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Document 52025PC0391
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on the European Union’s behalf in the Customs Cooperation Committee established under the Association Agreement between the European Community and Türkiye as regards the adoption of a decision on the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme of the European Union and the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic of Türkiye
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on the European Union’s behalf in the Customs Cooperation Committee established under the Association Agreement between the European Community and Türkiye as regards the adoption of a decision on the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme of the European Union and the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic of Türkiye
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on the European Union’s behalf in the Customs Cooperation Committee established under the Association Agreement between the European Community and Türkiye as regards the adoption of a decision on the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme of the European Union and the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic of Türkiye
COM/2025/391 final
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 14.7.2025
COM(2025) 391 final
2025/0211(NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the position to be taken on the European Union’s behalf in the Customs Cooperation Committee established under the Association Agreement between the European Community and Türkiye as regards the adoption of a decision on the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme of the European Union and the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic of Türkiye
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Subject matter of the proposal
This proposal concerns the decision establishing the position to be taken on the European Union’s behalf in the Customs Cooperation Committee. The Customs Cooperation Committee was established by Decision No 2/69 of the Association Council of 15 December 1969 1 on the basis of the Association Agreement between the European Community and Türkiye, signed at Ankara on 12 September 1963 (Association Agreement) 2 . The position to be taken by the EU in the Customs Cooperation Committee concerns the Mutual Recognition of Authorised Economic Operators programmes between the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye.
2.Context of the proposal
2.1.The customs union between the EU and Türkiye
One of the aims of the Association Agreement is to promote the continuous and balanced strengthening of trade and economic relations between the European Union and Türkiye. To attain its objectives, the Association Agreement provides for a customs union between the Parties of the Association Agreement.
The rules for implementing the final phase of the customs union are laid down in Decision No 1/95 of the EC–Türkiye Association Council of 22 December 1995 3 (known as the ‘basic decision’), which establishes the conditions for the free movement of goods between the Parties. The basic decision stipulates that Türkiye shall adopt provisions based on the Community Customs Code (now Union Customs Code) and its implementing provisions in the field, among other, of introduction of goods into the territory of the customs union, and that in areas of direct relevance to the operations of the customs union, the Turkish legislation shall be harmonised as far as possible with the Community legislation.
2.2.The Customs Cooperation Committee
In accordance with Article 24 of the Association Agreement, a Customs Cooperation Committee was established by Decision No 2/69 of the Association Council of 15 December 1969. Article 2 of that decision stipulates that the Customs Cooperation Committee is responsible for ensuring administrative cooperation between the Parties with a view to ensure 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.
The Customs Cooperation Committee shall, inter alia, adopt appropriate measures to ensure that Türkiye implements customs provisions aligned to the Union customs legislation (which includes provisions regulating the EU Authorised Economic Operator Programme) as established in Article 28 of the Decision No 1/95
2.3.The envisaged act of the Customs Cooperation Committee
The purpose of the Decision of the Customs Cooperation Committee (the envisaged act) is to provide for the mutual recognition between the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye of the respective Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) programmes.
Both the European Union and Republic of Türkiye have in place AEO programmes providing facilitations to economic operators who have invested in their supply chain security and have been certified by the customs authorities of the respective member state in the EU and of Türkiye.
The 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 the security part of the Authorised Economic Operator programme (“AEO”) of the EU and the Authorised Economic Operator programme of the Republic of Türkiye.
At its next meeting or by exchange of letters, the Customs Cooperation Committee is to adopt a Decision regarding the mutual recognition of the two AEO programmes.
The decisions adopted by the Customs Cooperation Committee shall be binding upon the Parties, which shall take appropriate measures to implement them.
3.Position to be taken on the Union's behalf
The legal comparison of the two programmes aimed at assessing their compatibility was finalised in 2022.
The legal comparison was followed by reciprocal on-site visits in two member states of the European Union and in the Republic of Türkiye to assess the compatibility of the practical implementation of the safety and security criteria in the respective AEO programmes.
The legal comparison and the on-site visits have revealed that the qualification standards for security and safety purposes of the two programmes are compatible and lead to equivalent results.
The European Commission and the competent authorities of the Republic of Türkiye share the view that the mutual recognition of the respective trade partnership programmes would allow to provide facilitations to economic operators of both parties that have invested in supply-chain security and have been certified under their respective programmes.
