EC/Turkey Customs Union: Community position in the Joint Commitee

- OBJECTIVE: to lay down the procedure for adopting the Community's position in the EC-Turkey Customs Union Joint Committee. - SUBSTANCE: The procedure is determined according to the purpose and content of the acts to be adopted by the Joint Committee. The Joint Committee is required to intervene when the free trade guaranteed by the Customs Union is or may be adversely affected by unilateral measures taken by either party. The basis for the powers in question is thus Article 113 of the EC Treaty. Community positions will therefore generally be adopted by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. However, a streamlined procedure, involving the Commission alone, will be employed when the Community's position relates to enforcement of Community legislation, providing for technical adjustments where necessary, or assessment of a practice constituting an infringement of competition. �