Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey

Council Of The European Union

Description

Fourteenth annual report of the Association Council to the Parliamentary Committee of the Association
Relations with non-member countries

Sujets

• International organization
• European Economic Community
• Turquía
• Customs union
• Primary sector of the economy
• Economie gestion

Informations

• Publié par: COUNCIL-OF-THE-EUROPEAN-UNION
• Nombre de lectures: 52
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

ASSOCIATION
between
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
and
TURKEY
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
TO THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION
(1 January to 31 December 1978) ASSOCIATION
between
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
and
TURKEY
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
TO THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION
(1 January to 31 December 1978) CONTENTS
Letter from the President of the Association Council
to the President of the Turkish Grand National Assembly
and to thet of the European Parliament
forwarding the report 7
I. Introduction 8
II. Work on the reactivation of association relations 10
III. Questions relating to the application of the
provisions of the Ankara Agreement concerning
customs union 13
A. Application "by Turkey of Article 60 of the
Additional Protocol
B. Administrative co-operation4
C. Provisions adopted in the field of origin 15
D. Problems in the textile sector 1
IV. Agricultural questions9
V. generalized preferences 21
VI. Application -of Article 53 of the Additional Protocol
(information/consultation)2
VII. Trade results4
(a) Trend in Turkey's external trade 2
(b) Trend in Turkish exports of the four "traditional"
agricultural products6
(o) Turkish exports of industrial products referred
to in Annexes 1 and 2 to the Additional Protocol 27
(d) Trend in Turkish exports of other products of
importance to Turkey's external trade 28
(e) Geographical distribution of Turkey's external
trade 29 - 2 -
VIII. Financial questions 32
A. Implementationoftheeecond Financial Protocol32
B. Third FinancialProtocol34
IX. Other questions35
(a) Information■"
(b) Communitycontribution to the combatting of
malaria inTurkey36
(c) Foot-and-Mouth Disease Institute in Ankara 36 - 3 -
LIST OF ANNEXES
Page
ANNEX A STATISTICAL ANNEX
37
Data on the application of the Association Chapter I
AgreemenÏ
- Table A I 1 Turkish exports to the EEC of Turkey's four
main agricultural export products
- Figures for 1973/1978 38
Turkish exports to the EEC and the world at - Table A I 2
large of Turkey's four main agricultural export
products
- Figures for 1973/19789
- Table A I 3 Turkish exports to the EEC of the four industrial
products for which concessions are granted within
Community tariff quotas pursuant to
Annexes 1 and 2 to the Additional Protocol
- Figures for 1975/1978 40
- Table A I 4 Turkish exports to the EEC and the world at large
of other agricultural and industrial products of
importance to Turkey's foreign trade
- Figures for 1973/19781
Chapter ï: r Data on economic trends in Turkey 43
- Table A ¡EI 1 Turkey's foreign trade (1974/1978)
- Trend in terms of value 44
- Table A II ?
Structure of exports and imports (1963/1978) 45
- Table A II Ì
Imports of specific products6
A - Table II 4
Exports by product
(breakdown by sector)8 - 4
Page
II 5(a) Foreign trade by area Table A
- Exports 49
Table A II 5(b) Trend in Turkish exports to the
Member States of the EEC (1974/1978) 50
II 5(c) Table A
Exports 51
Table A II 5(d)
Foreign trade by area
- Imports2
Table A II 5(e) Trend in Turkish imports from
Member States of the EEC
(1974/1978)3
Table A II 5(f) Imports4
II 6 Balance of payments (1977/1978) 55 Table A
Table A Gross national product at current factor II 7
prices, by branch of activity6
Table A II 8
Gross per capita national product 57
Table A II 9
Number of Turkish workers entering EEC
countries through official Turkish
bodies (1973/1978)
(cumulative figures) 58
Table A II 10 Distribution by country of Turkish workers
employed abroad at the end of 1975, 1976,
1977 and 19789
Transfer of Turkish workers' savings 60 Table A II 11 - 5 -
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ANNEX Β - COMPILATION OF THE ACTS ADOPTED IN 1978 61
I. Acts adopted by the Association Council
- Decision No 1/78 of 1 8 July 1978 amending Decision
No 5/72 on methods of administrative co-operation
for implementation of Articles 2 and 3 of the
Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement 62
- Decision No 2/78 of 30 October 1978 relating to
proof of origin for certain textile products
exported by Turkey 68
II. Acts relating to the EEC-Turkey Association adopted
by the Council and the Commission of the European
Communi ties respectively 73
- Council Regulation (EEC) No 1132/78 of 22 May 1978,
opening, allocating and providing for the
administration of a Community tariff quota for
apricot pulp, falling within subheading
ex 20.06 Β II c) 1 aa) of the Common Customs Tariff,
originating in Turkey4
- Council Regulation (EEC) No 2152/78 of 18 July 1978
on the application of Decision No 1/78
of the EEC-Turkey Association Council amending
Decision No 5/72 on methods of administrative
co-operation for the implementation of Articles 2 and 3
of the" Additional Protocol to the 'Ankara Agreement 77
- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2157/78 of
13 September 1978 making the importation of certain
textile products originating in Turkey subject to
quantitative limitation 78
- Council Regulation (EEC). No 2573/78 of 30 October 1978
on the application of Decision No 2/78 of the
EEC-Turkey Association Council relating to proof of
origin for certain textile products exported by Turkey 80 - 6 -
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Council Regulation (EECj.No. 2765/78 of 23 November I978
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an
exchange of letters between the European Economic
Community and Turkey fixing the additional amount to be
deducted from the levy on imports into the Community of
untreated olive oil, originating in Turkey, for the
period 1 November 1978 to 31 October 1979 81
Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
between the European Economic Community and Turkey
fixing the additional amount to be deducted from
the levy on imports into they of untreated
olive oil, originating in Turkey, for the period
1 November 1978 to 31 October I9792
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2766/78 of 23 November I978
amendingn) No 118o/77 on imports into
the Community of certain agricultural products originating
in Turkey (1978/1979) 84
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2857/78 of 23 November I978
opening, allocating and providing for the administration
of a Community tariff quota for fresh or dried hazelnuts,
shelled or otherwise, falling within subheading
ex 08.05 G of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in
Turkey (1979) 85
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3146/78 of 21 December I978
opening, allocating and"providing for the administration
of Community tariff quoïàs for certain textile products
falling within heading Nos 55.05 and 55.09 and subheading
ex 58.OI A of the Common Customs Tariff, coming from
Turkey (1979)8
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3147/78 of 21 December T978 on
the total or partial suspension of. Common Customs Tariff
duties on certain agricultural products originating in
Turkey (1979) 92
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3148/78 of 21 December I978
opening and providing for the administration of a
Community preferential ceiling for certain petroleum
products refined in Turkey and establishing Community
supervision of imports thereof 104