hereby requested to initiate the procedures
for the conclusion of these Protocols and to adopt the proposal for
a    Council   Regulation      laying    down   the    arrangements    for    Greece 's
trade with Turkey .
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                       COUNCIL DECISION  ( EEC )
                on the conclusion of the Protocol to the
    Association Agreement between the European Economic Community
        and Turkey consequent on the accession of the Hellenic
                        Republic to the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Com­
munity , and in particular Article 238 thereof ,
Having regard to the Treaty concerning the accession of the Helle­
nic Republic to the European Economic Community ,      signed in Athens
on 28 May    1979 , and in particular Article    118 of the Act annexed
thereto ,
Having regard to the recommendation of the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas it is opportune to conclude a protocol laying down certain
provisions relating to the Association Agreement between the Euro­
pean Economic Community and Turkey consequent on the accession of
the Hellenic Republic to the European Economic Community ,
HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  DECISION :
                                Article  1
        The Protocol to the Association Agreement between the Euro­
pean Economic Community and Turkey consequent on the accession of
the Hellenic Republic to the Community , is hereby concluded and ap­
proved on behalf of the Community .     The text of the Protocol is an­
nexed hereto .
 ---pagebreak---                                   4
                              Article 2
       The President of the Council   shall notify the other Contrac-
ting Party that the procedures necessary for the entry into force
of the Protocol  have been completed , on the part of the Community .
                              Article  3
       This Decision  shall enter into force on the third day follo-
wing its publication in the Official Journal    of the European Com-
munities .
Done at Brussels ,
                                              For the Council
                                               The President
 ---pagebreak---                             5
                  PROTOCOL
    TO THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT   BETWEEN
THE  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY   AND TURKEY
       CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF
  THE  HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO   THE COMMUNITY
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  His Majesty the King of the Belgians ,
  Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark ,
  The President of the Federal Republic of Germany ,
  The President of the French Republic ,
  The President of Ireland ,
  The President of the Italian Republic ,
  His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg ,
  Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands ,
  Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
  Northern Ireland ,
  Whose States are Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the
  European Economic Community ,
  The President of the Hellenic Republic ,
  Which is Party acceding to the European Communities ,
  and the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  of the one part ,
  and THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
  of the other part
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HAVING REGARD to the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Eu­
ropean Communities on 1 January 1981 ,
HAVING   REGARD    to   the   Association     Agreement  between   the   European
Economic Community and Turkey , signed at Ankara on 12 September
1963 , as well as the Additional Protocol signed at Brussels on the
23  November     1970 ,   and   to   the   Supplementary   Protocol    signed  in
Ankara  on   30 June    1973 ,  hereinafter called the " Association Agree­
ment ",
WHEREAS   it   is   opportune     to   make   adjustments  to  the   Association
Agreement consequent on the accession of             the  Hellenic  Republic   to
the European Economic Community ,
HAVE DECIDED to determine by common accord the              adaptations    to the
Association Agreement
And to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries
 ---pagebreak--- I                                         - 8
                                       Article    1
            The Hellenic Republic hereby becomes party to the Associa­
  tion Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey
  and also to the Declarations annexed to the Final Act , signed in
  Ankara on 12 September 1963 and to the Final Act signed in Brussels
  on   23   November    1970   and to  the    Final   Act signed  in  Ankara  on  30
  June    1973 .
                                       Article    2
            The   texts   of  the  Association      Agreement , including  the   an­
  nexes    and   Protocols    which   form   an  integral   part  thereof   and  the
  Declarations annexed to the Final Acts drawn up in Greek ,                are  au­
  thentic in the same way as are the original texts .              The Association
  Council shall approve the Greek version .
                                       Article    3
            The words     " of the Hellenic Republic "       shall be  inserted in
  Art . 29 paragraph 1 of the Association Agreement before the words
  " of the French Republic ".
                                       Article 4
            This Protocol forms an integral part of the Agreement esta­
  blishing an Association between the European Economic Community and
  Turkey .
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                                 Article   5
        1 . This Protocol will be ratified by the Signatory States in
accordance with their respective constitutional procedures and va­
lidly concluded for the Community by a decision of the Council of
the European Communities taken in accordance with the provisions of
the  Treaty   establishing   the  Community    and notified    to  the  other
Parties   hereto .
            The  instruments  of  ratification     and  the notification   of
conclusion shall be exchanged in Brussels .
        2.  This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of
the month following the day on which the instruments referred to in
paragraph 1 are exchanged .
                                 Article   6
        This   Protocol  is  drawn   up ,  in   duplicate , in   the  Danish ,
Dutch , English , French , German , Greek ,   Italian , Portuguese , Spanish
and Turkish languages , each of these texts being equally authentic .
