13.2.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 41/1 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 20 December 2005 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement as well as replacing Annexes I, II, III and IV and Protocols 1 and 2 to that Agreement (2006/67EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (3)  The Commission has, on behalf of the Community, nego- tiated an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters with a view to inserting new Articles 11a and 14a and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- replacing Article 17(1) of the Association Agreement as nity, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first well as to replacing Annexes [, II, IIl and IV and Protocols sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), thereof, Nos 1 and 2 to that Agreement. Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, (4)  The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, ini- tialled on 23 June 2005, should be approved. Whereas: (5)  The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers con- ferred on the Commission (3), (1) Article 15 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establish- ing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part (') (‘the Association Agreement’) in force since 1 May 2002, states that the Community and Jordan shall gradually implement greater liberalisation of their reciprocal trade in agricultural HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: products. Point (c) of Article 10(1) states that the provi- sions applicable to agricultural products shall apply muta- tis mutandis to the agricultural component of processed agricultural products. Article 17(1) provides that, from Article 1 1 January 2002, the Community and Jordan shall assess the situation with a view to determining the liberalisation measures to be applied by the Community and Jordan with effect from 1 January 2003, in accordance with the objec- tive of greater trade liberalisation in agricultural products. The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement as well as replacing Annexes I, (2) By Recommendation No 1/2005 (2), the EU-Jordan Asso- g’ H{) and IV an(f Pr%to}f ollfs 1;10}? 1 and 2 t(,) that Agreement, is ciation Council endorsed an Action Plan of the European creby approved on behalf of the Community. Neighbourhood Policy that includes a specific provision for further liberalisation of trade in agricultural and pro- cessed agricultural products. The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters is attached to this Decision. () OJL129,15.5.2002, p. 3. () OJ L 228, 3.9.2005, p. 10. (%) OJ L 184,17.7.1999, p. 23.