Decision No 3/2000 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 11 April 2000 on the establishment of Association Committee subcommittees
L 138/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 6. 2000 DECISION No 3/2000 OF THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL on the establishment of Association Committee subcommittees of 11 April 2000 (2000/378/EC) THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL, Having regard to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey (1), and in particular Article 24 thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) (4) Turkey is a candidate for accession to the European Union. The Helsinki European Council of 11 and 12 December 1999 called on the Commission to draw up an Accession Partnership for Turkey and to set up appropriate monitoring mechanisms. It also invited the Commission to prepare a process of analytical examination of the Community acquis. Subcommittees have been set up under the candidate countries' Association Committees to monitor progress with the priorities of the Accession Partnership and approximation of legislation. Similar subcommittees should also be set up to assist the EC-Turkey Association Committee established by Decision No 3/64 of the Association Council, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article The subcommittees listed in the Annex shall be attached to the EC-Turkey Association Committee. The subcommittees shall work under the authority of the Association Committee, to which they shall report after each of their meetings. The Association Council may decide to set up further subcommittees or groups or to abolish existing subcommittees or groups. The Association Committee shall adopt the terms of reference of the subcommittees, take any other action needed to ensure that they operate properly and inform the Association Council accordingly. The subcommittees shall have no decision-making power. Done at Luxembourg, 11 April 2000. For the Association Council The President I. CEM (1) OJ 217, 29. 12. 1964, p. 3687/64. 9. 6. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 138/29 ANNEX EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT SUBCOMMITTEES ATTACHED TO THE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE Title Issues 1. Agriculture and fisheries Products of agriculture and fisheries 2. Internal market and competition 3. Trade, industry and ECSC products Agricultural cooperation and rural development Processed agricultural products Veterinary and plant-health issues Legislation applicable to trade Free movement of goods, including standardisation, certi- fication, conformity assessment and market surveillance Intellectual and industrial property rights Public procurement, data protection and civil law Company law, accounting and e-commerce Consumer protection Competition and state aid Services, investment) and postal services including financial services (banking, insurance, Movement of workers, except coordination of security social Right of establishment and provision of service Turkish participation in Community programmes Trade issues ECSC products Investment promotion Small and medium-sized enterprises and Turkish participa- tion in Community SME programmes Industrial policy and cooperation, tourism 4. Economics and monetary issues, capital movements and Economic and monetary issues statistics 5. Innovation Current payments and movements of capital, investment protection including Reform of the financial sector Statistical cooperation Education, training courses and youth, and Turkish partici- pation in Community programmes Science, research and technological development and Turkish participation in research and technological devel- opment programmes and demonstration programmes Telecommunications and information technology Cultural cooperation and audiovisual policy, Turkish participation in Community programmes L 138/30 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 6. 2000 Title Issues 6. Transport, environment and energy (including trans- Transport European networks) Environment and Turkish participation in Community programmes Energy, including nuclear safety, Turkish participation in Community programmes 7. Regional development, employment and social policy Employment policy, social policy, Turkish participation in Community social programmes Regional development policy Coordination of social policies 8. Customs, taxation, drug trafficking and money laun- Customs cooperation dering Indirect taxation and Turkish participation in Community programmes in the field of taxation Money laundering Drugs Auditing and financial control