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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(4), first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Customs Cooperation Committee established under the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and Turkey as regards the adoption of a decision on the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme of the Union and the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic of Türkiye shall be based on the draft decision of the Customs Cooperation Committee attached to this Decision.

OJ L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 29 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/1964/732/oj.

(1) The Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and TurkeyOJ L 361, 31.12.1977, p. 29 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/1964/732/oj. (the Association Agreement) was signed at Ankara on 12 September 1963 . It defines the scope and content of the association relationship. Rules concerning the final phase of the EU–Türkiye Customs Union are laid down in Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Customs Union (OJ L 35, 13.2.1996, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1995/1(5)/oj). , which entered into force on 31 December 1995 (Decision No 1/95).

(2) The EC-Turkey Association Council (the Association Council) was set up pursuant to Article 6 of the Association Agreement. Pursuant to Article 24 of the Association Agreement, the Association Council may decide to set up committees to assist in the performance of its tasks.

(3) Decision No 2/69 of the Association Council of 15 December 1969 Decision not published. (Decision No 2/69) established the Customs Cooperation Committee.

(4) Article 2 of Decision No 2/69 stipulates that the Customs Cooperation Committee shall be responsible for ensuring administrative cooperation between the Contracting Parties with a view to the correct and uniform application of the customs provisions of the Association Agreement and for carrying out any other tasks in the customs field which the Association Committee may entrust to it.

(5) Pursuant to Article 28(3) of Decision No 1/95, the Customs Cooperation Committee is to lay down the appropriate measures to implement the customs provisions contained in that Article.

(6) Security and safety, and the facilitation of the international trade supply chain, can be significantly enhanced through mutual recognition of the respective trade partnership programmes, namely of the authorised economic operator (AEO) programme of the Union and the national AEO programme of the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye).

(7) The two AEO programmes are based on internationally recognised security standards advocated by the SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade adopted by the World Customs Organization in June 2005 (SAFE Framework).

(8) Mutual recognition allows the Contracting Parties to provide facilitative benefits to economic operators who have invested in supply-chain security and have been authorised under their respective programmes.

(9) Site visits and a joint evaluation of the AEO programmes in the Union and in Türkiye have revealed that their qualification standards for security and safety purposes are compatible and lead to equivalent results.

(10) The Customs Cooperation Committee during its meeting in 2026 or by written procedure if the Contracting Parties so agree, is to adopt a decision concerning the mutual recognition of the AEO programme (security part) of the Union and the AEO programme of Türkiye.

(11) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Customs Cooperation Committee as its decision on mutual recognition of the AEO programmes will have legal effects,

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the Customs Union (OJ L 35, 13.2.1996, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1995/1(5)/oj).

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Decision not published.

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