The envisaged act constitutes the legal basis for the mutual recognition between the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye of the two AEO programmes.
The position to be taken by the European Union in the Customs Cooperation Committee should be established by the Council.
4.Legal basis
4.1.Procedural legal basis
4.1.1.Principles
Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides for decisions establishing ‘the positions to be adopted on the Union’s behalf in a body set up by an agreement, when that body is called upon to adopt acts having legal effects, with the exception of acts supplementing or amending the institutional framework of the agreement.’
The concept of ‘acts having legal effect’ includes acts that have legal effects by virtue of the rules of international law governing the body in question. It also includes instruments that do not have a binding effect under international law, but that are ‘capable of decisively influencing the content of the legislation adopted by the EU legislature 4 .
4.1.2.Application to the present case
The Customs Cooperation Committee is a body set up by an agreement, namely the Association Agreement between the European Community and Türkiye.
The act which the Customs Cooperation Committee is called upon to adopt constitutes an act having legal effect. The envisaged act will become applicable in the Parties in accordance with Article 24 of the Association Agreement and Article 28, paragraphs 1 and 3 of Decision No 1/95 of the EC–Türkiye Association Council of 22 December 1995.
The envisaged act does not supplement or amend the institutional framework of the Agreement.
Therefore, the procedural legal basis for the proposed decision is Article 218(9) TFEU.
4.2.Substantive legal basis
4.2.1.Principles
The substantive legal basis for a decision under Article 218(9) TFEU depends primarily on the objective and content of the envisaged act in respect of which a position is taken on the Union's behalf.
4.2.2.Application to the present case
The main objective and content of the envisaged act is to facilitate trade and to strengthen the security and safety of the supply chain between the parties by mutually recognising the Authorised Economic Operators according to Article 2.1 and Article 7 of the Association Agreement, which concern the strengthening of trade and trade-related matters between the Parties. Consequently, the envisaged act is within the scope of the common commercial policy referred to in Article 207.
4.3.Conclusion
The legal basis of the proposed decision should be Article 207, in conjunction with Article 218(9) TFEU.
5.Publication of the envisaged act
As the act of the Customs Cooperation Committee will be applicable by both Parties, including the EU and its Member States, it is appropriate to publish it in the Official Journal of the European Union after its adoption.
2025/0211 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the position to be taken on the European Union’s behalf in the Customs Cooperation Committee established under the Association Agreement between the European Community and Türkiye as regards the adoption of a decision on the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme of the European Union and the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic of Türkiye
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,
Whereas:
(1)The Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and Türkiye, signed at Ankara on 12 September 1963 (Association Agreement), defines the scope and content of the association relationship, while the final phase of the customs union is defined in Decision No 1/95 of the Association Council, established by Article 6 of the Association Agreement, of 22 December 1995, which entered into force on 31 December 1995.
(2)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 established the Customs Cooperation Committee.
(4)Article 2 of Decision No 2/69 of the Association Council of 15 December 1969 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)Article 28, paragraphs 1 and 3 of Decision No 1/95 of the Association Council tasked the Customs Cooperation Committee with laying down the appropriate measures to implement the customs provisions contained in the same Decision.
(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 in the European Union and the national AEO programme in the Republic of 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 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 European Union and in the Republic of 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 2025 or by written procedure if the Parties so agree, is to adopt a decision concerning the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme (security part) of the European Union and the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic of Türkiye.
(11)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the European Union’s behalf within the Customs Cooperation Committee as the decision on mutual recognition of AEO programmes will be binding on the Union.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position about the mutual recognition of the respective AEO Programmes to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Customs Cooperation Committee under the Association Agreement shall be based on the draft decision of the Customs Cooperation Committee attached to this Decision and is conditional to the agreement by the parties.
Article 2
This Decision enters into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 14.7.2025
COM(2025) 391 final
ANNEX
to the
Proposal for a Council Decision
on the position to be taken on the European Union’s behalf in the Customs Cooperation Committee established under the Association Agreement between the European Community and Türkiye as regards the adoption of a decision on the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme of the European Union and the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic of Türkiye
ANNEX
DECISION No…/2025 OF THE EU-TÜRKİYE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE
of ….
concerning the mutual recognition of the authorised economic operator programme of the European Union and the authorised economic operator programme of the Republic
of Türkiye
THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COMMITTEE,
HAVING REGARD TO the Association Agreement between the European Community and Türkiye signed at Ankara, 12 September 1963 (the Association Agreement) and in particular Articles 2(1) and 7 and to the Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 on implementing the final phase of the customs union (the Customs Union Decision) 1 , and in particular Articles 28(1) (c) and 28(3).
