Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the EU-Turkey Association Council as regards the replacement of Protocol 3 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products, concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new protocol which, as regards the rules of origin, refers to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean prefe

The Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin ('the Convention') lays down provisions on the origin of goods traded under relevant Agreements concluded between the Contracting Parties. The EU and Turkey signed the Convention on 15 June 2011 and on 4 November 2011 respectively.

The EU and Turkey deposited their instrument of acceptance with the depositary of the Convention on 26 March 2012 and 4 December 2013 respectively. As a consequence, the Convention entered into force in relation to the EU and Turkey on 1 May 2012 and on 1 February 2014 respectively.

Article 6 of the Convention provides that each Contracting Party shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the Convention is effectively applied. To that effect, the EU-Turkey Association Council should adopt a Decision replacing Protocol 3 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products, concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation, by a new Protocol which, with regard to the rules of origin, refers to the Convention.

The position to be taken by the EU within the Association Council should be established by the Council.

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)23: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:023:FIN

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