Date: 2018-07-20Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision No 1/2018 of the EU-Turkey Association Council of 27 March 2018 amending Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 on the trade regime for agricultural products [2018/1029]
## Policy Summary: EU-Turkey Trade Regime for Bovine Meat
This decision, No 1/2018 of the EU-Turkey Association Council, enacted on March 27, 2018, amends Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 regarding the trade regime for agricultural products between the European Union and Turkey. The amendment specifically concerns the preferential regime applicable to the importation of bovine meat into Turkey from the EU.
The key change involves expanding the scope of the existing tariff quota, as outlined in the Annex to Protocol 2 of Decision No 1/98, to include both fresh and chilled bovine meat, in addition to frozen bovine meat. The decision modifies the entries for CN codes 0201 20 and 0202 20 (Other cuts of bovine meat, bone in, fresh or chilled, or frozen) as follows:
* A tariff quota of 5,000 tonnes net weight will be subject to a 50% reduction of the Most Favored Nation (MFN) duty, with a maximum duty of 30%.
* A tariff quota of 14,100 tonnes net weight will be subject to a 30% reduction of the Most Favored Nation (MFN) duty, with a maximum duty of 43%.
This decision entered into force on the date of its adoption. The legal basis for this decision lies in the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey, the Additional Protocol to that Agreement, and specifically Article 35 of the Additional Protocol. The amendment reflects an agreement reached through consultations between the EU and Turkey.
Key Entities Referenced
EUTURKEY Association Council: The entity responsible for amending Protocol 2 to Decision No 198, related to the trade regime for agricultural products between the European Union and Turkey.
European Economic Community: A former regional organization aimed at integrating European economies, party to the agreement establishing an association with Turkey.
Turkey: One of the parties in the Association Agreement with the European Economic Community, involved in the trade of agricultural products.
Protocol 2 to Decision No 198: A specific protocol to Decision No 198, detailing the preferential regime applicable to the importation into Turkey of agricultural products originating in the Union.
Decision No 198: A decision of the ECTurkey Association Council that establishes the preferential regime applicable to trade in agricultural products between the Union and Turkey.
European Union: One of the parties involved in consultations and agreement to amend the preferential regime applicable to the importation into Turkey of bovine meat originating in the Union.
Brussels: The city where the decision was made.
F. MOGHERINI: The President of the EUTurkey Association Council at the time of the decision.
L 184/10 EN Official Journal of the European Union 20.7.2018
ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
DECISION No 1/2018 OF THE EU-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
of 27 March 2018
amending Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 on the trade regime for agricultural products
[2018/1029]
THE EU-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) establishes the preferential regime applicable to trade
in agricultural products between the Union and Turkey. Protocol 2 to that Decision contains details of the
preferential regime applicable to the importation into Turkey of agricultural products originating in the Union,
including a preferential regime for the importation of frozen bovine meat.
(2) The Union and Turkey have held consultations and have agreed to amend the preferential regime applicable to
the importation into Turkey of bovine meat originating in the Union, and to extend the scope of the existing
tariff quota, set out in the Annex to Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98, to fresh and chilled bovine meat.
(3) Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Annex to Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 27 March 2018.
For the EU-Turkey Association Council
The President
F. MOGHERINI
(1) OJ L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 60.
(3) Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 25 February 1998 on the trade regime for agricultural products (98/223/EC)
(OJ L 86, 20.3.1998, p. 1).20.7.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 184/11
ANNEX
The entries for CN code 0202 20 in the Annex to Protocol 2 to Decision No 1/98 are replaced by the following:
Tariff quota (tonnes net
‘CN code Description Reduction of the MFN duty (%)
weight)
0201 20 Other cuts of bovine meat, with 50 % reduction with maximum duty 5 000
bone in, fresh or chilled, or frozen of 30 %
0202 20
0201 20 Other cuts of bovine meat, with 30 % reduction with maximum duty 14 100’
bone in, fresh or chilled, or frozen of 43 %
0202 20