Whereas:
(1)Article 2.1 of the Association Agreement establishes that “the aim of the Agreement is to promote the continuous and balanced strengthening of trade and economic relations between the Parties”.
(2)Article 7 of the Association Agreement stipulates that “the Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate measures, whether general or particular, to ensure the fulfilment of the obligations arising from this Agreement”.
(3)Article 28.1 (c) of the Customs Union Decision establishes that Türkiye shall adopt provisions based on the Community Customs Code and its implementing provisions in the field of, among others, introduction of goods into the territory of the Customs Union.
(4)Article 28.3 of the Customs Union Decision establishes that the Customs Cooperation Committee shall lay down the appropriate measures to implement such provision.
(5)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 in the European Union and the national AEO programme in the Republic of Türkiye.
(6)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’).
(7)Mutual recognition allows the Parties to provide facilitative benefits to economic operators who have invested in supply-chain security and have been authorised under their respective programmes.
(8)Site visits and a joint evaluation of the AEO programmes in the European Union and in the Republic of Türkiye have revealed that their qualification standards for security and safety purposes are compatible and lead to equivalent results.
(9)The Decision 2/69 of the Association Council on the establishment of the EU – Türkiye Customs Cooperation Committee 2 and in particular its Article 2, 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.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Decision, the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye are each individually referred to as “Party” or collectively as “Parties” and the following definitions apply:
1.‘Customs Authority’ means the customs authority of a Member State of the European Union or the customs authority of the Republic of Türkiye, hereinafter referred to collectively as ‘Customs Authorities’.
2.‘Economic operator’ means a person involved in the international movement of goods.
3.‘Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person).
4.‘Programme’ means:
(a)in the European Union: the European Union authorised economic operator (AEO) status for security and safety granted under Article 38(2), point (b), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council 3 ;
(b)in the Republic of Türkiye: the Republic of Türkiye’s AEO Programme granted under Article 5/A of Customs Code (No.4458) 4 and Regulation on Facilitation of Customs Clearance Procedures 5 .
5.‘Programme Members’ means economic operators holding AEO status in the European Union and economic operators holding membership status in the Republic of Türkiye as referred to in point (4) when referred to collectively.
Article 2
Mutual recognition and implementation of this Decision
1.The Programmes of the European Union and of the Republic of Türkiye are hereby mutually recognised to be compatible and the corresponding AEO statuses granted are mutually accepted.
2.The Parties shall implement this Decision through their respective Customs Authorities.
Article 3
Compatibility
1.The Customs Authorities shall cooperate to maintain the compatibility between their Programmes, in particular with respect to the following matters:
(a)the application process for granting the AEO status and membership;
(b)the assessment of applications;
(c)the granting of the AEO status and membership;
(d)the managing, monitoring, suspension, re-assessment, and revocation of the AEO status and membership;
(e)promoting cooperation between Customs Authorities and environmental authorities to promote AEO status and membership compliance with international environmental standards.
2.The Parties shall ensure that their trade partnership programmes operate within the relevant standards of the SAFE Framework.
Article 4
Benefits
1.Each Customs Authority shall provide benefits to Programme Members of the other Customs Authority, that are comparable to the benefits that it provides to its Programme Members.
2.The benefits referred to in paragraph 1 include:
(a)fewer security and safety-related controls: each Customs Authority takes the status of a Programme Member granted by the other Customs Authority favourably into account in its risk assessment in order to reduce inspections or controls and in other security and safety-related measures;
(b)the giving of priority to the inspection of consignments covered by exit or entry summary declarations and transit declarations that include same data elements required for entry or exit summary declarations, lodged by a Programme Member if the Customs Authority decides to proceed with an inspection.
