Decision

Decision 1/2023 of the UK-Turkey Joint Committee

Published 22 December 2023

Amending Annex ORIG-2B (Transitional List Rules for Electric Accumulators and Electrified Vehicles) to the Protocol on Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures to the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Turkey

THE UNITED KINGDOM–TÜRKIYE JOINT COMMITTEE

Having regard to the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Turkey, done at Ankara on 29 December 2020 (“the Agreement”), and the Protocol on Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures to the Agreement, as amended by Decision 02/2021 of the UK-Türkiye Joint Committee (“the Protocol”);

Recalling that Annex ORIG-2B of the Protocol provides for interim product-specific rules for electric accumulators and electrified vehicles until 31 December 2026;

Recalling that Annex 2 of the Protocol provides for the default list rules which will come into effect on 1 January 2027 in respect of those products;

Having regard to subparagraph 4(c) of Article 10.1 and paragraph 2 of Article 10.3 of the Agreement, and Article 33 of the Protocol, empowering the Joint Committee to amend the Protocol and its Annexes;

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex ORIG-2B of the Protocol is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2024.

Done in duplicate in the Turkish and English languages at Ankara on 21 December 2023.

For the JOINT COMMITTEE

The Co-Chairs

• Marianne YOUNG, Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee Representative, On behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Hüsnü DİLEMRE, Director General, General Directorate for International Agreements and EU Affairs, Ministry of Trade, Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee Representative, On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Türkiye

ANNEX TO DECISION No. 1/2023 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM–TÜRKIYE JOINT COMMITTEE

ANNEX ORIG-2B

TRANSITIONAL LIST RULES FOR ELECTRIC ACCUMULATORS AND ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES

Interim list rules (otherwise known as product-specific rules) applicable from 14 April 2021 until 31 December 2026.

For the products listed in column 1 below, the list rule listed in column 2 shall apply for the period from 14 April 2021 until 31 December 2026.

85.07

Column 1 Harmonised System classification (2017) including specific description	Column 2 List rule applicable from 14 April 2021 until 31 December 2026
Accumulators containing one or more battery cells or battery modules and the circuitry to interconnect them amongst themselves, often referred to as “battery packs”, of a kind used as the primary source of electrical power for propulsion of vehicles of headings 87.02, 87.03 and 87.04	CTSH;  Assembly of battery packs from non-originating battery cells or battery modules; or  MaxNOM 70 % (EXW)
- Battery cells, battery modules, and parts thereof, intended to be incorporated into an electric accumulator of a kind used as the primary source of electrical power for propulsion of vehicles of headings 87.02, 87.03 and 87.04	CTH; or MaxNOM 70 % (EXW)

87.02-87.04

Column 1 Harmonised System classification (2017) including specific description

Column 2 List rule applicable from 14 April 2021 until 31 December 2026

- vehicles with both internal combustion engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion other than those capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power (“hybrid”); - vehicles with both internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power (“plug-in hybrid”);  - vehicles with only electric motor for propulsion

MaxNOM 60 % (EXW)