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                         COUNCIL REGULATION        ( EEC )
        laying down the arrangements applicable to Greece 's trade
                                   with Turkey
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Com­
munity , and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the Euro­
pean    Economic    Community   and    the  Republic       of   Turkey ,    hereinafter
referred     to   respectively   as    the  " Protocol "      and   " the   Agreement ",
designed to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic ,
was initialled on 22 January 1987 ,
Whereas , pending the entry into force of the Protocol , the Communi­
ty should , in the light of the said protocol , lay down autonomously
the arrangements applicable to Greece 's trade with Turkey ;
Whereas    arrangements    for   imports    into Greece        from Turkey       as  from
  1   January    1981  were   laid    down   in    Regulation       No .   3555 / 80  (1 )
pending the conclusion of the Protocol ;               in view of the initialing
of    the  Protocol    and  the   fact    that    protocols       have    already    been
concluded      with   all   the    other    countries         concerned ,     the    said
Regulation should be repealed .
HAS   ADOPTED   THIS  REGULATION    :
                                      Article   1
          Pending the entry into force of the Protocol , Greece shall
apply to trade with Turkey all the provisions resulting from the
Agreement .
                                      Article   2
          Regulation 3555 / 80 is hereby repealed .
( 1 ) J.O. L 382 of 31.12.80 , p.1
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                              Article   3
        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its pu
blication in the official Journal of the European Communities .
        It shall expire on the date of entry into force of the Pro
tocol .
        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and direct
ly applicable in all Member states .
Done at Brussels ,
                                          For the Council ,
                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                       PROTOCOL
         on products within the p  rovince of
       the European Coal and stee L Community
       ent on the accession of th
conséquent                           Hellenic Republic
                  to the Communit.
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                                 PROTOCOL
                 on products within the province of the
                   European Coal and Steel Community
         consequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic
                             to the Community
His Majesty the King of the Belgians ,
Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark ,
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany ,
The President of the French Republic ,
The President of Ireland ,
The President of the Italian Republic ,
His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg ,
Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands ,
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland ,
Heads   of   State   of   the   Contracting     Parties  to   the  Treaty
establishing the European Coal      and   steel  Community , whose States
are hereinafter referred to as " the Member States ",
The President of the Hellenic Republic which is Party acceding to
the European Coal and steel Community , hereinafter called " the new
Member State ",
and
All those States being Contracting Parties to the Treaty concerning
the accession to the European Economic Community and the European
Atomic Energy Community of the Hellenic Republic signed in Athens
on 28 May 1979 , hereinafter called the " Accession Treaty ",
of the one part ,
The President of the Republic of Turkey ,
of the other part ,
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HAVE DECIDED to determine by common accord                       the   adjustments     to the
Agreement on products within the province of the European Coal and
Steel Community between the original Member- States of the Community
and Turkey ,    signed    in  Brussels      on     23      November      1970  ,  as  amended
and completed by the Supplementary Protocol between the Member Sta­
tes and Turkey signed in Ankara ori               30 June        1973   , which are neces­
sary   consequent     on  the    accession      of    the      new  Member-   State    to   the
European Coal and Steel Community , and to this end ,
HAVE DESIGNATED as their Plenipotentiaries :
HIS   MAJESTY  TIIE  KING  OF   THE   BELGIANS      :
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK             :
THE   PRESIDENT   OF  THE  FEDERAL     REPUBLIC       OF     GERMANY    :
THE   PRESIDENT   OF  THE  HELLENIC      REPUBLIC        :
THE   PRESIDENT   OF  THE  FRENCH     REPUBLIC     :
THE   PRESIDENT   OF  IRELAND     :
THE   PRESIDENT   OF  THE   ITALIAN     REPUBLIC       :
HIS   ROYAL  HIGHNESS    THE  GRAND     DUKE   OF  LUXEMBOURG         :
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS                     :
HER MAJESTY     THE QUEEN     OF    THE   UNITED      KINGDOM OF        GREAT    3RITAIN    AND
NORTHERN    IRELAND    :
THE   PRESIDENT   OF  THE   REPUBLIC     OF  TURKEY        :
WHO ,   having   exchanged      their    full    powers ,        found    in  good   and    due
form ,
HAVE   AGREED  AS   FOLLOWS   :
                                                                                          1
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                                     Article    1
         The  Hellenic    Republic hereby becomes Party to the Agreement
on products wi thin the province of the European Coal and Steel Com­
munity between the original Member States of the Community and Tur­
key , signed in Brussels on        23   November    1970   ,    as amended and com­
pleted by the Supplementary Protocol between the Member States and
Turkey    signed  in  Ankara    on    30   June   1973   ,    hereinafter    together-
called " the Agreement " .
                                     Article    2
         The  texts  of   the   Agreement ,    drawn up in the Greek         language
and annexed to this Protocol ,         are authentic in the same way as the
original texts .
                                     Article    3
         The  words  " of   the  Hellenic     Republic "     shall   be  inserted   in
Article    5 of  the  Agreement     before    the  words     " of  the  French  Repu­
blic ".
                                     Article    4
         This protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement .
                                     Ar ti cle  5
1 .       This Protocol     shall be ratified by the Signatory states in
accordance with their respective constitutional procedures .
         The  instruments of      ratification shall be exchanged in Bras-
sels .
2.       This Protocol shall enter- into force on the first day on the
month following the day on which the exchange of instruments refer­
red to in paragraph 1 takes place .
                                     Article    6
         This Protocol is dr-awn up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch ,
English , French , German , Greek ,      Italian and Turkish languages , each
of these texts being equally authentic .