(c)the recognition of business partners status during the application process: each Customs Authority takes the status of a Programme Member granted by the other Customs Authority into account with a view to treating the Programme Member as a secure and safe partner when assessing the business partners’ requirements for applicants under its own Programme;
(d)business continuity mechanism: both Customs Authorities endeavour to establish a business continuity mechanism to respond to disruptions in trade flows due to increases in security alert levels, border closures or natural disasters, hazardous emergencies or other major incidents by which priority cargos related to Programme Members should be facilitated and expedited to the extent possible by the Customs Authorities;
3.Following the review process referred to in Article 7(3) of this decision, each Customs Authority may provide, in cooperation with other government authorities in its territory, further facilitation benefits, which may include streamlining processes and increasing the predictability of movement at the border, to the extent possible, such as by establishing fast track lanes at land borders.
4.Each Customs Authority:
(a)may suspend the benefits provided under this Decision to a Programme Member of the other Customs Authority only for duly justified reasons equivalent to those for which it would suspend a Programme Member from its Programme, such as when it is found involved in a safety and security related incident;
(b)shall, within a reasonable time, communicate the suspension operated under point (a) and the reasons for the suspension to the other Customs Authority via the competent services of the European Commission;
5.Each Customs Authority shall, when it deems appropriate, report irregularities via the competent services of the European Commission involving Programme Members of the other Customs Authority’s Programme to that Customs Authority for the purpose of ensuring immediate analysis of the appropriateness of the benefits and status granted by the other Customs Authority.
6.For greater certainty, this Decision does not limit a Party or a Customs Authority from requesting information pursuant to the mutual administrative assistance referred to in Annex 7 to the Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 22 December 1995 or other applicable instrument between the Parties, or between the Customs Authorities.
Article 5
Exchange of information and communication
1.The Parties shall enhance their communication in order to implement this Decision effectively by:
(a)providing each other with the details on their Programme Members in accordance with paragraph 3;
(b)providing each other with updates on the operability and development of their Programmes in a timely manner;
(c)exchanging information regarding supply-chain security policy and trends; and
(d)ensuring effective communication through the competent services of the European Commission and the Customs Authority of the Republic of Türkiye to enhance risk-management practices with respect to supply-chain security.
2.The exchange of information and communication in the framework of this Decision shall occur between the competent services of the European Commission and the Customs Authority of the Republic of Türkiye.
3.Upon receiving consent from its Programme Member, each Party shall send to the other Party the following details about that Programme Member:
(a)name;
(b)address;
(c)membership status, namely authorised, suspended, revoked or cancelled;
(d)validation or authorisation date when available;
(e)unique identification number (for example: EORI or AEO numbers); and
(f)other details that may be mutually determined between the Parties in writing, subject, when applicable, to any necessary safeguards.
4.The details referred to in point (c) of paragraph 3 do not include the reasons for suspension, revocation or cancellation.
5.The Parties shall exchange the information referred to in paragraph 3 in a systematic manner by electronic means.
6.Each Customs Authority may share their national contact points in order to handle any issues relating to the clearance of goods of Programme Members.
Article 6
Data Protection
1.Each Customs Authority shall use personal data under this Decision only if and to the extent necessary for the implementation of this Decision, including monitoring and reporting.
2.Each Customs Authority shall obtain the prior written approval from the communicating Customs Authority to use the communicated information for other purposes. Such use shall be subject to any restrictions laid down by that authority.
3.Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the receiving Customs Authority may use the information received under this Decision in any judicial or administrative proceedings instituted for failure to comply with its customs legislation, including in its records of evidence, reports and testimonies. The receiving Customs Authority shall notify the communicating Customs Authority prior to such use.
4.Each Customs Authority shall apply the following minimum safeguards to the processing of personal data received from the other Customs Authority:
(a)personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner in relation to the concerned Programme Members;
(b)personal data must be collected and processed for the specified, explicit and legitimate purpose of implementing this Decision and not further processed by the communicating Customs Authority nor receiving Customs Authority in a way incompatible with that purpose;
(c)personal data must be accurate and kept up to date;
(d)personal data must be kept in a form which permits identification of Programme Members for no longer than it is necessary for the purpose for which the data were collected or for which they are further processed;
(e)information received under this Decision must be processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, taking into account the specific risks of processing, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organisational measures; the receiving Customs Authority shall take appropriate measures to address any data breach, and shall notify the communicating Customs Authority of such breach without undue delay;
(f)both the communicating Customs Authority and the receiving Customs Authority shall take every reasonable step to ensure without delay the rectification or erasure, as appropriate, of personal data where the processing does not comply with the provisions of this Article, in particular because those data are not adequate, relevant, accurate, or they are excessive in relation to the purpose of processing. This includes the notification of any rectification or erasure to the other Customs Authority;
(g)upon request, the receiving Customs Authority shall inform the communicating Customs Authority of the use of the communicated data and about the implementation of the safeguards with respect to these data;
(h)the communicating and the receiving customs authorities are under an obligation to make a written record of the communication and receipt of personal data;
(i)Programme Members shall have the right to receive information on the processing of their personal data, access such data and rectification or erasure of inaccurate or unlawfully processed data, subject to necessary and proportionate limitations established by law to protect important grounds of public interest;
(j)Programme Members shall have the right, without prejudice to any other administrative or non-judicial remedy, to an effective judicial remedy for the violation of the aforementioned safeguards.
