State of play of EU-Turkey political, economic and trade relations
25.1.2021
Question for written answer E-000430/2021
to the Commission
Rule 138
Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou (PPE), Barry Andrews (Renew), Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (S&D), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Loucas Fourlas (PPE), Christophe Hansen (PPE), Eva Kaili (S&D), Manolis Kefalogiannis (PPE), Elżbieta Kruk (ECR), Stelios Kympouropoulos (PPE), Georgios Kyrtsos (PPE), Radan Kanev (PPE), Liesje Schreinemacher (Renew), Nicolae Ştefănuță (Renew), Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi (PPE), Chrysoula Zacharopoulou (Renew), Theodoros Zagorakis (PPE), Frédérique Ries (Renew), Malik Azmani (Renew), Vangelis Meimarakis (PPE), Massimiliano Salini (PPE), Giorgos Georgiou (The Left), Monika Beňová (S&D), Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (PPE), Maria da Graça Carvalho (PPE), David Lega (PPE), Miroslav Číž (S&D), Pernille Weiss (PPE), Mircea-Gheorghe Hava (PPE), Antonio López-Istúriz White (PPE), Costas Mavrides (S&D), Bronis Ropė (Verts/ALE)
The current EU-Turkey Bilateral Preferential Trade Framework (BPTF) is built upon three instruments: the Customs Union (CU), the Coal and Steel Agreement (CSA) and the Agricultural and Fishery Trade Regime (AFTR).
In its 2016 ‘Study of the EU-Turkey Bilateral Preferential Trade Framework, including the Customs Union, and an assessment of its possible enhancement’, the Commission assessed the benefits of the trade liberalisation introduced by the BPTF and of its possible modernisation.
However, to date, the Commission has not assessed the actual impact and costs of unwinding the EU-Turkey BPTF.
In December 2020, the European Council invited the High Representative and the Commission to submit a report by March 2021 on the state of play of EU-Turkey political, economic and trade relations.
In light of the above:
- 1.What action is the Commission currently taking to address the European Council’s request?
- 2.When will this report be made available to Parliament?
- 3.Will it include the exact impact and cost of suspending each of the BPTF’s instruments for Turkey, the EU and the Member States?