5.Each Customs Authority shall promptly notify the other Customs Authority if it determines that information it has sent to the other Customs Authority is inaccurate, incomplete or unreliable, or if its receipt or further use contravenes this Decision.
6.Each Customs Authority shall provide Programme Members access, as it relates to their personal data, to administrative redress or judicial review regardless of their nationality or country of residence.
7.The Customs Authorities shall publish information to inform Programme Members of their options of seeking administrative redress or judicial review.
8.Compliance with the provisions of this Article by each Customs Authority is subject to supervision by their competent independent authority, which ensures oversight and that complaints relating to non-compliance in the treatment of information are received, investigated, responded to and appropriately redressed. Those authorities are:
(a)in the European Union: the European Data Protection Supervisor or its successor, and the Member States’ data protection authorities;
(b)in the Republic of Türkiye: the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) of the Republic of Türkiye.
Article 7
Implementation, consultation, monitoring and review
1.The Parties shall resolve any issues related to the implementation of this Decision through consultations under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Committee.
2.Both Parties shall cooperate closely regarding the implementation of this Decision and shall monitor this regularly by means of periodical on-site joint monitoring visits to identify possible strengths and weaknesses in the Programmes of both Parties.
3.In particular, both Parties shall closely cooperate regarding the implementation of Article 3 of this Decision and will inform each other of any updates or changes to their programmes, they will assess whether these changes might impact the compatibility of the programmes of both parties including through on-site joint monitoring visits and, where necessary, will take measures to ensure continued compatibility of the programmes.
4.Both Parties shall closely cooperate to ensure the use of this Decision by the Programme Members.
5.The Customs Cooperation Committee shall review the implementation of this Decision regularly. This review process may include, in particular:
(a)exchanges of views on details exchanged and AEO benefits referred to in Article 4 granted to Programme Members, including any future details or AEO benefits;
(b)exchanges of views on details of the management of the AEO status, e.g. monitoring, re-assessment, suspension and revocation.
(c)exchanges of views on security provisions such as protocols to be followed during and after a serious security incident (business resumption) or when conditions merit suspension of mutual recognition;
(d)examination of the suspension of the benefits referred to in Article 4;
(e)review of the implementation of Article 6;
(f)any changes of the programmes of the Parties.
Article 8
Final provisions
1.The Customs Cooperation Committee may amend this Decision. The amendment shall enter into force in accordance with the procedure described in Article 9.
2.A Party may suspend cooperation under this Decision at any time by providing the other Party with 30 days’ written notice. Notwithstanding the suspension of the cooperation under this Decision, the Customs Authorities of both Parties shall continue to comply with Article 6 in order to ensure the protection of information.
3.Either Party may terminate this Decision at any time by notifying the other Party through diplomatic channels. This Decision shall be terminated 30 days after the written notification is received by the other Party. Notwithstanding the termination of this Decision, the Customs Authorities shall continue to comply with Article 6 in order to ensure the protection of information.
4.In case of termination, either of the Parties is entitled to require that the information which it has communicated, together with its backups, be returned to the transferring Party or deleted in its entirety. The Party responsible for the deletion shall certify the deletion of the information to the other Party. Until the information is deleted or returned, the receiving Party shall continue to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down in Article 6 of this decision. In case local laws applicable to the receiving Party prohibit the return or deletion of the transferred information, the receiving Party warrants that it will continue to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down in Article 6 of this decision and will only process the information to the extent and for as long as required under that local law.
Article 9
Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties have notified each other of the completion of their own procedures necessary for its entry into force.
Done at Ankara, on
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